When the current owner of a black velvet coat--a San Francisco artist in search of inspiration--and the original owner, a 1960s heiress who fled her affluent life fifty years earlier, cross paths, their lives are forever changed . . . for the better.

Looks at the different modes of dress in America in the mid twentieth century, from every day clothes to high fashion.

Stranger to the rescue! Lorne had been in desperate trouble, stranded in Spain with no choice but to hope for the mercy of strangers…. Fortunately, her prayers were answered by a very handsome stranger indeed! Francisco de Vega took his role as a knight to the rescue very seriously. He was going to look after Lorne in the best way he could…by taking her to his home! Lorne soon realized she'd jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. Francisco had dark secrets in his past. Falling in love with him was dangerous—but that's exactly what Lorne was beginning to do! "Helen Brooks pens a superb story." —Romantic Times

Philip was unhappy until he put on his Uncle's black velvet jacket and then something amazing happened. How can a dusty, rolled up, thirty-year-old jacket make a boy's birthday wish come true? "The Black Velvet Jacket" is a true story of a young man's coming of age. It inspires all those who believe that wishes really do come true.