Books in the Having It All series

Gifted architect Alexa Jenner has a strategic plan for architectural stardom and the ultimate goal of an independent practice. She vitally needs a prestigious new project, but her boss and mentor-with-benefits stands in the way.She grew up watching her mother pay a heavy price for love, at the loss of her freedom, her creativity and her identity- a price Alexa swore she would never pay. Now nothing will stand in the way of her success. Bruce Koczynski has success in spades, living a life of leisure after selling his software company for millions. But money can't buy the thing he was deprived of as a child, and desires most.When crisis obliges them to jointly care for their best friends' kids, a few weeks in each other's company disrupts their carefully constructed plans. Alexa can scarcely afford the time, so sharing responsibilities with her sexy arch-nemesis is the only way it works, though the arrangement may be the death of her. Will the unexpected intimacy of playing house wreak havoc on their lives?With Alexa's world turned upside-down, she must question what she really wants in life-and in love. What will she choose when the design for her future seems beyond her control?What is the price of sacrifice, when love is the prize?Making Room For You was previously published as Disruption by Design.

Sometimes moving into a new future means letting go of the past. If two clashing agents of change can change they way they see each other - they might just change the world for good, and build a beautiful future together. Attorney Sharon Beckett worked hard to lift her life out of the gutter. Her shameful scandalous past keeps her out of the limelight and firmly on the side of the establishment. And nothing else. In her mind, a pro-bono case for a skid row non-profit is the opposite of career advancement, but she'll do what she must to climb that last corporate rung.Passionate and angry social worker Kent Sawyer is determined to save troubled street kids by opening a much-needed shelter. But getting development approval depends on forging an unlikely alliance with a beautiful cold-hearted ice princess.Scandal-averse Sharon, assigned to Kent's project, could take on corrupt city officials and greedy developers to help him succeed, but she won't. Until secrets from her past surface, and a dark turn of events forces her hand.Can Sharon and Kent put their differences aside and learn to work together for the greater good, or will Kent's dreams of righting the past by brightening the future implode before they even break ground?Before You Knew Me is a full length stand alone novel and can be read independently of other books in the Having It All series.