| DESIGNED FOR PASSION Now
available in e-books!
SECOND CHANCES CAN BE BEST OF ALL! (On
sale March l, 2008. Available from eharlequin.com
February 1, 2008.)
Melodye Carter thought romantic love was out of the question
for her again. Beautiful, plus-sized, dress designer and boutique shop owner for
the plus-sized woman, she is blessed. She has twins and is widowed by a man who
was murdered under circumstances that left her afraid for her own life. Her marriage
had gone from ecstasy to savagery. Now she has sworn off love and intends to spend
the rest of her life healing from her wounds, nurturing her children and building
her thriving business. Then she meets a man who makes it known he wants no ties
and no romantic entanglements while she soon finds herself feeling far more than
she wants to feel.
Jim Ryman has devoted himself to his job as a detective
lieutenant. He cannot shake the anguish of feeling that he caused the death of
his pregnant wife. He feels he made a terrible husband and would have made a poor
father. Now he devotes himself to his narrow world and bitterly resents it when
he begins to work on Melody's late husband's cold case and finds himself deepy
drawn to her and her twins. She and the charming twins grip his heart and he can't
help but wonder if life could offer a second chance for him.
Then there's
Lucia, Melodye's gorgeous, supermodel, superthin sister, Lucia, who with their
mother never lets her forget they don't consider "plus-sized" beautiful.
All her life she has lived in Lucia's shadow. Lucia who has everything and soon
sets her cap for Jim. The supermodel believes in pulling out all the stops and
lets Melodye know she has a fight on her hands. But Melodye finds she has a firmer
backbone than she thought and for the first time in her life, she fights back.
Copyright © 2008 by Harlequin Enterprises Limited.
® and tm are trademarks of the publisher. Read it. You'll
love it! REVIEWS 
Reviewer Top Pick! Night Owl Romance gives DESIGNED FOR PASSION 5 stars!
"It
brings to mind that beauty is not what shows on the outside but what we all have
inside. Whether we're fat, tall, blonde, perky or in this case a beautiful African
American woman who has never known real love before finding it for the first time.
Melodye is just like all of us wishing for the right man to show her what real
love is really like. I loved Jim Ryman for even though he tried to be professional
each look from Melodye brought his defenses down. These two definitely complete
each other and shows that no matter how you look you are able to love no matter
what." ~Melinda, Night Owl Romance Read
the entire review here!
"The author has written a gripping story that compels the reader to keep on, page after page, in the anxiety to know what happened next. I'm well impressed by this book and I look forward to read more novels written by Francine Craft." ~Carlo Gabbi, Amazon (Brisbane - Australia)
WINNERS FOR DESIGNED FOR PASSION CONTEST
Winners asked that their full names not be used -- for security reasons.
SDW, Birmingham; RR, Shelbyville, TN; TW, Anniston, AL; KS, Maumelle, AR
Winners said they couldn't be more pleased and are snacking away. I certainly put that in the past tense.
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