Books by Kathye Quick
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Grandmother's Rings:
a three-book contemporary series from Avalon
Amethyst August 2009
Sapphire December 2009
Citrine early2010 Widow Tess Archer, a
55-year-old mother of three, who is not willing to
abandon her flower-child roots, has decided she wants to
be a grandmother. After all, all her lady friends
have grandchildren! Deciding that her children
need serious help to find their perfect mates, she calls
a family meeting and gives each of them one of their
Grandmother's Rings.
August 2009
Promotes calmness and is given to the oldest, Somer.
Somer, a newspaper report, must tackle her disconnected
side in order to have the career she always wanted.
Little does she know that in order to do that, she first
has to tackle the problem of Nick Daultry, a New York
police officer who has come to New Jersey as part of a
Homeland security initiative that allows rural police
officers to train in the city while the city officer
trains in a rural setting to help understand the
differences between city and town situations.
While cops and reporters are natural enemies, Somer and
Nick find out that they can't the solve the problem of
local home invasions without each other; she has the
local knowledge, he has the resources. And along
the way, they also discover that they need to solve the
problem of their growing attraction and admin that they
just might be made for each other.
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Sapphire (Book Two)
December 2009 Promotes harmony and loyalty -- given
to Trent. Trent is unhappy enough that Somer has
fallen under his mother's spell and is marrying Nick,
but now he also has to be in the wedding party along
with his sister, Ali. Ali and Trent vow not to let
the same thing happen to them, but Trent didn't count on
meeting Linda Wolff, Nick's partner on the New York
police force. Linda is a streetwise cop, toughened
from years on the beat. She is also sure that no
guy wants a hardened police officer for a wife.
She has set aside any plans she might have had for a
family and is focusing on moving up the ranks.
Linda and Trent start out as rivals, each ready to
one-up the other at every turn and sparks fly;
competitive sparks and passionate sparks. When
Linda goes back to New York, Trent admits that she just
might be the one he's looking for. He follows her,
intent on making her see that not only can a tough lady
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Citrine
(Book Three)
early 2010 Cools excess anger--given to Ali.
The last one left, Ali is determined not to let
Grandmother's Ring get her. But first she has to
go to her new nephew's baptism and face the whole
family, including Trent and his new fiancée, Linda.
No way is she going to be in that wedding. One was
enough. As everyone coos over the baby, Ali pastes
on her best face and accepts the teasing of her brother
and sister about the last holdout. When she
retreats to the backyard to escape them, she finds
another deserter, Jake Daultry, Nick's cousin.
Jake, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, joined the family
festivities on his way home to enjoy a thirty-day leave.
Ali, a self-proclaimed peace activist like her mother,
and Jake, a red-white-and-blue soldier, clash in a
contest of wills that culminates in a kiss on the front
porch. Shaken by her sudden reaction to Jake, Ali
leaves. Later that day she finds Jake waiting
outside her townhouse to apologize. For the rest
of his leave, each tries to get the other to see the
other side of war and peace as the attraction between
them becomes enough to melt any cold war. As Jake
gets ready to return to his unit, Ali discovers he's
taking her heart along with him. Can the peace
activist and the solider find some neutral territory in
order to follow their hearts or will Ali and Jake just
have to settle for some combat wounds that may never
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Beyond Camelot - Brother Knights
English Tea Rose
Wild Rose Press
Digital Release February 2009
Print Release March 2009
Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only
has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to
the castle for over ten years, but she's also not a
titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade
warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his
Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leyborne
Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir
William--including Cynthia. Sir Constantine, Knight of
the Round Table, has come to the shire to give Cynthia
the news that her fiancé has fallen in battle.
With him is William's oral will giving all he owns to
Cynthia as though they had been wed. But when he
finds Cynthia and discovers that the shire is under the
control of an evil warlord, he knows he cannot leave
without first driving Simon and his soldiers from the
land. Drawn together by an attraction older than time,
Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow
made by a knight's honor has brought them together, it
may just also cost them their lives.
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'Tis the Season
Avalon Books
December 2005
ISBN 0-8034-9742-3
Holly’s father is
quitting the business. The problem is – he’s Santa
Claus.
The only way to get her father back to work is to accept
his challenge to get just one person to realize the true
meaning of the season. Another problem - he gets to pick
that person. He chooses Michael Sutton, hard-nosed and
hard-hearted Vice President of Property Management at
the local mall.
Holly races the clock to prove to Michael that Christmas
is more than just the latest video game and begins to
find cracks in the wall he’s placed around his heart. As
the days count down to Christmas Eve, she discovers a
heartrending holiday secret that just might cause her to
not only lose the challenge, but also her own heart as
well.
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Falling For You
Avalon Books
December 2004
ISBN: 0-8034-9682-6
What do you do when the
woman of your dreams refuses to believe that you are in
love with her? Stephanie Thomas has no
idea why a hunky sports hero with an 18-room estate and
a Porsche wants with a single mom who lives in a cracker
box housing development and drives a ten-year old used
car. While she tries to figure out if he is her prince
or just her imagination on overdrive, what ensues is a
romantic comedy of errors with a Cinderella twist
involving a pair of black strappy sandals and an ice
skate.
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Daughters of the Moon
Wings ePress
July 2003
Alliya has been raised
in the Religion of Hecate and has been raised to be a
priestess. She meets Artemis and against her religion
and her goddess, falls in love with him. As they make
plans to be together, Artemis must leave for war. Alliya
decides to wait for him. Along the way both the gods and
man throw obstacles in their path. Are they truly meant
to be together? Can their love survive?
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Stealing April's Heart
Avalon Books
January 2003
ISBN: 0-8034-9573-0
APRIL STEVENS: Confident and focused,
she’s on a fast track to own the most prestigious Sports
Medicine Clinic on the East Coast. She has no time for
interruptions if she’s going to stick to the timetable
she has set for herself. But in a single passing moment,
she runs into one mighty big distraction, one that could
set her heart on another path.
RYNE ANDERSON: He knew the owners of
the New York Rockets expected him to he healed and ready
for spring training in six months. But why rehab at a
clinic run by a woman? What did women know about the
importance of sports to men who lived and breathed the
game?
April Stevens felt her spirit rise to
the challenge when she saw the skepticism in Ryne
Anderson’s eyes. The baseball player’s career is in her
hands and he obviously doesn’t think she’s the right
person for the job. Let the games begin. April works
hard to show Ryne that she’s as career-minded as he is,
and as capable as any male trainer to tackle the
challenge. But can she keep hidden her feminine side and
the not-so professional feelings for him that are on the
rise each time they are together?
Baseball means everything to Ryne and
he reluctantly agrees to put his career in Aprils’
hands. But as he works to return to the starting
line-up, it soon becomes clear to him that he wants more
than just a doctor-patient relationship. Will it stay a
cat and mouse game, each reluctant to admit how they
feel about the other, as time is running out as baseball
season approaches? Or will Stealing April’s Heart become
the most important part in winning the most crucial game
of all – love.
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Jessie's Wedding
Avalon Books
August 2001
ISBN: 0-8034-9485-8
When
Jessie O’Brien rumbles the ambulance into the
Emergency Room parking lot, she knows she’s
affecting someone’s future. Little does she know
that future is her own. Jarrett Collins, the man
who she always thought she would marry but who left
her suddenly years earlier greets the stretcher.
Jessie
had walked down the aisle with Jarrett Collins once
already. She was only five and afraid he was going
to get her beautiful flower girls gown dirty. He
was seven, unhappy enough about having to hold a
pillow all morning before discovering he had to hold
hands with a yucky girl, too. Although the
photographer had to bribe them to pose together for
the wedding pictures, soon Jarrett was bringing
Jessie champagne glasses full of soda and they were
dancing the night away. Flying home, Jessie told
her grandmother she was going to marry Jarrett when
she grew up.
A
successful physician, Jarrett has come to Wisconsin
for a change, both in his life and his career.
Jessie is shocked to see him again. He tells Jessie
one of the reasons he came to Wisconsin was to find
her. Unwilling to be hurt again and unsure of his
motives, Jessie informs Jarrett he’d better not
expect to begin where they left off.
As
Jarrett opens up to her, Jessie falls in love with
him again. They share magical moments that remind
them of both what they had and what they let slip
away. Tiny expressions of caring, impetuous kisses
and undeniable attraction bring Jessie and Jarrett
full circle into each other's hearts.
The
question soon becomes: can Jessie find out what
happened to Jarrett to make him disappear from her
life, or will his past and the wagging tongues of
the town gossips keep them apart forever?
It will
take a medical emergency, a mad race to the hospital,
and the loss of Jessie's first patient in the ambulance
to prove to both Jessie and Jarrett that it’s time to
let go of the past, take hold of the present and walk
down the aisle again - this time for real.
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Blue Diamond
Avalon Books
December 2000
ISBN: 0-8034-9443-2
When Kent McReynolds showed up on
Bethany Clarke's door, she knew it meant trouble. The
last thing she needed was to see the handsome fighter
pilot again.
Bethany Clark thought
she escaped the memories of the plane crash that shook
her world years earlier, but now those memories came
rushing back, making her want to slam the door on Kent's
handsome face.
Coming to see Beth again was the last thing Kent wanted
to do. He was fighting to save the Blue Eagles, the Air
Force's premier air demonstration team from a
Congresswoman's budget-cutting axe, as well as trying to
escape the memory of the same tragedy. He couldn't
accomplish either without Beth.
Both vow not to get involved beyond a professional
level, but the trouble is, the more time they spend
together the more they fall in love. Attraction soon
swirls around them like the exhaust from his F-16 and
their love explodes, threatening his career and her
peace of mind.
But they soon discover that through working together to
save the Blue Eagles, they are facing their best chance
for the most daring undertaking of all - a future
together.
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One Rainy Night
Starlight Publications
October 2000
Wings ePress
July 2001
ISBN: 1-590-88990-8
Their relationship
began with a bang!
Correy - corporate, practical focused on her career and
determined not to let anything stand in the way of
success with her new job.
Dan - not long after helping Correy when her car broke
down during a hurricane, he realized he was going to be
her new boss. But the intense attraction he felt for her
made him hide that little fact.
They met one rainy night and were carried away by the
intensity of their passion that rivaled the lighting
crackling around them.
As their working relationship throws them into
impossible situations and each other's arms, Dan has a
lot of explaining to do and Correy must make a decision.
Was the rainy night a mere coincidence or the start of
an adventure that would lead them to love?
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