Wonderful reviews for award-winning author Helen Brenna
âBrenna combines nonstop action and great sexual tension for a story readers wonât want to put down.â
âRT Book Reviews on The Moon That Night, nominated for a Reviewerâs Choice award for Best Harlequin Superomance of 2010
âIâve found a new series romance writer to put on the auto-buy list.â
âAll About Romance on Along Came a Husband
âOne book you must have on your listâ¦donât miss it!â
âRomance Reviews Today on Along Came a Husband
âIn this touching story about the power love has to heal all wounds, Brennaâs characters have terrifically real depth and emotional appeal.â
âRT Book Reviews on Then Comes Baby
âA talented storyteller, Brenna has a gift for writing category romance. She understands how to create intimate, heart-touching stories with the kind of vigorous writing that makes a series romance a satisfying little peek into the lives and loves of unique people and families. If you donât know her work, Next Comes Love is a nice place to start.â
âMichelle Buonfiglio, BN.com
âHighlighting the eternal tension between safety and risk and the familiar and the unknown, this poignant, sweet, gently humorous story focuses on a pair of deeply conflicted protagonists and nicely sets the stage for the Mirabelle Island books to come.â
âLibrary Journal on First Come Twins
Dear Reader,
Wow. Number five in the An Island to Remember series. Itâs finally Sarahâs turn!
The first time Garrett Taylor popped into my mind for book two, Next Comes Love, I had this feeling he had brothers, and by book three I knew at least one of them was going to make his way to Mirabelle. Jesse, though, was a truly larger-than-life surprise.
Sarah and Jesse. Jesse and Sarah. No matter how I look at it, these two simply belong together. I hope you enjoy the journey of them discovering what was so clear to me from page one.
Two more An Island to Remember stories are coming in August and September 2011. I promise Her Sure Thing will shake up the life of entirely-too-content Dr. Sean Griffin. And Redemption at Mirabelle has Missy Charmsâs sister, Marin Camden, getting a little more than she bargained for when she comes to the island for some R & R.
Without giving too much away, Mirabelle Island itself is going to face its toughest challenge yet in the midst of these three stories, so keep reading! And check out my website at www.helenbrenna.com. Iâll be adding pages of Mirabelle Island detail, pictures, maps and a character chart.
I love hearing from readers. You can contact me at [email protected], or P.O. Box 24107, Minneapolis, MN 55424.
My best,
Helen Brenna
Helen Brenna grew up in central Minnesota, the seventh of eight children. Although she never dreamed of writing books, sheâs always been a voracious reader. So after taking a break from her accounting career to be an at-home mom, she tried her hand at writing the romances she loves to read. Since she was first published in 2007, her books have won many awards, including the Romance Writers of Americaâs prestigious RITA>® Award, RT Book Reviews Reviewerâs Choice Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Book Buyersâ Best Award and the National Readersâ Choice Award.
Helen lives happily ever after with her family in Minnesota. Sheâd love hearing from you. Email her at [email protected] or send mail to P.O. Box 24107, Minneapolis, MN 55424. Visit her website at www.helenbrenna.com or chat with Helen and other authors at Riding With The Top Down.
For Johanna Raisanen
Thanks for making that first big leap of faith!
He doesnât yet know this, but I have to thank Adam Gadach, once again, for inspiring me to write this story. Heâs a real live hero who truly knows how to forgive.
Adam was hit by a drunk driver one night and, as a result, lost his leg.
The man who hit him was Adam Lunn, and I do need to thank him, too, for showing me how a man starts to find the courage to face his mistakes.
Believe it or not, these two men stand side by side and talk to DWI offenders about their experience, hoping to make a difference, hoping to save lives. I have to believe theyâve saved more than one.
My best to you both, Helen
âTo err is human, to forgive divine.â
âAlexander Pope
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
EPILOGUE
âTHIS WISCONSIN OR the tundra?â Jesse Taylor chuckled as he glanced through the windshield of the four-wheel-drive SUV and into a blinding swirl of white. The bus had only taken him as far as Bayfield. From there, heâd hired a taxi.
âOh, heck, this ainât nothing,â the driver said, his voice cutting through the twang of an old country-and-western song playing on the radio. âWeâre only gettinâ six inches of snow today. I remember once we got eighteen in a coupla hours.â