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Fresh Pick | ON LAVENDAR LANE by JoAnn Ross
Fresh Pick / April 4, 2012

January 2012 On Sale: January 3, 2012 Featuring: Madeline Durand; Lucas Chaffee 400 pages ISBN: 0451235436 EAN: 9780451235435 Kindle: B005GSYYUS Paperback $7.99 Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com On Lavendar Lane by JoAnn Ross Former Navy SEAL Lucas Chaffee is settling back into civilian life, refurbishing a farmhouse for an old friend who plans to turn it into a culinary school. Celebrity TV chef Madeline Durand has been publicly humiliated by a philandering husband. So Madeline jumps at the chance to return to Shelter Bay to recover and help her grandmother turn the family farm into a new business. Little does she know that the man who broke her heart years ago is already on the job-or that he’s going to cook up a recipe of passion, patience, and perseverance to win her over. Lucas Chaffee returns to Shelter Bay to rekindle an old love. Previous Picks

RaeAnne Thayne | Inspiration Through Difficulties
Author Guest / April 4, 2012

Somebody asked me the other day in an interview why so many of my characters have suffered something horrible. Wow. Gut check! I looked through my backlist of forty books and realized I do write a great deal about people who have been through rough times. The loss of a spouse, infertility, the loss of a child, a terrible accident. Hmmm. Definitely a pattern there! As I dug a little deeper, it wasn’t so surprising. I find it inspiring to write about people who have faced difficult things and yet have still managed to overcome, to move forward with their lives and still find joy again. I suppose I am heartened by the many examples in my own life of friends and family who manage to face hard times with grace and dignity and come through to the other side with a beautiful strength. One of my favorite songs is sung by Martina McBride. The chorus has a great message that rings more true every time I hear it: “Love’s the only house big enough for all the pain in the world.” Like my characters, nobody gets through this world without suffering pain of some kind. But I find great…