Bøker av Fran McNabb

Emma O'Hara never had luck with men. With a horrible man for a father and a cheat for a deceased husband, she devoted her life to medicine as one of the first females to get her license to practice. She meets Douglas Fletcher on the stagecoach going to his home in Independence, Missouri, where he plans to set up a veterinarian practice. He saves them from bandits, but with differing views concerning guns, medicine, and faith, their relationship seems doomed from the start.Can she convince him that females can be good doctors? Can he convince her that living on the outskirts of civilization requires a different mindset, but faith in God is needed here more than ever?

A thirteen-year secret. A love that never died. Consequences that had to be faced.Brianna Westbrook knew it wouldn't be easy to return to her hometown to face Mac Larson, the father of her son. For thirteen years Brianna raised Lance alone, thinking it was the right thing to do. After their breakup, Mac had moved on without her, married someone else and had two daughters. She wouldn't interfere with his life.Now things were different. Mac was divorced and her son had gotten in trouble in Houston. Brianna and Lance both needed what her small hometown offered, but by going home she'd have to expose her secret and face the man she had never quit loving.Mac Larson loved Marsh Isles and the restaurant business. Even when he returned from college to make this his home, he knew he was walking away for the love of his life. Now Brianna was back in town with a secret that would change his life forever. Could he forgive her for keeping his son away from him?Would Marsh Isles bring Brianna and Mac back together?

When a single mother in a small Gulf Coast town meets a successful New York businessman from her past, sparks begin to fly. But as they fall in love, secrets he's determined to keep from her threaten to destroy their fledgling relationship.Nicole Russo runs a café to support herself and her sick daughter and to pay back her late husband's enormous debts. Independent and unwavering, she refuses to rely on any man to help her financially, even one with a guilty conscience.Slade Larson, a rich bachelor, has no intentions of staying in his former home town, but meeting Nicole and her daughter Em throws his well-laid plans into turmoil. He has no idea how to deal with the feelings he has for Nicole and Em.Can the healing power of forgiveness and love bring them back together when Nicole finds out the truth?

Tiny Marsh Isles becomes a sanctuary for two people trying to start over, but is it enough to overcome the turmoil in their lives.Former SEAL Tucker Ladnier returns to Marsh Isles after a wound in Afghanistan ends his military career. He chooses to live on a boat in Paradise Marina as he learns to cope with civilian life, physical wounds, and PTSD. When he takes a near-death kitten to a local veterinarian, Tucker meets Amanda Murphy. Tucker feels an immediate connection to Amanda, but until he gets his life under control he has nothing to offer her.Dr. Amanda Murphy leaves a fiancé and a lucrative practice in San Francisco and returns to the Gulf Coast to regain her independence and self-esteem. Opening her own small clinic is just what she needs to rebuild her life. Falling in love with Tucker Ladnier is not in her plans, especially when he distances himself from her.Can Amanda and Tucker work through their problems to find their paradise in Marsh Isles?

Abigail Cook never fit into the life of her prominent Boston family. When vicious lies surround her broken engagement, she endures a grueling stagecoach ride to Independence, Missouri, to start a new life. What she finds is nothing she expects.Arriving on the edge of the civilized world with no job and no place to live, she must put her life in the hands of faith. She accepts a job as a governess at a ranch outside of town where she meets Lucas Fletcher, the handsome widower and former army officer, whose life is in as much turmoil as hers.After losing his first wife, Lucas turned away from God and from living. Can Abigail show him the path to accept faith once again and to open his heart to love?