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After 10 years away, Sofia Wise returns home to mourn the loss of her grandmother, and she’s desperate to reconnect with her family. When a dark, devastatingly handsome stranger shows up on her family’s doorstep, Sofia takes one look and is tempted to make her visit permanent. The problem is, the town’s detective is suspicious of her entire family, and it might take some convincing to prove that she’s more interested in the man himself than in the complex case at hand.

When Liddy Erickson was a child, a hauntingly beautiful yet vicious witch plagued her dreams. But when she wakes one morning with a deep gash on her chest in the same place the witch attacked her, she realizes these were no ordinary nightmares. Shortly after she confides in her best friend, Will, his entire family disappears, along with her memories of them. It’s now 1998, and 17-year-old Liddy has one goal—to move out of the cold Chicago suburbs after graduation. Two things that are not in her perfectly planned life: fun and dating.

The very day Adam Fisher decided to propose to Charity, a disturbing letter arrived that made him doubt everything Charity had told him. Adam and his family had brought Charity into their hearts and their lives. Was it all a lie? Most disturbingly, he'd even trusted her to look after his daughter. Charity had fallen on hard times and had learned to seize opportunities. This time, had she taken things too far? Will it take a child to show these two lonely hearts the true meaning of love, forgiveness, and...Christmas?

Joshua Kanagy’s older brother has left the family gift shop business, which is wonderful gute for Aaron, but not for Joshua. Horses are his talent—raising and training them. But how can Joshua step away from the shop when his parents have already had to give up the dream of leaving their legacy to all three of their sons? Enter Joy Yoder, a determined, if sometimes misguided, helper who always manages to drag Joshua into her schemes and promises. Only now her focus turns to finding a solution to his problem, partly to distract from her own.

A battle at sea with a notorious pirate leaves Gavin Shaw wounded and unconscious. He is stranded far from home and near death. Gavin wakes to discover that the beautiful woman from his feverish dreams is real, and his heart begins to fall for her. Will the handsome knight, and the heir to the Earl of Claybourne, be able to win the heart of his nursemaid?

Cherish is still distracted by what caused the rift between Debbie and Bliss, and when she can't take it any longer, she sets out to investigate. When she finds shocking evidence, she wonders whether the sweet and good-natured Bliss has them all fooled.

At 17 years old, I’m not ready to marry, and yet that’s what I must do as the crown princess of Austria. But getting to know the foreign princes visiting my kingdom becomes the least of my worries when I touch a bespelled nutcracker and unleash a deadly curse. I have 12 days to feed the nutcracker the magical nut Crackatook. If I fail, my soul will become trapped inside the toy for all eternity, and my body will turn to wood....

As the crown princess of Austria, I’m expected to act primly and find a husband, not unleash a curse. Yet that is exactly what happened when I touched a be-spelled nutcracker. Now I must find the magical nut Crackatook, or I will turn into a wooden doll. My father locks me up in the castle, not understanding that I need to be the one to break the curse. Yet with the help of Philip, my best friend and royal guard, I’m able to sneak out. Soon, Philip and I are off to lands filled with mythical creatures, sneaky traps, and complicated riddles.

Most students at Guardian Angel Academy lived a good, possibly boring life on Earth before their untimely deaths, which landed them at the academy, learning how to be good guardians for the hapless mortals still breathing. Not me. My time on Earth was spent as a servant of darkness, performing acts unmentionable to the undefiled ears of the angels at the academy.

Wilma finally agrees to take Cherish to her farm, where she'll reunite with Simon. The only thing is, Simon won't be alone. It's not long before Cherish sees that Simon might be way too close to his parents. Debbie's in-laws visit, intending to take Debbie and her baby home with them. They make her a generous offer that's hard to refuse. While Adam continues to hold on to his disappointment with Bliss, the girls are worried that Krystal will take advantage of the situation. A delightful surprise has Bliss forgetting about her lost love, at least for a while.

Find out what happens when several visitors join Cherish at her farm. You won't believe it! Cherish finally has a love interest, but will she grow tired of his mother being the main woman in his life? Along with a devastating natural disaster and the usual everyday disasters surrounding the sisters, this trip will be life-changing for one of the girls. After much soul-searching, Adam makes a final decision about Bliss.

Women of Fire and Snow is a riveting collection of contemporary stories of women straddling the Mexican-American border while finding their place and voice. Cultural identity, gender violence, forced migration, sacrifice, love, and resiliency frame suspenseful tales where realism is tempered by the supernatural and mystical. From the deserts and volcanoes of Mexico to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, these fast-paced stories blend social commentary with classic and psychological horror.

It’s three years on for the bonnet sisters. And a whole three years since Cherish has been to her beloved farm. Catch up on everything that’s happened for the blended Baker/Bruner family. Plus, there’s a wedding for one of the sisters and Wilma is not happy about it!

Hiding from her troubled past, Jules Demski sequesters herself in the mountains of Eron, Colorado, the only place she’s ever felt safe. Her solitude is shattered when an injured man staggers into her family’s barn. Burned once and still in repair, the last thing she needs is another criminal on her hands. If she can only convince her heart of this, she just might be able to resist the interloper’s charm.

All Maggie Jones wants to do is sell her late father’s property and get out of Whitehaven, Texas as fast as possible - before she runs into the one man she’s spent the past six years avoiding. Someone has other plans for her, though. Sinister plans. And when a seemingly harmless act of vandalism turns into a series of menacing threats, she has no choice but to turn to last person on earth she wants to see for help.

For 19 years, Princess Roselynn's life has been safe and comfortable...until her father is murdered, and she discovers a plot to end her life. Hoping to find safety in the arms of her betrothed, she flees to the perilous Eternity Forest—only to be captured by a brash outlaw named Jay. Torn between her disdain for Jay and growing attraction to him, she strives to solve the mystery behind his tough exterior and shadowy past, especially when he tells her she can’t trust the man she promised her hand to.

A renowned flamenco dancer in Chicago despite the legacy of childhood polio, Carmen has long enjoyed an affair with Agustín, the married director of her troupe—a romance that's now growing stale. When she begins a passionate new liaison with Manolo, Agustín's grandson and a dancer of natural genius, an angry rivalry is sparked. Carmen finally makes her way back to happiness in this funny, fiery story that's equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody.

When my brother Hansel disappears after being last seen in the company of a mysterious beauty, alarm bells rings in my head. When I discover that the traveling beauty is a wicked witch who kidnaps humans and steals their willpowers, I know I have to rescue Hansel. I venture into the lair of the witch, the Black Forest, swearing I’ll either leave with my brother or die trying.

After a devastating rejection years ago, Bailey Evans has given up on finding love. Instead, he pours his energy into running the frontier town’s Hardware and Tinware Shop with his best friend, Jacob. But when Jacob is brutally killed in a robbery, his final whispered words seem to gesture toward a future Bailey didn’t think possible....Kathryn Sandridge has been discriminated against her whole life. Despite growing up in a loving home in Boston, she worries that her physical appearance - one brown and one blue eye - is too off-putting to attract a suitor.

For six amateur bakers, competing in Bake Week is a dream come true. When they arrive at Grafton Manor to compete, they're ready to do whatever it takes to win the ultimate prize: The Golden Spoon. But for the show's famous host, Betsy Martin, Bake Week is more than just a competition. Grafton Manor is her family's home and legacy - and Bake Week is her life's work. But as the competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it's small acts of sabotage. But when a body is discovered, it's clear that for someone in the competition, The Golden Spoon is a prize worth killing for.