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The Hope Harbor Lighthouse has drawn two people together, where a chance at love waits—if they’ll take it. Looking for an escape from her busy life, Emily Cooke retreats to a quaint beachfront house to take stock of her life. As she moves into her rental, her new neighbor rumbles into the driveway next door on his vintage motorcycle—and ignores her neighborly wave. Wes Taggert left behind a lucrative career that destroyed his faith in humanity. All he wants now is to be left alone, undisturbed. When news spreads that the historic lighthouse is slated to be demolished, Wes goes to a ...

An unexpected holiday encounter leads two people to question what truly matters in life and love. This holiday season, Molly Foster thinks she finally has her future planned out. After four years of running the family inn, she is ready to pursue her dreams in the city. The last thing she expects is a fascinating stranger to check in and turn her quiet world upside down. Zach Moreton has worked hard to become a successful New York real estate mogul. With his latest deal, he’s attained every goal he ever set. But when he arrives at the Christmas Tree Inn for a ski weekend, he discovers ...

When her Christmas cheer meets his Christmas sneer, the resulting sparks rival her lighting display. Unemployed artist Chloe Burke has just finished a temp job when a letter arrives from a lawyer. Her estranged great-aunt Eleanor has died and left Chloe a secluded mountain cabin and a modest inheritance. While this is a perfect opportunity to realize her dream of building a business around her painting, she wonders what prompted the gift. An unabashed Christmas enthusiast, Chloe hurries to move in and hang Christmas lights before the first winter snow. Luke Abbot has no regrets, but he ...

Caught in a thunderstorm, cyclist Violet Quinn takes shelter in an ancient stone chamber. But a lightning strike sends her back in time to the frenzy of the Scottish Reformation. Now her life is at risk. Enigmatic knight errant Robert de Mallay is on the most important mission of his life—to safely deliver an ancient Knights Templar secret—when he rescues a beguiling young woman in peril. Now both are in danger as they fight off pursuers and strive to complete Robert’s mission. Only then can he help her get home—even if doing so will part them forever.

Sixteen historians, all members of the Society of Independent Southern Historians, have come together to write this truthful history of America specifically for home-schooled students. Herein is a history that is truthful, concise, yet comprehensive, written especially for students of middle school and high school age and for the parents who provide guidance through the home school educational approach. The 40 student lessons in this book present 278 years of our history.

On their last night together, highland soldier Duncan MacDonell swore to love his Jenny, and she him, giving themselves to each other with only the highland moon as their witness. Jenny’s father arranged a marriage for her, and made sure that she could not say no. She had never dreamt of disobeying her beloved father's wishes, but an arranged marriage was too cruel a theft of her dream. Left with no choice, she would betray her true love, and he would never know why. Now home, the sight of Jenny in another man’s arms rouses a fury in Duncan he has never known, even in battle.

Highlander Callum MacDonell battled lowland Covenanters at the service of the king. Now charged with hunting an assassin, his journey will lead not to justice, but to a murderer’s passionate Covenanter sister, Mari McEwan. Betrayed and abandoned by the man she loved, Mari faces judgment by a tribunal of her people demanding she name the father of her unborn child, or be exiled from her beloved home and family. Sick and trembling, she knows that she must refuse. And yet, if she does so, a cruel fate awaits her.

Scottish Highlander Alex MacDonell returns home from fighting for clan and king to discover that the girl he once hunted and fished with has become an intriguing young woman. Kenna has adored him for years, but he always treated her like a little sister. When her own brother dies from battle wounds, Kenna is left with no family or home. Alex would love Kenna if he could, but recurring nightmares of acts he committed while hunting down Covenanters now haunt his days and nights. When Kenna comes too close to his heart, he pushes her out of his life—and into the arms of another.

When a city girl meets a country boy, sparks fly. She’s a social media star living a glamorous city life under constant scrutiny. He’s a rugged homesteader who has chosen a life of solitude. But one magical autumn could change everything. Axel Hawthorne has spent years cultivating a peaceful life on his family’s off-grid homestead, far from the noise of the modern world. But when Belle Parker, a vibrant influencer, arrives with a reality TV crew, his quiet existence is upended. Suddenly, he’s not just tending crops but dodging cameras—and the undeniable chemistry between them. ...

Mackenzie Cooper has had it with romance. On her way home from another blind date arranged by her well-meaning sister, she is caught in a snowstorm. While maneuvering the twists and turns of the icy road, Mackenzie loses control of her car and crashes into the rocky hillside. When a rugged Scotsman pulls her to safety, Mackenzie is sure she must be hallucinating. Through the storm’s fury, he takes her to shelter in one of the mysterious stone chambers in Putnam County, New York. Mackenzie must wait out the storm with this strange man who claims to be from 18th-century Scotland.

Two snowbound strangers who think they know what they want will find out what they need—at The Christmas Cabin. Lawyer Abbie Harper rents a cabin for her own perfect Christmas. On Christmas Eve, she leaves the stress of her New York job and drives to the mountains, settling in for seven glorious days of peace on earth and good will toward men—so long as they steer clear of her. Forest Ranger Jack Whelan is no good at relationships. He manages just fine by holding fast to one rule: Don’t let anyone get close. Then Abbie Harper rents his cabin. As a light snow falls, the furnace breaks ...

A cottage that holds their past, a year that will determine their future, and one impossible choice between the life she built and the heart she left behind. When Tess Bradford inherits her beloved aunt Morna’s seaside cottage in Peregrine Cove, she expects a quick sale and a swift escape from the memories of her fractured childhood—and from Noah Pierce, the boy whose heart she left behind. But Morna’s final wish becomes Tess’s impossible choice: live in the cottage for one full year with Noah as trustee, or watch it pass to him forever—now a wary stranger who quietly kept it ...

In the depths of heartbreak, love runs deeper. After losing her fiancé and getting laid off, marketing analyst Jess Pelletier needs a fresh start. The remote Maine fishing village of Applecross Cove seems like the perfect place to heal and launch her marketing business—free of romantic complications. Mark Breton has found peace in his quiet coastal life. He keeps busy working odd jobs for his aunt’s real estate business and restoring his grandfather’s vintage yacht. When his aunt asks him to deliver keys to her new tenant, he doesn’t expect to be captivated by the guarded city ...

They let go of their dreams, but their hearts never let go of love. When Piper Harriman got engaged fresh out of high school, her father gave her a choice—if she married her unsuitable fiancé, Juan Calderon, her family wouldn’t pay for college. So she went off to college and left Juan behind, hoping he would wait. His idealistic heart was broken, and he said goodbye. But her love for him refused to fade. Eight years later, alone and laid off, Piper is moving back home. With her snowbird parents’ house leased out for the winter, Piper is content with their small rental lodge—until ...

In Escaping Nature, Orrin H. Pilkey and his coauthors offer concrete suggestions for how to respond to the threats posed by global climate change. They argue that while we wait for the world’s governments to get serious about mitigating climate change we can adapt to a hotter world through technological innovations, behavioral changes, nature-based solutions, political changes, and education.