The Circle of Friends Series by Mary Jo Putney

Raine Marlowe has finally convinced her soon-to-be ex-husband to star in her directorial debut-but he fears that his character's dark secrets may be dangerously close to his own... "Mary Jo Putney never fails to deliver a winning story with heartwarming characters. She is a pleasure to read...always." ( Literary Times ) "Putney's writing is clear as crystal and smooth as silk." ( Booklist )

Rob Smith is the kind of guy--and lawyer--Val Covington knows she should avoid: mysterious, handsome, haunted. But when he tries to help her save a man from being executed, she discovers long hidden secrets-along with an irresistible passion.

Features the contemporary novella "A Holiday Fling," and the classic historicals "The Christmas Cuckoo" "Sunshine for Christmas" "The Christmas Tart" "The Black Beast of Belleterre"