Love Takes Chances – Karen Sandler

They spent their childhoods in foster care, and now they’re paying it forward to other foster kids. Love and trust doesn’t come easy for them, but they all yearn for home and family. Come meet Lucas, Tomás, Sam and Darius and experience their emotional journey in the Love Takes Chances small town romance series.

Their Baby Bargain Marriage

Billionaire CEO Lucas Taylor has everything a man could possibly want, except the one thing he never had as a child in foster care—a family. He’s trying to adopt a baby, but it’s a difficult process as a single man.

So when his administrative assistant, Allie Dickenson, asks him for a sizeable loan to keep her father in a care facility, Lucas makes a counter offer: a platonic marriage between them. Give him two years as his wife to get through the adoption process, and he will fund her father’s care for as long as he lives.

Allie reluctantly agrees despite her unspoken feelings for him. With time, she falls ever deeper in love. But will Lucas ever open his heart to her and all a family can offer? Buy now.

Loving Her Again

Tomás Herrera experienced one tragedy after another in his life. First he lost his parents and landed in foster care. Then his marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Becca, ended when she miscarried. His second wife kidnapped their toddler daughter, Lea. His daughter was four when he learned his second wife had died, and he could finally bring Lea home.

Now Tomás runs a program that teaches life and job skills to aged-out foster youth. His daughter is so traumatized, it’s been hard getting her to open up. Then, to his surprise, Becca unexpectedly applies for a teaching job with his program.

He wants to send her packing, but Lea instantly bonds to Becca. Reluctantly, Tomás gives Becca the job for his daughter’s sake, but soon discovers his feelings for her never died. Can his heart take another chance at love? Buy now.

A Family of His Own

Jana McPartland has screwed up plenty in her life, but getting pregnant takes the prize, especially when her boyfriend takes a hike. With nowhere to stay and no money to support herself or a baby, Jana turns to her closest friend, Sam Harrison, for help. He’s always been her refuge from the storm, and this is one heck of a hurricane she’s found herself in.

Sam, a former foster kid turned super-successful bestselling thriller novelist, offers Jana a roof over her head and a job. It’s a great solution, if she can ignore her one-time schoolgirl crush on Sam that’s turned into full-fledged love.

Sam struggles as well with not only his powerful attraction for Jana, but the sense of loss he feels knowing she plans to give up her baby. His “brilliant” idea to adopt the baby himself sends Jana into turmoil, then he makes matters worse when he proposes.

Jana agrees to marry Sam so she can keep her baby. But as the more-than-friendship feelings between them grow, she begins to wonder…can their new connection be enough to build a real family? Buy now.

Love Lost Love Found

After a childhood in foster care, Darius Jones thought he’d hit the lottery when he married his sweet, beautiful wife. When she was killed, his world came crashing down. Now he hides in his isolated wilderness home where he runs a successful business. Some days he’s agonized by grief and thoughts that he somehow might have prevented his wife’s murder.

Five years later, Darius rescues a woman about to drown in a storm-swollen creek on his land. When he asks her name, she remembers nothing about herself or her life. The only clue is her ankle bracelet with the name Mia.

As the anniversary of his wife’s death approaches, Darius’s anguish intensifies when he realizes he’s attracted to Mia. Fighting his feelings, he wants nothing more than to find out where she belongs and send her on her way.

But as Mia starts to heal from her ordeal, she remembers the darkness that sent her running. Can a life with Darius light her way and give them a future together? Buy now.

Redemption Hill: A Small Town Box Set

They spent their childhoods in foster care, and now they’re paying it forward to other foster kids. Love and trust doesn’t come easy for them, but they all yearn for home and family. Come meet Lucas, Tomás, Sam and Darius and experience their emotional journey. This is the complete set of all four books in the Redemption Hill series. Buy now.