The Romantic and the Widower

Annie Greenwood has always believed she will recognize her true love the moment they meet, just as her parents once did.

At twenty-seven she is still single and still unsure of a viable career, happy in Big Sur and at Norland Park with her mother and sister, yet too aware that money is tight.

Giving up poetry for a desk job feels overdue, and so does giving Brandon James a chance—the wealthy widower is not her usual type, but he and his ten-year-old daughter, Pepper, have already become dear to her.

People say Brandon is interested, though after the tragic death of his first wife he moves so carefully that Annie cannot tell if he wants her at all.

Just as she starts to see him differently, a chance meeting and a dramatic rescue bring handsome Jack Willoughby into her life, along with the kind of instant chemistry she has been waiting for.