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Right before Christmas, Shelby Hart is visited by the man who ditched her at the altar. It seems he wants the expensive gifts he'd given her to give to his new fiancé. Unfortunately for him, Shelby sold them. When the man shows up dead in a bed of poinsettias, Shelby is thrust reluctantly into a group of women who call themselves the Second Mistress Club. Convinced that one of them killed the philandering man, Shelby sets out to find a killer and gets a Christmas surprise.

Shelby Hart and her quirky family members and friends are at it again! This time, no one in Shady Acres is what he seems. The seamy side of the community is revealed when a seemingly good girl's dirty lifestyle is revealed and someone kills her for her secrets. Wanting justice for a woman no one deems worthy of spending too much time investigating her death, Shelby takes matters into her own hands.

Laura Worth answers an advertisement for a bride and leaves Missouri to meet her groom in Montana. When she gets there, she realizes her husband-to-be, Ben Cooper, has no knowledge of having sent for her. She is devastated, even more so when she breaks a precious heirloom. Ben's heart goes out to the beautiful woman and he marries her in answer to his mother's dying wish. As Christmas approaches, the two wonder whether their marriage will hold the love and intimacy God intended it to have. Will Ben win the heart of his unexpected gift?

Gemma Ricca overhears her groom and her father talking about his taking over of the family business. When she realizes what the family business is, she realizes how blind she’s been and flees to stay with her aunt in Misty Hollow. How can she raise her unborn child in the Moreno family? She will not allow her child to grow up in the mob. No matter what.

Shea Sydney couldn’t be happier that she’d been hired on as Misty Hollow's newest deputy. She needed a reason to live in the town, and now she had the perfect one. She suspected the identity of the man who killed her father 10 years ago and believed he lived in the small town of Misty Hollow. With a badge on her belt, she had the right to ask questions. She’d find out the truth one way or the other.

After her unscrupulous stepfather accuses her of being a thief, a horrified Katie hopes to hide out until she can prove otherwise. But slipping into obscurity in a small Texas town isn't so easy. Not with Texas Ranger Ward Alston on her tail. Ward's used to getting his man - or woman. But he's not used to the accused being so resolute in her innocence or so beautifully appealing. As he uncovers the truth, Ward realizes this Harvey Girl isn't all she seems. Together, can they evade danger and obey the law of their own hearts?

Someone’s poaching the deer around Heavenly Acres. One of CJ’s friends is murdered. What ensues next is a wild hunt for illegal poachers, foolhardy activists, and a big, bad redneck truck that keeps showing up wherever CJ is. Car wrecks, storms, threats, and more keep CJ and her friends on their toes. It all comes down to the final confrontation. One of the wildest yet. Come along for the ride as CJ and her quirky sidekicks hunt down some poachers.

All CJ wants is a day of fun…. Without her dog getting her into trouble. Alas, it is not to be. While resting during a canoe trip with her boyfriend, Eric, and bestfriend, Mags, Caper the naughty pup finds a clue that sets CJ and her friends on their most dangerous gumshoeing adventure yet!

The fate of the ranch rests on Savannah Worthington’s shoulders. Can she trust the handsome stranger her mother hired to help her, or is he one of many who wants what Savannah has struggled to save? Having been blessed by a fortune made in ranching, Savannah struggles to find true love within a society where first comes money, second comes marriage. What kind of man can she trust with her greatest treasure - her heart?

A new job as nanny turns deadly. Darcie Thayer needs to find what her late husband hid before she is killed. The package may be her only means of survival. She accepts a job as nanny to a best-selling author in hopes of having the time to continue her search in the last place she ever thought she would go back to. Her hometown.

Maggie Spoonmore marries her father's former foreman, Zach Colton, in order to salvage her reputation, yet struggles to believe he married her for love and not her inheritance. It's difficult for Maggie to relinquish control and allow Zach to lead the ranch to prosperity. Danger dogs their steps as they try to figure out how to live a life together when they hadn't had time to court each other, and Maggie is thrust out of the role she'd always thought she'd have with full management of her father's ranch.

Summer and Ethan head to Maui for their honeymoon. The sun doesn't set, before they find themselves thrust into another mystery. This time, Ethan is more than willing to help Summer gather the clues, since the sooner the culprit is caught, the sooner they can get down to honeymoon business. Alas, it's not to be as they discover that Summer's uncle is one of the very people being targeted by a scam artist and a bipolar beauty.

Susan Turner wants only to run her cozy bookstore, Turn the Page. That dream is disrupted with the return of the man who skipped town 10 years ago with her heart. Only, his return isn't as innocent and safe as he leads her to believe. Cade Aikin wants only to repair the damage he'd caused to Susan Turner and opens a mega bookstore, not realizing she'd opened her own store. He's taken aback by her open animosity and becomes fearful for her safety when two strangers in town appear a little too interested in her life.

After receiving a batch of photographs of missing women and discovering her face imposed on one of the victim's picture, Aislinn MacFarland realizes the serial killings taking place are personally directed toward her. When the FBI steps in, and Agent Andrew Wayne is assigned to protect her, Linn balks, determined to solve the crimes with the help of her partner. When a witness points a finger at Linn's partner as being the killer, Linn and Drew race against time to prove the other detective's innocence and catch the man known as The Photographer before more women are killed. Romance rages, bullets fly, and a madman moves closer to his idea of the perfect woman.

When a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows's house, she does what comes naturally - she acts without thinking and volunteers to lead an elephant to the fairground. The animal's trainer follows close behind but disappears when they reach their destination. When Summer goes looking for the trainer, she finds something altogether different - a woman hanging dead in the shower of one of the trailers.

For the first time, all three Lisa Paxton short crime novelettes are available in one convenient book. Come along as Lisa and her hunky partner fight crime, sadistic killers, and their attraction to each other.

Detective Linn McFarland is matching wits against her toughest foe, yet. A woman, Queen Coral as the newspapers call her, is collecting men as playthings. She wants one man from every ethnic group, and her eye is on Linn's fiancee, Chief of Police Andrew Wayne. Queen Coral has no qualms about killing a man who disappoints her and is leaving a path of destruction through a small Arkansas town.

An unconscious man. No memory of who he is. When Meghan Miller finds an unconscious man in the alley, nothing in her life is the same again. Especially when he wakes up with amnesia and her business card is all he has in his pocket. With no money and no name, John Davidson, known as John Doe from the moment he opened his eyes, calls on the beautiful woman who saved his life. When he finds out she's a private investigator, he asks her to help him discover who he is. As bits and pieces of his memory returns, John realizes things are far more dangerous than he could have imagined. The two are ...

A woman out for justice… A cowboy with a heart for damaged youth… A man filled with greed who will stop at nothing When Hope Jennings’s aunt suffers a suspicious death, Hope heads to Copper Pass to accept a counseling position on the newly established youth healing center at the Rocking 7 Ranch. When it comes to light that more than her love of youth is behind her arrival, she finds herself under scrutiny. Houston Armstrong loves the ranch but wants more from life than cattle and horses. He’d once saved a little, white-haired girl from death, now she arrives on his doorstep with ...

Amanda Samson and her sisters have inherited a surf and sandwich shop on the beautiful island of Maui. Amanda has grand plans to fixing up the joint, but life...and love get in the way. Perched on a ladder while cleaning the sign, she falls into the arms of her handsome cruise captain employee, Drake Thomas. Sparks fly as she tries to fight her attraction for a Billionaire Playboy. Knowing from experience that women are trouble, Drake tries to stay away from his feisty, opinionated, but beautiful boss. Join Amanda and Drake as things come to an explosive conclusion in Paradise and they ...