The Poor Relation (23 page)

The Earl of Wexley first encounters the fiery Amelia when he runs her carriage off the road and recognizes she is his perfect mate.  Though he comes to her rescue as a suitor tries to force her in to marriage, Wexley learns this independent lady prefers to handle her own problems.

After a successful Season, Miss Georgeanne Forsythe finds herself alone and in financial straits when her father dies.  She must earn her way in the world, but her good looks and aristocratic upbringing make it near impossible for her to maintain a position. Her last hope is governess to Lord Raynor's five year old niece, a sullen and tantrum prone orphan.  Now Georgeanne finds her biggest challenge is not losing her heart to her employer.

As Georgeanne's third employer in four months, Lord Raynor is amazed by her success to control his troubled niece.  Yet, no servant has ever tried his patience more.  One minute he’s tempted to wring the governess’s beautiful neck for her antics.  Then he’s consumed with the desire to take her in his arms.

Deadly Lessons

When one of Lindsey Mitchell’s high school students hides a gun used in the execution of a gang member in her home, she becomes a target of the car theft gang.  Police detective Jack Owens, who is assigned to investigate the murder of one of Lindsey’s students, realizes the gang is after something they think she has.  He tries to prevent Lindsey from becoming the gang’s next victim.

Jackson
’s Crew

Eleven year old Jackson Thomas, a.k.a. Jacks, lives in the projects and knows the score.  So he convinces his friends to form a crew that helps members to stay out of trouble.  When Jacks’s new neighbor Gelo appears, the crew becomes involved keeping Peanut, the smallest of the crew members, from a bullying gangbanger, saving an old lady from a mugging, recovering stolen goods, and finally banishing a project drug dealer.   Unusual elements permeate the action whenever Gelo is around, and Jacks wonders if Gelo isn’t some sort of guardian angel.