The Carpe Diem Café

If I recognize trouble when I see it, it’s because I grew up with a huge crush on my best friend’s older brother, Luke Jones. Born with sinful good looks and enough charm to talk himself out of almost any situation, he’s always been a rebel with attitude to spare—of course, he was dangerous for good girls like me t...

Once burned, twice shy.That’s how it’s supposed to work.I thought I’d learned my lesson after falling for Mike Cavendish in high school.Sixteen years ago, all my dreams were coming true, then everything went wrong in one disastrous night.It’s so much more than a broken heart and a loss of trust.It’s raising a daug...

I barely knew Jake Cavendish in high school. He was two years ahead of me—the golden boy everyone knew was destined to leave our small town of Empire behind. And he did.So when we cross paths years later at a glamorous black-tie gala in Toronto, I’m not surprised he doesn’t recognize me. What does catch me off guard...