Kathleen Buckley: 5 books

Dawn’s almost-fiance wants to take her to Cancun and thinks she can ship her 12 year old daughter to Dawn’s ex-husband over Christmas break, as if she were a FedEx package. It’s Dawn’s son’s 19th birthday and her friends—and Paul—don’t know she has a son from a teenage mistake. She’s...

John, dumpster-diving adolescent loner—and proud of it!—is appalled when his mother brings home a baby (but no food or diapers). He remembers what his life was like when Jackie wasn’t coping well and reluctantly turns to the only adults he trusts, Eloise, a semi-retired travel writer for whom...

After her guardian’s death, Anne Sinclair comes to Town seeking a man with broad interests, rather than broad estates. She possesses a competence and a pretty face, so why did her late guardian think it might be difficult for her to make a match? The question becomes urgent when she discovers that...

Jane Stowe frequently finds her irritable father, peevish stepmother, and half brother Rupert a trial. Her only hope of eventual escape is her maternal uncle, Roger Markham, whose heir she is. When he dies under mysterious circumstances, Jane is the obvious suspect. Alex Gordon, family misfit, has...

London's cutthroat shipping trade is no place for a lady, although Olivia Cantarell has secretly acted as her father's assistant for years. Now she has inherited his company, she has no mind to give up control over it—and herself—by marrying, however flattering it is to be sought after for the...