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Don’t kiss a friend. No workplace romance. Never date a cowboy. And whatever you do, don’t fall for a guy in a uniform! Prim Midraven has been following her mother’s dating advice for years. You should be able to trust a professional matchmaker, right? Which doesn’t explain why Prim is still painfully single. When her best friend, Deputy Shep Whitaker, organizes a volunteer K-9 search and rescue team at the poverty-stricken reservation where she works, she ignores her mother’s advice (for once) and signs up as his first volunteer. His only volunteer, as it turns out, which is why ...

The Texas Hotline search and rescue experts are only a phone call away! From former military heroes to law enforcement heroes to medical heroes, these first responders and their K-9 partners rush to the rescue when disaster strikes. Book #1: The Plus One Rescue Despite the center's no PDA rule, an instant attraction simmers between an expert search and rescue instructor and a broody firefighter during summer training. Book #2: The Secret Baby Rescue A Marine is trying to right an old wrong, and a celebrity actress is struggling to prove herself in the world of search and rescue operations ...

A billionaire CEO who never got over his first crush comes face-to-face with the breathtaking singer during a surprise birthday celebration. Roman Cantona is promoted to CEO of his family's hotel conglomerate. He always knew this day would come, though he never imagined it would come so quickly or so tragically. Overnight, he becomes a workaholic with no social life. He's operating on coffee fumes by the time he allows a friend to talk him into taking a long overdue weekend off for his birthday. He makes a reservation at an award-winning resort in Fiji that promises a celebration that'll ...

A woman returns to her hometown to unite two rival high schools under one roof. It’s her dream job…with one very big hitch. The cowboy who broke her heart is the same man who's been hired to protect her. As the new head principal of Heart Lake High, Hope Remington oversees the task of busing students from the tornado-devastated farming communities to the uptown business district. For the first time, the students of the longtime feuding Remington and Hawling families are housed on the same campus. There's an immediate uptick in fighting and student gang activity. But that’s not the ...

A newly promoted vice president falls for her bodyguard, a match her billionaire family will never approve of. Bailey Maddox is anxious to prove herself to her hard-to-please family of billionare executives. Since dating her bodyguard isn't likely to impress them, she fights her growing attraction to him. Former Special Forces weapons sergeant Don Kappelman is in the business of serving and protecting. He's honored to be tasked with guarding the stunning new vice president of DRAW Corporation, though he understands whatever is simmering between them can go nowhere — including their very ...

A new CEO is battling corporate sabotage while a mysterious secret admirer uses his extensive power and resources to protect her. Alora Maddox has been named successor CEO to her family’s multi-billion-dollar company. As the threats against her mount, and one brother in particular guns for her job, she puts a few stop measures in place to secure her position, never dreaming how quickly trouble will strike. Rhys Calcagni, Chief Operating Officer of her biggest rival firm, has secretly been in love with her for years. However, a bitter feud between their families has made any hope of a ...

Best friends go on a double date to raise money for charity and spark an accidental attraction in this sweet and swoony billionaire romance. It’s complicated. That’s the only way to describe how Priscilla Cardale ever ended up becoming besties with one of the hottest bachelors in Anchorage — a billionaire, no less. He invites her to attend a charity ball with him, and she agrees on one condition. Make it a double date so no one gets the wrong idea about their relationship. All it takes is one dance, however, to make her realize that their friendship she’s been so fiercely protecting...

A billionaire CEO hires the rebel youngest daughter of his family’s biggest corporate rival to serve as his personal assistant…and sparks an unwanted attraction in this sweet & swoony office romance! Luca Calcagni isn’t sure why Jacey applied for a job at Genesis & Sons in the first place. However, he can’t tell her no without creating a PR nightmare for his multi-billion-dollar company. Instead, he hands her a punishing schedule, hoping to send her packing pretty quickly. A man known as a cobra in the boardroom can’t afford for anyone to find out he's secretly crushing on the one...

A damaged hero, a grieving widow, and a prison release sponsorship that delivers a second chance at love just in time for the holidays… The horse ranch Arabella Weston and her late husband built from scratch has been a haven for countless men in need of a second chance. After becoming widowed, however, she’s debating closing their work release program and selling her struggling ranch. Until her best friend guilts her into accepting one last parolee on Christmas Eve… Former motorcycle gang leader Victor Cross works around the clock, as if being chased by demons, and soon has ...

It’s not easy being the best friend of the woman he secretly dreams of dating in this sweet and swoony billionaire romance. Titus Rand is sent to Anchorage by a top-secret organization to investigate Genesis & Sons. He goes undercover to serve as a bodyguard, which makes his path cross again and again with a lovely nurse on their payroll. Though they develop a close friendship he longs to turn into more, his line of work leaves no time for romance. His plan to keep his emotional distance from her falls apart when he's asked to guard the newest ward of the Maddox clan, a long-lost brother ...

Two corporate executives agree to a temporary marriage — strictly for business purposes — while hiding secret crushes and plotting to make their marriage permanent. Architect Greyson Maddox designs a self-sustaining, futuristic house for a luxury homebuilder. When the man’s daughter begs him to turn down the project, claiming it's just another one of her father’s doomed-to-fail schemes, Greyson invites her on a dinner date to debate the merits of the investment. For him, it’s love at first sight, but he doesn’t want to move too quickly and scare her away with his genius-level ...

Binge through the third and final installment of the Texas Hotline Series — sweet romance and page-turning intrigue you won’t want to put down! Book #9: The Blind Date Rescue A tropical storm serves up a second chance at love for a once-burnt-twice-shy rescue diver. Book #10: The Maid by Mistake Rescue A mistaken identity leads to an accidental attraction in this swoony rescue romance thriller. Book #11: The Unlucky Bride Rescue A Texas Ranger and the award-winning chef he’s secretly married to are close to calling it quits on their marriage, only to find out they’ve both accepted ...

A scarred ranch manager is determined to remain single, but the lovely new ranch hand he hires trips up his carefully laid plans in this sweet, grumpy-sunshine romance. Asher Cassidy hasn’t dated since the freak fire that scarred one side of his face, which doesn’t keep his interfering family from constantly trying to nudge him back into the dating game. He dreads the upcoming hoedown, knowing they’ll be up to their usual matchmaking attempts…right up to the point when their newest ranch hand agrees to pose as his fake girlfriend. Landing a summer job in the country was supposed to ...

Heroic first responders and their K-9 partners put their lives and hearts on the line to rescue the innocent in the second installment of this sweet, pulse-pounding series! Book #5: The Secret Crush Rescue A K9-certified EMT is crushing on a new girl in town and lands a half-blind date with her — right before disaster strikes. Book #6: The Bachelorette Rescue The co-producer of a survivalist show is secretly in love with the girl next door, but he’s afraid that dating her could ruin their close friendship. It takes a dangerous blizzard on set to convince him that what they have is worth...

Despite the center's no PDA rule, an instant attraction simmers between an expert search and rescue instructor and a broody firefighter during summer training. Axel Hammerstone returns from overseas with a Purple Heart. As tribute to his battle buddies who never made it home, he's determined to devote the rest of his career to search and rescue operations. Kristi Kimiko is living her dream as an expert search and rescue instructor at the Texas Hotline Training Center. Unfortunately, it leaves her little time for dating. When the hunky Axel half-limps and half-swaggers into her renowned dog ...

Cassidy Ranch is under new management, but the mother of the six cowboys running it isn't ready to retire yet. Not until she lends a hand — wanted or not — with their happily-ever-afters. The easy part is they're all single. The hard part is they're in no hurry to tie the knot. Mr. Not Right For Her A scarred ranch manager is determined to remain single until the lovely klutz (that his mother recommends he hire) trips up his carefully laid plans in this sweet, grumpy-sunshine romance. Mr. Maybe Right for Her A range rider falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend but refuses to act...

Binge read your way through this sweet billionaire romance series — full of faith, family, and second chances. Each title features a birthday celebration, romance on the beach, and a happily-ever-after! The Billionaire’s Birthday Date He's a billionaire CEO who never got over his first crush, and she's a rising singer hoping for her big break. Can a last-minute singing engagement at his island birthday celebration make both wishes come true? The Billionaire's Birthday Blind Date It’s not easy coming up with a birthday surprise for her billionaire best friend. A guy she likes a little ...

A federal investigator is sent undercover to the small-town restaurant his ex-girlfriend runs — a steakhouse slotted for the next big meeting of a dangerous criminal ring. Agent Marco Perez has secrets. Keeping them is part of his job. His rules for dating while working undercover are simple: Don’t get too close. Don’t care too much. Don’t let it last too long. Never break the first three rules. He's always lived by these rules, right up to the point when his ex-girlfriend plants a kiss on him. Though it’s part of his assignment to cross paths with her again, she’s more than a ...

A wounded rodeo champion and a lovely horse trainer make a friendship pact to protect each other’s broken hearts from rebound relationships. Their ground rules are simple: Need a plus one at a holiday get-together? Ask each other. Feeling bored or lonely? Call or text each other. Accidentally step beneath the mistletoe? Um… Okay, it’s kind of impossible to make a rule for every situation, so their feelings soon get a little tangled up with each other. But that’s okay, right? Because friends are supposed to care for friends. What they didn’t count on was just how easily two broken ...

A Marine trying to right an old wrong, a celebrity actress struggling to prove herself in the world of search and rescue operations, and the amber alert that forces them to put everything on the line — including their hearts. Hunt Ryker's search for a missing Marine comrade lands him in a temporary instructor position at the elite Texas Hotline Training Center. On day one, he meets Dallas Hill, who's tired of not being taken seriously as the lead dog handler at her local search and rescue unit. A former celebrity actress, she impresses him with her all-in attitude toward her new career, ...