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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. ...

Friends to more, single mother sweet, clean romance! A modern marriage of convenience... the second chance these best friends need or a road to disaster? Left widowed, destitute, and emotionally hurt, Mercy Grant doesn't intend to remarry, much less to a known player like Ethan Echeverría. Never mind that he's her one-time teenage crush and a longtime friend. But when her son, Stevie, needs an expensive surgery, risking her heart is a small price to pay for her little boy's happiness. Ethan Echeverría leaves women before they have a chance to leave him the way his mother once abandoned ...

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 ...

The biggest disaster of her life or the beginning of something wonderful? A single-dad, small-town beach romance to warm your heart! Growing up, Kristina Vela never imagined she'd meet her fortieth birthday divorced by her cheating, manipulative husband, and without a house, degree, or career. Back in her hometown, Chapel Cove, to start anew, she's given up on men. Then she meets grieving widower Greg Matthews and his adorable five-year-old daughter and helps them renovate a house. Just when Kristina feels she can love again, her ex gives her an ultimatum. Can she choose between her own ...

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 rock star, a social worker, and a teen in need of a family. Can their pretend relationship become real? Still blaming herself for a long-ago tragedy, not to mention a failed marriage, social worker Tessa Loughty focuses all her energy on redeeming herself through her job. But when she takes Ollie, a foster teen she bonded with, to the concert of a rock star he idolizes, the failures she’s hiding from catch up with her. Ari McFarland was a childhood friend and the lifelong crush she lost touch with. When they want to adopt Ollie, Ari suggests they form an unlikely union to increase their...

A “steel cowboy” with a wounded spirit, an ex-cop who’s never forgotten him, and a baby in need of love… Can these childhood best friends become more? A sweet, clean, wholesome romance with a happily-ever-after! Damaged and scarred after an accident that ended his racing career, Maverick Clark returns to his family ranch to find a new purpose. When he starts caring for his buddy’s baby, Maverick turns for help to his childhood friend whom he’d had a crush on, Vera. Soon he wants more than friendship. But what does he have to offer her now? At thirty-seven, jobless, husbandless, ...

A busy matriarch and a risk-loving younger man with a secret… Can his granddaughter in need bring these opposites together? Graziella Moore has been a family matriarch long enough. Or maybe too long, but who wants to risk her heart after being abandoned and deceived by a husband? So she doesn’t understand why her adult children are interfering when she starts dating again. Yes, her boyfriend, Hugo Ackerman, is much younger than she is and his two previous wives died suspiciously, but Graziella can take care of herself. Never mind that she's suddenly become accident-prone. Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

His family hates hers, and the feeling is mutual. Can love change it all? Fresh out of a relationship and job, Lorraine Rochefort returns to her hometown, planning to stay only long enough to patch things up with her estranged elder brother. There's just a minor obstacle—he's missing after an argument with Rio Lawrence. Then Rio, the handsome cowboy and now a helicopter pilot she'd once pined for from afar, knocks her off her feet and steals her breath away—literally. Bad blood already lingers between their families due to her mother’s rumored affair with his father before he died. ...

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...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...