Lazy Love

This 15,000-word novella is a PG listen and was originally published as part of the Call Me Valentino anthology. Cassie Morgan has to take 15 young ladies all the way to Texas from New York, but she is unsure if it's a good idea to be driven there by a rugged cowboy. How will she keep her heart intact? When Valentino Hayes is offered the job of driving a bus full of orphans to Texas, he jumps at the chance to find his long-lost brother. Now to convince the beautiful Mrs. Morgan to permit it. Will the trip to Texas be more than they expected?

Romance writer May Newman believes in happily ever after - just not for herself. When her assistant surprises her with tickets to see her favorite actor on a late-night talk show, she couldn’t be happier. Actor Bob Bodefeld is a cynic. While waiting for a flight, he spots a woman going out of her way to help strangers and thinks how much he’d like to have someone like that in his life. When the woman sits beside him on the plane, he vows to get to know her and make her his.

Actress Amber Knight has stolen the hearts of a nation in her role as MaryBeth on Lazy Love. But years before she got the role, her heart was stolen by John Baynard, the boy who she dreamed of love with. When she sees John again at a publicity event, and his young daughter is with him, she’s wary. She doesn’t dare trust him again, because she’s not sure she can survive another heartbreak at his hands. John deliberately seeks out Amber in a public place, wanting to rekindle a flame that has never gone out for him.

Sally Jackson believes that love has passed her by. In her late 40s, she dedicates all her time to teaching English to high school students. When the only man she’s ever loved comes into her classroom to plead with her to help his niece, all of the old feelings come rushing back. When Jay Graber realizes the teacher his niece is upset about is the woman he once asked to marry him, he wants to run. Again. She’s been on his mind for more than 20 years, and he’s not sure he’s ready to face her.