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Moving Home


P.J. Fiala - 2018
    Then Kayden disappears during a routine gas stop, and JT is torn between going after the woman he loves, and protecting her daughter. The Devils are known to have the local law in their back pockets, so JT calls in reinforcements. Time is not on their side and the clock is ticking.Moving Home is the sixth book in the exciting Rolling Thunder series. If you like sizzling sex scenes, suspense and happy endings, you’ll love PJ Fiala’s page turning series. Moving Home is the wrap-up of JT and Kayden's story from Moving to You. While it is a stand-alone, you will enjoy it much more if you read Moving to You first.

Promise You'll Stay


Julianne MacLean - 2016
    A Standalone Contemporary Romance Professional security expert Jocelyn MacKenzie knows better than to mix business with pleasure, especially in the presence of her new client, Dr. Donovan Knight, a wealthy, handsome heart surgeon. She’s been burned by handsome men before, so all she wants to do is her job and protect him from the stalker who’s been sending him threatening letters. But it’s not easy to stay focused when she feels an intense attraction that can’t be ignored… When danger escalates and the stalker makes an attempt on Donovan’s life, he agrees to leave town under Jocelyn’s protection and hide out with her in a secluded cabin in the woods. Jocelyn wants to keep things professional, but Donovan is falling fast and hard for his female bodyguard, and he has other ideas. Now the challenge is to get her to let down her guard at last, and turn this contractual arrangement into a personal one….

Knight's SEAL


Donna Michaels - 2015
    based agency, asks for help. Owing his life to former Commander Jameson Knight, Sam is eager to help retrieve a mutual friend from a dangerous cartel, until he learns the operative assisting him is Knight’s oldest daughter, Lisa—Sam’s former lover. Elisabeth Knight has waited over eight months to get into the field, and just her luck, her first mission hits close to home in more ways than one. Not only does it involve rescuing her friend, a former NIO like herself, but her father assigns one of his former SEALs to assist—the one she’d given her body and heart to five years ago. Sam had walked away when he’d realized who her father was, and she let him, not wanting to see the sexy man shot, or worse, assigned to Antarctica…permanently. Completing their current mission isn’t the issue, the danger lies in their inability to fight their resurrected attraction and keeping that failure from her father.

The Billionaire's Mistake


Elizabeth Lennox - 2017
     Marie didn’t have time for a romance, but when Sloan Anderson walked into her coffee shop, all of her friends decided that it was time for her to fall in love. Even her dog was in on the matchmaking! Unfortunately, no one bothered to tell her heart that Sloan Anderson was a lying, horrible, son of a…No way was she going to fall for a man who was going to foreclose on her store!

Dog Heart


Barbara Samuel - 2011
    She vowed she’d never speak to him again. And she hasn’t.Until he shows up with Staff Sergeant Thor, a German shepherd who had been injured in the same battle in which his handler—Marcus’s best friend-- was killed. Thor has a bad case of PTSD, and Marcus knows only Jessie can save the dog. But can Jessie bear the close contact with the man who broke her heart? And can even she heal a dog so desperately wounded? A tale of trust, second chances and respecting people for who they are. ORIGINALY PUBLISHED IN SEAL of My Dreams anthology

Stone Cold


Andrea Kane - 2012
    Someone will do anything to keep her away… “The perfect blend of high-stakes action and gut-wrenching psychological suspense.” —Iris Johansen on The Line Between Here and Gone “Andrea Kane sets new standards for suspense.” —Lisa Gardner “Andrea Kane delivers the kind of edgy suspense and romantic tension that will rev up your pulse and keep you turning the pages.” —Jayne Ann Krentz

Close to Christmas


Suzanne Ferrell - 2014
    A celebration is just what they need. It’s four days before Christmas and the town is not only decked out in their holiday best, but looking forward to the wedding of Sheriff Gage Justice and his love, Deputy Bobby Roberts. First Bobby’s lawyer sister, Chloe comes to town looking over her shoulder, which has the quiet deputy, Wes Strong wondering what has her running scared. Then problems start to happen with the wedding plans. Has Chloe brought trouble to Westen? Or does someone in town want to ruin the wedding this close to Christmas?

I Do, Again


Jamie Beck - 2020
    Five years earlier, following a string of tragedies that struck people dear to her, her infant daughter’s death convinced her that her curse was real. She left her husband to keep him safe, but broke her own heart in the process. Now that fate has put Cody back in her path, she’s terrified about what might happen.Cody Harris has always regretted letting Ellie slip through his fingers despite their unbearable loss and the way that bad things seem to plague the people she loves. When she walks down the aisle and back into his life, he’s determined to convince her that his only fear is of the hole that will remain in his life if she refuses to give them a second chance.With so much at stake, can Ellie's heart overcome the battle in her head?

Kidnapped


Velvet Vaughn - 2017
     A Kai Costa Caper What started as a fun outing at a water park turns into a horrific nightmare when ten-year-old Kai Costa witnesses a man snatch a young girl. Unable to stop the abduction, he jumps in the getaway truck to rescue her. After all, he’s done it before. Zoe Duquesne has spent her young life surrounded by bodyguards. The one time she breaks the rules and sneaks away, she's kidnapped. Zoe's partner in crime, her older sister Harlow, is frantic when she sees the man grab her sister. She enlists the help of the first person she finds—COBRA Securities agent Sawyer Oldham. As they work together to locate and bring the children home, a sizzling chemistry erupts that threatens to ignite into a volcanic passion. Coming soon from Romantic Suspense Author Velvet Vaughn: Total Surrender – the eleventh installment in the COBRA Securities Series. Romantic Suspense Book Categories: >Romantic Suspense New Releases >Romantic Suspense Ebook >Romantic Suspense Series >Romantic Suspense Short Story

Taken by Surprise


Valerie J. Clarizio - 2014
    Everyone is shocked when Clare Ulster leaves her rich and handsome fianc�, chucks her well-to-do Milwaukee city life, and moves into her grandparents' old homestead in the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The quiet small town of Iron City is just what she needs to get her life in order and learn to stand on her own. No men needed! Her Ex-Fianc� Is Out to Make Her Life a Living Hell. Unfortunately, disaster follows her. Unable to let her go, her abusive, cheating ex- fianc� finds his way to the U.P. and sets out to make Clare's life more of a living hell then he'd done in the past. Additionally, Clare's alleged involvement with the Fire Chief, aka, town player, lands her in a world of trouble with his ring of female admirers, sending her on a dangerously chaotic adventure including murder and kidnapping. With Clare's life in danger, irresistible Police Chief Jack Ricco will do whatever it takes to keep their newest resident safe.Will Clare and Jack be able to survive the deceptively peaceful Iron City?

Kiss Me Santa


Patrice Wilton - 2014
    He’d stepped into the red suit to help out his brother, not promise the impossible, like deliver a daddy by Christmas. Brad is the new real estate agent Cindy hired to sell her family home, and sparks fly between them. Will the magic of Christmas open their hearts, and offer the best gift of all: love?

Cowboy Kisses: Six Romantic Tales of Colorado Cowboys


Cindi Myers - 2018
    Jace isn’t sure what to make of Kate, but he’s dealing with big changes in his own life since his family ranch was sold. Can a prodigal daughter and a restless cowboy turn the bad hand life has dealt them into a winning combination?Loving You From Afar by RaeAnne Hadley Ariana thought her life was over when she lost her husband. But through a strange twist of events that brought a stranger into her and her children’s lives, she was starting to believe that maybe it was just the beginning.My Forever Cowboy by Diane J. ReedJust when you least expect it, love finds you forever.Photographer Avery Smart refuses to believe in “forever cowboys” after her father died in a tragic rodeo accident, until professional bull rider Grant Hollow decides to shed new light into the darkroom of her heart.Say Nothing by Autumn PiperThe best medicine doesn’t always come in pill form, but who knew it could be a scruffy, cranky cowboy?After escaping from the psycho who held her prisoner for months, Brooke often suffers panic attacks when she tries to speak. When her cousin invites her to recuperate at his friends’ ranch in Colorado and help them care for their twin toddlers, she accepts. She’s got nothing holding her in Nebraska; her boyfriend went dark when she returned from captivity damaged.For years since his engagement went belly-up, lead ranch-hand Rowdy has been non-relationship material. He feels a connection with Brooke, though, and she’s able to confide things in him she doesn’t trust her therapist with. He’s probably too old for her, and he’s sure once she recovers she’ll find someone better than him, but he’s content to take the time they have and help her until then.When her successful ex rides back into the picture, Rowdy will have to decide: fight for Brooke, or give her the financially stable future she deserves.Peyton’s Kiss by Ann AndersNo one ever promised Stella Fairchild that life would be fair. If it was, then her best friend wouldn’t be dying. A little girl wouldn’t be losing her mother. And a lonely cowboy would be ready for love. Under the blue skies of Colorado, however, fate has its own ideas. And maybe, just maybe, silver linings can be found hiding in the storm.Midnight Ride by D’Ann LindunCan they escape peril and fall in love?When Brynn Lockwood and her five-year-old daughter Brooke decide to camp in the Colorado mountains the last thing they expect is to be taken hostage by a gunman. After suffering a devastating shooting, Sawyer Bennet moves to Black Mountain, Colorado, to recover. As a Sheriff’s Posse member, he is called out to find a dangerous criminal, but loses his heart instead.

You've Got Email


Heather Tullis - 2018
    She would be happy to focus on getting to know him better, but her two jobs and two sons keep her ridiculously busy. Then there’s her ex-husband’s bookie, who’s impatiently waiting for the last couple payments on his debt. Bret can't understand why Maria puts up a wall between them, but when he realizes that she's the woman he's been messaging online, he's determined to make her change her opinion of him.

All I Want for Christmas: A Kinnison Legacy Holiday novella


Amanda McIntyre - 2016
    PERIL. PARENTHOOD.Not necessarily in that order.Rein Mackenzie is doing his darnedest to give Liberty her wish of starting a family. Ready for action every time his wife's ringtone--Wild Thing--summons him, the man is giving parenthood his best shot.Liberty Mackenzie knows she and her husband have had their share of heartache in the baby department, but both feel certain it's only a matter of patient persistence before they get what they want. And Rein, bless his heart, can be very persistent.But just before Christmas, when fate offers them the chance to test drive parenthood with taking in a young boy to care for whose life is more complicated than it should be, they realize that having a child and raising a child are two very different challenges that every good parent faces.

River's Bend


JoAnn Ross - 1988
    With her storybook marriage shattered, Rachel vows to never, ever, risk her heart again.No stranger to personal tragedy, Sheriff Cooper Murphy knows about starting over. When Rachel arrives in River's Bend to begin a new life with her young son, he realizes that the love-shy single mother is just the woman he's been waiting for. Although he wants to throw her over his shoulder and carry her off into the western sunset, Cooper knows that he'll have to be patient, move slow, if he wants to convince Rachel to believe in their own Happily Ever After.