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New beginning or new heartache? Nurse Lana Smith gives herself a gift for Christmas, a fresh start in a small town. After escaping a dead-end relationship with a celebrity, she avoids her patient's grandson, a pro football player. When Arturo gradually thaws her frozen heart, can her Christmas wish for family and affection come true? Football is Arturo De La Vega's life, but he returns to his hometown to help his ailing grandfather. Lana challenges Arturo to reach for stars of faith and love. Is Arturo's quest for glory worth crushing Lana's dreams and sacrificing his heart's true desire?

Stranded in a small town, she might find love-or lose her life... After Dr. Sylvia Barron is dumped by her boyfriend on the way to their vacation without her purse or ID, she lands in a puddle of beer and sprains her ankle. Desperate, she accepts help from a handsome passerby, nurse Ray Macalister. Blaming herself for her only sibling's tragic death, she dedicated all her time to fulfilling his dream and became a successful surgeon. As her attraction to Ray grows, she wants to finally open her aching heart to amor. But when deadly threats start, will she have to walk away to avoid putting ...

An affluent businessman from Houston in need of help with his sick nephew... A small-town paramedic in need of healing… Will a season of romance bring them together or pull them apart? Businessman Andrey Sergeyev's organized life changes in ways he never planned when he becomes guardian of his orphaned nephew. He moves to small town Rios Azules to care for grieving Ilya in the boy's familiar environment. Andrey's fiancée breaks off the engagement because of Ilya's health challenges. Another romance is not on Andrey's agenda, no matter how much paramedic Melinda Macalister attracts him ...

"Alexa Verde knows how to weave all the elements of Christian romantic suspense into a great read." - Anna J Stewart, USA Today Bestselling author Dallas reporter River Montenegro returns to her small town to aid her father, a recovering alcoholic. After a series of scary events, River knows the infamous Smiling Killer wants to make her his next victim. She grudgingly accepts help from her childhood friend and first crush, Jacob Forrester. Will Jacob and River solve the mystery of the killer's identity in time to have a second chance at love? Please note: while the conflict is resolved for ...

A risk taker with a crushed spirit and a control-addicted businessman with a crushed heart... Can they surrender themselves to God's healing love? After the woman he loved left him for a richer guy, Marco Carter turned all his passion toward the chain of pizzerias he founded. He can control his business, unlike love. Then his world is turned upside down. He meets Samantha Jenkins on his flight home to Texas after his grandmother's eightieth birthday. Many hours with the guarded but beautiful Samantha has him questioning his career-centered mindset. A born risk taker and fiercely independent...

A third chance or a third strike? What do a dog, a cat, and a hamster, and a whole lot of fish have in common? The couple of humans taking care of them trying not to fall in love! An opposites-attract, fish-out-of-water romance to warm your heart. Translator Cassidy Longfellow's quiet life is turned upside down when she returns to her hometown to care for her niece. Not only must she deal with a lovestruck teen and a dog but also with a neighbor with nephews and a multitude of pets. After having loved and lost twice, her heart is closed to romance. But can the handsome neighbor warm her ...

Unlike her relatives, who either joined the lucrative jewelry business or became thieves, rookie cop Ava Davis chose public service. Sent undercover on her first assignment to catch a notorious thief expected at the hotel in Christmas Tyme, Colorado, Ava intends to prove the police didn't make a mistake by hiring her. With her family history looming over her, she doesn't have time to reconnect with her childhood friend and first crush, Gabriel Lark. After being wrongfully accused, former cop Gabriel wants nothing to do with the police and longs for restful holidays. But when a series of ...

Eager to heal after losing her husband, security consultant Rachel Evans moves to the small Texas town of Rios Azules. When one of her clients is found murdered under the mistletoe and her rental is broken into, the former thief realizes danger has found her once again. Her neighbor's widowed son volunteers to help her. But as Rachel's attraction to him grows, can she trust him with her heart-or her secret-before someone takes her life? Secrets of Rios Azules series: sweet, wholesome books about faith, love, and murder. Welcome to Rios Azules, a small Texas town where rivers and emotions ...

What she doesn’t remember puts them in danger. What she does remember might, too… Free-spirited Pat Gray treads water more carefully now, instead of jumping in headfirst like before. A near-death experience and the resulting amnesia can do that to a person. But she knows she can’t stay with the same guy for long, even with a trustworthy and charming cowboy like Harris. Especially when her secrets can pull them apart. And when someone is stalking and threatening her… Harris Lawrence has been smitten with Pat for a while, but holding onto his chances with the elusive newcomer would be...

A nurse, a cowboy, and a secret that could get them both killed by Christmas! Diana Medina isn’t looking for love but for her missing friend who disappeared weeks before Christmas. The search leads her several states away to a small coastal town and a beautiful ranch. When one of the ranch owners, Laredo Lawrence, gets injured, she moves to the ranch to help him. After all, she was the one who caused his injury—by accident. But because a dangerous secret lurks between them, she stifles her growing attraction to the charming cowboy who literally serenades her. Then more accidents start ...

A small-town single-dad cowboy and a matchmaker out to prove herself in the big city… Can they have a chance at love? After Maggie Harris is fired from her job at a prestigious matchmaking agency in New York, she returns to her hometown, Cowboy Crossing, Missouri, to regroup. Falling for a local cowboy, Georgio Moore, isn’t part of the plan, despite the attraction sparking between them. But abandoned by her mother as a child, Maggie instantly connects with Georgio’s daughter and offers to find him a wife who'll be a good mother for his child. Since his ex-wife left him and their ...

A celebrity in peril and the small-town boy who crushed her heart years ago. Can a Christmas reunion bring them a second chance at love? When a famous actress, Elizabeth Macalister, returns to her hometown to spend Christmas with her siblings, she doesn't expect a stalker to follow her there. Or for the man who once broke her heart, local PI Matthew Miller, to offer his help in the investigation. Can she risk it all for the second time? After his mother, a former beauty queen, left his family, Matthew didn't want to end up like his father, a bitter alcoholic. So he set his first love free ...

A former pro football player and a small-town single mother... A new beginning or a new heartbreak? Let this feel-good opposites-attract holiday romance warm your heart! Kelly Young wants to heal after losing her husband and to raise her little girl the best she can in her hometown. But her new neighbor, former wide receiver Brandon Carmichael, seems to intend to demolish his fixer-upper and her hopes for peace and quiet. When he helps her to repair her home, keeps her flower shop business afloat, and makes her hope and love again, could it be that Brandon is exactly what she needs? After a...

In a dangerous search for his missing daughter, will a reserved math teacher and a rough-around-the-edges ranch owner find love-or lose their lives? After her fiancé died in her arms, Liv Knox gave up on romance and dedicates her life to her ranch. But when a friend needs her expertise as an ex-runaway and a former PI, she agrees to help Diego Laguardia find his missing daughter. Now not only does Liv have to draw on her traumatic memories, she also struggles with her untimely attraction to reserved and kind Diego. When someone makes it clear they might die if they don't stop the search, ...

Small-town nurse Noelle Rochester seems to have a target on her back since her elderly neighbor confided her murder suspicions. After the neighbor is killed and somebody starts following Noelle, she flees to her uncle in Christmas Tyme, Colorado. Nearly run off the road, she turns to a former private investigator, Juan Rivera. But is he ready for or capable of a case like hers? After his fiancée's death, Juan closed himself off to the world. But he can't refuse help to a scared stranger, especially one who reminds him of the woman he's grieving. Two dead bodies, one drive-by shooting, and ...

Single dad Dylan McGregor wants to give his two sons the best life possible in the small town where he’d grown up. When his youngest son writes a letter to God asking for a Mom for Christmas, Dylan reluctantly starts dating again. His lifelong friend, Joy Avila, agrees to help him find the right woman. Then Dylan begins to see Joy in a new light and believes she’s the right woman for him and his family. Overweight and teased in school, Joy never hoped her first crush, Dylan McGregor, would return her feelings. Confident and successful now, she’s found her passion in writing about ...

Can a widowed sheriff and a former drug addict believe God has the power to mend all broken hearts, even crushed ones like theirs? Now a Christian, former drug addict Emma Hughes is back in the small town of Rios Azules. She’s desperate to regain the trust of the son she once abandoned and change her life. Meeting a vacationer, Rodrigo Ybarra, she fights her attraction to him. Even with her newfound faith, the risk of a relapse is too high. On the two-year anniversary of his wife’s death at the hand of a junkie, Sheriff Rodrigo Ybarra comes to the ocean to mourn her. Romance is the last...

Can a scarred man running from his past and a beautiful star running from her future survive a murderous attack and find healing in God's loving arms? Country music sensation, Miriam Lizarraga, thinks her world's crushed when she loses her voice. But that's before her first love decides to marry someone else and the man who nearly killed her sets out to get her again. In desperation, she accepts help from a stranger, Philip Barlow. But with a target on her back and pain in her heart, can she love again? When Philip Barlow goes on a vacation, he doesn't expect to meet his celebrity crush. ...

A sweet & clean small-town friends-to-love second chances romance! Heartwarming and uplifting! Meeting the high school sweetheart small-town girl Heidi Fernandez left nearly a decade ago opens old wounds—and rekindles old feelings. After what happened in the past, can she believe that love exists even for geeks like her? While her insecurities war with hope for a second chance, she gets a great job offer—in Germany. Jason Andrews never knew why Heidi dumped him two weeks before their wedding. When she returns to Rios Azules, he realizes he hasn't gotten over his heartbreak, or his love ...

Can she win the heart she shattered? Feel-good, sweet second chances/reunion romance with childhood sweethearts to make you smile! All divorcee Aileen McKenzie wants is a fresh start in her hometown, a new life with her teenaged son, their pets, and her fledgling pastry store. When she nearly drowns in a flood and her house and store are damaged, her first love—and the man she left behind over two decades ago—comes to the rescue. Old feelings resurface, and so do old hurts. Roman Vela has built a successful business in home repairs. Only one thing has been less of a success—forgetting...