Judge Laurel Kincade has it all---brains, beauty, and an aristocratic Old South family to back her up. A political rising star, she's ready to announce her candidacy for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Journalist Cole McGaughan has ambitions too. Working as a religion writer for the New York Daily Journal, he longs to become a political reporter. Then his old friend Matt Hogan, a private investigator, calls with a tip. The lovely young judge may be hiding a secret that could derail her campaign. Would Cole like to be the one to break the story? Cole sees a clear road to his goal, but there's a problem. Laurel's history is entangled with his own, and he must decide if the story that could make his career is worth the price he'd have to pay. Can Cole and Laurel find forgiveness and turn their hidden past into a hopeful future---and somehow keep it all off the record?
Beth White writes contemporary and historical romances with a Christian worldview for Zondervan, Tyndale House and Steeple Hill. She usually sets her stories in either her native Mississippi or her current home, Alabama. Though she has spent most of her life studying, performing and teaching music--she plays piano, flute and pennywhistle and sings lyric soprano--she has always been in love with the written word. With a Masters degree in Creative Writing, she has also taught middle school Language Arts, high school English, and college Freshman Composition. Her current day job is teaching chorus and piano at an inner city public school on the Gulf Coast.
Beth's foray into the world of publishing began with a young adult romance written while her son was a baby. When that book failed to find a publisher, she joined Romance Writers of America and within two years landed a contract with Tyndale House. Fourteen books later, she continues to dream up happy endings with faith, warmth and a golden glint of humor. Look for her on the Web at www.elizabethwhite.net
