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Ellen Hartman

2010-08-21T20:47:42Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

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[[Category:Authors - H]][[Category:New York Authors]][[Category:Harlequin Superromance Authors]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - June 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[His Secret Past]] - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[The Boyfriend's Back]] - May 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Plan B: Boyfriend]] - December 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Calling The Shots]] - October 2010 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Calling the Shots

2010-08-21T20:46:13Z

Elhart:

Ellen Hartman

2010-08-21T20:43:53Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]][[Category:New York Authors]][[Category:Harlequin Superromance Authors]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - June 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[His Secret Past]] - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[The Boyfriend's Back]] - May 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Plan B: Boyfriend]] - December 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Calling the Shots]] - October 2010 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Ellen Hartman

2010-08-21T20:41:57Z

Elhart:

Calling The Shots

2010-08-21T20:40:09Z

Elhart:

[[Category:2010 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
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* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1665]]
* '''Year''': 2010
* '''Setting''':
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373716656/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Calling The Shots]
[[Category:2010 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]

== Book Description ==
Bryan James knows everything about hockey. That’s a passion he and his daughter Allie share. What he doesn’t know is how to be a single father. And the way he’s scrambling to hold his thirteen-year-old’s world—and his—together kind of proves that.

So does the fact they’re in community mediation after Allie’s run-in with another player on her own team! There’s probably some valuable learning in this for Bryan, but he’s too distracted by the other player’s mom, Clare Sampson. She’s smart and beautiful...and outraged at what’s happened. Worse, she wants nothing to do with his beloved sport, his amazing daughter...or him! Luckily he’s been in this game long enough to know there’s always another play to get you what you want.

Calling the Shots

2010-08-21T20:39:07Z

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Calling the Shots

2010-08-21T20:37:45Z

Elhart: New page: Category:2010 ReleasesCategory:Category Romance * '''Author''': Ellen Hartman * '''Publisher''': Harlequin Superromance # 1603 * '...

[[Category:2010 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1603]]
* '''Year''': 2010
* '''Setting''': New York State
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/Calling-Shots-Harlequin-Superromance-Hartman/dp/0373716656/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 Calling the Shots]

== Book Description ==
Bryan James knows everything about hockey. That’s a passion he and his daughter Allie share. What he doesn’t know is how to be a single father. And the way he’s scrambling to hold his thirteen-year-old’s world—and his—together kind of proves that.

So does the fact they’re in community mediation after Allie’s run-in with another player on her own team! There’s probably some valuable learning in this for Bryan, but he’s too distracted by the other player’s mom, Clare Sampson. She’s smart and beautiful...and outraged at what’s happened. Worse, she wants nothing to do with his beloved sport, his amazing daughter...or him! Luckily he’s been in this game long enough to know there’s always another play to get you what you want.

Ellen Hartman

2010-08-21T20:34:07Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]][[Category:New York Authors]][[Category:Harlequin Superromance Authors]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - June 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[His Secret Past]] - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[The Boyfriend's Back]] - May 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Plan B: Boyfriend]] - December 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* [[Calling the Shots]] - October 2010 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Ellen Hartman

2009-05-14T11:54:01Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:53:08Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

#

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:52:43Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

000

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:52:26Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

000

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:51:55Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

000

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:51:36Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

-

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:51:05Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

*

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:50:45Z

Elhart: /* Book Description */

[[Category:2009 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1563]]
* '''Year''': 2009
* '''Setting''': Suburban Philadelphia
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373715633/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Boyfriend's Back]

== Book Description ==
Dealing with unexpected twists isn't new for Hailey Maddox. Despite everything, she's managed to create the perfect life for her daughter. Oh, except for one tiny thing. A ghost from the past in the form of JT McNulty, her first love. When he arrives to attend his mother's funeral, Hailey's not surprised—she's terrified.

After fifteen years of avoiding the truth, she's got no choice but to come clean—to her daughter and to him. And Hailey still has feelings for this man who's literally too good to be true. Will JT ever forgive her for what she's done? Will she ever convince him she'd never hurt him? Well, not again, anyway.

==Excerpt==
''Church, bar, church, bar.'' Statlerville was exactly the same as the last time JT had been here. But he was lost. How did a person get lost in their own hometown?

Move away and stay away for fifteen years. That’s how he’d done it, anyway.

Now he was late which was just perfect. He was only coming because his brother, Charlie, said he couldn’t do this without him and now he wasn’t going to make it in time. He glared at the empty expanse of dashboard. Of course his rental didn’t have a GPS—why use technology when you can keep right on making the same stupid mistakes forever?

He should never have agreed to this. But Charlie had asked him. JT rolled down his window and took a good look at the streets of Statlerville. Something would ring a bell—show him the way.

There. St. Pete’s, his high school. His mom’s funeral was being held at the Statlerville Volunteer Fire Department hall. Four minutes tops and he’d be there. Looked like he was going to be on time after all.

###

Hailey was on the floor of the main treatment room at Viva, the rehabilitation and physical therapy center she ran. Her first appointment of the day, Rita Temple, rehabbing after a hip replacement, finished her last set of lifts when Hailey’s cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She handed the check out sheet to Rita as she opened the phone.

“Hailey?” It was Sarah Finley, her best friend, speaking in a barely audible whisper.

“Sarah, where are you? The opera?”

“Melanie McNulty’s funeral. Olivia’s here.” Sarah paused. “Hailey, she’s sitting with the family.”

Hailey stared blankly at the photo of Bing Crosby in White Christmas hanging in front of her on the wall of the treatment area. She couldn’t make her brain process what Sarah had said.

Melanie McNulty had died three or four days ago; she’d missed a curve on Route 6 driving too fast in the dark. Hailey hadn’t realized the funeral was today, but her daughter apparently not only knew about it, she’d decided to skip school to be there. With the family.

“I’m on my way,” she said before hanging up.

She asked the receptionist to reschedule her clients because of a family emergency—which was so ironic she almost laughed—and was putting the key in the ignition of her ancient Mustang convertible before she realized that she hadn’t asked Sarah if JT was there.

But he wouldn’t be there, would he? He’d never come back. She’d heard he never even spoke to his parents on the phone.

He couldn’t be there because Olivia was there and that was bad enough…but not unfixable. As long as JT wasn’t there.

The funeral was already underway when she got to the hall. She had a clear view up the aisle at Olivia. Her daughter had dressed up, wearing the navy sweater and kilt from last Thanksgiving, the extra half inch of thigh between the hem and her knee a heartbreaking reminder of how fast her girl was growing up and out of childhood.

It was funny, she thought a moment later, how she might not have recognized her daughter. Olivia’s narrow back and tall-girl, teenage slouch looked unfamiliar only because she had one hand on the back of Jack McNulty’s wheelchair.

Hailey’s eyes moved next to the two tall, broad-shouldered men in dark suits standing next to Olivia. Charlie. And unmistakably JT.

JT McNulty was standing with Olivia. Olivia thought she was standing with her dad.

His Secret Past

2009-05-14T11:49:23Z

Elhart: /* Book Description */

[[Category:2008 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]][[Category:Contemporary]][[Category:Musician]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Superromance]] [[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|# 1491]]
* '''Year''': 2008
* '''Setting''': New Jersey, Hoboken and fictional Lakeland
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373714912/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 His Secret Past]

== Book Description ==
Money, women and fame aren't everything they're cracked up to be. Former rock star Mason Star should know. He had it all and lost it. Now, years later, he's about to lose even more: his son and Mulligan's, the community center he's poured his heart into.

Returning to the public eye is the last thing Mason wants to do--but Anna Walsh's documentary is the only chance he has to save Mulligan's. Besides, Anna won't take no for an answer...and the beautiful, complicated woman has proved to be very persuasive. Especially on the dance floor...

But what Anna wants may be more than he can give.

==Excerpt==
He went back toward where he’d parked his black Pontiac Firebird. It was the last thing remaining of his rough living Jersey boy days—he’d never been able to trade it in for a Subaru. He rested the poster display on the hood while he leaned on the car, patting the pockets of the suit jacket he’d worn in the hopes it would make him seem trustworthy. He might as well have worn camo.

Just when he pulled out a pack of Marlboros and his silver lighter, a breeze kicked up and he turned his shoulder as he put a cigarette in his mouth and flicked the lighter. He dragged the smoke deep into his lungs and held it there, eyes closed, feeling the burn and savoring the scent.

“Smoking’s not good for you.”

Mason startled, releasing the smoke before he was ready. A woman was standing in front of him. He’d been so absorbed that he hadn’t heard her come up. She was about Stephanie’s height, a little less than shoulder high, but that was the only thing the two had in common.

Where Stephanie was all neatly contained planes, this woman curved and swerved. Her light brown, gently curling hair was streaked liberally with dark gold and tumbled down her neck with smaller curls springing around her face. Her eyes, golden brown with a dark circle around the iris, tilted at the corners, contrasting exotically with her small, slightly upturned nose. He thought he’d recognize her if she was from the neighborhood—the way she filled her jeans was hard to overlook—but he’d better be civil on the chance she was one of them.

“I only take the one drag a day.”

“What?” The woman’s eyes widened in surprise and her expression was almost studious, like she was taking notes. She shoved quickly at the soft curls the wind had blown into her face, twisting and pushing them behind her ear. Mason caught the flash of chunky silver rings on slender fingers as her deft hands quickly and decisively tamed the curls. Woman 1, Wind 0.

“One drag,” Mason said. “I kicked the habit but I miss it. The smell of it, the taste, the fire.” He flipped the top of the lighter back and flicked the wheel, smiling at her through the flame. “If the day really sucks, I take two drags.”

He took a second long drag and then carefully ground the cigarette out on the edge of the trash can next to the Firebird before tossing it in. “Haven’t had to take three yet, though.”

The woman studied him intently, seemingly unconcerned that he had no idea who the hell she was. He thought he’d have remembered her if they’d met before. And okay, she was round and sexy with her curvy hips and the black v-neck T-shirt shaping itself to her, but he didn’t pick up strangers on the street. He grabbed the display, intending to cut this encounter. She could be an old fan—that still happened, someone recognized him and approached. But this woman with her sharp, studying gaze didn’t seem awestruck like a fan.

“One drag,” she said. “That’s a fascinating detail. Weird and oddly masochistic, but fascinating.” She stuck her hand out. “Anna Walsh. Good to finally meet you, Mr. Star.”

''Ambush number three. Suddenly that third drag wasn’t so far out of the question.''

Ellen Hartman

2009-05-14T11:41:54Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

The Boyfriend's Back

2009-05-14T11:40:30Z

Elhart:

His Secret Past

2009-05-14T11:39:22Z

Elhart:

Single Father - Series

2009-05-14T11:37:55Z

Elhart:

[[Category:Publisher Promotion Series]]
'''Single Father''' is a promotional series published by the [[Harlequin Superromance]] line. It features heroes who are all single fathers.

==Books==
* [[The Apple Orchard]] - [[Linda Barrett]], July 2002
* [[The Wrong Man]] - [[Laura Abbot]], March 2004
* [[Mommy Said Goodbye]] - [[Janice Kay Johnson]], April 2004
* [[Woman In Hiding]] - [[Rebecca Winters]], June 2004
* [[Daddy's Little Matchmaker - Roz Denny Fox|Daddy's Little Matchmaker]] - [[Roz Denny Fox]], August 2004
* [[To Be A Mother]] - [[Rebecca Winters]], October 2004
* [[Bachelor Father - Pamela Bauer|Bachelor Father]] - [[Pamela Bauer]], January 2005
* [[A Mom For Matthew]] - [[Roz Denny Fox]], August 2005
* [[Party Of Three]] - [[Joan Kilby]], January 2006
* [[Over His Head]] - [[Carolyn McSparren]], April 2006
* [[Family At Stake]] - [[Molly O'Keefe]], August 2006
* [[Houseful Of Strangers]] - [[Linda Barrett]], March 2007
* [[Nanny Makes Three]] - [[Joan Kilby]], August 2007
* [[The Horseman's Secret]] - [[Jeannie Watt]], September 2007 (also part of the [[Cowboy Country]] promotion)
* [[His Secret Past]] - [[Ellen Hartman]], May 2008

Ellen Hartman

2009-05-14T11:36:12Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]][[Category:New York Authors]][[Category:Harlequin Superromance Authors]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - June 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* His Secret Past - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* The Boyfriend's Back - May 2009 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Wanted Man

2007-10-24T05:36:56Z

Elhart:

[[Category:2007 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]][[Category:Contemporary]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Superromance|Harlequin Superromance]] [[Superromance By The Numbers|# 1427]]
* '''Year''': 2007
* '''Setting''': Upstate New York
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373714270/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Wanted Man]

== Book Description ==
A mystery author.

A single mom.

Nathan Delaney is on the lam, posing as a housepainter to hide his identity. Rhian MacGregor is a single-mom who's had her fill of broken hearts and then some.

When two people trying to stay out of love can't help falling into love, how will they ever make it work?

Liberal doses of homemade cupcakes, basketball lessons, rock and roll, and romance, of course!

Throw in an evil talk show host, a Pepto Bismol pink house, two best friends, and one eight-year-old boy. Rhian and Nathan's lives will never be the same.

==Excerpt==

Rhian said, “Write down ‘no dating.’”

“What are you talking about, no dating? I’m not writing that down. Besides, when was the last time you--” Min stopped. Her head snapped up. “The painter! You meet this guy and all of a sudden you’re making a resolution not to date? No way.” Min put the cap back on the pen and stuffed it under herself. “I won’t write it.”

“Hey! What happened to ‘my resolution, my interpretation’?”

Min shook her head. “That rule only applies to me. Did something happen this afternoon that I should know about?”

“No. Forget I said it.”

“You are a piece of work, Rhian MacGregor. Your powers of self-denial are truly awesome.”

“Is this supposed to be a pep talk?”

“Say you’ll take a shot if the guy asks you out.”

Rhian’s stomach flip flopped again. “Taking a shot isn’t what you do when there’s a kid involved.”

“No dating ever?”

“Maybe when Jem’s in college.” Rhian thought that was generous.

Min rolled her eyes. “Jem wouldn’t ask you to do this.”

“He doesn’t have to."

Min dug under herself and found the pen. “I know better than to argue with you when you’re this way. So skipping the dating question, let’s have your last goal, the one that’s not about work.”

Rhian knew what the last goal had to be. “Learn to play basketball.”

Min snorted and Rhian punched her shoulder. “Don’t laugh. I promised Jem.”

They were both giggling as Min finished the list and handed it to her to sign. She read her Resolutions:

1. Write the book.

2. No technical writing.

3. Learn how to play basketball.

Rhian hesitated for the briefest moment and then she signed her name at the bottom of the page in firm letters. She was committed. This summer her life would change or it wouldn’t and she’d know for sure that she was never going to have anything different or better and she should give up her dreams.

Wanted Man

2007-10-24T05:36:23Z

Elhart: /* Excerpt */

[[Category:2007 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]][[Category:Contemporary]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Superromance|Harlequin Superromance]] [[Superromance By The Numbers|# 1427]]
* '''Year''': 2007
* '''Setting''':
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373714270/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Wanted Man]

== Book Description ==
A mystery author.

A single mom.

Nathan Delaney is on the lam, posing as a housepainter to hide his identity. Rhian MacGregor is a single-mom who's had her fill of broken hearts and then some.

When two people trying to stay out of love can't help falling into love, how will they ever make it work?

Liberal doses of homemade cupcakes, basketball lessons, rock and roll, and romance, of course!

Throw in an evil talk show host, a Pepto Bismol pink house, two best friends, and one eight-year-old boy. Rhian and Nathan's lives will never be the same.

==Excerpt==

Rhian said, “Write down ‘no dating.’”

“What are you talking about, no dating? I’m not writing that down. Besides, when was the last time you--” Min stopped. Her head snapped up. “The painter! You meet this guy and all of a sudden you’re making a resolution not to date? No way.” Min put the cap back on the pen and stuffed it under herself. “I won’t write it.”

“Hey! What happened to ‘my resolution, my interpretation’?”

Min shook her head. “That rule only applies to me. Did something happen this afternoon that I should know about?”

“No. Forget I said it.”

“You are a piece of work, Rhian MacGregor. Your powers of self-denial are truly awesome.”

“Is this supposed to be a pep talk?”

“Say you’ll take a shot if the guy asks you out.”

Rhian’s stomach flip flopped again. “Taking a shot isn’t what you do when there’s a kid involved.”

“No dating ever?”

“Maybe when Jem’s in college.” Rhian thought that was generous.

Min rolled her eyes. “Jem wouldn’t ask you to do this.”

“He doesn’t have to."

Min dug under herself and found the pen. “I know better than to argue with you when you’re this way. So skipping the dating question, let’s have your last goal, the one that’s not about work.”

Rhian knew what the last goal had to be. “Learn to play basketball.”

Min snorted and Rhian punched her shoulder. “Don’t laugh. I promised Jem.”

They were both giggling as Min finished the list and handed it to her to sign. She read her Resolutions:

1. Write the book.

2. No technical writing.

3. Learn how to play basketball.

Rhian hesitated for the briefest moment and then she signed her name at the bottom of the page in firm letters. She was committed. This summer her life would change or it wouldn’t and she’d know for sure that she was never going to have anything different or better and she should give up her dreams.

Wanted Man

2007-10-24T05:35:52Z

Elhart:

[[Category:2007 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]][[Category:Contemporary]]
* '''Author''': [[Ellen Hartman]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Superromance|Harlequin Superromance]] [[Superromance By The Numbers|# 1427]]
* '''Year''': 2007
* '''Setting''':
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373714270/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Wanted Man]

== Book Description ==
A mystery author.

A single mom.

Nathan Delaney is on the lam, posing as a housepainter to hide his identity. Rhian MacGregor is a single-mom who's had her fill of broken hearts and then some.

When two people trying to stay out of love can't help falling into love, how will they ever make it work?

Liberal doses of homemade cupcakes, basketball lessons, rock and roll, and romance, of course!

Throw in an evil talk show host, a Pepto Bismol pink house, two best friends, and one eight-year-old boy. Rhian and Nathan's lives will never be the same.

==Excerpt==

Rhian said, “Write down ‘no dating.’”

“What are you talking about, no dating? I’m not writing that down. Besides, when was the last time you--” Min stopped. Her head snapped up. “The painter! You meet this guy and all of a sudden you’re making a resolution not to date? No way.” Min put the cap back on the pen and stuffed it under herself. “I won’t write it.”

“Hey! What happened to ‘my resolution, my interpretation’?”

Min shook her head. “That rule only applies to me. Did something happen this afternoon that I should know about?”

“No. Forget I said it.”

“You are a piece of work, Rhian MacGregor. Your powers of self-denial are truly awesome.”

“Is this supposed to be a pep talk?”

“Say you’ll take a shot if the guy asks you out.”

Rhian’s stomach flip flopped again. “Taking a shot isn’t what you do when there’s a kid involved.”

“No dating ever?”

“Maybe when Jem’s in college.” Rhian thought that was generous.

Min rolled her eyes. “Jem wouldn’t ask you to do this.”

“He doesn’t have to."

Min dug under herself and found the pen. “I know better than to argue with you when you’re this way. So skipping the dating question, let’s have your last goal, the one that’s not about work.”

Rhian knew what the last goal had to be. “Learn to play basketball.”

Min snorted and Rhian punched her shoulder. “Don’t laugh. I promised Jem.”

They were both giggling as Min finished the list and handed it to her to sign. She read her Resolutions:

1. Write the book.
2. No technical writing.
3. Learn how to play basketball.

Rhian hesitated for the briefest moment and then she signed her name at the bottom of the page in firm letters. She was committed. This summer her life would change or it wouldn’t and she’d know for sure that she was never going to have anything different or better and she should give up her dreams.

Wanted Man

2007-10-24T05:28:34Z

Elhart:

Wanted Man

2007-10-24T05:25:47Z

Elhart:

Ellen Hartman

2007-10-24T05:17:35Z

Elhart:

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]][[Category:New York Authors]][[Category:Harlequin Superromance Authors]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* His Secret Past - Coming in May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Ellen Hartman

2007-10-24T05:13:35Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])
* His Secret Past - Coming in May 2008 ([[Harlequin Superromance]])

Ellen Hartman

2007-10-24T05:13:06Z

Elhart: /* Fiction */

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Ellen}}
[[Category:Authors - H]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])
* His Secret Past - Coming in May 2008 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])

Ellen Hartman

2007-10-24T05:11:49Z

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[[Category:Authors - H]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])
* [[His Secret Past]] - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])

Ellen Hartman

2007-10-24T05:11:07Z

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[[Category:Authors - H]] 

Ellen has been making a living as a writer since she got her creative writing degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went to work for Microsoft. She spent fifteen years writing technical manuals no one ever read until she finally decided to take a shot at writing what she really loves—romance.

Ellen wrote much of her first novel in the back of a preschool classroom while she was trying to ease her younger son’s separation anxiety. She had agreed to stick around for a day, maybe two. Somehow—the exact chain of events is hazy—one day turned into a full year of scribbling in a notebook on the bench in the corner. Her son is now a completely independent elementary school student, and that book became her first sale to Harlequin Books.

Ellen and her husband are both from Scranton, Pennsylvania. They met on a blind date on New Year’s Eve in a mutual love-at-first-sight moment—which would make an awesome novel, if only her husband would agree to be “fictionalized.” They live with their sons in a college town in New York State. Ellen is still employed as a writer, working at the local university. In her spare time, she writes romance, reads as much as she can and hangs out with her sons.

== On the Web ==
* [http://www.ellenhartman.com Ellen's Website]
* [http://romancenovelsblog.blogspot.com Ellen's Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ellenhartmanwrites Ellen's Myspace Page]

== Books ==
=== Fiction ===
* [[Wanted Man]] - 2007 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])
* [[His Secret Past]] - May 2008 ([[Harlequin Super Romance]])
=== Non-Fiction ===

== Awards/Honors ==

Authors - H

2007-10-24T05:03:23Z

Elhart: