The Sweethearts & Jazz Nights Series of Sweet Historical Romance

Get swept into the whispers of a bygone era filled with fedoras and stillettos, sleek jazz and polished msnnrtd...in 1940s San Francisco

Dialing Dreams: Novelette 1

May 1946

Belinda Thompson, a telephone operator, longs to sing in the spotlight. But when Belinda puts through a fateful midnight call for Nick Hart, a broken-hearted jazz crooner who offers her a chance at her dream, will theirs be only a switchboard connection or something more, in the City by the Bay?

Shattered Melodies: Novella 2

September 1946

The war was over. But their battle of hearts wasn’t. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Claire DuPont has come to despise the very music she writes about. But when she puts her career in jeopardy and writes an article about her old flame, Joe Lucitano, who is now an ex-saxophonist with a battle-scarred past, can the music of love heal the shattered melodies in their hearts?

Fancy Footwork: Novella 3

March 1947

When Violet Swanson flees Hollywood for San Francisco after causing a catastrophe on the set of a big-budget swing dance picture, she thinks that fixing up her grandmother's San Francisco swing dance studio next door to Golden Gate Records is the perfect way to start a new dream. But when Henry Parker, an executive with Golden Gate Records, threatens Violet's new dream, the pair is forced to dance in the spotlight. But will they have to do some fancy footwork to set the record straight?

Unspoken Lyrics: Novella 4

May 1947

San Francisco-based TWA stewardess Molly Evans makes what she thinks will be a routine flight to New Orleans. But when her plane is caught in a violent thunderstorm and forced to make a midnight emergency landing at Twisted Oaks Plantation, where reclusive jazz pianist Tristan Lachaynais lives, the pair must confront the echoes of their pasts. Will they find the courage to open their hearts to the unspoken lyrics of love?