Love On The Air

Christie Becker has always dreamed of a career in radio. After a few years of working a grueling desk job and attending night classes, Christie is finally ready to embark on her new on-air career. When she quits her job and gets hired as an overnight disc jockey, her life seems to be on the right track, but falling for her boss was not something she planned on. Rick Fox has been working in radio for ten years. In fact, it was his voice that got Christie through many college study sessions. With an established career, the last thing he wants--or expects--is to be attracted to the overnight jock. Especially when it is strictly against company policy; an affair would put both their careers in jeopardy. But when the two of them are thrown together in the studio it becomes clear that the static between them is more than just professional chemistry. Will Christie's career be destroyed before it even begins, or will Rick find a way to salvage both their jobs and put their love on the air?

Includes an excerpt from "Sparks in Scotland."

Love in the Air tells the story of a love that blossoms when an ambitious farm girl from Saskatchewan and a charming musician from Ontario lock eyes one night during a wartime social. But duty soon calls, and with a ring sealing the promise of a future together, the two embark upon different paths an ocean apart. Separated for two and a half years during the Second World War, Helen Reeder, age 24 and Harry Culley, age 29 write over 600 letters, detailing their experiences and emotions, while deepening their mutual devotion. Helen writes about her work at the Department of Munitions and Supply and later the Toronto Transportation Commission, while Harry tells about bringing music to Allied troops and civilians as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force dance and concert bands. After their deaths, their letters are discovered, safely stowed away in an Eaton’s box. By blending excerpts from the letters with a narrative inspired by the correspondences and historical background, daughter Joanne Culley brings to life this unique story of enduring love amidst global turmoil.

KYLE MORGAN HAS RETURNED…. He was Nikki Alexander's first crush—until his stunts in a hot-air-balloon race led to a family tragedy. Then he disappeared, leaving her brokenhearted. Now he's back and stirring up all her emotions. Blaming himself for her brother's death, Kyle stayed away. But now Nikki's in trouble. And he knows he must step in to make it right. He'll help save her balloon business…and prove this time he's here to stay. But first he must win her forgiveness before he can win her heart.

A contemporary romantic novel of irresistible attraction both on and off the air from an author who “knows how to heat up the pages” (RT Book Reviews). Kay Clark and Sullivan Ward were once the hottest radio duo in Denver. But when Kay left the city—and Sullivan—to continue her career in Los Angeles, their romance wilted before it ever had a chance to fully bloom. Now, five years later, Kay is back. And even though she’s changed, her feelings for Sullivan haven’t. Sullivan, however, isn’t so sure. He’s still not ready to take Kay back after he helped launch her career and fell in love with her—only for her to ditch him and run as soon as opportunity came knocking. As they take the air together once again, an old flame sparks anew and blazes hotter than ever. But can they get past their own mixed signals to make it really work?

These two hundred and forty odd poems are based on actual experience. They were written, one poem a day, during the last six to seven years. All poetry is confessional in nature, from a certain uneasiness arising from doubts about the world and how we have been tackling it. Poetry is a way in which one can make sense of life. The magic of words enthralls us by the pictures they hide. The poems about nature are a celebration of nature in all her glory. The poems are based on actual experiences of nature's beauty that have evoked pleasure giving sensations in the poet, and the poems try to give expressions to the joy. Some poems on nature are experiences recreated as if by short brushstrokes, as they have impacted the author’s mind. They may be perceived in layers of sound to a kind of ripple effect touching several things at the same time and are meant to be perceived in a haze. Some of the poems are object poems, so called because the focus is on the nature of things, on the light that falls on them, telling their stories, the way they share space with other things and us.

Two TV newscasters find common ground in their pursuit of the story. But their methods for coping with horrific news collide during a shooting at Navy Pier. Diamond Crandall anchors his own cable news show, The Diamond Report, and is resented by some for his age and lack of experience. But he's proven himself as a solid journalist, and most of his colleagues respect him. When Hope Colson shows up to vie for a seat next to him as co-host, he balks, until he sees her in action. The producer of his show, Jane, only cares about ratings, not standards. When Jane admits she's hiring Hope, not for her standards or talent, but because she's black, Diamond is taken aback and unsure if he should tell Hope or not. But one of Diamond's colleagues--one who's still resentful of Diamond's ascent at the network--tells Hope that it is Diamond who wanted a black woman hired for diversity's sake. What had started as a promising professional, and perhaps personal, relationship deteriorates into the two of them barely speaking. It doesn't help that the rest of the Crandall family has fallen in love with Hope, and even Senator Nolan Crandall, gives Hope an exclusive interview, which rankles Diamond especially since Hope has been giving him the cold shoulder treatment. When Hope panics during a shooting at Navy Pier in Chicago, Diamond advises her to get help. It's only when Diamond sees his father collapse that he goes into his own form of PTSD. They both reveal the past tragedies that refuse to heal since both have refused to talk about them. From Chicago to D.C. and the halls of Congress, the two journalists appear on the air together, but when the lights go off and they face each other, the truths long hidden will determine if the chemistry on the air translates to real life. Love on Air is the fourth novel in the Rivals in Love sweet contemporary romance series. Rivals in Love showcases the Crandall family siblings who are all in successful careers. But they forgot one thing while becoming rising stars. They forgot all about love. Their father, a U.S. Senator, aspires for high office, but their mother, the heir to a fortune, only wants her children married and with children. Buy your copy of Love on Air to learn how two people scarred by tragedy can overcome and turn adversity into something positive.