Attorney Cole Cassidy is both delighted when Annie Jones, the only woman he had ever loved but whom he had been forced to give up, agrees to masquerade as his wife, but he soon become concerned about her motives. Original.
Pamela Toth was encouraged to write romance fiction by Meg Chittenden. She makes her home in Seattle and is a USA Today bestselling author. She is also known as Pamela Roth.
As an author for Silhouette Romance, Pamela Toth published two novels. As an author for Harlequin Temptation, Pamela Toth published two novels.
Sinopse: O brilhante advogado Cole Cassidy assume a defesa de sua mãe, Lily, quando ela é acusada de ter assassinado a rica texana Sophia Fortune. Cole está convencido de que a mãe caíra em uma armadilha. Nos dias que se seguem ao escândalo, Cole tem outro choque: a detetive particular contratada pela família Fortune para investigar o crime é Anne Jones, uma ex-policial com quem ele vivera um grande romance seis anos antes.
Décimo-primeiro volume da série Fortunes of Texas.
O título não casa com a história que na verdade é ao estilo falsamente-casados. Há muitas reviravoltas que exijem uma ausência de raciocínio absurda, ao ponto de levar a leitura àqueles casos em que a suspensão da realidade é impossível.
Nothing is more bitter then old regrets. So Cole Cassidy (Fortune?) knows all about bitterness from past mistakes, especially how he treated his first love, Annie Jones. Now, Lilly Cassidy is being framed for Sophia's murder so Cole (the only son and eldest child of Lily) is jumping into action to save his mother. He will do anything to solve the mystery of who actually killed Sophia, even join up with Annie on a stake out. I liked how smart Lily was about her children (except Maria, but evil is god at hiding, even from mothers). PI Annie Jones is a nice good person which makes the fact that she forgives the actions of Cole understandable, but I'm not sure that I would ever trust ever again someone that abandoned me once. A second chances Western contemporary romance with one sexy scene when people find each other again as adults because children make some many painful mistakes and regrets. The murder of Sophia is being detected by Annie and Cole so they can find a way to free his mother Lily and she can finally marry Ryan Fortune. I am frustrated that through out the story the family thinks about calling/visiting Marie in Leather Bucket, but never do, because that would solve the original kidnapping mystery with one visit!!! ACK! I am emotionally invested with the community and they need to get smarter! 242 pages 2 stars