Patricia Holden: 12 books

When Ryan Fallon and his twin sister made a pact at the end of high school to never marry, neither of them knew that Josie Miller would walk into their lives. They certainly did not know that Ryan would fall for her, or that she would fall just as hard for him. Now, Josie is homeless and without a...

Beth Hartke Pernoud and her husband Ed Pernoud find out they are going to be parents after previous disappointments. Due to turbulent water under the bridge with Ed's father, Beth's dad refuses to accept their clandestine marriage, and the reality that they had been sneaking around spending...

In the immediate aftermath of the American takeover of Louisiana, Tom St. Clair returns to the Mississippi River Delta to begin courting the woman he fell in love with years ago, Laura Gayos. When he visits her family's home, he discovers that she is not there. The question is where did she go. He...

Twelve years have passed since veterinarian Sean Dolan ran from the girl he was attracted to into the arms of a woman he came to loathe. In that time, he married, had two children, divorced, and now is faced with the reality that the woman he really wanted is no longer under age, but very much old...

Interior designer Tara McKenzie took a new job in a new city, St. Louis, with a boss who really doesn't seem to like her. Mickey Dolan resents the fact that his partner hired his design team while he was out of town, and that goes double for Southern Belle Tara. She gives off all the vibes of being...

In the weeks leading up to their wedding, Gabriel Pernoud and Alicia Drummond work to put a number of issues to rest concerning not just themselves, but their family situations. Their mothers, two women who are as different as night and day, become the focus of their lives as they come to grips with...

Following the demise of her marriage, Maureen Dolan is working to put her life back together and move on from dependence on family for a number of forms of support. She is keeping her Irish dancing school going, and learning to live on her own again. Linus Drummond is dealing with his father's departure...

Mae Jones, getting desperate at looking for a job not in an office, answers an ad for "Household Manager" tending to the lives of seven brothers living in the old money suburb of St. Louis, Ladue. When the big front door opens at the French chateau style house, she comes face to face with the elusive...

Margot Dolan was desperately trying to keep her busy life together when Damian Pernoud walked through the door of the women's shelter where she worked. He was there to determine what would be needed for a massive renovation of the facility along with what the women who ran the non-profit wanted...

In the sixth book of the Turn My Head series, Rosemary Fallon, granddaughter of United States Senator Aidan Dolan, and gifted violinist, is home in St. Louis from Zurich while her grandfather lives out the end of his days. Unbeknownst to the family - at least Rosemary and her lover Francis Pernoud,...

In the turbulent St. Louis spring, Ben, the second of the elusive Pernoud brothers clan, is working to finish his bridge project and nursing the new reality that his older brother is getting married and leaving him at home to run the business while he spends a pre-honeymoon in Europe. His head turns...

Sarah Jane Rappaport returns from an unsuccessful antiques scouting trip to find her boss waiting for her. He offers to forget the cost of her unfruitful trip, one of many, in exchange for a physical relationship. She turns him down flat, and leaves behind her worldly possessions in a work sponsored...