Monday’s Top Romantic eBooks
How to Capture a Duke
by Tina Gabrielle
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Lady Olivia, the youngest sister of the Earl of Castleton, has no patience for the boring gentlemen of aristocratic society. She longs for a more adventurous life like the ladies who visit the Raven Club. But her plans are thwarted when her family drags her to a country house party to meet the elusive Duke of Keswick.
Tristan Cameron, the Duke of Keswick, finds Olivia in his stables. She believes him to be the stable master, and he doesn’t dissuade her of the notion. He has no interest in entertaining one of the spoiled, self-indulgent ladies who’ve invaded his home. Except, Olivia is neither of those things, and their shared kiss during a ride results in combustible passion. And a potential scandal. #ad
A Promise for Christmas
by Lynn Landes
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A Promise, A Blizzard, and a Secret Wish.
Aiylin Miller is content working for her father in his workshop and secretly composing her music, but the Lord has other plans. Sebastian Becker is visiting his mother for Christmas with his six-year-old daughter. He promised her a magical holiday, but he has no idea that the blizzard is blowing in more than snow.
Six-year-old Tinley has a plan. With some help from her Grandmother and a magical lantern all her wishes are about to come true. #ad
The Accidental Christmas Match Up
by Rachel John
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It’s been a tough year for Tara Harris. Her fiancé jilted her, the gossip about it refuses to go away, and she’s living with her aunt, the one who dabbles in matchmaking, aka finding random men to introduce to Tara. At least humiliation is never boring.
Luke Carrington planned to avoid the obvious setup. He even threw away the address the sweet lady at the store gave him. But fate must be playing with him because he’s here anyway, at the right place at the right time. Scratch that. Wrong place, wrong time. Tara Harris might be as beautiful, sweet, charming, and available as her aunt claims, but she’s also totally off limits to him, and he can’t ever tell her why. In fact, it’s better if he never sees her again. But it’s a small town, and every time they run into each other, the sparks between them grow… #ad
Cadaver on Candy Cane Lane
by Leighann Dobbs
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When Ember Quinn visits Christmas Village to assist her elderly great-aunt Phoebe in the holiday chocolate-making tasks, the last thing she expects is for an elf to get murdered at their back door.
She soon discovers that toy-making elf, Alfie Svenson, was up to no good. Not only that, but he had a mysterious accomplice. Too bad Ember suspects that accomplice might be Phoebe. With the reluctant help of Brimstone the snarky cat, Ember must dodge lying elves, creepy snowmen, unfriendly reindeer, an angry toy factory manager, and a sleigh-transportation boss who might be involved in organized crime in order to find the real killer. #ad
Christmas in Camelot
by Brenda Jernigan
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Lady Noelle has no intention of marrying just to save her family’s castle. She feels nothing for Sir Gavin, the man who will become her husband on Christmas Day. Then she spies Camelot’s newest knight, the notorious Sir Nicholas the Dragon, a champion as renowned for his prowess in the beds of Camelot’s maidens as for his skill in battle. Noelle’s heart has found the man she longs for, even as her hand is promised to another.
Sir Nicholas’s only loyalty is to his king, whose orders are clear. He is to fend off the enemy besieging Noelle’s castle and bring the lady safely back to Camelot for her wedding day. But spending time with the proud beauty awakens an irresistible hunger in him. Now, as desire does battle with duty, Nicholas has only two choices — to surrender the woman he loves to another man or fight to the end to make her his own. #ad
The Feisty Bride’s Unexpected Match
by Lydia Olson
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She is a mail-order bride. He is a rancher meeting her halfway. How will they choose to protect their love, when staying together means accepting danger?
Sarah Harris is a tender young woman who has recently lost her father. Having no other choice, she decided to reply to a mail-order bride and to move West. On the train, she meets a stoic rancher who shares the same destination with her. A sudden train attack leaves them alone with only a horse and no money to travel. Sarah struggles with the challenges of the wilderness. However, David’s strong presence is enough to make her fall in love with him. How can she dedicate her life to the man she has come to love when she has promised to marry someone else? #ad
Our Wild and Precious Lives
by A.G. Russo
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“Our Wild and Precious Lives deals with the big questions of Life, Death, Love and Loss set against the backdrop of World War II and the Korean Conflict…it also deals with the social upheaval in families and societies caused by war, on both sides…” -Amazon Review
In 1960 Cold War Germany, Tom and Melly McCarron, teenage Army brats, contend with adolescence on a small American base near Bavaria, where their father, a decorated war veteran, begins a three-year tour of duty. As tensions in Berlin rise between the Allies and the Soviets, and threaten to bring about World War III, the base teenagers forge bonds of loyalty and love stronger than any of the adults understand… #ad
Christian Historical Romances
by Heather Blanton
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7 Western and Inspirational Love Stories
Falling in love can take you places you never thought you’d go!
Over 1,000 pages, this is a collection of wide-ranging romances uniting sassy, strong-willed heroines with their noble but flawed heroes. From hidden identities to high school sweethearts to mail-order brides to soul mates, their stories will whisk you away to different times and places. Ride with the best cowboys in Wyoming–while keeping a dark secret. Get a second chance at love in a California Gold Rush town. Travel back in time to Philadelphia of 1778 to save a love that might also save the country. Revisit the innocence of the changing West during World War II. Cowboys, war veterans, sheriffs, even spies, are here to make sure love conquers all. #ad
Sunday’s Top Romantic eBooks
The Last Letter from Your Lover
by Jojo Moyes
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It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing-not the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply “B”, asking her to leave her husband.
Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper’s archives. She becomes obsessed by the story and hopeful that it can resurrect her faltering career. Perhaps if these lovers had a happy ending she will find one to her own complicated love life, too. Ellie’s search will rewrite history and help her see the truth about her own modern romance. #ad
The Secondary Inheritance
by Evangeline Kelly
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Two wounded women fight for the love of a baby girl. An inheritance leads Anna to relocate to Lake Tahoe, the city where her heart was broken by Bryson, the only man she ever loved. Family secrets emerge, along with a new relationship, but she doesn’t know if she can trust Bryson not to hurt her again.
Realizing most of her family have passed away, Anna decides to become a foster parent with the hopes of adopting a baby. When baby Ember is placed with her, all her hopes and dreams are wrapped up in the child, and she’s told it’s a slam-dunk adoption case. That is until Delilah, the child’s birth mother, shows up and decides she wants her baby back… #ad
Bayside Escape
by Melissa Foster
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Two years ago Violet Vancroft was a nomadic artist who never wanted to put down roots and Andre Shaw was a prominent Boston physician whose roots ran too deep to unearth. Their love didn’t stand a chance-or at least that’s what Violet believed when she received a plea for help from the sister she’d never really known-so she snuck away like a thief in the night.
Now Andre travels the world setting up new medical clinics, and Violet has finally found the family she’d always craved and the roots she’d never known she wanted. When their paths cross unexpectedly, it’s not the reunion either one imagined. But they’ve never stopped loving each other, and after the dust of anger and hurt settles, passion ignites even hotter than before… #ad
The Precious Secret of Her Heart
by Elaine Shields
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After losing her parents, Willa has fallen on hard times, hardened by a turbulent life. Ever since, she’s been living with her aunt who convinces her to escape her past misery and answer a mail-order-bride ad. When Willa meets Clinton, her husband-to-be, she is not only smitten by him but also determined to bury her secrets deep inside her heart and marry him. However, she will soon find herself in the middle of a web of scandal and confusion after a foe posing as a friend fills her head with lies about Clinton.
As if this wasn’t enough, her life will be threatened and she will be forced to postpone the wedding. Caught between her history and her heart, she only has one person she can rely on; her fiancé, a total stranger. She must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find. In the end, will she manage to lay aside her doubts for the sake of their love? #ad
Wine, Wedding & The Cowboy
by Stephanie Hurt
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The trouble with pretend marrying your best friend is that it can only end one of two ways…
Baron: Her best friend. Her first kiss. Her protector.The friend everyone wanted, but he was all hers and she knew he’d do anything for her.
Abriana: His whole world. And she could stop his heart with a smile.
They were inseparable. If you saw one of them, you saw the other. But something about their friendship was about to change. Abri needed to get married in 30 days and the only person she trusted was Baron. But it was just pretend. Right? #ad
Merry, Wicked and Spirited Away
by Lotta Smith
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Lotta Smith 5-Book Christmas Paranormal Cozy Mystery Collection – It’s the season of joy, happiness, and everything! This Christmas, treat yourself with fun adventures set not just in Manhattan but a whole new dimension!
This set features five Christmas paranormal cozy mysteries including: Wicked of the Christmas Past, Wicked as a Christmas Fruitcake, I’m Dreaming of a Wicked Christmas, All I Want for Christmas is Wicked, Merry, Bright, and Spirited Away. Enjoy four Christmas stories featuring Mandy, her ghostly pal Jackie, and the super-hot FBI agent turned into the COO of the world’s leading security company Rick Rowling! And… Meet Peridot “Riddy” Valentino, a budding curator ready to take the world of fine art. #ad
Deathtrap
by Dana Marton
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“Rich, complex story, with strong mysteries, appealing characters, and a wonderful dog…” -Diane Flindt, bookseller
Sophie Curtis is a heart-transplant recipient with some spooky body memories. She’s been in her own antiseptic bubble for so long, she just might not be able to venture out into the real world again.
Whatever shred of optimism Ethan Bing had left after becoming Broslin Chief of Police had been seared out of him by the unsolved murder of his wife two years ago. Then Sophie pops into his life, and she gets through his defenses like no other, but soon it becomes clear that she’s been selected as the killer’s next victim. #ad
Christmas at the Lake
by Autumn Macarthur
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If you love Christmas, love mountains and lakes, and love small communities filled with good friends, you’ll find them all here in this Huckleberry Lake duet! Enjoy the hope, healing, love, and peace of a Christmas visit to the lake in these two faith-filled novellas: Calm & Bright, Midnight Clear
“These two books, “Calm and Bright” and “Midnight Clear” are delightful Christian Christmas romances. Set in the fictitious location of Huckleberry Lake, Idaho, the scenery makes you long to visit the location. Characters who lived through some difficult times learn to trust God for healing and the reader is reminded of the real meaning and reason of Christmas. Two wonderful Christmas stories to read any time of the year!” by Amazon Customer #ad
Dragon Fever
by Serena Meadows
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These five hot steamy stories feature powerful dragons, who were exiled by their clan because they were reckless and wild and how they break all rules to meet and protect their mates. NATALIE and JUDE will be the first ones you’ll meet…
I used to be a brother, son, protector. Now, I’m a shadow. Exiled from my clan of dragon-shifters, I drift among the humans without purpose or belonging. My inner dragon snaps and snarls as it struggles to adapt, but like me, it has no choice–this is our life now. The only human either of us can tolerate is Natalie, owner of the Buck’s Head Lodge. Her quiet strength and distracting beauty remind me of the fierce women I grew up with. But they were my trusted friends, lovers, and equals. As a human, Natalie can never know who I truly am… CLICK above to read more… #ad
Witness Protection Collection: Books 1 – 3
by H. L. Wegley
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Book 1 – No Safe Place: Story that races from the scenic beaches of the Olympic National Park to the beauty of Lake Chelan in Central Washington State, a story of courage, honor, faith, forgiveness, and love.
Book 2 – No True Justice: High-action, romantic-suspense story set among the breathtaking canyons and rivers around Lake Billy Chinook in Eastern Oregon.
Book 3 – No Turning Back: Set near Big Bend National Park and in Central Oregon, near the Deschutes River, No Turning Back is a clean, high-action, romantic-suspense story about love, courage, and the futility of human vengeance.
Saturday’s Top Romantic eBooks
I was twenty-one when the gypsy read my future: As punishment for your crimes, you will only love one woman…but she’ll never love you back. I didn’t believe a word of it. Until I met Sofia Romano almost ten years later. I fell hard for this woman. Would die for this woman. But she left me.
Now years have passed and Sofia needs a husband. Her father is gone and her mother is trying to marry her off to a man that can protect their family, protect their company. She’s looking for someone powerful. Check. Someone rich. Check. Someone handsome. Double check. Now it’s my chance to have the only woman I’ve ever loved…and I’ll make sure she feels the same way. I have a lifetime to make that happen. #ad
Courage to Change
by Elizabeth Maddrey
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When Phil Reid became a Christian and stopped drinking, his hard-partying wife Brandi divorced him. Reeling and betrayed, he becomes convinced Christians should never remarry, and resolves to guard his heart.
Allison Vasak has everything in her life under control, except for one thing. Her heart is irresistibly drawn to fellow attorney and coworker, Phil. Though she knows his history and believes that women should not initiate relationships, she longs to make her feelings known. As Phil and Allison work closely together to help a pregnant teen, both must reevaluate their convictions. But when Brandi discovers Phil’s new relationship, she decides that though she doesn’t want him, no one else can have him either. Can Phil and Allison’s love weather the chaos Brandi brings into their lives? #ad
His Missing Piece of Happiness
by Lilah Rivers
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As Jenny Rose walks away from her mother’s funeral, she feels the urge to start fresh somewhere new. Eager to leave her grief and hurtful memories behind, she answers a mail-order-bride ad, hoping for a chance at love too. When she receives the first letter from Malcolm, her spirits are raised and she has a really good feeling about their future together. However, upon her arrival, she notices a confusing behavior on his part, which leaves her puzzled. Will she find happiness in Texas, so far from the home she’d known all her life? Will Malcolm prove to be the man of her dreams or will she regret her brave decision?
Malcolm Halstead has lived a challenging life since the death of his parents ten years ago. Having dedicated himself to taking care of his severely traumatized sister, Marie, he desperately needs a breath of fresh air… #ad
Hooked On You
by Cathryn Fox
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I’m a bookworm, a mathematician, not the kind of girl a hot lobster fisherman would notice. Until he did.
I’m not in small town Nova Scotia to hook up. I’m here to settle my grandmother’s estate and sell the B&B, which I soon discover has been overrun with seasonal fishermen and operated on the honor system. The hard-core fishing folks become an instant family–the one I never had. Then there’s the blind pet cow, who has a crush on my hot fisherman, Nate. Okay, technically he’s not mine. I have no desire to get reeled in. Until I do. Soon, the little town grows on me, and the fisherman? It’s not long until I take the bait and we’re playing house at the B&B. Things are looking up. Until they aren’t… #ad
ADELENE ~ The Violinist
by Judy Ann Davis
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Adelene Almanza, an accomplished violinist and Spanish teacher, has only one Christmas wish—to buy an old decrepit schoolhouse and create a teen and literacy center in her small hometown of Bluestone Bluff, New York.
When she tries to attend the sale of the building, she is injured and must rely on her old boyfriend and owner of a construction company, Clay Ciaffonni, to help purchase the building and help with the renovations. But money is tight, and a demolition and salvage company is pressuring her to give up and sell. Despite an act of vandalism, mounting costs, and a stray puppy, the couple pushes forward to restore the structure to its natural beauty. Will they discover the long-forgotten secrets of the old schoolhouse hidden away in its boarded-up attic? And will the sparks of love ignite a second time for Adelene and Clay? #ad
Parade of Hearts
by J. Carol Nemeth
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New to Old Colorado City, Hannah Overman is excited about the success of her bakery. However, Hannah’s elation is soon overshadowed by the fact that her position on the Christmas parade committee isn’t going as well she had hoped. The mayor has taken a dislike to her and doubts she can do her job. The committee voted unanimously in favor of her idea to invite recently returned troops from Afghanistan to march in the Christmas parade.
Hannah soon finds one particular Army captain is more than willing to lend a hand. However, when things turn sinister in the old town, Hannah and Capt. Caleb Ryan are caught up in something no one ever expected. Between lemon crumb muffins and threats aimed at Hannah, tension grows as the little western town prepares for the Christmas parade… #ad
Gift of Restitution: A Story for Christmas
by Zina Abbott
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Ling Loi, originally from Canton, China, fled to Minnesota with Luke McDaniels. While still in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountain, they both escaped two scoundrels, Canadian-born Charley Jardine and American-born Tex Wilson, who trapped Luke into helping them abduct Ling Loi from a stagecoach. Luke abducted her again to free her from the Chinatown On Yick tong that owned her and Ah Chin, the On Yick hatchet man who imprisoned her in the Lundy brothel.
A year later, one aspect of their escape still plagues Luke’s conscience. Even though he made a point to take only what was owed him, and he left sufficient funds to cover the cost of anything he took from others without the owners’ knowledge or consent, there had been one exception. He hated short-changing the owner, but Loi, now known by Joy, had been his first priority. #ad
Three Steps Away
by Luana Ehrlich
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He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person. Now, he’s forced to assume an identity from his past.
CIA covert operative Titus Ray always figured one day he might encounter someone who knew him as a different person from a previous operation. He just never expected it to happen on a family vacation. While vacationing in Bridgetown, Barbados, Titus suddenly finds himself face-to-face with an Iranian businessman who knew him as Hammid Salimi when he was living in Tehran during a deep-cover operation. Forced to resume his old identity, Titus learns of a Russian government scheme to help Iran avoid strict economic sanctions imposed on them by the U.S. When Hammid Salimi receives an invitation to attend a party on the island where both Russian and Iranian bankers will be present, Titus risks his life to learn more about Russia’s plans to aid the Iranian regime… #ad
Friday’s Top Romantic eBooks
Happily This Christmas
by Susan Mallery
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Wynn Beauchene has a thriving business, a great kid and a mildly embarrassing crush on the guy next door—local cop Garrick McCabe. She’s a strong, independent woman who can’t help dreaming what-if about a man she barely knows. Until he needs her help…
Garrick’s pregnant daughter will be home for Christmas, and his house needs a woman’s touch. Garrick and his little girl were tight once and he’s hoping a small-town Christmas will bring her back to him. But thawing his daughter’s frosty attitude will take more than a few twinkle lights. Maybe sharing the holiday with Wynn and her son will remind her of the joy of family. #ad
Forgiven by the Hero
by Tara Grace Ericson
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Megan Warren is secretly Marcus Warner, best-selling author of adventure thrillers. Hiding away in a remote cabin near Freedom, Colorado is the perfect escape to meet the looming deadline from her publisher. Her peace and quiet keeps getting disrupted by the gruff Search and Rescue Officer using the mountain as training grounds, but she doesn’t mind the interruptions.
Derek Held trusts dogs more than people, and his life revolves around training the best Search and Rescue dogs in the country. When he meets a mysterious woman holed up on the mountain, the Christmas season in Freedom suddenly looks a lot cheerier, until her evasive answers send up red flags. #ad
Voice of Freedom
by H. L. Wegley
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Six Americans who spawned a resistance movement against tyrant, Abe Hannan, are hiding on the Israeli coast. Steve Bancroft, an Army Ranger protecting the other five Americans, is drawn to Julia Weiss, who reminds him of the twin sister who died under his protection. Julia, a petite woman with strengths that belie her stature, has horrific images of war etched on her mind, making Steve the kind of person her pacifist thinking rejects.
President Abe Hannan, in a stalemate with the insurgents, gambles to crush the heart of the resistance, Brock Daniels, KC Banning, and their four friends, in a winner-takes-all battle determining the future of America. If Steve and Julia survive, can they overcome the demons from their past and find hope for their future? #ad
The Lost Heir
by Candee Fick
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Overnight, Kathleen Harris, a foundling raised by a vicar and his wife, becomes the ward of the Earl of Wiltshire and is set on a direct path to a London season. Now miles from home, will her heart outgrow her small Yorkshire village and the love of her childhood friend?
Reuben Cooke, a quality weaver in a region where the woolen industry thrives, supports his widowed mother and hopes to marry soon. However, after the local vicar dies, his dreams of a quiet life with Kathleen at his side quickly unravel as they are ripped apart by societal conventions. Can true love survive the distance when the road back to happily-ever-after is littered with secrets, a scandal, and a shocking revelation? #ad
Eighty-eights, Baby
by June Kramin
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When a terrible storm takes Quentin on a detour, he finds something far more dangerous than tornados and hail; he finds Jessica, who threatens to leave a gaping hole in heart.
Jessica is running from more than a storm. A painful secret from her past has left physical as well as emotional scars. Although she finds herself falling for Quentin, she flees the safety of his company, convinced he’d be better off without her. Unfortunately, trouble finds her before Quentin does. Freeing Jessica from a would-be kidnapper is just the beginning. Convincing her to forget her past proves to be an even tougher challenge as he persuades her to return with him to his Texas home. #ad
The Cowboy’s Mixed-Up Matchmaker
by Valerie Comer
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Friends become more in this romance with a matchmaker bent on finding dates for the cowboy she believes doesn’t return her love. It’s been almost fourteen long years since two teens made a pact to marry each other if both remained single at thirty. But the nearer the time comes, the more Lauren Yanovich steps up her matchmaking game to let James off the hook. Not that he likely remembers.
James Carmichael has been waiting forever, praying Lauren will be waiting for him. But, just when the end is in sight, she begins dating someone else, and his hopes crumble. What’s a cowboy to do when the love of his life insists they’re all wrong for each other? #ad
The Dating Itinerary
by Brooke Williams
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As if it wasn’t bad enough to be deemed the “most single person” at her magazine’s office, budding reporter Penny has now been tapped to write a series of features called “The Dating Itinerary.” From speed dating to Tinder, old-fashioned matchmakers to up-and-coming “dark dating,” Penny now has to go on a lot of dates. Silver lining: meeting new people should be fun, right? But running into her old rival, George, at her first dating event is decidedly not. Not only does the arrogant know-it-all have zero trouble attracting women, wherever Penny goes, somehow he just. Keeps. Showing. Up.
Geo knows he’s right on the cusp of writing success with the chance to have his own syndicated column. All he has to do is follow his agent’s ideas for showcasing different dating avenues, and he’ll pull in enough to help his sister’s non-profit women’s shelter get off the ground. Sure, his itinerary is starting to look strangely similar to his old rival Penny’s, but all’s fair in love and syndication, right? #ad
Christmas Santa Mystery
by Margaret Tanner
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Is it possible to find romance in a nursing home for elderly people? Billionaire, Ryan Gilbert, returns from overseas to find his beloved grandfather, Jack, in a nursing home. Maddie Hamilton is the old man’s favorite nurse, and he is her favorite patient. Even though they repeatedly clash, Ryan can’t deny his interest in Maddie. She fights her attraction to him because a billionaire is way out of her league.
Will a touch of Christmas magic, combined with Jack’s scheming, deliver Maddie into Ryan’s arms, and give them the happily ever after ending that the old man wants for them? And what about the chocolate Santa mystery? Will they ever be able to solve it? #ad
Looking Glass Editor
by G G Collins
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While rescuing a kitten, mystery editor Taylor Browning witnesses a murder. Only she doesn’t know it, but the murderer sees her. A dangerous game of cat and mouse commences in this second outing for the Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries series. And no, Oscar, Taylor’s Abyssinian cat is not amused by the new baby in his kingdom.
At the Santa Fe book publishing house, things aren’t much better. A new metaphysical mystery writer, Crystal Visions, is exhibiting symptoms of an uncooperative nature. Taylor is sent to Sedona to encourage the author to fulfill her book contract. Once there, she is spellbound by the New Age community and its magical vortexes. #ad
From Daylight To Madness
by Jennifer Anne Gordon
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The latest book from the critically acclaimed author of Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent; Jennifer Anne Gordon. -ON SALE LIMITED TIME ONLY-
On an almost uninhabitable rocky island off the coast of Maine, a Hotel looms over the shore, an ever-present gray lady that stands strong like a guard, keeping watch. For many who come here, this island is a sanctuary and a betrayal. This is a place where memories linger like ghosts, and the ephemeral nature of time begins to peel away…like the sanity of all who have been unlucky enough to step foot on its shore. In the late spring of 1873, Isabelle gave birth to her son Oscar, he cried for three startling minutes, and then went silent. During the months that follow, Isabelle is drugged and lulled into an almost hallucinatory world of grief and fear. Her life begins to feel as though it exists in a terrifying new reality separated from those around her… #ad