March 2009 | Harlequin Books | Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-83668-0 | ISBN: 0-373-83668-6

Synopsis

Contributing Authors: Carla Neggers | Karen Harper| Susan Mallery

They're your neighbors, your aunts, your sisters and your best friends. They're women across North America committed to changing and enriching lives, one good deed at a time. Three of these exceptional women have been selected as recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award. And three New York Times bestselling authors have kindly offered their creativity to write original short stories inspired by these real-life heroines.

We hope these stories inspired by strong, courageous women will touch your heart and motivate the heroine living inside you.

Toronto, February 2, 2009 – To honor the tireless dedication and compassion of their More Than Words award winners, Harlequin Enterprises is proud to release More Than Words: Stories of Strength, a collection of three stories together for the first time in paperback.

Each year Harlequin asks readers to nominate real-life heroines—women who dedicate their lives to helping others and making their community a better place in which to live—for the Harlequin More Than Words award. Each selected woman is presented with $10,000 to advance the work of her chosen charity, and some of Harlequin’s most acclaimed authors donate their time and creativity to writing a novella inspired by her life and work.

Featured in the first-time paperback More Than Words: Stories of Strength are three fictional stories inspired by previous winners of the Harlequin More Than Words award:

• In Close Call, by Carla Neggers, a brush with death changes the life of homicide detective Brendan O’Malley and his girlfriend attorney Jessica Stuart. Deciding that he needs a little R & R—alone—Brendan heads off to Canada. Undeterred, Jess follows him up north, where the two lovers encounter a B&B owner who has undergone an experience every bit as life-changing as Brendan’s.
Carla’s story is inspired by Jan Richardson and Kathryn Babcock who introduced a dynamic new service to abused woman. Shelternet (www.shelternet.ca) offers a safe online environment via which Canadian women can connect with the shelters closest to them, develop safety plans and read inspirational stories.