Christina Hamlett: 15 books

San Francisco wedding planner Kate Jefferson couldn’t have cared less that her former boyfriend was tying the knot…until his too rich/too thin/too snooty fiancée hired her to orchestrate The Event of the Century for them. With her business under threat of unfavorable publicity if even the teensiest...

It was George Bernard Shaw who once wrote that there are two tragedies in life: One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. Shaw wasn't being deep. He was talking about dating. At any given moment anywhere in the world, someone is falling in love, falling out of love,...

A loving daughter takes a page from her father’s story of “butterfly moments” to ease the pain of his impending death. A besotted waiter conspires to get a beautiful woman who is out of his league to call in sick for a day of hooky. A teenager experiences ‘three’s a crowd’ when her dad...

If Life came with a “rewind” button, we could insert ourselves into missed opportunities, give voice to unspoken words, make amends for hurtful deeds, keep friendships from falling by the wayside, and even linger to smell the roses. Twenty exceptional writers share their true stories of...

It’s one thing for Henny Tinker to think that her handsome and charismatic new boss, Geoffrey Bond, is way out of her league. The more she reflects on his secret trips and his uncanny ability to acquire never-before-seen artworks, the more she starts to suspect that he’s also – quite literally...

When Morgan Selby, a writer for a Seattle children's show, advertises for a boarder to help share the rent on her Whidbey Island lighthouse, she has no idea it will bring with it a part of the past she yearns to forget. Her new tenant is Barry Wells, an entertainment lawyer from New York. Wealthy,...

"Will do anything legal for $50,000." When a flighty young heiress answers his classified ad for emergency funds to repair his fishing boat, it's almost a dream come true for Nantucket native Kevin Dunbar. Unfortunately, it's the worst nightmare imaginable for the spoiled and self-absorbed...

In 1853, Archduchess Sophie of Bavaria decided it was time for her beloved son, Franz Joseph, to take a wife and start producing heirs. Rather than trust such an important union to Fate--or worse, Romance--she sent for her sister Ludovika's docile older daughter, Helene, to come to the court for a...

Who told your muse she could go on vacation? While one could say that hard-working muses are just as entitled as the rest of us to relax, refresh and recharge, why does their absence always seem to coincide with publishing deadlines and the inability to squeeze forth a single clever thought, turn...

When a young Indian woman named Cornelia Sorabji stepped into a law class at Oxford's Somerville Hall in 1891, the male students and faculty assumed she was there to serve them tea ... or to commence searching for a suitable English husband. They were gravely mistaken on both counts.

A comely young widow named Dolley. A confirmed bachelor (many years her senior) named James. An introduction by a mutual friend named Aaron Burr. The rest, as they say, is history.

There's nothing wrong with parents wanting their offspring to have the best education money can buy. Unless the price crosses a line which can't be erased.

Another openin'! Another show! And what could be more exciting than seeing your own name on the program as "Playwright." When it comes to taking your idea from page to stage, mastering the craft of dialogue and finding your characters the audience they deserve, this must-have guide has everything you need to know for building an applause-worthy script.

Before there were rock stars, there was Jenny Lind. And before there was social media, there was an entrpreneur named Barnum who knew how to start a buzz.