Linda Rettstatt: 33 books

Alexandra Ramsey has been rescuing strays since she was abandoned by her mother at the age of seven. Now Alex’s passion is poured into Harley’s Haven, the no-kill animal shelter she built from scratch in Cade's Point, Mississippi. Evan Whiting rode the crest of the wave of success as a top chef...

Author Amanda McDonnell finds herself stranded in a small Texas town that’s not even on the map. She is soon confronted by a mystery and caught up in an impossible fantasy. It seems the characters she had discarded from her stories have come to life in Elderberry, Texas—and now they’re demanding...

They say the past cannot be changed. Nick Barton learns it cannot be easily silenced, either. His home town is a ghost town, in many ways, and the founders of Clarkston aren’t giving up the ghost just yet. They have a plan to revive Clarkston. They’ve just been waiting for Nick to set it in motion....

Private Investigator Vanna Marbury comes to Lexington, the heart of thoroughbred horse racing, to locate a rare stolen black colt destined for greatness. But the dark horse she finds is a different breed with a chip on his shoulder. Braxton Hicks, so named by his mother because of the pain he caused...

When recently-divorced Edie Montgomery discovers the cruise she's been booked on is called the Meet Your Mature Match cruise, she wants to grab her luggage and run. Widower Adam Armstrong is kicking himself for taking on the assignment of reviewing a cruise catering to the over-fifty crowd. Sure,...

After serving as her sister's Maid of Honor, Kellie Ramsey is ready for a new chapter in her own life. The only thing louder than the wedding bells in her head is the ticking of her biological clock. The problem--the guy she's been dating is not the one. She's never been a dog person like her sister,...

The argument ended as blinding headlights bore down on her. The steering wheel spun beneath Jenny's fingers. A horn blared, and then...nothing. Jennifer Barnes wakens to learn she is the sole survivor of the crash that claimed her husband and eight-year-old son. Why did she survive? The question...

Actor Spence Parker's career teeters on the brink of ruin thanks to a fling with the slightly crazed and drug-addicted daughter of a powerful and well-loved Hollywood film producer. Taking the advice of his agent, Spence takes a little vacation away from Hollywood. Hoping to fly under the radar, Spence...

Author Jessica Windsor can't get past her broken heart to write the romance novel that's due to her publisher. She believes a change of scenery will help and, so, leaves New York City for the quiet of the Pocono Mountains--renting a cabin inhabited by a ghost and situated near a wild game hunting...

When her best friend is injured in a sky-diving accident, Emily Price jumps at the chance to flee New York and give Carrie the support she needs. Ransom Cove, the small town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, turns out to be just what Emily needs to overcome writer’s block. Dr. Noah Holt, the local...

Five very different women, each carrying her own secret, meet on the Jersey shore for a retreat: Embracing the New You: Reinventing Yourself After Fifty. A story about change, self-acceptance, and sisterhood. The flyer reads: Embracing the New You: Reinventing Yourself After Fifty. Liv, Andi, Julia,...

Meg Flores has it all—a loving family, a fulfilling career, and marriage to her best friend, Thomas. She is devastated when her husband announces he wants a divorce so he can pursue a relationship with his secretary—his male secretary. For Meg, the betrayal goes beyond that of a cheating husband....

Sisters Mary Jo Brunetto and Gabriel Schmidtzer stumble upon an apparent crime scene when they discover Saint Malachi’s Church unlocked and brightly lit in the middle of the night. Father Sergei Yerkhov, a visiting priest at Saint Malachi’s, has gone missing and there’s blood on the handrail...

Beth Rutledge awakens on her 50th birthday feeling dissatisfied and unsettled. She can't quite figure out what has changed. Everything seems to be annoying to her. A drive to the mountains alone and sign along the road propel her into a journey of self-discovery. It also makes her family believe she's...