A Home of Her Own
#1242
by Brenda Novak
Harlequin (Superromance)
December 1, 2004
ISBN-13: 0373712421
Available in: Paperback
If it weren't for bad luck, she'd have no luck at all....
Lucky Caldwell has never been as lucky as her name, though there was a time when she thought her life might improve. When she was ten, the parade of men going through her mother's trailer finally stopped the day Red married Morris, one of the kindest richest men in the area. But the people of Dundee didn't appreciate the fact that Red was half Morris's age. Nor did they like the town hooker flouncing around, flashing money that had once belonged to some of their most upstanding citizens. Morris's well- respected first family hated it most of all .
Mike Hill should have inherited the Old Victorian on the property next to his ranch. It belonged to his grandfather for years, and he and his grandfather were very closeuntil Morris married Red, of course. At that point, Red and her three young children invaded his grandfather's home and his heart, humiliating Mike's family in the process. But Mike thinks that's all behind him. His grandfather and Red are both dead, and Red's children have moved away. Then Lucky returns to restore the Victorian she inherited instead of him, and Mike suddenly finds himself with a new neighbor. One he doesn't want to like. Only Lucky's not a little girl anymore and he can't help noticing....
Lucky isn't excited to return to Dundee and face the memories of her past. But she's found her mother's journal listing a few male names, and she's sure one of them must be her father. She's hoping to discover her roots and that sense of connection she's always missed. Fortunately, her luck is about to change....
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak’s career as a bestselling author—she caught her day-care provider drugging her children with cough syrup to get them to sleep all day. That was when Brenda decided she needed to quit her job as a loan officer and help make a living from home. “When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book,” Brenda says. But she sold that book, and the rest is history. Her novels have made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and won many awards, including five Rita nominations, the Book Buyer’s Best, the Book Seller’s Best and the National Reader’s Choice Award. Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are proud parents of five children—three girls and two boys. When she’s not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually raising funds for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). So far, Brenda has raised $2.6 million. Please visit http://www.brendanovakforthecure.org to see how you can help.