After years of hard work and a failed marriage in Chicago, she’s looking for some peace and quiet, a place to clear her mind and figure out her future. Lena loves women, her dog, and landscaping, but that’s about as complicated as it gets. When she meets her new tenant for the summer, it proves hard to stay professional as a caretaker, especially when that tenant turns out to be everything she ever wanted and more. As time passes and boundaries blur, the moment of goodbye becomes inevitable. Nathalie isn’t looking for a new love, especially not in the form of a woman, and Lena has no desire to get her heart crushed again. Is it possible to find home in a place you’ve never been? And is it worth the risk, giving up everything for someone you’ve only just met? They say home is where the heart is…

    After witnessing unspeakable acts of violence, she flees for her life, becoming lost in the untamed California wilderness. Terrified and alone, she fights for survival as each step takes her further away from everything she has ever known. For nearly a decade Jessica calls the mountain home until tragedy strikes once again. Forced to reenter a world that is controlled by men, Jessica transforms into Jesse for her own protection. Posing as a man, she ventures off the mountain for the first time in years, and soon finds herself at the mercy of emotions beyond her control when she attracts the attention of a local singer. Will Jesse be able to maintain the ruse she has created or will she let down her guard and confess her true identity to an unlikely new love? And, what happens when she comes face to face with the demons from her past? Will she get the justice she desires?

    Love runs fast. And Avery Greene . . . runs the hell away. Left with scraps from several broken relationships, carpenter Avery Greene builds herself a safe and steady life in Upstate New York. No love. No loss. No problem. But when she makes a jarring discovery in her grandmother’s attic, it cracks her stable life at its vulnerable foundation. In search of a permanent fix, Avery finds herself at the Sea Springs Inn, a bed and breakfast in the Outer Banks—where the rip currents roll, sand dunes shift, and her strikingly gorgeous hostess throws her plans completely off course. Embarking on a new journey doesn’t come without squalls, and just as Avery adapts to her surroundings and the possibility of love, a violent storm strikes the North Carolina coast. Will the fear of heartbreak keep Avery anchored to the same, drawn-out plans? Or will she revise her design, remodel her heart, and finally add love to life’s blueprint?

    She’s worked too hard over the years to have it snatched away because of one tiny indiscretion that ended with a giant lawsuit. After five months of writing mind-numbing articles about current events, her boss agrees to let her get back to reporting on the rich and famous after one last story. A born and bred city girl, Kennedy is sent to cover fishing in Alaska, which has her feeling just like a fish out of water. When Brynn Coleman, director of Alaska’s Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary, comes to her rescue time after time, Kennedy can’t help but lower her guard and open herself up to Brynn’s standoffish charm. Falling for the sexy ranger is one thing, but is the possibility of love worth giving up a career she’s always dreamed of?Cover Artist: Kris Bryant and Sheri HalalGenres: Contemporary / RomanceWords: 68,400

    She’s blonde and her eyes have been gouged out. DI Sophie Whitton knows it's him – The man the press has dubbed: The Doll Maker. Whitton and her team must act fast if they are to stop anyone else falling victim to The Doll Maker.With an innate need to seek the truth and find justice for the dead, DI Whitton risks losing it all, including her long-term relationship with live-in lover, Yvonne, as she strives to find a killer, and maybe even herself along the way.

    She’s been dreaming about this trip for years and all she wants is to lay on a sandy beach with an icy cocktail in her hand. But those vacation goals change the moment she meets Reed Baxter.Reed is a busy doctor with family demands. She’s in Hawaii to let go, not find love, and she’s not interested in any commitment. Adding a little heat to the vacation seems like a good idea as long as there aren’t expectations for anything more.Genre: RomanceEditor: Medora MacDougallCover Designer: Judith Fellows

    It was the end of the Union Army’s march through the Confederacy, the deathblow that sealed the fate of the Southern insurrection.Charlotte Bratcher, Lottie to friends and family, an eighteen-year-old farm girl from Wayne County, had no particular allegiance to the Southern cause. She is known as the best horse rider in the county. She and Big John, her horse, cause quite a stir, as a group of horse thieves have them both in their sights.The Bratcher family, like most North Carolinians of the time, had no slaves and scraped a living from the land as best they could. The men in her family, conscripted into a war they did not believe in, soon lost the zeal young men have for living a war hero’s tale. These Tar Heels were forced to fight in a rich man’s war. By 1865, all Lottie and those like her wanted was an end to the bloodshed.As the one hundred thousand plus Yankees spread over Wayne County like ants, Lottie and her family out in Bratcher Patch are just trying to survive. In addition to blue-coated warriors, desperate deserters, bummers, thieves, and the home patrol to deal with, Lottie is also coming to terms with a long held infatuation with Patrice Cole. Not knowing how to name her feelings for the dark-haired Miss Cole, Lottie does what she knows how to do, run. Charlotte Bratcher runs, but it’s straight into the arms of the woman she has dreamed about for years.

    Marshal Hettie Quinn was having a bad day. She and her partner were not making much progress in their attempt to catch a sex offender who preferred children. There was no love lost between her and her new boss, who took every opportunity to put her down in front of her fellow officers. Now, her day was made even worse when he informs her that she is being transferred to Witness Protection Division. Connie Yarbrough-Morrison, shy, depressed and still grieving over loss of her wife, who was killed two years ago. Finally, she has found the strength and desire to return to work. But a horrific incident has forced her into the Witness Protection Program. Determined to see that justice is served and that she will be able to hold on to her self-identity, she reaches out to the one person she knows can help her find her way back. Hunted across several states by a ruthless killer, the two women must remain close, even as they push each other away. Sparks fly between them as they fight against their growing attraction for one another.

     Sam Draper, head of the Lake Patrol division of the McCall PD, knows the last thing she needs is another entitled tourist making her life difficult on the water. However, after Sara surprises her by helping her avoid a near professional disaster, Sam teaches her to drive a boat. The chemistry between them is hot and instant, and as the summer heats up, Sam finds herself fall-ing in love until Sara buys her late father’s iconic diner and turns it into the newest hotspot for pretentious culinary tourists. Can the love Sam and Sara found on the water survive the lingering ghosts waiting for them back on dry land?

    After a turbulent childhood and even more troubled adolescence, she finally came into her own. Along with having a flourishing career, she enjoyed the single life. Love was not on her itinerary.Then along came Melody King.The songstress next door caught Jazz's attention in a way that no other woman ever had, offering her a friendship that she hadn't known she needed. As Jazz underwent a major life change, Melody was right by her side, and though they agreed to work on their friendship, it soon grew into something much deeper.But when Jazz is hit with a devastating blast from her past, will they be able to withstand the blow or will Jazz get in her own way, costing herself the love and the family that she never thought she could have?

    The new school proves to be all she hopes and at last, she has friends. She also finds pupils that like her. Then the bullying starts over, with subtlety, and Sasha finds herself, once more becoming an outcast. Bella says she loves Sasha but has she betrayed Sasha's trust?

    Theresa Garland is working as a foreman for her father's construction company. He assigns her a job working for Patty McNeal's mother. The two young women are on different paths that converge. They will have to get over the pain from the past caused by other people, and their fears of the future to build a life together.

    25 years later, she travels back as a freelance photojournalist on assignment for a national magazine and has her first run-in with Danielle. Dani’s a Wall lifer and she likes it that way. She’s on track to retire by the time she’s fifty if she can just keep doing the driving job she loves. She’s been heartbroken. She doesn’t want to go down that road again. Their attraction is undeniable, but their conflicting life goals stand firmly in the way. Wall is the seventh short story in the Loving Blue in Red States series by Anne Hagan. It was preceded by, Sweetwater Texas, Birmingham Alabama, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Perryville Missouri, Salt Lake City Utah, and Savannah Georgia . Look for other short stories and novellas to come out in this series throughout 2018.

    At least that’s what she tells herself when she wonders why she hasn’t dated since arriving at McEown College. Then a stunning, sultry woman walks into her figure drawing class and sheds her clothes. Suddenly, Danica’s thinking about anything but academics… Bailey’s modeled for art classes on campus dozens of times, but there’s something different about the girl with the short hair who’s blushing like a fiend, who can’t meet Bailey’s eye even while she’s supposed to be drawing her. Danica’s way too shy for Bailey’s tastes, but even a shy girl could use a social circle. As Danica befriends Bailey and her group of third-year pals, the sparks between them become harder to ignore. Commitment isn’t exactly Bailey’s forte, but with Danica she’s starting to think she might be willing to take the chance. In Her Eyes is a 27,000 word lesbian novella with a sweet and sultry romance and a HEA.

    Age 29 she has already had an interesting life as a guitarist and a firefighter. Her priority is the time her mother has left, she will worry about the future later. Monica Adams, 32, is a Church Minister. Having long considered herself incapable of romantic relationships, her life revolves around her career and her parish. Dating a woman would be the last thing she, or her employer, would expect. When Cass and Monica’s lives cross paths both are surprised by their response, and fate appears to be pulling them together. When love threatens all you believe. Note that this book contains scenes of a sexual nature.

    They don't even know about her ex-girlfriends or her fake IDs.But it's that fake ID that leads her to the hottest club in the city. While her friends tear up the dancefloor, however, Audrey meets the foil to her suppressed desires and curiosity.Dylan. The resident bad girl with an affinity for good girls like Audrey.What begins as a torrid fling soon transforms into something that opens Audrey's eyes to the life she's always wanted. The longer she's with Dylan, the more she realizes the sources of her suffocation. A toxic family. Airheaded friends. Caring for nothing but the trappings of wealth. "A bad girl is someone who refuses to accept the status quo." Dylan has dated her fair share of heiresses, but Audrey is the first one to make her believe in a chance at love.Yet it's not easy to give over to someone like Audrey. She represents everything Dylan has spent her whole life rejecting, for she knows all too well what it's like to be forced into the good girl role.And her past is constantly threatening to ruin everything she's built for herself since her darkest days. "Good girls don't go bad. They save themselves." The fatalistic love that haunts both Dylan and Audrey will last the summer. After that? Someone will have to give up the only life they've ever known.Easier said than done.Please note that this book contains examples of transphobia and growing up in an abusive cult.