Jill Marie Landis

Thirty-three-year-old widow Tracy Potter, in the midst of renovating the historic Heartbreak Hotel--the only asset she has left after the death of her wheeler-dealer husband--takes in Wade MacAllister, a famous author running from his past, and together they try to learn to trust and love again.

Can an English lady raised as a "wild orchid" ever be truly tamed? When Trevor Mandeville leaves behind the drawing rooms of London and journeys to an island paradise in search of a rare orchid, he comes face-to-face with an even more shocking treasure. Stolen from her family at a young age, Joya Penn has spent most of her life running wild and free. Trevor tries to resist her charms, but soon finds himself captivated by the deliciously innocent--yet...

A year after the Civil War's end, battle-scarred surgeon Dru Talbot--presumed long dead by all who loved him--returns home. Through everything he'd clung to the dream of starting life over with the bride he'd married on the very eve he left for war. Yet the truth that awaits him in Magnolia Creek is nothing like his fairy tale. Young widow Sara Collier had risen above her grief for Dru, refusing to mourn her life away. But she'd put her faith and...

Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn't know her real name or where she came from. Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin "brothers" have recently left New Orleans and moved to the bayou. The twins are rarely there, but Maddie has come to love the swamp. She has learned to fish and trap and sell pelts at the local mercantile. Maddie longs to change...

Kate Keene's childhood memories compel her to take her newly-acquired architectural skills to a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. But when she returns to the Reconstruction-era South, she's shocked to discover the man she's dreamed of for so long has become a bitter, angry recluse. Colin Delany, the handsome older brother of her best friend, has lost all he once held dear, with no hope of ever restoring the Belle Fleuve mansion and plantation. Filled...

Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole. As if all that isn't bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill...

RITA© Award winning novel. Analisa's dreams of a better life in the West were shattered during the massacre that killed her Dutch immigrant family and left her pregnant. She's struggling to survive on the Iowa prairie when she discovers a half-dead stranger on the doorstep of her sod house. Nursing him back to health could change her life forever, because Caleb is most certainly Native American-a half-breed, and a man whose heritage challenges...

An impending hurricane may be the least of Uncle Louie's troubles... Uncle Louie Marshall has long been the soul of the Tiki Goddess bar-home to the hilarious and irrepressible Hula Maidens and a beloved hub of the community. When a grizzled sea captain asks him to take care of a mysterious duffle bag, Louie agrees without a second thought. And, the trouble begins. Both the captain and his deck hand turn up dead. Soon the locals are outraged, filled...

A tragic twist of fate leaves a sultry Italian beauty alone and widowed in Busted Heel, Wyoming. She has little more than a pocketful of dreams, a memory of love, and a determination to create roots despite the obstacles. From the moment he saw lovely Rosa, the hardened town marshal knew she'd be trouble for him in far too many ways. However, his tidy plan to send her packing meets with unexpected opposition. Not the least of which is his own desire. The...

A jigger of tranquility is all Em Johnson wants, but now that her beloved Tiki Goddess Bar has been chosen as the location for Trouble in Paradise, TV's hot new reality show, life is anything but tranquil. When a member of the camera crew is found dead in her kitchen--stabbed to death with Chef Kimo's sashimi knife--the scene on the sleepy North Shore of Kauai goes from eccentrically crazy to downright dangerous. Suspects lurk behind every paper drink...