Patricia Hopper Patteson is a native of Dublin, Ireland and resides in West Virginia. She has five siblings and together they span three continents. It’s always a happy occasion when the family reunites at home in Dublin. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from West Virginia University (WVU). She has received honors in creative writing from WVU in addition to numerous awards from the West Virginia Writers’ annual competition. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in magazines, newspapers, reviews, and anthologies. She authored four novels including a three-part Irish-American family saga about the O’Donovans in the nineteenth century in addition to her first romance novel Hearts Apart.
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Faye and Reece Harrington divorced eight years ago, and their twins have been estranged since they were ten. Owen lives in London with his dad and Seline lives in Virginia with her mom. At eighteen, the twins conspire to attend Oxford together. Now, Owen demands to spend Christmas in Virginia, and Faye must face Reece to defend her son’s decision.
Prudence Velcray has known only heartbreak on Valentine’s Day. To protect her heart this Valentine’s Day, she ends the romance with her boyfriend before she is dealt another crushing blow. She retreats to Snowline Mountain Resort where she collides with Dr. Sebastian Stone at the ice rink and in ensnared by cupid’s misguided arrow into a hopeless attraction that she neither wants nor can deny.
Maggie Guirdano is owner of a thriving winery and vineyard four years after she leaves a high-paying job for the Virginia countryside. An entrusted document goes missing that ensures the future of her business and puts it in jeopardy when Jerrold Snyder, who moved three thousand miles away to forget this place, inherits the land.