If you enjoy strong characters successfully overcoming real hurdles: job loss, widowhood, becoming a single mother, enduring a Hollywood-crazy mother, and finding help for a floundering child, then you'll enjoy this set of five full-length romance novels set on California's Central Coast.

California Sunshine: She dedicates herself to raising her daughter and fighting for her beliefs. He pursues a quieter, conservative path. Once they were in love.

California Sunset: She's scrambling to keep her job. He's focused on his new bookstore. But when they meet, forgotten feelings touch both their hearts.

California Wine: She's a Californian entranced by her trip to Europe. He's passionate about his sweet life in Italy. Their love affair has no chance ... or does it?

California Homecoming: She's pregnant and alone. He struggles with re-entry to civilian life. An old house and a stray dog bring them together. Can love keep them that way?

California Thyme: She abhors the movie industry. He dreams of being a producer.

California Sunrise: She fights her attraction to her son's doctor. He hangs tight to his determination to live alone. Can their self-imposed barriers fall to love?

Buy California Romance now, grab a glass of California wine, and settle in for a satisfying read.