AVAILABLE MARCH 2010 at Desert Breeze Publishing.

When a divorce from her husband of twenty-five years leaves Kate McClure financially destitute and alienated from her two adult children, she and her aging mother Belle return to Paradise Ranch, the homestead they left when Kate was a child. In this quiet spot she can begin to put her shattered life back together, or so she thinks.

She has scarcely set foot in the dilapidated old ranch house when her next-door neighbor, handsome bachelor Hank Sinclair, arrives to announce that he has a prior claim on Paradise.

Against her better judgment Kate enters into a business deal with Hank and finds she is falling in love with him despite his frank admission that he wants no lasting relationship.

"This is not a book to simply read straight-through. This is to be used as a text book. Creative writers should keep this as a guide to refer to on a regular basis. Creative writers will benefit from this guide." - Reviewed by: Stephanie Rollins for ReviewYourBook.com

This series of lessons is designed to help writers improve their writing by writing. It is predicated on the belief that learning to write well is not about reading, reciting and remembering; it is about comprehension, perception, and recognition. The aim is threefold: to help writers understand the importance of purpose, to perceive writing as a process, and to recognize the underlying principles that govern that process.

"This is the kind of book you get caught up in and have to remind yourself that it is fiction. Kudos, Ms. Bryan. Fans of romance will savor Little Nell." -- Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com

Nell Cantrell is no stranger to conflict and danger. She has learned to cope with range wars, marauding outlaw bands, family conflict, and social upheaval. But her feelings for her older brother Richard are a threat she finds impossible to conquer.

Richard Cantrell has always adored Nell. Over the past few years those feelings have transmuted into an emotion he hardly dares own. If he is to claim her for his own, he must reveal a closely guarded family secret that could tear their world apart and alienate her from him forever.