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Tropical Encounter Featured
Can she find love when she's healing from heartache? After a painful end to a long engagement, all Meg wants out of life is a fresh start. She can’t think of a better way to begin than by advancing her career in the hotel industry. When an opportunity comes along to accept a position at a five-star resort, she secures a beach house, packs her bags, and heads to the Bahamas. But her oasis has been sold in an auction and the new owner and heartthrob, Parker Wilson, has no intention of holding onto a contract. She'll have nowhere to stay, nowhere to heal, nowhere to grow if she gives ...
Willow Witherspoon, a young Quaker widow, has the audacity to fall in love with a slave. Moses is intelligent, kind, and attractive. When she realizes that she is with child, he wants to run away so they can be together as a family. But Willow knows that, no matter how much she wishes it, there is no place for them to hide. Nowhere will they be accepted - not in a white community or a black one. Their child and future children will be ostracized no matter where they go. Appalled at the scandal, Moses's owner sells him and sends him away, leaving Willow to fend for herself. However, kind he ...
GENTRY AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE Featured
Nothing much riles Gentry McRae. He works hard on the ranch he co-owns with his immigrant best friend, and is content with his life. He’s proud of all they’ve accomplished in the ten years since the war. That is, until his partner dies and leaves a fourth of the ranch to his mail-order bride—and wills the bride to Gentry. “Now just a doggone minute, I don’t plan to marry for years!” But, a single woman can’t reside on a ranch where four men live without ruining her reputation. What’s a good man to do, except marry the woman when she arrives? Heidi Roth has been spurned for being too plainspoke ...
Nora’s life is striking a dissonant chord since her recent divorce, but a new melody calls her to Cataluma, California, to help her uncle Jock’s struggling music store. There, fate reunites her with Jock’s stepson Eugene, whom she hasn’t seen in twenty-five years, since she was a gangly fifteen-year-old trying in vain to get twenty-year-old Eugene to notice her. Well, he’s noticing her now, and Nora’s rediscovering old feelings she can’t ignore. As they work together to keep the store’s rhythm flowing, their relationship grows, but they must face several sharp notes along the way, including ...
Want You Back Featured
Bethany: In high school, I was the bullied thin, painfully shy, awkward girl who vowed never to return after graduation even if it meant leaving behind Lincoln, the one kind boy who saw the real me. These days this ugly duckling has reinvented herself as a runway model, believe it or not. But trouble has a way of finding me and the only way I can fix it is to return to the town that never loved me and crash the ten-year high school reunion. It's not my reunion, so I need a date. Will Lincoln, the boy with the golden heart, say yes? He will, right? Lincoln: Bethany was the girl with the soft vo ...
The Long Road to Loving Mitchell Featured
Sometimes what a girl needs can be right in front of her…. Libby Barnes is determined to make a success of managing the family farm in the lower south of Western Australia, no matter the obstacles. And there are plenty of them including fires, storms, vandalism ... and loneliness. She’s having to manage on her own and finding the responsibility weighing heavier all the time. It doesn’t help that most in the farming community expect her to fail, being a single young woman and all. When a handsome stranger arrives on the scene, Libby must decide if she can trust him enough to lean on him du ...
Treasured in Turtle Bay Featured
Joy of Today Featured
The best things come in pairs. Summertime in Nicolet has always been idyllic, but for Heidi and Shelly Lakanen, the summer of 1994 brings just a little more than they’ve bargained for. When Steven Davis comes to town, the Lakanen girls know their lives will never be the same, but they have no idea just how much their sisterly bond will be put to the test as a result. It bends under the strain, but will it break? From the moment he drives into town, Steven Davis can’t shake the sense that something wonderful awaits him in Nicolet. The loneliness of his past fades almost completely as he finds h ...
Stay with Me Featured
She can’t risk him learning her secret, he can’t risk losing her.
Penelope Roth has spent the last six months securing plans to merge her father’s company with Whitestone Distributors, not to mention falling in love with its CEO, Tucker Caldwell. That is, until she spends time with her aunt and learns of God’s purpose for her life. Can she keep her heart intact while working with the handsome entrepreneur—or at least avoid the risk of him learning her devastating secret?
Tucker Caldwell is one interview away from being recognized as leading the most profitable distributor in ...
A billionaire in exile, a feisty hotel employee, and an island getaway like no other. Damian Hartley doesn't do vacation. But one major mistake has led to his worst nightmare: a Caribbean holiday. The only thing that might make it bearable is Finlay Cooper’s offer to give him swimming lessons. Though between her sharp tongue and his fear of the water, he might not live to tell about it. But at least it’s a distraction. Though not the type of distraction he planned on… Finlay’s five-year plan is to stay out of trouble. And risking her job (and maybe life) to give some rich guy swimming lesso ...
That's My Sister Featured
Having a younger, beautiful sister is hard enough. Having one who’s on the cover of magazines and is loved by all? Torture. For single mom Marie Stephens, all she wants is to survive her new business, provide for her children, and ignore the intense feelings she has for her married neighbor. When her famous sister, Sadie, shows up after a five-year absence, Marie’s normal life ceases to exist. Add in their celebrity-obsessed mother, it’s no wonder they can’t get along. The most important thing Sadie and Marie will learn? Accepting your sister can change your life.
Repositioning: Lost Love, Found Featured
It's been three decades since he left her alone and heartbroken. She wants to avoid him, but he wants answers, and their cruise doesn't end for nineteen days.
After years of hard work and being the family caregiver, Maria, 52, has a life she loves, cruising around the world and living every day in the present.
Until now.
Now her plans are falling apart, and her past is coming out of the shadows.
Her family wants her home to pick up life where she left off.
Her travel companion wants to go solo
And Nathan, a man she lo ...
Book 4: Take a Chance on Love Featured
When their friendship develops into more, will they find the courage to take a chance on love?
Trusting My Billionaire Boss Featured
When sparks fly with a handsome stranger, Lacy hopes it's a sign her luck is changing. Except he turns out to be her boss' boss' boss, the billionaire CEO. Yeah, that's not going to happen. Especially since someone has recently stolen three million from him. And he thinks it's her. David can't believe he nearly fell for a thief. Nor does he care about her excuses. The evidence is clear. Her past condemns her. She's a liar; the end. So why can't he stop hoping she's innocent? But if she is innocent, then who is the real thief? And why are they after Lacy?
Countdown to Christmas Featured
Welcome to Winterwood… a small town with more heart than people! “Fans of Rachael Bloome and Rachael Lucas will love this new series by Dianna Houx!” When Grace is told it's unlikely Granny will live to see another Christmas, she comes up with a unique plan to transform her home into a festive inn for the holidays, offering an authentic, old-fashioned Christmas experience to her guests. To make her plan a reality, Grace must convince her small-town community to get on board and help her bring her vision to life. Along the way, she meets a diverse group of people who all have their own issues a ...
House of Dreams Featured
Julia Turner's life as a successful designer in San Francisco takes a dramatic turn when her father's ill health calls her back to her hometown of Harbor Cove. There, amid the enchanting aroma of pastries from the Upper Crust Bakery, and the whispering cedar forests, her heart's deepest yearnings meet the harsh light of reality. Lives intertwine, destinies collide, and she is forced to confront the illusions of her former life. In the shadow of her once longed for house of dreams, Julia grapples with her shifting reality. Cliff, the loyal caretaker of the coastal estate, remains bound by h ...
Christmas Trees and Mistletoe Featured
When long-buried betrayal is uncovered, can the magic of the season heal old wounds? A story of friendship, love, and second chances in the second half of life After her divorce, Kathleen moved closer to her daughter and grandchildren, hoping to get to know them better and find a new place to belong. Not ready to retire, Kathleen bought the local toy store only to find that, after sinking a large amount of her savings into it, the business was losing money. She must turn a profit by year’s end, and she can if she has a good holiday sales season. If not, well…it doesn’t bear thinking about. ...
Cordelia's Call Featured
Cordelia Smith grew up in an orphanage outside of Denver. For most of her life, she heard she was unworthy of love. Mrs. Finch’s constant reminder no one would love an orphan sent Cordelia on a path only taken by men: to write for the local newspaper. At the age of twenty-five, she must find a way to support herself while helping out at the orphanage in order to have a place to lay her head. When Mrs. Finch catches wind of Cordelia’s job, she kicks her out of the only home she’s ever known to work on a ranch in Silver Springs. Cordelia doesn’t know what the town of Silver Springs is like, l ...
The Wrong Kind of Man Featured
2015 WISHING SHELF INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS FINALIST At thirty years of age, Maggie Fields has had her fill of “bad” men. Unbeknownst to her, her investment counselor husband had paid for their luxurious Denver lifestyle by scamming his law-abiding clients and laundering money for his law-breaking ones. He lasted two nights in jail before a client who didn’t trust him to keep his mouth shut had him silenced permanently. Maggie fled to her hometown of Vichy, Indiana, and safe haven with her grandparents. Now all she wants is a quiet life as a reporter for a small town newspaper. That quiet is sh ...
Brant Featured
He's a cranky cowboy trying to save the family ranch. She's a freelance journalist hoping to get a full-time writing gig. What she writes could either make or break him.
Brant Cross feels responsible for his father's accident.
The money set aside to pay off a big loan against the ranch has all gone to medical bills. Now it's up to Brant to find a way to make ends meet. When one of the biggest rodeo magazines in the country offers to feature Cross Creek Ranch, it looks like this could be the publicity the family needs. But when things around the ranch start to g ...
A Time and a Season Featured
Return to Nicolet this holiday season and experience the beauty of second chances. Dr. Leila Molina has dedicated her life to healing others, but for too long her own heart has needed mending. After more than a decade away, Leila returns to the small town of Nicolet, determined to start anew and leave the past behind. Little does she know, her former flame, Jackson Lang, has other plans. Jackson has never gotten over the girl who sent him tumbling head-first into the Whitefish River that summer day long ago. Desperate to win her back, he embarks on a mission to make Leila believe in the pow ...
The Peppermint Villain Featured
There’s no way I can resist heading out to Gran’s Montana ranch when she contacts me out of nowhere.
Not when my mother is the only family I’ve ever known. Not even with the shiver of apprehension running down my spine when I drive through the huge timber gates.
That feeling is never wrong, though, and now I’m here alone. Who killed Gran? I can’t believe the town legend of a mysterious creature, but there was that strange smell… Still, the handsome officer on the case seems certain that Gran angered “the bear” and that I might be next i ...
Fresh Starts and Small Town Hearts Featured
A lawyer trying to prove her worth
A handyman who thinks she's worth everything
Vivian Bradford in a woman on the run from her past. When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves Vivian the family home, she finally thinks her life might be heading in the right direction. After the people of Carson’s Bayou realize who she is, will they welcome her into their small-town community? Or will she be forced to run again?
Lucas Wade recognizes the black-haired spitfire from his childhood the minute he sees her breaking into h ...
Megan's Second Chance Featured
My long-lost love staggered back into my life, his memories lost in a blizzard’s swirling grasp. Now fate snows us in—the girl who got away and the man determined to make amends. I’ve avoided romance since Jasper left me shattered. Yet here he lies, that rugged frame still making my pulse race as I tend his wounds. The strong arms that once held me now lie limp, his mind a blank slate. His sea-green eyes seem to recognize me through the fog. They rekindle flames I've kept on ice since our promise of forever was ripped apart. We were inseparable—until the day my ambitions pulled me ...
The Bookworm and The Cat's Meow Featured
When life gives you a second chance, sometimes it comes with claws.
Recently divorced and looking for a fresh start, Lance Reed swaps his business in the city for the cozy charm of his retiring aunt's bookstore in the heart of Sunshine Bay. What he doesn't expect is the slew of community commitments that come with it—especially the agreement to display cats from the local adoption agency. There's just one problem: Lance hates cats.
Enter Raven Johnson, the spirited, cat-loving woman behind the adoption agency. Also, in her mid-fifties and divorced, Raven has ...
Christmas Honeymoon For One Featured
Her ex-fiancé took everything except the honeymoon package. Kate wanted nothing more than to forget all about the man who left her for someone else right before they were supposed to get married. But how could she do that when she barely had a cent to her name and the honeymoon they’d planned to take was non-refundable? She’d go on the trip. Her friend said it would be cathartic. Besides, it wasn’t like things could get any worse. What was Liam doing? The trip to Sweet Paradise resort was supposed to be for him and his girlfriend—only she passed away before they had the chance to cross one las ...
Bride by Beguilement Featured
Kirsten Macleod is in a bind. Her father’s last will and testament stipulates that she must either marry, lead the plantation into a first year profit, or forfeit it to her uncle. But marriage is proving no easy option. Every suitor seems more enamored with the land than with her. Until her handsome neighbor sweeps into her stable to the rescue… of her beloved horse. Silas Westbrook’s last year at veterinary school ends abruptly when he is called home to care for his young orphaned sisters. Troubles compound when he finds an insurmountable lien on the only home they’ve ever known, and the ...
Starlight and Tinsel Featured
It's the perfect way to ring in the Christmas season!
Star is moving into the Murphys cabin. It seems that everyone who lives there finds their happily-ever-after, and Star is hoping it's her turn. Ever since Eden, her van, her childhood home and only inheritance from her mother, broke down in Fortune Bay a year ago, she thought perhaps her mothers hand had guided her there, but so far she hadn't figured out why. Everyone here was nice all right, but so far she hadn't met anyone special.
Harry Brewster has managed his buddy Marsh ...
A Wedding for Emily Featured
Emily Barone adores Christmas. Everything about the season, from her snow globe collection to the twinkle lights in her cubicle, enchants her. After months of intrusive, abysmal, and downright laughable matchmaking attempts from her well-meaning Italian parents, the solution is clear: Get that promotion in the HR department where she works, and find a place of her own after the holidays. If only… At a New Year’s Eve party, she runs into someone from her past. Is that hunky doctor her brother’s former best friend? He’s interested, and her junior-high feelings rush back. But will her opi ...
Seven years ago, Mark Beller joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, bewildering his pacifist Amish family and escaping the heartbreak of a love gone terribly wrong. Now he is broken again—only not from love, this time—from war. Finding his way back to his Amish roots on Prince Edward Island and hoping for peace at Christmastime, he comes face-to-face with his greatest regret... A beauty from ashes love story of faith, hope, and family.
A Heartwarming Irish Romance to Sweep You Off Your Feet
Eyre is a lost soul searching for a purpose when she impulsively books a trip to Ireland. The last thing she expects is to find love–until she meets Darby, a charming yet grumpy Irishman leading a tour of the Emerald Isle.
Something about Darby's wit and kindness speaks to Eyre's wounded heart. As they explore the stunning Irish countryside together, an undeniable connection blossoms. But both Eyre and Darby are nursing their own emotional scars, afraid to take a chance on love.
Can thes ...
Snowfall Over Sagebrush Featured
Eve and Gabriel, from Christmas Cookies and Coworkers (Sweet Paradise Resort), have plans to open a dude ranch in the small town of Starlight, Texas - about 25 miles from Cornerstone Ranch. They’ve hired Laura - a top-notch, city slicker project manager.
Laura gets to oversee the construction of the cutest dude ranch Starlight has ever seen. This resort needs to be up and running yesterday, but there’s one problem.
A rugged cowboy.
Riley has always had deep ties to rural Texas and more recently, Starlight. He believes in doing things the old-fashioned way. Afterall, ...
Love at First Flight Featured
Flight attendant and single mom, Sarah Murphy, is not looking forward to a flight filled with a group of deploying Marines, but when she runs into Sergeant Mike Mendez, she finds herself captivated by the handsome Marine's charm. After forming an undeniable connection at 31,000 feet, Sarah and Mike agree to keep in touch during his deployment. A long-distance relationship has its challenges under the best of circumstances, and with a war zone, a jealous fellow Marine, and a series of events that seem tailored to keep them apart, Sarah begins to wonder if their budding relationship has any ...
Cassie's Secrets Featured
Where secrets go, distrust follows. Can two lonely people let go of past hurt and learn to trust again? Single mom, Cassie Verano, and her two young daughters move to small town Worthy, Ohio to be near her brother and his family. She longs to raise her daughters without her ex-husband’s family’s controlling interference, and live in peace. When her daughters befriend two girls who are cared for by their matchmaking aunt, Cassie avoids it at all costs. It’s the last thing she needs or wants after escaping a dangerous marriage. Widowed business owner, Steve Nardelli, wants nothing more than to c ...
Tropical Encounter Featured
Can she find love when she's healing from heartache? After a painful end to a long engagement, all Meg wants out of life is a fresh start. She can’t think of a better way to begin than by advancing her career in the hotel industry. When an opportunity comes along to accept a position at a five-star resort, she secures a beach house, packs her bags, and heads to the Bahamas. But her oasis has been sold in an auction and the new owner and heartthrob, Parker Wilson, has no intention of holding onto a contract. She'll have nowhere to stay, nowhere to heal, nowhere to grow if she gives in to his fl ...
When Josefina “Joey” Roma moves to the Virginia with her sisters, she’s looking for a fresh start. Their fiber arts and weaving company, Three Sisters Roma, keeps Joey focused—and drained. When a sexy beekeeper-slash-veterinarian rescues her and her new lambs from a swarm of bees on a country roadside, she had no idea how ‘fresh’ her life would turn. She hadn’t expected a man with a cocky attitude, cool confidence, and a pair of blue, blue, blue eyes… Arran Brody, home after his mother’s death to help turn around his family’s honey farm, is still trying to reconcile his feelings around his rec ...
Frozen in Jeopardy Featured
Her routine night turns terrifying. As the storm of the century howls through Destiny, Texas, Dr. Paige Wade remains at her clinic to care for any animals that might need assistance. Her quiet night is disrupted when a man dumps an injured dog on the doorstep just hours before Paige is attacked in the parking lot. He's uncovering deadly connections. A call from the local animal hospital where his friend works sends Police Officer Gabe Harrison hastening to respond. The crime seems random until someone starts stalking Paige. When Gabe and his K-9 partner, Loki, discover the man who dr ...
Ride for a Bride in Wyoming Featured
Marriage is the last thing on Annora Lee Bostwick’s mind when she moves to Wyoming to start a new branch of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Her focus is centered solely on saving animals…until blackmail and deceit force her to reconsider.
Buffalo Birch Struthers has no desire to marry, but must if he wants to keep his father’s ranch, and time is running out. His only option is an event scheduled for the upcoming yearly ranch competition called the Ride for a Bride Race, which he's bound to win if he rides his buffalo, Hezekiah.
Can two stran ...
Falling For My Grumpy Boss Featured
He's a contrary diamond in the rough. She's sweet, with enough fire to warm his heart. Butch, a damaged loner with a mysterious past, rescues Joelle from a rowdy gang of drunken hoodlums. Joelle, the ‘new’ girl in town, is the daughter of the man who was once his best friend. She aims to repay this quiet cowboy for his kindness. Unable to resist her charm, Butch reluctantly lets her work for him on his ranch. This mismatched pair finds it challenging to ignore the attraction blossoming between them. And the past threatens to keep them apart. Can their electrifying fascination with each othe ...
An Amish Forever Home Featured
A Canadian Amish farmer... A Lancaster Amish businesswoman... A Prince Edward Island foster child... Providence brings together a mismatched family in a marriage of convenience, giving all three a second chance for love. Only love may never have had such a tough job.Lydia Miller is an anomaly among her Amish people-a single woman in her 30s, running her own store, determined to forge a life on her own. But when Joel Yoder comes into town to sell his property, Lydia suddenly finds all of her hopes and dreams crumbling around her and a new opportunity placed in her lap. Joel has his o ...
A Bride for Clay Featured
From a USA Today Bestselling Author... Five lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides. Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides. Will they find happiness or heartache? This is Gwen’s story. Gwendolyn “Gwen” MacGorman is a former prostitute turned bank robber turned mail-order bride. She’d vowed never to let another man use her to slake his lust. She would be respected by her husband or they would never consummate their wedding vows. Clay Campbell had vowed never to love a woman. He saw what ...
Book 1: Grocery Girl Featured
She inhales life with every breath. He’s suffered a world of pain. Can they rise above tragedy to find their happily ever after? Maree Davenport refuses to let a tearful past rule her future. After losing her parents at the age of five, the big-hearted fabric designer is determined to embrace her feelings and find happiness no matter what. So when she literally runs over a handsome new firefighter in the produce section, the hopeless romantic is certain she’s just collided with destiny. Everyone Rhys Larsen ever loved has died. And though he may have hit it off with the pretty girl at the stor ...
Lord of the Betrayed Featured
An Earl who fears betrayal, a Lady certain in her affections, a long lost friend, an unhealthy obsession, a love saved from scandal and ruin. Roland Shelton, Earl of Eldwood, has finally allowed himself to trust that he will not be betrayed, to believe that he is worthy of love, and is soon to marry. Cautiously, he hopes for happiness. Lady Gabrielle Vickery has dreamed of marrying Lord Eldwood for many years, and is ecstatic that it’s finally going to happen. She cannot imagine anything that could ruin their happiness, and looks forward to the final reading of the banns, and the actual weddin ...
Lord of the Lamented Featured
An Earl declared a war hero, a widow stricken with angry grief, a plot conceived in despair, lies and deception which might undo everything good in their lives, courage and forgiveness which lead to unexpected love at Christmas.
Martin Luckett, the Earl of Truharton, was injured at Waterloo, even as he watched most of his men cut down around him. He returns to England to discover his father and brother dead, and himself now Earl. He has fallen into a despairing lethargy with no enthusiasm for life when the process of hiring new staff changes everything. When Martin interviews a youn ...
Breakfast Buddies Featured
We humans are spectacularly bad at understanding our own emotions. A socially conservative Asian young man makes a life-changing decision—he moves to an international metropolis in the very heart of Europe to start his first year as a student at a prestigious academic institution.
During one of the very first breakfasts at his new residence he meets a senior student, Jürgen B., to whom he takes an instant liking. As their friendship progresses, these small breakfast sessions become more and more meaningful to the young man, who starts to question both his own identity and his values ...
The Baker's Batter Featured
Madeleine Malone's small town bakery is her dream come true, but her bank statements are not exactly sweet. Whipping up a successful business is the only recipe she can’t seem to master. Well, that and finding love. Her dating life is as flat as a fallen soufflé. Luke Taylor’s big city career is on the rise. His all-star charisma kept him center field in high school as the town’s Home Run King, and it carried him all the way to New York City. His next grand slam? Host a makeover show for a failing business in his Texas hometown. Madeleine's crush on Luke has been preheating since high sc ...
Book 5: Undeveloped Love Featured
She’s tried being polite. He’s digging in his heels. When complete opposites feel the tug of romance, will their holiday become a blizzard of delight? Blake Fisher won’t let anyone destroy the life she’s built. So when a silver-spoon-in-his-mouth snob refuses to listen to her proposed deal, the hardworking real estate agent sneaks her way onto his land to demand a face-to-face meeting. But while she hits it off with his rambunctious trio of brothers, she’s determined not to yield an inch to her onetime crush…even after they share a bone-melting kiss. Hudson Sharp’s roots run as deep as the tow ...
Slightly Stalky Featured
From Wall Street Journal & USA TODAY Best-Selling Author, Amy Vansant - an all too real, hilarious romance.
Emily never expected to find love in a dart bar, but the moment she spots tall, sexy Sebastian, she’s determined to catch his eye.
Ex-girlfriends, perpetually shirtless rich boys, frantic best friends and a mysterious orange handbag converge to stop her.
No one said stalking was easy, but if romance was left to the boys, the human race would die out while they logged fantasy football points and punched each other in the balls.
Everyone knows t ...
A second chance romance! Oliver Harris and Birdy Macon are not on the paths either of them expected when they knew each other, over two decades ago. Oliver works through weekends and holidays, even his brother’s wedding, to be the leader he was meant to be. Birdy moves from place to place, trying to escape the person she let herself become. Both are determined to work hard and reach success. Neither seem to notice they don’t have time for much else. But sometimes, a blast from the past is exactly what you need to ignite your future.
VALERIE FLYNN grew up with the Dixon brothers, never differentiating one more than the other. When she leaves for college, she puts Atlanta and her childhood behind her, ready to make a life for herself somewhere else. An abusive relationship almost destroys her physically and emotionally, and manages to wipe out her relationship with God.
Since boyhood days, BRAD DIXON has always carried a flame for VALERIE. Her engagement to another man shattered his dreams. When she comes home, battered and bruised, recovering from a nearly fatal relationship, he prays God will use him to help he ...
When Charlotte Olson becomes legal guardian of her young sister, it's tough to survive, even in the friendly setting of Shady Piers. Now, after a disastrous fire, she loses everything, and Charlotte must protect her sister from a much more serious threat to the life they have built together. After an embarrassing introduction, firefighter Neil Mack doesn't expect to see Charlotte again, but when he's called to the fire in her apartment block, he manages to get her and her sister to safety, despite great personal danger to himself. What neither of them knows is the deeper threat, just around th ...
Susan never expected to feel this way, but as the years stretch ahead of her, she can't help but wonder... Should she stay in a stale marriage with a man she no longer trusts? Or should she leave and face life on her own terms? Susan McNeil has a list of unfinished dreams-some small, some larger - and she has decisions to make. Should she stay with her husband Richard - the man she built her life with, but no longer trusts - or should she step out on her own and do all the things she's always wanted to do? And what should she do about the attractive, newly divorced Sid Jones, who wants ...
Allie Mast struggles to fit into her new community. Determined to prove her family wrong, she can't help but notice how her Mennonite background and Rueben's Amish roots are causing tension between their two families. Every family has hurts and deep wounds, but the constant conflict pushes her to a place where she will do anything to get what she wants. Reuben Raber has no desire to take over Raber Farms & Produce. When his overbearing mother, Saloma, is set to ruin any hopes of him making a life with Allie, his faith is tested beyond measure, and he experiences a crisis of conviction. Can ...
When Lalla and her dad take a trip to Arizona to inspect her new property, Dad disappears. Panicked that he's lost in the desert, Lalla enlists the help of a local tracker and finds him unharmed at the bottom of a mine pit. But dad has company. A very dead local police chief. And within a stone's throw, a young artist will be found strangled in her bed. What're the chances that these two murders are going to be related? Well, if you're Lalla Bains, you don't guess, you start looking for the killer!
Rural Sacramento, 1870. Caleb Stewart can’t wait to be a family man. After battling natural disasters and legal challenges to secure his land claim, he’s finally free to court the French beauty next door. But he’s forced to push his feelings aside when his own hacienda becomes the scene of a suspicious double murder. Madeleine Laurent hopes a fresh start in America will help her forget painful memories. But when she's threatened by the husband she long thought dead, she bites her tongue despite knowing that the truth of her husband’s identity could clear her kindly neighbor of blame. And as ...
He’s the off-limits heartbreaker. She’s the rule-following paramedic. Sparks fly when they’re thrown together... just in time for the holidays.
Leanne never expected to find herself drawn to Christian Welton, the hotshot firefighter with a killer smile—and younger than her. She’s worked too hard to prove herself among her all-male team to let anyone think she’s swooning over the department’s biggest flirt. But whenever Christian turns those smoldering eyes her way, her carefully built walls start to crack.
Christian has always enjoyed his bachelor life, espe ...
"I broke the fourth law of Kanaloa. I made physical contact with a human." Running from her past, a jazz singer finds refuge on the island paradise surrounding Pearl Harbor, but her life is forever changed when Japanese fighters attack and a mysterious man emerges from the sea to save her life.
Kaitlyn Monroe, a nursing grad is driven by two desires. Find a job. find her soul mate. Not necessarily in that order. She and her three friends get hired at Mercy Hospital where they're in for unexpected patient adventures, causing her to question whether being the hands and feet of Jesus is what she's called to. Determined to meet her ideal man, she falls into a relationship that get derailed. Does God want her to remain single? Luke McCarthy, promotional developer is proud of his achievements for the faith-based charity, Healthy Kids and intends to make it his life's work. Until his f ...
Heléne de Laurant has not forgotten how the Earl of Gunthar destroyed her father’s castle during Henry II’s war with his sons. Apparently neither have her family and friends, for when someone tries to murder Gunthar, every sign points in their direction. Heléne realizes the only way to prove her loved ones’ innocence is by exposing the true assassin. As Heléne and Gunthar spar over the identity of the traitor, fierce determination gives way to mutual attraction. Heléne must race against time, and dark secrets of the past, to unmask the would-be killer before the kingdom plunges back into wa ...
If the creek don’t rise . . . Erin Hennings might be stuck shopping in the petite section for the rest of her life, but what she lacks in stature, she more than makes up for in spunk. Her rough edges and sharp barbs have always kept people at a comfortable distance, but an eighty-pound puppy, a mysterious neighbor, and a new best friend just might break through her tough-girl exterior. They may even touch her heart. Life is shaping up to be even sweeter than the tea Sarah Josten’s granny used to make back in Alabama. But things get a little tricky when a surprise inheritance leaves her with mo ...
Enjoy reading these first three romances inspired by the 1878 total solar eclipse. Although the books were originally published in several multiple author projects, for the first time I have put them in order of occurrence. MAIL ORDER BLYTHE – the book that started it all. Blythe is forced out of her job as a maid after her employer discovers she is with child due to the lecherous behavior of the adult son. To remove the problem from her household, the employer gives Blythe the ticket money to join the soldier at Fort Fred Steele in Wyoming Territory who agreed to marry her, even though th ...
After all the years they had been married, Maddie Ainsworth's presence still had the ability to discombobulate Horace. She was as tall as his own six feet--the reason they saw eye-to-eye on most things, they joked. To Horace, she was more beautiful than when they met thirty-some years ago. Maddie loved Horace more than anything or anyone in her life. When they met, they both believed they could change the world. Now Horace was working on an invention to do just that, and Maddie wanted to be part of that change. After this trip, she promised herself. No more commitments that would take her away ...
The first task for new Butte Chamber of Commerce manager, Mitzi Lambrecht, is to organize the board of directors’ entry for the St. Patrick’s Day float. She’s advocating for a frontier theme honoring early settlers like her ancestors. But she’s opposed by a handsome but infuriating jokester. Declan Rourke is proud of his Irish roots and wants their contribution included in the float’s design. Softening the uptight manager presents a challenge the ladies’ man can’t resist. But when elements of their float disappear, Declan and Mitzi must work together to figure out who is sabotaging thei ...
She’s desperate to belong. He wants to give her heart a home. Can they survive the rapids of a broken past and paddle to a happily ever after? Colorado. Rylee Ryan strives to prove her worth. Slinging pans and formatting brochures as a ranch kitchen sous-chef, the once-abandoned woman now yearns for a family of her own. But she’s blindsided when her rugged adopted brother attempts to woo her, risking their close-knit clan’s bond by breaking their unwritten no-relationship rule. Connor Donovan is sick and tired of waiting. After three years of reigning in his longings for the clever and stubbor ...
Destiny Brought Them Together. Secrets May Tear Them Apart
Turning thirty and still nursing a broken heart, Christine is done playing it safe. This year, she's finally checking a dream trip to Paris off her bucket list–and maybe, just maybe, finding the courage to open herself up to love again in the City of Lights.
But Christine's plans for a carefree Parisian adventure are derailed from the moment she steps foot in the airport. Struck by a sudden health episode, she's on the verge of losing her trip altogether when a handsome, chivalrous stranger swoops in ...
Battered, broken and looking for solitude smoke jumper Tric heads to Last Chance Beach and without warning walks into Kelly's cottage.
She knows from experience this is the best place for him to recover and she'll share her safe haven with him.
Will a bit of Irish luck and a matchmaking uncle give them a chance to find love?
Tric Ryan has spent the majority of his adult life jumping out of airplanes and into infernos. That is until a fateful jump nearly ends his career as a smokejumper. Badly in need of a change, he drives to Last Chance Beach to recover. A short res ...
Four spirited heroines meet four proper gentlemen and the emotional earthquakes shake up staid London society, altering their fates forever! THE BLACK MASK – A thief with a mission meets Rose Spenser, a girl with a mind of her own and a spend-thrift brother deep in debt. Hiring the mysterious thief to steal back her brother's IOU's from one Sir Niles Alardyce involves Rose in intrigue and scandal. A LADY IN LOVE – Exquisite Sarah East would love for the Earl of Reyne to notice her but not because she keeps tripping over her own two feet. But when a man's heart conflicts with his ho ...
Overworked and underappreciated Emily Esposito thinks wrestling her young son Dante into his Halloween costume is her biggest worry—until her husband shows up with his new girlfriend and tells her their marriage is over. Emily’s waitressing job is suddenly in jeopardy when the diner is put on the market, and she anxiously wonders how she will pay her half of the mortgage. If that’s not enough, the dates she tentatively embarks on don’t turn out quite as well as she expected, and the support she seeks from her mother is met with acute disapproval. Emily resolves to put three-year-old Dante firs ...
The Yorktown Christmas Time Travel Novellas are now in a boxed set! Includes bonus short story The Conservatory. Seeking Second Chances… Journey through time with three friends as they find romance and happily ever afters! Max: Successful merchant Max, cursed in 1769, travels forward through time to meet the only woman he will ever love. Garrett: Inventor-geek Garrett travels back to 1769 to help a young woman find a second chance at life and love. Rita: Dr. Rita Woods thought she was traveling back in time to help the children. She didn’t count on falling in love.
It’s often said, when one door closes another opens. But what if, in the end, you’re left standing alone in its threshold? At fifteen, Dani Valdez lost the most important man in her life—her father. After years of therapy, she’s continued to make one bad choice after another, desperate to soothe the emptiness his death left behind. Even with a fulfilling career as an in-home nurse and caregiver, her personal life is less than stellar. Now in her early thirties, not only is Dani the oldest and curviest girl in her group of friends, but she’s also the last childless, single female. It’s time for ...
Patience Moving in with my aunt in remote Rye Creek, California was supposed to give me a chance to concentrate on starting my new business. Instead, I’m distracted by the gruff and growly mountain man just down the road. He’s broody and built and begging to be knocked down a few notches. Slate Eight years ago I abandoned my pro football career and escaped to the tiny mountain town of Rye Creek. It’s been my refuge—a safe place to hide out from the demons I left behind. Until Patience Ford walks into my bar and rocks my stable world. The curvy beauty challenges everything I thought I needed. B ...
Baltimore City Police Detective, Abe (Lank) Lankton, assumes he'll be helping his cousin solve a minor problem when she calls and asks him to fly west. When he learns that he's been called out there to aid in capturing an elusive stalker, his first instinct is go straight back to Maryland. However, when he meets the alluring victim, Summer Cooper, all bets are off. With his future, and his own life, in jeopardy, Lank must choose between going back to the life he knows in America's Charm City or staying out west to help Summer, but Lank's not sure that Summer is all that she claims to be or tha ...
This Cinderella invited to the ball gets help from a surprising source. But will she win her Prince Charming, who's relegated her to the friend zone? When store department manager David Warwick, her secret crush, unexpectedly invites shy florist Ellie Ashton to represent the store at a glittering London ball, she feels more the ugly step-sister than princess material. No make-up, hair that was last styled for her high school prom, and not a single dress in her wardrobe, let alone a ballgown. Only a complete makeover can help her to look and feel the part. Attending the ball with the confidence ...
A feel-good romance with no sex, no swearing--just an honest love that develops between two people. If you believe in fate, redemption, and finding hope in the darkest of times, you will adore this newest book in the Cupid's Bow series! Luke Ward was New York City’s best and brightest young physician until a freak accident changed everything. Now he’s taken a position as the staff doctor at a large retirement village in Abeline where he plans to live out the rest of his days hiding from the painful truth he’s traveled so far to escape. When the father of her unborn baby walks out on her, Mandy ...
He had a boat. She needed a ride. A simple lift became the adventure of a lifetime. After being stranded in Nassau, Meg Freeman ran into Jon Davenport, an old friend from her past, who offered her a ride home on his yacht. Before making the trip, they decided to visit a deserted island and scuba dive a beautiful coral reef. While diving, they discovered evidence of an ancient shipwreck, but they weren’t the only ones looking for treasure in this tropical paradise. For some people, however, treasure didn’t mean lost gold, and who had to be hurt in the search for riches didn’t matter. Join Jon & ...
He’s about to marry the wrong woman until he meets the wedding planner, and now he has a decision to make. Always the wedding planner and never the bride. That’s what Daisy Ray is afraid her future holds. Things never seem to go well for her in the love department, but her mom says God must be saving her for that special man. Her world gets shaken up when she meets actor, Logan Terry, and his ice queen fiancée. She doesn’t expect for Logan to break up with his fiancée during their first appointment, and she certainly doesn’t expect him to ask her out on a date not long after. Loga ...
Ana has everything a person could ever want: an exciting and wildly successful career, a big house in the country, good friends to keep her laughing. But the higher she climbs into fame and fortune, the more she can’t deny there’s really only one thing she wants... The love of the man who broke her heart all those years ago. Ana's Home is the fourth and final book of the Legrand Series. Books are meant to be read in order. The series ends as promised. ;) Much love to all my readers who have stuck with me, and to the new ones just discovering the series. <3 Scarlet Books in the Legr ...
A Dickens of a Sweet Holiday Romance! Get all three books in the Holly Hill Inn Dickens Romance series in one complete box set. Follow Jenny and Ben as they fall in love and acquire Holly Hill Inn in Home for Christmas. Then read about their children in Miracle at Holly Hill Inn. Last, share the holiday with the Cohen family as they return to Holly Hill Inn, perhaps for the last time, in The Last Christmas at Holly Hill Inn.
Two weeks to survive on a deserted island with a woman he can’t stand… Cade Armstrong Waters turned his back on his family’s money and walked away from his legal career to build his foundation to help at risk children. To secure the funding he needs, he agrees to spend two weeks with a woman he just met. All Cade must do is survive - with or without Cynthia Sterling’s help – but she has to stay for the entire time, or they both lose out on their prizes. Unfortunately, Cynthia is absolutely, completely, nothing like Cade. He doesn’t believe in love anymore and she wants to believe love exists. ...
She just made a fool of herself in front of the boss. Is it another personal disaster or a down payment on forever? Sheridan Lane Scott is living her best life. But when her uber-wealthy father gets arrested for embezzlement, the shocked marketing director finds herself out of a job, dead broke, and shunned by her society friends. Stuck working as a restaurant greeter in the aftermath, the frazzled young woman accidentally breaks an expensive bottle of wine… and is mortified when the handsome owner helps her mop up. Noah Kent always puts other people first. So after moving his dad in w ...
Love ignites as three guarded loners come face to face with three smart and sassy damsels in distress. #1 Falling For My Forsaken Boss I never expected a second chance with Lucas, the brooding forest ranger I once adored. He's a single dad now and still closed off and serious. But his affection for his daughter lights him up from within. He needs a nanny, and I need a job. But I don’t know if either of us is ready to put our hearts on the line again. #2 Falling For My Bashful Boss Ethan’s my new boss, a bashful doctor grieving the loss of his father and a broken engagement. I fled to ...
Relax, she’s got this… Maggie Harris has her ultra-organized life well in hand, until she finds her neighbor and husband together, in her bed, and the tight hold she keeps on her world unravels, leaving her grasping for an escape. So how can she refuse when she’s handed the dream job of running her aunt’s bookstore and a chance for a fresh start? Even though the bookstore is in Brockport, Connecticut, her former hometown, and a place she’d vowed to leave behind forever. When someone breaks into Maggie’s new business and leaves a threat on the wall, Detective Cooper Stanton is assigned the case ...
The secret they've kept can either bring them together or tear them apart. Youngest sibling and only sister, Kim Luchetti returns to the Illinois family farm after her father's heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to return, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that broke her heart. Returning means she must face everyone's questions, including those of her first love, Brian Riley, the only one who knows her secret. Brian has always loved Kim, despite his hurt and anger over her having abandoned him when he needed her the most. When she appears at his farm, sur ...
When two strangers cross paths their lives are forever altered. Kayla Russel has all but given up on finding love until a new guy to town walks into her flower shop. There is something mysterious about him that intrigues her, but when she finds out the truth everything changes. Derek Parker wants to leave his old life behind, but it proves to be harder than he'd anticipated when his past finds him. Now the woman he has come to care for feels deceived. Will his secrets come between them and destroy what could have been something wonderful? Previously published in 2015 as A Valentine for Kayla.
To honor the happy lovers everywhere celebrating Valentine’s Day, six New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors have joined together to offer this beautiful collection of holiday romance stories. From full-length books to novellas, they all have one thing in common—a thrilling happily-ever-after that will make your heart beat faster. Every story in this collection is… UNFORGETTABLE!
Southlea Bay's favorite sweethearts, Flora and Dan, are getting married and the members of the Rejected Writers' Book Club are excited to help. Especially the group's head honcho, Doris Newberry, who, much to Flora’s frustration, wants to control every detail, attempting to strong-arm Flora into accepting ridiculous wedding vows, wayward bongo players and into wearing a huge, old-fashioned wedding dress. But when a new resident arrives in town with information about Flora's past that threatens her chance of happiness, the overwhelmed bride-to-be disappears overnight. To find her, The Rejected ...
He's the best man. She's the chief bridesmaid. It's dislike at first sight! When missionary doctor Matthew Coalbrooke and bubbly shoe-aholic saleswoman Anita Kiernan meet, he only thing they can both agree on is that the bride and groom’s matchmaking attempts are bound to fail ... Between his pride and her prejudice, there could hardly be a less likely couple. But God has a bigger plan for them than they can possibly imagine. The Love in Store series is set around a stately old London department store, and the same settings and staff pop up in each book. But there's no ne ...
Squalls ahead!
Nicole Crawley’s life is all mapped out—graduate from college, a career at her father’s construction office, and Steve, a boyfriend who is totally marriage material.
When widower Ryan Tupper walks into the Pinwheel Plant Shop, owner Avery Wheeler is surprised to see her brother’s best friend from high school and confused by her attraction to him. It’s only been six months since Avery’s husband died in a car accident and she’s had zero desire to date again, but Ryan knows what it’s like to be the spouse left behind. While he’s been adjusting to his new life as a single dad, Avery’s been trying to get up to speed on the business side of the plant shop—something her late husband always took care of—but she’s in serious debt and could lose the store. In ...
Matchmaker Rule #1: Never fall in love with the client. After working my way to the top, I’m in the running to become the CEO of Southern California’s premier matchmaking service. All I have to do is outmatch my conniving co-worker. Maintaining my perfect track record should be no problem, especially since my client is a hot Marine with bulging biceps and a killer smile. Matching him up should be easy as pie. Unfortunately, Dex isn’t too thrilled with his meddling mother for signing him up for my services. He seems more interested in me than any of the dates I arrange for him. But I will not l ...
Marissa Madison lives with a unique family: an inventive uncle whose experiments usually involve explosions, an artist aunt who collects classic automobiles, a mother caught in a 1950s time warp, and a playboy twin brother who impersonates their eccentric aunt. Ian MacGregor should have been enjoying a roaring drunk to grieve his father, not selling every piece of personal property so his mother didn't have to live on the street. However, his purchaser for a 1972 Pinto station wagon has disappeared. As Ian gets caught up in finding this eccentric collector, he falls in love with ...
The Savannah widower infuriates Harper...but his little girl wins the nanny’s heart. An endearing story that delivers laughter and tears!
Friendship turns into young love, a nasty breakup, and, maybe, a second chance. Can this billionaire make his great life perfect? Blake Murphy wants redemption. More than that, he wants a second chance. He'd been avoiding his home town since the day he left for college. Trista Kennedy would be there, and he had no idea how he'd face her after the way he'd treated her. But now, he'd find out. His high school reunion was coming up, and he'd see her then. Trista had moved on from Blake...until she saw him when he came home for their high school reunion. He was handsome, rich, and easygoing. He'd ...
Her faith in the Lord has been tried beyond all measure. Can this fearful believer rest secure in God’s protective care for her life? Anna Byler is paralyzed by fear and anxiety. While the young Amish woman is devastated after Simon Kauffman leaves the Amish community, she finds little comfort in her new relationship with Jesus to fill the void Simon left in her life. Still wrestling with accepting God’s comforting peace, Anna sets out on a journey to uncover the truth behind Simon’s disappearance and then his untimely return to Willow Springs. But her discovery leads her to question both Simo ...
A time for love in nineteenth century America, a time to be thankful. Shortly before she prepares to start her third year courses at the University of Iowa, Lila Cleod is called home. She leaves the Sewell family where she also works as a nanny and boards the train for Denver, Colorado. Her father has died. After the funeral, she will learn if he left her, his oldest daughter by his first marriage, anything in his will. She suspects his second wife and her three-year-old half-brother will get the lion’s share of the estate. She is qualified to become a teacher. Will she be able to complete her ...
Tuck is determined to keep Laurie safe, even if it means risking his own heart in the process. Police Officer Tuck Chandler works hard to protect the citizens of Kitner, Texas. He’s also good at holding women at arm’s length. Jilted by his fiancée for his dedication to his job, he’s not about to open himself up to hurt like that again. Laurie Blake is a struggling photographer. After growing up in a wealthy family, she’s determined to make it on her own, even if it means doing it the hard way. When Tuck is assigned to a puzzling burglary involving Laurie’s fledgling photography business, ...
nother summer break wrangling for the Marigold Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and boy was last semester a doozy. Whitnee needed to get down and dirty with her favorite equines and forget all about the stress of getting her bachelor's degree. Too bad her ex, Gage, decided to come back for the season, too. As additional responsibility and a fresh wave of guests arrive at the Marigold, she's beginning to wonder if maybe she ought to have signed up for more course work. Cutler was the first to admit his cluelessness when it came to horses, but the trusting, gentle nature of his assigned equine pa ...
