Emilie Richards

It's not easy to hope for the future when you're running from the past

Sam Kinkade is finally feeling at home as the minister in rural Toms Brook, in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. But now, his plans to welcome the Hispanic community to the church are being met with resistance. Fortunately, when the local community centre is threatened, a stranger named Elisa Martinez walks through his door and Sam realises he has found a woman capable of building bridges.

Elisa is an enigma. Although she slowly becomes involved in the community centre, Sam is certain from her guarded manner that she is hiding something. Yet despite their growing friendship Elisa won't discuss her past. Sam is intrigued with this Latina stranger, a woman who, despite their different backgrounds, makes him only too aware of the intimacy missing in his life.

Elisa isn't looking to make friends, let alone put down roots. She has come to hide. But despite her fears of discovery she is drawn to the friendship offered by the women in the local quilting circle. And even though she fears the consequences, she finds herself powerfully drawn to Sam.

As she waits for a reunion that may set her free, Elisa is captivated by a generations–old love story. Will she and Sam repeat the past, or can they find the love and the freedom they seek at last?

With the warmth and comfort of a hand–made quilt, Endless Chain will envelop readers into the richness of life in the Shenandoah Valley.

Join five women connected only by their growing friendship and the road that runs like a lifeline between their cottages in a run–down Florida development called Happiness Key

Tracy Deloche finally gets a chance to swap business for a romantic evening with Marsh Egan, but dinner goes cold when she spots her ex–husband prowling outside her cottage. CJ is supposed to be in prison and out of her life for good. Exactly what is this modern–day pirate seeking and what will it mean for Tracy's future?

Janya Kapur envies every pregnant woman she sees, but Rishi, her husband, is suddenly reluctant to talk about children. Is he disappointed in her inability to conceive? Their marriage was a contract between strangers. Can they ever hope for anything more?

Waitress Wanda Gray loses her job after new owners turn the Dancing Shrimp into a tapas bar. Wise neighbor Alice Brooks's suggestion that Wanda start her own business seems like a brilliant solution, until Wanda starts Pie War I with the owners of the local bakery.

When the empty cottage at Happiness Key is rented by single mother Dana Turner, everything seems perfect. With Alice volunteering to watch Dana's daughter while she works and Wanda's offer of a job, this spit of Florida Gulf Coast land should be a fortunate harbor for a mother and daughter who have moved far too often. Except for Dana's shocking secret.

As the women of Happiness Key struggle to discover the truth in time to help their new neighbor, their only weapon is friendship. But will friendship be enough?

Daughter of a legendary Virginia hunt master and aristocrat, Julia Warwick grew up in a world where Thoroughbreds and fox hunting are passions, not pastimes. Julia found her own passion in Christian Carver, a talented young horse trainer. But when a beautiful heiress is murdered and Christian is convicted of the crime, a pregnant, desperate Julia marries a friend who offers solace. Now, though blindness darkens her world, it opens her eyes to hidden truths. About her husband, her family, her friends and the man she loved. And as the story starts to emerge, a forgotten memory begins to return, a mystery comes to light and two lovers torn apart by forces they couldn't control face each other once and for all.

“A flat–out page turner reminiscent of the early Sidney Sheldon.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer on Whiskey Island

Fiona Sinclair had come home to face the demons of her past. And when Andrew MacDougall offered the shelter of his arms, she was ready to face her future. This compelling man made her long for more than protection. Now she wanted th

New to e–book, three classic romances from USA Today bestselling author Emilie Richards…Originally published in 1995

Iain Ross's Woman

Iain Ross has spent his life alone as the laird of a small Highland community. Alone, that is, until he rescues a soaked, half–drowned Billie Harper from an icy loch. Before he knows what's happening, this earthy and utterly irresistible woman has turned his carefully guarded world upside down.

Duncan's Lady

When Duncan Sinclair needs a safe haven for his young daughter, away from the drama invoked by his ex, the small Scottish town of his childhood is a godsend. When he meets Mara MacTavish, he is overcome. The last thing Duncan wanted was to fall for another charismatic woman. But this time may be different...and Mara may be just what he, and his daughter, both need.

MacDougall's Darling

Fiona Sinclair returns home to face the demons of her past. When Andrew MacDougall offers the shelter of his arms, she finally feels ready to face her future. But she needs more than a white knight – she needs the family she's always been denied. And though Andrew is destined for many things, marriage isn't one of them...

Some betrayals are like rivers, so deep, so wide, they can't be crossed. But–for those with enough courage–forgiveness, redemption and love may be found on the other side.

On the night her home is consumed by fire, Janine Stoddard finally resolves to leave her abusive husband. While she is reluctant to involve her estranged daughter, she can't resist a chance to see Harmony and baby Lottie in Asheville, North Carolina, before she disappears forever.

Harmony's friend Taylor Martin realizes how much the reunited mother and daughter yearn to stay together, and she sees in Jan a chance to continue her own mother's legacy of helping women in need of a fresh start. She opens her home, even as she's opening her heart to another newcomer, Adam Pryor. But enigmatic Adam has a secret that could destroy Taylor's trust…and cost Jan her hard–won freedom.

Aurore Gerritsen left clear instructions her will is to be read over a four–day period at her summer cottage on a small Louisiana island. Those who don't stay will forfeit their inheritance. With the vast fortune of Gulf Coast Shipping at stake, no one will take the risk.

Tensions rise as Aurore's lawyer dispenses small bequests each designed to expose the matriarch's well–kept secrets. Long–time loyalties are jeopardised and shocking new alliances are formed.

As a hurricane approaches and survival itself is threatened, the fourth day dawns while everyone waits for the final truth to be revealed.

With nine years and a turbulent childhood between them, Kendra and Jamie have never been storybook sisters. After a long estrangement, they've finally begun to heal their hurts and forge a new bond.Now Jamie is offering a gift Kendra has long since given up hoping for, the fondest wish of her heart – a baby. Already raising two young girls on her own, Jamie wants to become a gestational surrogate for Kendra and her husband.But when a medical crisis threatens her health and her promising new relationship with Cash, Jamie learns that the most difficult choice in her life is yet to come.

The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light

For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well–lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowler––a girl desperate to rescue her parents––under her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation.

Isaiah Colburn, the Catholic priest who was her first mentor and the man she secretly longed for, understands her struggles only too well. At a crossroads, he's suddenly reappeared in her life, torn between his priesthood and his growing desire for a future with Analiese.

Divided between love and vows they've taken, both must face the possibilities of living very different lives or continuing to serve their communities. With a defeated family's trust and her own happiness on the line, Analiese must define for herself where darkness ends and light begins.

The spirited Donaghue sisters have shared all the joys and struggles of a complicated past. And when they receive a letter from a relative they have never met, it opens a whole new chapter in their lives. Irene Tierney, an elderly woman living alone in a remote Irish village, wants help to solve the mystery surrounding the death of her father in Cleveland, Ohio, more than seventy–five years ago. One of the sisters, Peggy, agrees to go to Ireland in return for a place to live, and the chance to devote time to her autistic son who she intends to take with her. Together in Shanmullin, Peggy and Irene form an instant bond. But not everyone is happy to have a stranger in the village Dr Finn O'Malley, Irene's doctor and a widower with sorrows of his own, resents her intrusion into Irene's life. Despite this, neither Finn nor Peggy can resist their undeniable attraction to each other though it seems destined to end in heartache. Soon, Peggy's sisters Megan and Casey find themselves drawn to the village of Shanmullin too, and a stunning tale of secrets, self–sacrifice, greed and hidden passions unfolds. The sisters' lives will never be the same again.

'Emilie Richards adds to the territory staked out by such authors as Barbara Delinsky and Kristin Hannah her characters burst with vitality and authenticity.'– Publishers Weekly