Thursday’s Top Romantic eBooks
Hey, Good Looking
by Fern Michaels
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Darby Lane and Russell Gunn had been inseparable friends from their early years in the Horseshoe, their wonderful Baton Rouge neighborhood of Southern comforts and childhood fancies, all the way through to graduate-school dreams and beyond. Then the unthinkable happens: a tragic accident takes Russ’s life, and Darby’s world is shattered. Returning to the Horseshoe in utter despair, Darby clings to the only family she’s ever known: the three wily and colorful aunts who raised her.
Her long journey to healing takes hold as Darby begins to see Russ’s brother Ben through new eyes. Suddenly love blooms in the place of grief, and now, with the help of her aunts, Darby faces the challenge of reuniting Ben with his estranged father—if they can get through the conniving schemes of Ben’s social climber stepmother. Calling on the same tender care and patience with which she builds custom dollhouses, Darby begins to create a new life out of her loss—and comes to understand that love truly can conquer anything.
Special Delivery: The Saints of San Diego
by Suzanne Jenkins
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When firefighter Tony Saint laid eyes on EMT Bridget Clark, it was love at first sight.
Not for her so much, but almost. She was the mother of an infant from a one-night stand, but he didn’t care, and that melted her reluctant heart. The Saints embraced her too, doing everything they were able to welcome her into the family.
Then a surprise would put their love to the test. When the unexpected happened, that love would carry them through any trial.
The Cross of Ciaran
by Andrea Matthews
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When a fifth century pagan priest is unearthed in Ireland fifteen hundred years after being entombed, archaeologist Caitlin O’Connell is convinced it’s the find of the century. The body is in perfect condition, right down to the intricate tattoos adorning the Celt’s skin. In fact, if scientific data hadn’t proved otherwise, she would swear he hadn’t been interred more than a few hours.
Eager to discover more about the mysterious Celt, Caitlin accompanies the body back to the New York museum where she’s employed, but before she has time to study him, the priest disappears without a trace. Rumors surrounding the event begin to circulate and result in the excavation’s benefactor pulling the plug on the entire expedition.
Ricochet Romance: Twin Brothers Find Love
by Barbara Goss
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What sort of a twin leaves his brother, a troubled man, to deal with the impending arrival of his mail order bride? Reece threatens to pay for her return to Pennsylvania, but his father falls ill, and he needs to hire her as his father’s companion. Reece’s past haunts him and he vows to stay clear of Maggie. Will he succeed?
Rex aids a feverish woman who was put off a train in Hays. Her destination had been Colorado to meet her intended. When Rex finds a Colt .45 in her reticule, he wonders what this woman might be up to. Why would a woman riding with a mail order bride group carry a gun? Rex is repulsed when he discovers the reason.
In Sight of the Mountain
by Jamie McGillen
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In the devastating aftermath of the 1889 Great Seattle Fire, 19-year-old Anna Gallagher faces considerable pressure to marry well and soon. But she has no intention of giving up her freedom to keep house. She wants to be the first woman to summit Mount Rainier.
Anna’s grandfather couldn’t disapprove more. And after he discovers that she’s befriended a Duwamish woman in the forest, he threatens to disown her completely. Still, her resolve to summit doesn’t waver until she meets a fisherman who seems to love adventure as much as she does. He’s not the kind of high society gentleman who could save their family’s finances after the fire, but he adores her and treats her like an equal…
A Royal Mistake
by Piper Rayne
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He’s not your average Joe from the corner bar. He’s the heir to the crown. I should know, I’ve followed him for years. Not in a stalkerish way. Magazines and online gossip blogs are fair game when you’re royalty. But I do know every detail about him, down to the brand of boxer briefs he wears.
All my studying of the man who plays a starring role in my dreams pays off when I win a dinner with him. As if that wasn’t enough, he barters a deal with me that has him moving into my spare guest room. I forgot that fairy tales don’t exist though because just as I’m about to get everything I want, including the prince, I find out there’s someone in Prince Adrian Marx’s life I don’t know—his fiancée.
Princess of Sky, Earth, Fire and Water
by Cassandra Finnerty
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In 1772, Lady Aisling inherits an army of men and a fleet of merchant ships. But her greatest legacy is her new powers–the ability to control sky, earth, fire and water.
Thrust into a new world, she is now part of a secret society, serving as ambassador to kings and courts around the globe. Hurled onto distant shores, she meets her greatest challenge – a warrior prince whose love is so fierce that it threatens to destroy both their lives.
Together, they face ruthless enemies and royal intrigue, fighting for their very survival, and a chance for enduring love.
Slanted
by H. L. Wegley
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Americans are drowning in information with no clue that it will soon steal their nation and their liberty.Orphaned as an adolescent then cycled through the foster-care system, AJ Scott, believes she’s so badly broken that no one would want her.
When she finds an orphaned girl, Sam, hidden in some bushes along the Rogue River, in an instant, a bond is formed. AJ quickly learns that Sam’s and her guardian’s lives are in danger from a team of hired killers. But AJ commits to helping eight-year-old Sam. A competitive athlete, AJ Scott isn’t one to quit, give up, or do anything halfway, not even when she and Sam end up in a road race with killers in pursuit.When Hunter Jones’s cousin dies, he becomes eight-year-old Samantha Wilson’s guardian and sets aside any pursuit of personal happiness…
Wednesday’s Top Romantic eBooks
Highland Velvet
by Jude Deveraux
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Bronwyn MacArran was a proud Scot. Stephen Montgomery was one of the hated English. He came to Scotland as a conqueror, saw her beauty and was vanquished. But still she would abhor him.
She owned a temper hot enough to forge the armors of battle or inflame a valiant soldier’s passion. Yet still she would resist him.
She became his reason to live, his reason to love. And still she would deny him. But while clan fought clan, while brother took up sword against brother, and the highlands ran with blood—their destiny was made…and this mighty warrior pledged himself to his woman’s pride, her honor and her name—and made of their love a torch to burn through the ages!
Bayside Romance
by Melissa Foster
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When screenwriter Harper Garner got a shot at the big-time in LA, she celebrated her brave cross-country move with her first and only one-night stand—connecting so deeply with the sexy, brilliant man, she broke the number-one rule of one-night stands and left her phone number. Not hearing from him was only the first in a long line of hope-shattering, confidence-busting blows. Ten months later, Harper is done with men and done with LA. She pulls up her big-girl panties and heads home to Cape Cod to start over.
On the surface, interior designer Gavin Wheeler has it all: a successful business, a loving family, and a close-knit group of friends. But Gavin once endured a heartbreak so painful, he was sure he’d never feel anything for a woman again…
Grace be a Lady
by Heather Blanton
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Banished from Chicago by her abusive husband Bull for an alleged affair, Grace Hendrick wants nothing more than to be reunited with her son. Bull has promised, though, if she dares to return home, the boy will be shipped off to parts unknown. In desperate straits, she stubbornly refuses to accept that the World’s Oldest Profession is her only chance for survival. Determined to beat Bull at this cruel game, Grace concocts an audacious plan to expand her job opportunities: become a man.
Only, when she meets Thad Walker, the middle son of the oldest, most successful cattle baron in Wyoming, sparks fly, and attraction ignites. Will the disguise Grace initially thought was so clever wind up cursing her to a life of loneliness?
Matzah Ball Surprise
by Laura Brown
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Gaby Fineberg just wants to get through Passover Seder without her “well meaning” family playing matchmaker. She needs a date, just for one simple meal—that includes singing, the history of her forefathers, and not one bit of yeast. The hot guy at her gym would be perfect. He probably hates bread, anyway, with a body like that. But when she finally works up the nerve to ask him…he doesn’t hear a word she said.
Levi Miller is deaf and happily single. Initially, he doesn’t know why this beautiful woman is talking to him, but it’s clear she needs help—and suddenly so does he. In a very complicated situation, Levi finds a simple solution. Gaby will pretend to be his new girlfriend to bail him out, and he’ll return the favor. But he didn’t bargain for a family dinner quite like this one…
Assignment: Groom!
by Jacqueline Diamond
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Will she stop a scandal or create one?
It’s a huge society wedding—a whole weekend’s worth—but the groom’s dogged by doubts. The bride’s pushy mother commands her harried assistant, Anne, to keep him in line, unaware that she’s his ex-girlfriend.
As for Anne, feelings she believed dead are stirring to life. Does Eric share them? And if he does, how much of a wedding catastrophe are they going to wreak? Don’t miss this hilarious romantic comedy by the USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Wore Gym Shoes and The Would-Be Mommy.
Meddlesome Madge
by Jo Grafford
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Madge Barra has a finger in every pie — managing her rascal half-brothers and their mail-order brides, feeding the diamond mining crew at Hope’s Landing, and helping fundraise for the Ladies Auxiliary. Now she’s being asked to serve as the church secretary until their handsome new pastor can hire full-time help. With her too-busy schedule spinning her straight for spinsterhood, Madge fears she’s long since missed her chance at love.
Abe Sullivan is at his wits’ end managing church renovations while juggling the never-ending charity outreaches, Sunday potlucks, and other demands of the meddling Ladies Auxiliary. When they dish up the delectable Madge as his temporary secretary, however, he discovers there’s one woman in the world whose meddling he actually enjoys…
Playing for Keeps
by Kendall Ryan
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I’ve never been so stupid in my entire life. My teammate’s incredibly sweet and gorgeous younger sister should have been off-limits, but my hockey stick didn’t get that memo. After our team won the championship, and plenty of alcohol, our flirting turned physical and I took her to bed.
Shame sent her running the next morning from our catastrophic mistake. She thinks I don’t remember that night—but every detail is burned into my brain so deeply, I’ll never forget. The feel of her in my arms, the soft whimpers of pleasure I coaxed from her perfect lips… And now I’ve spent three months trying to get her out of my head. Which has been futile, because I’m starting to understand she’s the only girl I’ll ever want. I have one shot to show her I can be exactly what she needs, but Elise won’t be easily convinced…
Montana Cowboy Romance
by Jane Porter
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After the only woman Joe Wyatt ever loved marries another, the Montana rancher swears off romance. He’s done playing the game. Only problem? He needs a wife, and kids he can pass the Paradise Valley cattle ranch to. So Joe takes the same no-nonsense approach to marriage as he does to running his family’s business…he places an online ad for a mail-order bride. The ad is a lot like Joe, straight-forward and to-the-point: Wife Wanted.
When Sophie Correia is left at the altar after her groom runs off with her maid of honor, she wants to get as far away from California and her dairy farming family as possible. Sophie doesn’t need hearts and flowers, but she’s fed up with men who can’t commit. And at thirty, she’s more than ready to start a family…
Tuesday’s Top Romantic eBooks
Woman’s Own
by Robyn Carr
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Ablaze against the bustle of nineteenth-century Philadelphia is this sweeping saga of three generations of strong, indomitable women – all seemingly cursed when it comes to love. At its center is young Lilly Armstrong, a beauty on the brink of womanhood, too brave and too fearless to settle for the status quo. In a booming city animated by inventors, builders and artists, and now excited for the great Centennial Exhibition, Lilly aspires to carve out a life of independent freedom for herself and her women kin – lives not dependent on men.
But of course there is a man – a man who admires Lilly, who thinks like she does and who would move heaven and earth to help Lilly realize her dreams.
A Soldier Finds His Way
by Irene Onorato
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Gruff and tough, Edward Giordano’s success as an elite Special Forces soldier doesn’t carry over to his personal life. Emotionally scarred from a painful childhood, he’s built a wall around his heart that he lets very few penetrate.
Audra Lorenzo, a first-year school teacher, is on a road trip with her niece during the holidays. A storm that was supposed to pass, instead crosses her path. Lost, with her GPS cutting in and out, her car skids off a road, down an embankment, and into an icy river. Everything goes black. Regaining consciousness in a remote cabin, Audra finds she and her niece were saved by Edward, a soldier who’d put his life in danger to rescue them…
Timeless Moments
by Michelle Kidd
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When Jewel Wiltshire marries, she vows to love, honor, and obey. Little does she know that her husband’s secrets will push her faith far beyond anything she can imagine. For two years she remains a prisoner until a mysterious stranger appears offering friendship and hope.
Jack Vines has the Victorian home of his dreams–or so it seems until he discovers an intriguing beauty lurking in the shadows. Stunned, he finds they share the house but live a century apart. She is a prisoner of the past, shrouded in a world of dark mysteries. He holds the keys that will protect their future. When her letters suddenly stop, can he unravel the mystery that threatens to alter both their lives forever?
Pinkie Promise
by John Allen Thornton
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Aaron and Erin Thibodeaux are not brother and sister, but their similar names cause all kinds of chaos at summer camp. When they make a pinkie promise, they have no way of knowing how it will play out–especially when their paths do not cross again until fourteen years later! But should every youthful promise last a lifetime?
Full of light-hearted humor and Christian values, this sweet romance is sure to warm your heart like the summer sun at Faith Stream Camp!
A Hope Divided
by Alyssa Cole
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For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother’s traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected her—until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie’s home for their new base of operations in the guerilla war against Southern resistors of the Rebel cause.
Unbeknowst to those under her roof, escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering in her laboratory. Seemingly a quiet philosopher, Ewan has his own history with the cruel captain of the Home Guard, and a thoughtful but unbending strength Marlie finds irresistible.
Song of the Heart
by Alexa Aston
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As the third wife of an abusive French vineyard owner, Madeleine Bouchard hasn’t produced the expected heir after three years of marriage. Fearing he plans to kill her, she flees during a trip to England. Unable to make her way home, she joins a troupe of traveling mummers and reinvents herself as the only woman troubadour in the land, captivating audiences with both song and story.
Nobleman Garrett Montayne’s fascination with Madeleine causes him to pay the troupe to bypass their next stop in order to journey to his estate. Though he suspects Madeleine of being a thief with dark secrets, love blossoms between them under the magical moon of summer solstice.
Stranded At Night
by Rebekah Dodson
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Maggie Espinoza needs to get away from Portland, Oregon, from a blown out past and a bleak future. She figures taking the Express train to balmy Southern California to start over is just what she needs. Two days after Christmas while everyone is preparing for the New Year, she makes her escape during the worst blizzard the state has ever seen.
Jesse Cabot senses a darkness in fellow passenger Maggie when he sits next to her on the train. Why is she so haunted and broken? When the train suddenly stops in the middle of the blizzard weird things start to happen. Random disappearances, an assault, a body in the snow. It becomes clear it’s up to Jesse and Maggie to find the culprit or face the music on the stranded California Express.
Paranormal Protectors
by Bookarama Publishing
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These Shifters Know How To Protect A Lady And Satisfy Her Every Desire – Get this hot collection of Paranormal Reverse Romances.
In this collection you will find: A Mate to Protect: I had no idea what would happen on Dragon Shifter Island. I go there, my heart racing, my mind blank. I meet two gorgeous dragon shifters, both of whom are looking for a mate. But, when a third dragon shifter from a rival clan appears, all Hell breaks loose.
Also included: Wild Bear Mates & Protected by the Wolves. Paranormal Protectors is a collection of standalone paranormal reverse harem romances by Lilly Wilder with a HEA and NO cheating!
Monday’s Top Romantic eBooks
Summer Desserts
by Nora Roberts
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Savor this fan-favorite about a whirlwind summer romance!
When Summer Lydon, dessert chef extraordinaire, is approached to revamp the kitchen at Blake Cocharan’s Philadelphia hotel, she’s hesitant. Yet the project and the cordon bleu chef are too attractive to deny.
Accustomed to traveling the world, Summer gets her first real taste of staying in one place—and all the pleasures to be savored when love is on the menu. Now Summer is planning a meal from start to finish—and creating a perfect ending all her own.
Mending His Past
by Kristen Iten
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After several deployments overseas, Sergeant Trent Roland erected barricades around his heart, vowing never to feel the pain of war again. Now he’s home, and adjusting to civilian life hasn’t been easy. All he wants to do is bury himself in work and get lost in a new city, but first, he has to help rebuild the storm-damaged Wounded Warrior Rescue dog shelter. One special dog has started to break through Trent’s defenses, but nothing can prepare him for the rush of long-buried emotions he experiences when he sees the woman he left behind ten years ago.
Olivia Malone gave up on the idea of finding a lasting love long ago. With a young child to provide for, she takes a job at the local dog rescue. She doesn’t count on finding her old flame working right alongside her. Their chemistry is just as red hot as ever, but she has to consider more than her own desires these days…
Cattleman’s Choice
by Diana Palmer
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New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a fan-favorite tale of opposites attract, originally published in 1982
Carson Wayne has shown up on Mandelyn Bush’s doorstep with the ultimate request: to teach him how to treat a lady. No doubt he’s asked the right person—Mandelyn is as polished and refined as Carson is rough and reclusive. And she’s the only person who can reason with him when his temper gets the better of him.
Mandelyn finds the challenge of turning Carson into a gentleman too intriguing to turn down. She suspects that he might just be a sensitive man beneath that hardened shell, but she’s never counted on her own growing feelings for the irresistible rebel.
Tending to their Wounded Hearts
by Chloe Carley
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Ellie has managed to sustain a beautiful florist shop in town after her husband’s sudden passing a year ago. But the loan she received back then so as to build her business, has been a terrible thorn in her side. When she meets Shawn, she realizes that it might be His plan to bring them closer. How can she trust this deeply scarred man when he seems just so ambitious and away from God?
Shawn has lived in New York by himself for quite some time now. He’s a young businessman who wants to hit it big. When he is informed of his father’s imminent death, he returns to the village he grew up in. Shawn has yet to realize that getting back to his family is not only about dealing with his grief. It’s also about rebuilding bridges he had managed to burn because of his ambition. How can he give in to his growing feelings for Ellie and stay in a small town when he has to abandon his dream of becoming a success in the Eastern coast?
The Fallen O’Connell
by Lorhainne Eckhart
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Thirty-five years ago, Raymond O’Connell didn’t exist, at least not until the moment Iris walked into his life. His very existence had been a secret, a carefully cultivated lie, except for the fact that he loved Iris and the six children he’d never planned on having. He’d become careless, living a life that belonged to someone else.
Becoming Raymond O’Connell had made him forget who he really was, and when he fell in love with a fantasy he knew he couldn’t have, he put his family in danger. Ultimately, he found himself covering up a murder to protect the woman he loved, and that act forced him to walk away and return to the shadows of a secret life that he couldn’t find his way out of…
Here’s Looking At You
by Mhairi McFarlane
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Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn’t be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream. However, things weren’t always this way, and her years spent as the butt of schoolyard jokes are ones she’d rather forget.
So when James Fraser – the architect of Anna’s final humiliation at school – walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny, even. People can change, right? So why does Anna feel like she’s a fool to trust him?
dibs: The Bourbon Books
by Allison Martine
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Not tonight, Olivia. Olivia’s ex-husband shut her down so many times before the cheating bastard left her that Olivia lost count. She didn’t realize she’d also lost the ability to banter, interpret body language, or accept that a man could find her desirable. None of that should matter when she leaves for a two-week training for her new job with the Ranchers, an outdoorsy nonprofit, but when her co-worker adds ‘halter top’ and ‘bikini’ to the official pack list, she has no idea what to expect on this trip.
It certainly wasn’t a perky blonde roommate who thinks their training is like spring break, but with a paycheck. It wasn’t the after-hours hot tub. It absolutely wasn’t the man with a rumble for a laugh who shows up on her flight and introduces himself as the colleague she didn’t know would be her companion for the next two weeks.
Damien’s Mate
by Anastasia Wilde
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Damien Fernandez never claimed to be one of the good guys. The last time he tried–saving a shifter woman from being murdered by his ex-boss–he ended up with his employer in jail, no severance pay, and an effed-up knee from where an exploding building fell on it. But when he finds a gorgeous, sexy thief about to be outed in public as a shifter, he can’t stop himself from helping her–even if it means losing another job and almost getting blown up. Again.
Lila Mondray, lion shifter, has been raised from childhood for one mission, one destiny–to hunt down a priceless set of magical artifacts and return them to the Dragonlands, restoring her exiled family’s honor. Now she’s almost there. She just never figured on her singular focus being derailed by a drop-dead-gorgeous, ridiculously persistent human bodyguard who makes her question everything her father raised her to believe…