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Home from Within
Lisa Maggiore - 2015
But her mother wears a frown and her father wears his Colt .45s, with a warning: no dating allowed. Seeking warmth, Jessica finds herself in a secret relationship with bad boy Paul Peterson. When the relationship-and Jessica's pregnancy-are discovered, Paul will be dead by nightfall.Seventeen years later Jessica and her daughter live a quiet life with horse farmer, Matt Johnson. Marriage is on the table but Jessica's remorseful heart will not comply. When an unexpected death brings Jessica back home, she uncovers her father's secrets and discovers that her true path in life, and love, are just a choice away.
Chaos
Lucy Roy - 2021
Unlike them, however, I’ve trained my whole life to be an Ischyra, an immortal soldier of the Olympian gods, and when high school ends, I’m going to Olympus to face my destiny, leaving all that I know behind.I’m a nervous wreck, of course, but making the transition from mortal to immortal, not to mention finding out what my affinity will be, has me over the moon. Finally, I’ll be tasting what I was born for.But not all is a bed of roses. Meeting the gods and the grueling training is nothing compared to the nightmares I’ve been having. Controlling my newly awakened powers is more of a struggle than I'd anticipated. Add to the mix a hot guy who I can’t make heads or tails of. And if that wasn’t enough, a bunch of the Titans who were defeated thousands of years ago have begun to gather forces, hoping to retake Olympus for their own. As an Ischyra, my duty is to protect Earth from those who would seek to harm it, but first I have to get through my training year. Yet as my powers start to take on a mind of their own, I begin to realize the gods might have other plans in store.
New York In Love
J.B. Pettry - 2019
. . or is it?After two years of providing juicy material for her aunt’s popular relationship column, Violet Monroe decides it’s time for her career as a serial blind dater to come to an end. That is until her aunt talks her into accepting one last date . . . 1700 miles away. Future heir to his family’s media company, wildly handsome Sawyer Quinn knows what’s expected of him, but longs to break free of his overbearing mother and her suffocating expectations. When his uncle hands him an interesting opportunity, he’s pleasantly surprised when it leads to a young woman unlike any he’s ever met before, but there’s a problem—his meddling mother.
New York In Love
is a full-length sweet, swoony romance with a HEA.
The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3
Shanae Johnson - 2018
The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch series features Wounded Warriors, the women they fall for, and the loyalest pack of dogs you’ll ever meet! ON HIS BENDED KNEE Sgt. Dylan Banks lost more than just his leg in the war. His fiancée and family turned their backs on him as well. Now, he’s determined to create a safe place where wounded warriors like himself can heal. But a hidden zoning law requires all residents of the Purple Heart Ranch to be married. To save his dream, Dylan and his men will have to tie the knot—but can a man with such deep scars inside and out believe in love again? Maggie Shaw lost both her job as a veterinary technician and her apartment on the same day. Who knew her unreasonable landlord would kick her out for being four dogs over the one pet limit? Now, she and her gang of special-needs dogs are in trouble. Fate puts her in Dylan’s path with a proposal that seems too good to be true—but can her heart bear a loveless marriage of convenience? Dylan yearns to reach out for Maggie’s healing touch, but he keeps his distance, convinced his wounds are too deep for her embrace. Maggie sees past Dylan’s injuries, but if she fails to capture his heart they both could lose it all: her beloved animals, his ranch, and each other. HAND OVER HIS HEART Francisco DeMonti has always been a man with a plan. Though his last plan led to his entire squad being wounded on a mission in Afghanistan. Now he’s seeking redemption by getting all the men in his unit hitched so they can stay together and heal. But his own heart is under lock and key due to the shrapnel around it that could kill him at any moment. After years of scraping and saving, Eva Lopez finally steps foot onto a college campus only to be yanked away by the mean streets she came from. A local gang threatens her family’s safety until a wounded veteran offers a reprieve: marry a soldier in exchange for protection and the freedom to attend school. Fran has every intention of directing Eva towards one of his brothers in arms, men who aren’t in danger of a sudden death, but he can’t resist the brainy brunette and proposes to her himself. He’ll protect her for as long as he breathes, but falling in love is futile for a man with a ticking time bomb in his chest. Eva can’t help falling for the man who is making her dreams come true, but when he keeps her at arm’s length, can she convince him to make this marriage more than a convenience no matter how much or how little time they have left? OFFERING HIS ARM Reed Cannon may be a numbers guy but being minus one arm due to enemy fire hasn’t slowed him down. Now he’s faced with a new challenge—find a bride so he can stay on the rehabilitation ranch that has given him and his squad back their lives. Reed turns to a dating app to narrow down the selection of potential brides. The woman who matches him nearly 100% is accessible online, but out of reach in reality. Sarai Austin has done the impossible, she’s found a great guy online. The problem is now he wants to meet in person, and Sarai's not ready for IRL. Her profile picture was taken three years and thirty pounds ago. To hide her weight issues, she tells Reed she’s out of town on business.
Texas Twosome
Debbie White - 2018
Love kept her there...When Rebecca Parsons's new assignment brings her to Steam, Texas to cover the anniversary of an unsolved missing person's story, she's more than up to the task. Then she meets Kyle, a striking man with charisma who takes a hold of her in ways she'd never imagine.Kyle is carrying on the family tradition of law enforcement. When he's asked to show the out-of-town reporter around, he's happy to do it. There's not much excitement in Steam and they don't get many out of town visitors. Something about this big-city girl intrigues him so he asks her to stay a while. Soon Becca and Kyle find themselves enthralled in a slow-burning love connection neither of them saw coming.Book 1 - Texas TwosomeBook 2 - Kansas KissedBook 3 - California CrushBook 4 - Oregon ObsessionBook 5 - Florida Fling (Coming Soon)
Down & Dirty
J.H. Croix - 2018
It can also expose every secret you have.I’ve spent almost my entire life in Cypress Creek. My family was once a pillar of the community, but times have changed – for the worse.One look at Marie Nix, and I’m determined to have her. She’s everything I want and then some. She may be too pure for me, but I can’t help myself.Unfortunately, like me and our small town, she has skeletons in her closet. Her past isn’t staying in the shadows.Regardless of the things she’s done, once I have a taste of life with her, all I want is more.Even if it puts me face to face with the threats surrounding her, I’ll do whatever I have to in order to make her mine.
Sunset Fire
Renee Vincent - 2008
(This new edition has been partially rewritten and professionally edited, along with a new title and new cover.) Mara, the daughter of an Irish king, was raised to believe the Northmen are murderous pagans without a moral bone in their bodies. Despite warnings of their violent raids and the growing threat of another incursion, Mara is continually drawn to her favorite place - the River Shannon. Dægan Ræliksen, a wealthy chieftain from Norway's frozen fjords, secretly discovers Mara at the water's edge. Charmed by her beauty and sensuous grace, he decides his search for a wife has ended. Mara and Dægan come face-to-face in a time when every Irishman is being called up to fight against the Viking foreigners. To acquire the woman he treasures, Dægan must make peace with Mara's father, but can Mara move past her fears and find the noble man within the savage?
Bayou Cottage
Suzanne Jenkins - 2020
It’s the perfect place to run away to after her heart was broken.The first night while she’s down at the road to lock the gate, a hunky guy on horseback steps out of the woods, but Maggie doesn’t recognize him. Turns out they were childhood playmates long ago during winter visits to her grandparents’ cottage. Justin Chastain, local vet and wild horse advocate, heard through the grapevine that Maggie had returned to Cypress Cove and wanted to see her for himself. But he didn’t know that she was hiding from a failed marriage, leaving her with a big chip on her shoulder. It remains to be seen if she can ever trust again. The chemistry Maggie senses fluctuates between lukewarm and molten, but for Justin, it’s constant and he’s falling in love, hard. Then he unintentionally commits a blunder that Maggie will struggle to forgive, and they have to start all over again. Is there another chance at love for Maggie Angel?
The Inn at Cranberry Cove (Cranberry Cove Series Book 1)
June Foster - 2020
She’s inherited her aunt’s B&B and is determined to carry on her legacy. Upon preparing for guests, she learns of a century-old tale of treasure within the inn. Many have searched for the illusive gems but to no avail. She discovers a man working on the inn’s grounds, but is he the gardener Gina Price hired? Perhaps he’s searching for the hidden treasure.James Atwood, corporate executive, works in the Atwood’s thriving cranberry business. Tragedy strikes, and he’s numb and riddled with guilt. Befriended by Gina Price, he finds solace working evening and weekends in the fresh earth, fescue grass, and aromatic blossoms of the inn’s gardens, helping to divert his mind from his dishonest cousin Robert, bent on destroying the Atwood business. He continues tending the grounds after Gina passes, and the new owner believes he’s a gardener. After she calls late one night upon hearing a prowler, James races to her rescue and discovers his feelings are more than protective.Ashton’s first guests, the Claxton’s, appear out of nowhere saying they’ve had reservations for a year though she finds no record of a deposit. She chalks the failure up to faulty accounting before she arrived. When an elusive intruder continues to make frightening midnight visits, Ashton fears for her own safety and that of the Claxtons. But then, their odd comings and goings cause Ashton to wonder. Are they really vacationing visitors from California, or do they have other motives for staying at the inn?Can two people allow the majestic northwest and fragrant coastal air heal their wounded hearts? Will they discover the secret of The Inn at Cranberry Cove?
Landing the Billionaire
Macie St. James - 2021
Her task is to clean it out and prepare it to sell, since she has no interest in living in the oversized space. But the billionaire living next door keeps distracting her from getting her work done.Grayston Young isn’t just Fiona’s neighbor. He owns the very building where her father lived. But he’s also the man who plans to take away the thing that matters most to her: her small bookstore. One of his top projects involves buying up the entire strip mall and turning it into a medical center.In their battle, they both start to realize there’s more to life than work. But one of them has to give in if they can ever be together, which means choosing love over business.The Music City Billionaire series is a sweet, clean contemporary billionaire series filled with swoon-worthy heroes and plenty of romantic moments.
Evanthia's Gift
Effie Kammenou - 2015
An emotional novel about family bonds and the difficult pull between home and heritage. In the year 1956, Anastacia Fotopoulos finds herself pregnant and betrayed, fleeing from a bad marriage. With the love and support of her dear friends Stavros and Soula Papadakis, Ana is able to face the challenges of single motherhood. Left with emotional wounds, she resists her growing affection for Alexandros Giannakos, an old acquaintance. But his persistence and unconditional love for Ana and her child is eventually rewarded and his love is returned. In a misguided, but well-intentioned effort to protect the ones they love, both Ana and Alex keep secrets - ones that could threaten the delicate balance of their family. The story continues in the 1970’s as Dean and Demi Papadakis, and Sophia Giannakos attempt to negotiate between two cultures. Now Greek-American teenagers, Sophia and Dean, who have shared a special connection since childhood, become lovers. Sophia is shattered when Dean rebels against the pressure his father places on him to uphold his Greek heritage and hides his feelings for her. When he pulls away from his family, culture and ultimately his love for her, Sophia is left with no choice but to find a life different from the one she’d hoped for. EVANTHIA’S GIFT is a multigenerational love story spanning fifty years and crossing two continents, chronicling the lives that unify two families.
Escape To...The Little Beach Cafe
Sarah Hope - 2018
Does she risk the little she does have to follow her dreams? Moving her young son to the seaside to run The Little Beach Cafe proves harder than Pippa ever imagined, particularly because she can't actually bake.With the help of new friends, can she make a success of her new venture or will she have to return to her old life in the City? When her son's father turns up, will he be able to win her back or will she find love elsewhere?
A single parent romance filled with self-belief, love and second chances.
Cocker Brothers 2nd Six Books Box Set
Faleena Hopkins - 2021
In exact series order.✨✨✨✨✨"I seldom give 5 stars and/or this long a review, but the series is that good." - Classy Lady• Honey Badger, Book 7:A Steamy, Edgy MC Holiday Romance to melt snow...In late December, a shiny black Harley Davidson takes an unexpected pitstop in the charming, Christmas-loving town of Nevada City, California - population 3057. The plan was to ride onward to San Francisco but when Antonio "Honey Badger" Martinez spots a shy redhead in Victorian costume who is in need of a hero, those plans change. Can two people find a Christmas miracle to call their own?• Hannah Cocker, Book 8:Welcome to the Next Generation!A Sizzling Coming of Age Romance where you'll meet the first of the 17 cousins, the Cocker Brothers now fathers.Our story begins with me, the only one who didn't know who her father was until I was five years old and a car accident took my mom away forever. The media won't let me forget, as if I ever could. And sometimes people don't realize I have a burned heart that has been looking for a way out. So when my cousin, Sofia Sol, offers a road trip to Florida on the back of her motorcycle, well...would you say no to an adventure?• Ethan Cocker, Book 9:A Billionaire Romance to drop your pencils for...I'm a computer genius who has patented security inventions so necessary to our future that I am now a very rich genius. But even though I may be well endowed, in the brains department, I can stick my foot where it doesn't belong sometimes. When I say 'foot' I mean something else. Just being a gentleman because you might be reading this in a public place. Am I making sense? No? Sorry about that. I’ve got a lot on my mind what with the hacker I'm unveiling, the stalker in my home, and the sexy boss I pissed off by assuming she'd be a man. But don't hate me. Come closer... I'll explain everything.• Gabriel Cocker, Book 10:A Rockstar Romance to make your heart sing on key...Someone has won a date with the insanely hot rockstar, Gabriel Cocker. But Paige is not exactly jazzed about her win since problems in her life make this the exact wrong time. Especially since Gabriel's cousin saw her first...• Emma Cocker, Book 11:A Billionaire Romance to make you slap a face...I am Jake's only daughter... daddy's 'Baby Love." But I don't need to be protected anymore. My boss has sharpened me, made me tough, with her verbally abusive ways. I am ready to handle this big chance to prove myself - a billionaire client from San Francisco looking for a mansion here in Atlanta to call his new home. I knew it wouldn't be easy with a man like him. Nothing good ever is. But when history comes knocking on this realtor's door, will I be the sweet doormat they all take me for or shake our foundation straight to its core?• Eric Cocker, Book 12:A Sports Romance to get your heart running a hundred yards...Eric's a star quarterback who gets all the ladies, gorgeous as he is. And kind. And funny. But when he flirts with a waitress at the sports bar his team frequents, she throws up a middle finger tattooed with birds that he can sit on...if he could fly. Even worse, she's taken. Will Eric have to sit this game out?FOUR 6-BOOK BOX SETS:1st Six Books Box Set2nd Six Books Box Set (This!)3rd Six Books Box Set4th Six Books Box Set✨✨✨✨✨Each features a different member of the same family, all intertwined in fun ways where one story pays off in another family member's book... a very fun read." - Fupping Magazine✨✨✨✨✨"...this series is a must read." - A Readers Review Site Blog
A New Chapter
Susan Coventry - 2016
Five years later, they meet again, both newly divorced, and in the process of rebuilding their lives. Emma finds comfort in the bookstore that she owns, while Zack is busy caring for his four-year-old daughter Gracie.Despite their attraction, Emma and Zack decide to be “just friends,” but soon discover that staying in the friend zone is easier said than done! Sometimes love comes along when you least expect it, but when will Emma be ready to trust her heart again? How will she know when the time is right to begin…A New Chapter?
Family Bonds- Hunter and Kayla
Natalie Ann - 2020
He was the only son of an only son for generations, so it was expected he’d be the next in line. Was he tired of being reminded about the island’s legacy? Sure. Was he determined to do things his own way? Of course. Was he going to do his part to not tarnish the family reputation? Probably not.Kayla Rivers always said she had multiple clouds over her head. Gray ones. Ominous ones. Very often black ones. When she saw an ad for a job on Amore Island—a place where people supposedly found love at first sight—she should have run in the other direction since she’d never been loved a day in her life. Instead she ran forward hoping and praying for once in her life she’d find happiness rather than disappointment.Amore IslandHunter Bond and Kayla RiversDrew Bond and Amanda MooreMac Bond and Sidney HollisterParadise PlaceCupid's Quest- Josh Turner and Ruby GentileChange Up- Harris Walker and Kaelyn ButlerStarting Over- Philip Aire and Blair McKayEternal- Nathan Randal and Brina ShepardFierce FamilySam- Sam Fierce and Dani RhodesBryce- Bryce Fierce and Payton DaviesDrake- Drake Fierce and Kara WinslowWyatt- Wyatt Fierce and Adriana LopezFirst Fierce SeriesBrody- Brody Fierce and Aimee ReedAiden- Aiden Fierce and Nic MorettiMason- Mason Fierce and Jessica CorningCade- Cade Fierce and Alex MarshallElla- Ella Fierce and Travis McKinleyLove CollectionVin Steele and Piper Fielding - Secret LoveJared Hawk and Shelby McDonald- True LoveErik McMann and Sheldon Case- Finding LoveConnor Landers and Melissa Mahoney- Beach LoveIan Price and Cam Mason - Intense LoveLiam Sullivan and Ali Rogers - Autumn LoveOwen Taylor and Jill Duncan- Holiday LoveChase Martin and Noelle Bennett- Christmas LoveZeke Collins and Kendall Hendricks- Winter LoveTroy Walker and Meena Dawson- Chasing LoveJace Stratton and Lauren Town - First LoveGabe Richards and Leah Morrison - Forever LoveBlake Wilson and Gemma Anderson - Simply LoveBrendan St. Nicholas and Holly Lane- Gifts of LoveLake Placid SeriesSecond Chance - Nick Buchanan and Mallory DenningGive Me A Chance - Max Hamilton and Quinn BakerOur Chance - Caleb Ryder and Celeste McGuireTake A Chance - Cole McGuire and Rene BuchananDeserve A Chance - Zach Monroe and Amber DeaconLast Chance - Trevor Miles and Riley HamiltonAnother Chance - Matt Winters and Dena HallIt's My Chance- Logan Taylor and Kennedy MilesAll SeriesAll for Love- Book 0- William Harper and Isabel CarmichaelAll or Nothing - Book 1 - Ben Harper and Presley JamesAll of Me - Book 2 - Phil Harper and Sophia MansfieldAll the Way - Book 3 - Alec Harper and Brynn PalmerAll I Want - Book 4 - Sean Callahan and Carly SpringfieldAll My Love - Book 5 - Drew Palmer and Jordyn MontgomeryAll About You - Book 6 - Finn Abraham and Olivia HartmanAll of Us - Landon Barber and Kristen ReidCheck out where it all started for the Harpers in the Road Series!Road to Recovery - Book 1 - Lucas Mathews and Brooke MaloneRoad to Redemption - Book 2 - Cori Summers and Jack ReynoldsRoad to Reality - Book 3 - Mac Malone and Beth CampbellRoad to Reason- Book 4 - Ryan Mathews and Kaitlin Harper