A Hometown Boy/Back To The Good Fortune Diner

By Janice Kay Johnson and Vicki Essex

A Hometown Boy by Janice Kay Johnson

Prosecutor David Owen has fond memories of growing up in smalltown Washington State. But he outgrew that place and hasn't felt the need to return. Until a tragedy shakes the town and calls him back to a community desperate for hope and healing. In the emotional fallout, he never expects to find Acadia Henderson again.

For one teenaged summer they hovered on the edge of a sweet attraction before she moved away. Now as adults, that same attraction is there...only hotter and way more intense. This seems like the wrong time to find a connection. But it could be the perfect time to move on...with each other.

Back To The Good Fortune Diner by Vicki Essex

Everville, New York, the town where Tiffany Cheung grew up – and the last place she wants to be. The one bright side is that Chris Jamieson, the boy she used to tutor, is still around. Her high school crush is hotter than ever, and he needs her help...

Tutoring Chris's son is the perfect temporary job. Except Chris finally seems interested in her – and is hinting about a less temporary arrangement. But Tiffany's not staying and nothing will stop her from getting back to her real life...or can Chris change that?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Feb 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781460896389

Janice Kay Johnson

Janice Kay Johnson is the author of sixty books for children and adults. Her first four published romance novels were coauthored with her mother, also a writer who has since published mysteries and children's books on her own. These were "sweet" romance novels, the author hastens to add; she isn't sure they'd have felt comfortable coauthoring passionate love scenes! Janice graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in history and then received a master's degree in library science from the University of Washington. She was a branch librarian for a public library system until she began selling her own writing. She has written six novels for young adults and one picture book for the read-aloud crowd. Rosamund was the outgrowth of all those hours spent reading to her own daughters, and of her passion for growing old roses. Two more of her favourite books were historical novels she wrote for Tor/Forge. The research was pure indulgence for someone who set out intending to be a historian! Janice is divorced and has raised her two daughters in a small, rural town north of Seattle, Washington. She's an active volunteer and board member for Purrfect Pals, a no-kill cat shelter, and foster kittens often enliven a household that already includes a few more cats than she wants to admit to! Janice loves writing books about both love and family - about the way generations connect and the power our earliest experiences have on us throughout life. Her Superromance novels are frequent finalists for Romance Writers of America RITA awards.