{"title":"Brenda Adcock","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"other-mrs-champion-book-brenda-adcock-9781935053460","title":"The Other Mrs. Champion","description":"Sarah Champion, 55, of Massachusetts, was leading the perfect life with Kelley, her partner and wife of twenty-five years. That is, until Kelley was struck down by an unexpected stroke away from home. But Sarah discovers she hadn't known her partner and lover as well as she thought. Accompanied by Kelley's long-time friend and attorney, Sarah and her children rush to Vancouver, British Columbia to say their goodbyes, only to discover another woman, Pauline, keeping a vigil over Kelley in the hospital. Confronted by the fact that her wife also has a Canadian wife, Sarah struggles to find answers to resolve her emotional and personal turmoil. Alone and lonely, Sarah turns to the only other person who knew Kelley as well as she did--Pauline Champion. Will the two women be able to forge a friendship despite their simmering animosity? Will their growing attraction eventually become Kelley's final gift to the women she loved?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49621302870289,"sku":"GOR012585095","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51054380024081,"sku":"NIN9781935053460","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1935053469.jpg?v=1751347665"},{"product_id":"sea-hawk-book-brenda-adcock-9781935053101","title":"The Sea Hawk","description":"Dr. Julia Blanchard, a marine archaeologist, and her team of divers have spent almost eighteen months excavating the remains of a ship found a few miles off the coast of Georgia. Although they learn quite a bit about the nineteenth century sailing vessel, they have found nothing that would reveal the identity of the ship they have nicknamed The Georgia Peach. Consumed by the excavation of the mysterious ship, Julia's relationship with her partner, Amy, has deteriorated. When she forgets Amy's birthday and finds her celebrating in the arms of another woman, Julia returns alone to the Peach site. Caught in a violent storm, she finds herself separated from her boat and adrift on the vast Atlantic Ocean. Her rescue at sea leads her on an unexpected journey into the true identity of the Peach and the captain and crew who called it their home. Her travels take her to the island of Martinique, the eastern Caribbean islands, the Louisiana German Coast and New Orleans at the close of the War of 1812. How had the Peach come to rest in the waters off the Georgia coast? What had become of her alluring and enigmatic captain, Simone Moreau? Can love conquer everything, even time? On a voyage that lifts her spirits and eventually breaks her heart, Julia discovers the identity of the ship she had been excavating and the fate of its crew. Along the way she also discovers the true meaning of love which can be as boundless and unpredictable as the ocean itself.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50394156433681,"sku":"CIN1935053108VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51054369014033,"sku":"NIN9781935053101","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1935053108.jpg?v=1751156376"},{"product_id":"redress-of-grievances-book-brenda-adcock-9781932300864","title":"Redress of Grievances","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50937415860497,"sku":"GOR010156582","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51140493312273,"sku":"NIN9781932300864","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1932300864.jpg?v=1750771097"},{"product_id":"heart-of-the-mountain-book-brenda-adcock-9781619293304","title":"The Heart of the Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucinda Lu Calder is an experienced miner, sent to investigate possible irregularities at Brushy #3, a coal mine owned by her step-father, in eastern Kentucky. Acting as a transfer from another mine in the West, she is hired as a general miner and mechanic. As the first, and only, female miner at Brushy #3, she puts up with some distrust and hazing from her male counterparts to test her mettle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first people she meets is an attractive woman in personnel named Regina Kinlaw. Regina is the single mother of a nine-year-old daughter, who is relentlessly curious. When Regina's van breaks down, Lu stops to assist and is drawn to the young woman. Even though Regina seems stand-offish and secretive, something about her intrigues Lu. But she has a job to do and can't allow herself to be distracted by wishful thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe area surrounding Brushy #3 is a close knit, rural community and Lu finds herself thrown into situations that bring her into more frequent contact with Regina than she planned. They also bring her into contact with a man who believes Regina is his future wife and resents the time Regina spends with Lu. It's a situation that jeopardizes Lu's mission, and eventually her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51039644942609,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039647826193,"sku":"NIN9781619293304","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619293307.jpg?v=1751245707"},{"product_id":"untouchable-book-brenda-adcock-9781619292109","title":"Untouchable","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Emma Rothenberg is the most feared professor at Overland University because of her failure rate. Laramie Ramie Sunderlund is a senior art major, desperate to earn three lousy English credits to graduate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrown together in a battle of wills, the two women grudgingly establish a measure of respect for one another during one long semester. Emma is a lonely woman of forty-five who occasionally risks her career with dangerous liaisons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRamie faces unwanted advances from Rothenberg's graduate assistant, resulting in an assault that threatens her future as a sculptress. Relieved when the semester ends and Ramie leaves to recuperate at home, Emma is suddenly faced with the fact that she misses the woman with curly blonde hair and deep blue eyes who occupied an aisle seat on the third row. She was also a young woman half her age, virtually a child. The notion of anything between them is ridiculous.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Ramie returns to the university a decade later as the artist-in-residence, Emma is shocked that the younger woman seems interested in actively pursuing her. Against the objections of parents, friends, and colleagues, and despite their own reservations, what are these two very different women willing to sacrifice to find the happiness both are seeking?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51039802065169,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039804915985,"sku":"NIN9781619292109","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619292106.jpg?v=1751310157"},{"product_id":"in-the-midnight-hour-book-brenda-adcock-9781619291881","title":"In the Midnight Hour","description":"What happens when you wake up to find the woman of your dreams in your bed? All-night radio hostess Desdemona, Queen of the Night draws her listening audience with her sultry, seductive voice, the only thing of value she possesses. During the day she becomes an insecure, unattractive woman named Marsha Barrett, living in a world with too many mirrors. She is comfortable with her obscurity until she meets Colleen Walters, a tall, attractive woman hired to expand her listening audience by selling Desdemona to new markets. When she wakes up in bed with Colleen after a night at a club, Marsha is terrified. A woman like Colleen would never go to bed with a woman like Marsha. She might dream about such a thing, but in the harsh reality of daylight, it would never happen. Beauty is only drawn to beauty and Marsha refuses to believe beauty could ever be drawn to anyone who looks like her. Just as she begins to believe happiness may be possible, the past returns determined to destroy them.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51039835488529,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039838372113,"sku":"NIN9781619291881","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619291886.jpg?v=1750799533"},{"product_id":"soiled-dove-book-brenda-adcock-9781935053354","title":"Soiled Dove","description":"In 1872, sixteen-year-old Loretta Digby fled her home in Indiana to escape an abusive step-father. Rescued from the streets of St. Joseph, Missouri by brothel owner Jack Coulter, she turns to the only work available. By twenty she became a much sought after prostitute catering to St. Jo's most influential men and dreaming of the day she can leave her past behind and start her life anew. Jack is enraged when he discovers his favorite employee's plan to leave. Bloody and beaten, Loretta is rescued by a young prostitute, Amelia Benson, and customer Reverend Cyrus Langford. Working with teacher, Hettie Tobias, who is traveling west for a teaching position in Trinidad, Colorado, Loretta and Amelia leave their former lives behind. In the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Trinidad, Clare McIlhenney has been struggling for years to make her father's dream of owning a cattle ranch in the west come true. Working with a few ranch hands and her foreman, Ino Valdez, Clare has slowly built the ranch over the last twenty years while overcoming everything that should have stopped her. In the spring of 1876 Loretta and her friends arrive in the dusty Colorado town. Her first meeting with Clare McIlhenney is less than inspiring. When Clare is injured, over her strenuous objections, Ino hires Loretta as a temporary cook and housekeeper for the ranch. Over the next few months, Clare struggles with her unwanted attraction to the much younger woman, unable to forget the events of her past that led to the deaths of everyone she had been close to. Determined to never lose anyone else, Clare closed off her emotions and became a distant and disliked stranger to everyone around her. Will Loretta be able to keep her past a secret and find a new life? Will Clare open herself up to loss yet again and put her own prejudices behind her? In a story of the struggles in a harsh and unforgiving time will the two women find peace at last?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51119669772561,"sku":"NIN9781935053354","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1935053353.jpg?v=1751125142"},{"product_id":"game-of-denial-book-brenda-adcock-9781619291300","title":"The Game of Denial","description":"Joan Carmichael, a successful New York businesswoman, lost the love of her life ten years earlier. Alone, she raised their four children, always cherishing her deep love for her wife. Her memories of their life together come back even stronger as one of their daughters prepares to marry. Joan and her four adult kids fly to Virginia to meet the groom's family and attend the ceremony at the small horse farm owned by the mother of the fianc . Evelyn Evey Chase, also a widow, has secrets in her past, and her memories of her dead husband aren't pleasant. She's concerned about meeting her future daughter-in-law's family, certain that she and her three kids will have little in common with the wealthy New Yorkers. Besides, the thought of two women in a relationship bringing up a family together makes her uncomfortable, even though her daughter-in-law assures her that being lesbian is not hereditary or catching. When the two women meet they are drawn to one another in a way neither anticipated, and the game of denial begins. Evey fights her attraction and doesn't realize the effect she has on Joan. Joan tries to shake off her feelings, seeing them as a betrayal to the memory of her wife. Besides, isn't Evey Chase straight? After Evey and Joan share an intimate moment at the wedding reception, they are both emotionally terrified and Joan flees. Will Joan overcome the feeling of betraying her former mate and stop denying her desire to be happy again? Can Evey finally face her past in order to accept the love of another woman and the desire to live the life she had once dreamed of?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51145185984785,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51145188475153,"sku":"NIN9781619291300","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619291304.jpg?v=1750895791"},{"product_id":"picking-up-the-pieces-book-brenda-adcock-9781619291201","title":"Picking Up the Pieces","description":"Athon Dailey hasn't had many breaks in her life other than the ones she made for herself by living up to her reputation as a tough girl until she meets Lauren Shelton, a new girl at school in Duvalle, Texas. Tamed by Lauren's affection, Athon begins to believe there could be a brighter future. When Lauren's parents discover the growing relationship they send her away, making sure the two girls never have contact, leaving Athon alone and abandoned. Twenty years later the two women meet again. Athon has established a successful military career as a helicopter pilot while Lauren has returned to Duvalle to teach. It doesn't take long for them to rekindle their feelings for one another and they finally get the chance to rebuild their teenage dreams. Permanent happiness is within their grasp when Athon's unit is deployed. Athon comes home in a coma, diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. She awakens to find Lauren by her side to welcome her home. When Athon chooses to retire and return to Texas, neither realizes the twists and turns the journey home will take. The Athon Dailey who returned to Lauren is not the woman she remembers. In order for their relationship to survive, Lauren begins her search for the woman she loves. Will Athon finally find her way back to Lauren and the dream they both once had? Does Lauren have the courage to live with a woman who is now a stranger?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51194175914257,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51194176930065,"sku":"NIN9781619291201","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619291207.jpg?v=1751024218"},{"product_id":"chameleon-book-brenda-adcock-9781619291027","title":"The Chameleon","description":"Six years ago Detective Christine Shaw left her happy life and a good job in Texas to follow her libido to New York City. She's still a cop, but her stewardess girlfriend has flown the coop and Chris hasn't been able to fill the void. Everything in her life begins to change when she and her partner are assigned to a high profile case. The murder of Broadway star Elaine Barrie propels Chris into a whole new world. A fan of the murdered actress since she was a teenager, Chris isn't prepared for the secrets she uncovers during their investigation, including her attraction to the daughter of her number one suspect. Was the victim any of the personalities witnesses describe, or was the real person a chameleon, satisfying the expectations of each person she met?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51209553346833,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51209555149073,"sku":"NIN9781619291027","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1619291029.jpg?v=1750927389"},{"product_id":"price-of-betrayal-book-brenda-adcock-9781619294752","title":"The Price of Betrayal","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Audie Wade's wife of 20 years dies from cancer, she finds her secret diaries. Carlie wrote of another woman; someone Audie never met, yet someone Carlie cared for deeply. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling from the discovery of Carlie's indiscretion, Audie does everything she can to erase her memory; and her betrayal. It's not until she meets friendly, and much younger, Reagan that she feels there's a real chance at happiness again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReagan Malloy has the handsome Audie in her sights right away. While Audie is put off a bit by their age difference, Reagan does her best to get through Audie's armor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when betrayal visits them again, will Audie and Reagan's new relationship survive? Or will they succomb to the betrayal and deny their love?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52474458177809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52474459488529,"sku":"NLS9781619294752","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781619294752.jpg?v=1759841246"},{"product_id":"price-of-betrayal-book-brenda-adcock-9781619294738","title":"The Price of Betrayal","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52476810133777,"sku":"NLS9781619294738","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752130015505,"sku":"NIN9781619294738","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781619294738.jpg?v=1759844640"},{"product_id":"unresolved-conflicts-book-brenda-adcock-9781619293748","title":"Unresolved Conflicts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Wolfe said: You can't go home again, and most of us know that, but it doesn't mean wanting to recapture just one good memory about our family isn't powerful enough to draw us back over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarriett Markham and her lover, Jess Raines have finally settled into a comfortable relationship together following a harrowing and disturbing case when their peaceful life is interrupted by a plea from a high school friend of Harriett's, who has been arrested for the murder of a fellow teacher. Their investigation drags them both into a past they'd rather forget and forces them to acknowledge their seemingly perfect life might not be quite so perfect to the rest of their family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery family has secrets they'd prefer to not share, even with the people they love most. A trip to Harriett's home town re-opens old wounds for both Harriett and Jess that will either force their families together again or rip them apart forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52752129622289,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752130081041,"sku":"NIN9781619293748","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781619293748.jpg?v=1763560462"},{"product_id":"gift-of-the-redeemer-book-brenda-adcock-9781619293601","title":"Gift of the Redeemer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJourdaine Troyce is the commandant of the Guardians, her entire life spent training to kill, literally, anyone that poses the slightest threat to her emperor or the royal family. Killing is as natural as breathing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbreen Prins is a pacifist by nature, killing only as a last resort as she and her young companions fight against the tyranny of the emperor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowan Shayne is the captain of an Intergalactic ship crewed by all the misfits the Fleet can't put anywhere else. They aren't expected to do great things. They're not even expected to function well enough to do their jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlec Travers is one of the best fighter pilots the Fleet has ever seen, especially when flanked by her two closest friends, creating what they call The Furies. But being posted to Captain Shayne's ship of misfits, out where there are no enemies to fight, is stifling. All she and the other Furies want is to get out there and take down the enemy. Whoever that enemy might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartbreak, treachery, evil, and the need for justice bring these four together on an adventure to discover the gift of the Redeemer, and the heroines they are destined to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52752862675217,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752863068433,"sku":"NIN9781619293601","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781619293601.jpg?v=1763562933"},{"product_id":"one-step-at-a-time-book-brenda-adcock-9781619294080","title":"One Step At A Time","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52752949739793,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752950198545,"sku":"NIN9781619294080","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781619294080.jpg?v=1763563253"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-brenda-adcock.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}