Summaries

The Contract:



Open the pages of The Contract and meet another set of Elizabeth Matson’s enchanting characters:

There’s Jackson Davis - a workaholic who needs an employee for his restoration business, not to mention something his sister calls 'a life'.
Leigh - a woman who Jackson literally never sees coming, throwing him for a loop in more ways than one.
Carl - whose job is to get Jackson from one appointment to the next and who offers unsolicited advice along the way, reminding them both in a grandfatherly fashion that sometimes signing on the dotted line can mean more than simply a business arrangement.

These and a cast of other colorful characters weave together a tale of romance with a dash of history, which readers of Elizabeth Matson's novels have come to expect.

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Tuffy: 


Brody Harrigan didn't know what to do with his life, but he knew it had nothing to do with farming! Especially when the Army offered the opportunity to embark on the grandest of all adventures; Artillery training, stationed in of all places, Fort Shafter Hawaii! Sunshine, white sand beaches, shapely hula girls, ocean breezes, Island hospitality, relaxed routines…and the constant rumors of war? If it did finally break out, it'd surely start miles away in Europe! Never on the peaceful Island of Oahu.

1940 had been full of snow and dust clods. 1941 would be the journey of a lifetime! One he would keep to himself for decades! 

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The Favor:

Since their childhood days along the Pearl River in Mississippi, Hunter and Griffin had been closer than brothers. Through thick and thin, joy or sorrow, where you saw one, you saw the other. Without question, there wasn’t anything they wouldn’t do for each other.

Then Griffin's unexpected illness presented him with a dilemma and left Hunter wondering if he could grant his friends last request. Perhaps there was a limit after all.

Unfortunately Griffin was out of options. Hunter had to accept his request. Besides, if the tables were turned Griffin wouldn’t think twice before granting Hunter's request.

No matter how life changing, a favor was a favor.

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Pieces of the Past:

In 1846 Nathan Mahone's losses lead him to become a doctor, never dreaming the country's Civil War would bring further hardship to his doorstep. 

Unfortunately, it wasn’t the end of his sorrows, ones so heart wrenching, he chose to walk away and leave everything behind.

Over a century and a half later, Simon, haunted by dreams of the great, great grandfather he never met, finds himself in possession of the key belonging to the doctor's forgotten homestead. 

With his best friend, 'Ol Blue, and an unexpected ally, he embarks on a journey to restore Doc Nathan's home, answering puzzling family questions along the way 

by assembling the family's Pieces of the Past.