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She doesn’t believe in second chances. He's wondering why God called him to Crystal Creek. Can she convince him to walk away, or will he prove his love is everlasting? Pastor Trey Channing is lost in grief when he answers God’s call to travel to a small town. He and his teenage children struggle to let God heal the loss that led them on a cross-country journey. As Trey gets to know Crystal Creek, he’s drawn to Hannah McKean, a friendly waitress whose smile doesn’t hide the pain in her eyes. Hannah knows God never forsook her even when she turned away from Him. In a weak moment, she ...

A past she can’t remember. A memory he longs to forget. Will a madman bent on revenge tear them apart or make them strong? Dr. Eli Merrick’s day off turns into a trauma induced morning that drags him to the emergency room to save an unconscious woman and her baby. Though she’s been identified as Janet Jones, Eli senses that isn’t her name. When Janet’s life is threatened, Eli’s need to protect her and her baby kicks in. He takes her to his home at the Crystal Creek Ranch. Janet gains consciousness but is puzzled by the people who call her this unfamiliar name. As she struggles ...

Check what's under your tree this Christmas! The Billionaire's Christmas Gift: Everything in his life is planned. How’d she get on his agenda? Quint Fairchild, head of Fairchild Films, learned long ago that in Hollywood everything’s make-believe, including love. So why can’t he resist the small-town innocence of struggling scriptwriter Chrystelle Bach? She’s entirely too fascinating, but he can convince himself he doesn’t want her⸻he wants her script. Chrystelle wishes she could spend Christmas with her beloved grandmother in her Colorado hometown. Then Quint offers her a ...

Follow the lives and loves of the Whitlochs of Crystal Creek! Guarding Her Heart - Book 1 When a serial killer stalks Victoria, only Garrett can solve the mystery - Garrett, the man who broke her heart ten years ago. Crystal Creek Christmas - Book 2 During a blinding snowstorm, Jake finds an unconscious woman trapped in a snowdrift - a woman he can't forget, a woman wearing a wedding ring. A Ring Around Her Heart - Book 3 Giselle inherited the ring from her great grandmother. What deadly secret is Niccolo hiding that forces him to claim the ring? If you like sweet sizzling romance with ...

He's the Black Knight of Wall Street. She never forgot her first crush. Can her tender heart remind him he once believed in love? Zach Lowe lives his life without relationships in business and personally. Getting involved doesn’t work well when you’re a corporate raider. . Ellora Duvall, the sweet kid who crushed on him in high school, waltzes into the business world with the same wide-eyed innocence she had in chemistry class. He hadn’t expected her to affect him the way she did, but he’s in control. Long-term relationships are not his thing. She’ll understand. He should, too. As...

She’s searching for answers. He wants to be left alone. If he joins her quest, can he risk the damage to his heart? When military author Delanie Jonnson loses her father in the Mid East conflict, she writes the book that will explain the withdrawal and give her peace. As she delves into her research, she discovers a military chatroom and meets Mad Dog who challenges her motive. Zane Gallivan believes moving to a small town will give him the solitude he needs to come to terms with his war injury. What he hadn’t expected was his attractive neighbor Delanie to be concerned about his ...

He needs a wife to inherit his grandmother’s estate. She needs cash to save her family’s lodge. Will a fake marriage solve their problems, or uncover hidden emotions? Carter Haines is declared the heir to his grandmother’s estate, provided he satisfy one requirement--stay married for two years. He can fulfill the request if he can find a woman as anxious as he is to enter a temporary marriage. When Emma Waite’s grandmother dies, she’s stunned to learn the family lodge is on the verge of ruin. Her disappointment increases when the bank refuses her a loan. Carter, the bank president...

She's running from her past. His scarred face makes him hide. Will the secret they share open their hearts to love? Her marriage in ruins, violinist Teagan Whitloch Munroe escapes into her music and the solace she finds at the Crystal Creek Ranch. Practicing in the woods helps her piece together her life, but she isn’t alone. When she hears someone hiking nearby, she demands he reveal himself, but the only revelation she gets is a soothing voice that heals the pain in her heart. Maimed by a crushing accident, the once famous architect Phineas St. Cyr protects the world from his ...

A cowboy haunted by his past. A woman stalked by a deadly secret. Will helping her deliver him from his nightmare, or will her secret tear them apart forever? Pregnant and on the run, Lily Harkin will do anything to protect her unborn child, but no one can know her secret – a secret so horrific it could destroy her and anyone she meets. Bronc rider Josh Merrick can’t forget the mistake that cost a woman her life. When he finds a frightened, pregnant woman hiding in an abandoned horse trailer, he doesn’t just want to shield her. He sees this as his chance to right the wrong that haunts...

He wants another chance. She harbors deep guilt from the secret she guards. Will embracing forgiveness pave their way to love? Zara Radisson's pleas for her husband, Trek, to step back from his corporation and bond with their teenage daughter falls on deaf ears. Their daughter’s broken heart breaks her own. Believing their marriage is a lost cause, Zara packs up and drives their daughter to her hometown of Sweet Mountain. Too late, she learns of the secret Trek has a right to know. Trek is baffled by Zara’s sudden departure. After he explained his corporate obligations, she said she ...

Celebrate the holidays with the Christmas Billionaires! The Billionaire's Christmas Promise, Book 4 A reclusive billionaire. A woman scarred for life. The child they both love. When a plane crash takes the life of Alexander Ross’ ex-wife, he gains full custody of their nine-year-old daughter, Poppy, but he’s at a loss as to how to fit her into his life of corporate mergers and acquisitions. The solution? Hire a nanny to look after Poppy until after the holidays when she’ll be enrolled in boarding school. Felicity Holden can’t remember her life before the accident that scars her face...

A pregnant, single mom. A cadet whose future hangs in the balance. Will their secrets tear them apart, or will they open their hearts to a powerful love? As the top-ranked student at Charleston’s military academy, Preston Lowe excels in class, in sports and with women. Only Willow Dockery, a barmaid at the city’s trendy nightclub, sees the pain in his eyes when he’s out with friends having a good time. But Willow doesn’t know how Preston inwardly struggles to forget a past that could derail the career he’s worked hard to achieve. Willow wrestles with her own secrets. After a ...

She's always crushed on her brother’s best friend. He never got her out of his mind. Will their plans tear them apart, or will they follow their hearts? Rachel Bonneville works to hide her love for her brother’s best friend, but now he’s back in town with a little girl who’s in Rachel’s first-grade class. When the child struggles with a learning disability, Rachel knows she can help, but being close to the child means getting close to Levi. Is she strong enough to bear that much damage to her heart? Levi McSweeney controls every decision he makes, and that includes his emotions ...

A billionaire searching for something more. A baker hiding a troublesome past. Will Christmas spoil their chance at love? Each Christmas, Grace Smythe struggles to forget her heartbreaking childhood. Her joy comes from giving her customers yummy goods. Billionaire Sebastian Layley basks in the anonymity of his adopted hometown. Then he meets the lovely baker who turns his visit to her shop into a catastrophe. He’s willing to forgive and forget, but as he draws closer to Grace, she throws up the barricades. Grace can’t let down her guard. She’s been hurt too many times and won’t take...

He wants the woman he left behind. She wants a fresh start in her hometown. When their secrets are brought to light, does love stand a second chance?Abby Baites is ready for a fresh start. After a horrific tragedy leaves her questioning her future, she's eager to return to Crystal Creek with her 5-year-old granddaughter to help a friend run her ranch. But her world is once more shaken when she finds the new ranch owner is her high school sweetheart--the man who broke her heart. Chet Hancock wants a second chance. He fled Crystal Creek at nineteen to become a country-western singer. But when...

He’s sidelined with a football injury. She’s desperate to keep her school open. Until he heals he can help her, but at what risk to their hearts? River Jackson’s riding high as the Denver Flyer’s starting quarterback, until an injury sidelines him. When Coach needs a volunteer to deliver donated football uniforms to the learning center in The Grid, River’s glad to go. What he hadn’t expected was the tiny woman with sparkling dark eyes and dreams bigger than the old schoolhouse she’s renting. He has no intention of falling for her, especially with his career on the ropes. After...

He wants her back. She’ll never give in. Will a five-year-old secret drive a wedge between them or will they open their hearts to love? Dayton Montgomery's surprise visit to his college sweetheart gives him the shock of his life. He has a five-year-old daughter. The discovery gives him hope he’ll get a second chance with the woman he’ll never stop loving. When Merrie Denson finds Dayton standing in her doorway, her buried emotions surge to the surface. She shouldn’t have kept their daughter a secret, but her life has changed. She won’t sacrifice her faith for a relationship that ...

He’s desperate to change his image. She swore to hate him forever. When they strike a deal, is love part of the bargain?Gabby Adams believes she’s finally put the past behind her and heads to the mountains for a ski vacation. That’s ruined when she literally runs into Ryan Knight, the billionaire who wrecked her life. Now laid up with a broken leg, her vacation gets worse when she sees him at a party and can’t get away. Ryan can’t forgive himself for breaking up his brother’s engagement to Gabby. When he sees her at a party and tries to explain, a business associate confides to ...

She’s recovering from a broken engagement. He plans to turn her small town into a commercial success. Can she battle him to save her town and still protect her heart? A broken engagement sends Leah Rendell home to Mardale, Colorado, where the stability of family and friends keeps her balanced. Until billionaire Bryg Winslow blows into town with promises to revitalize the aging farming community, something that even captures her parents’ attention. Change the town where Leah grew up? She can’t bear the thought of this golden boy’s guarantees altering her safe haven. Determined to ...

She needs a date. He wants to take over her company. Will the sparks flying between them derail their chance for love? Alia Nash agrees to take a Christmas vacation to visit her family, but when she learns her sister will celebrate her engagement to Alia’s ex-boyfriend, she needs a plan. Because her company auditions actors for commercials, she has the perfect plan—audition a boyfriend. Hollywood producer Dru Kassandros knows that startup production company in New York has the technology he needs for his new sci-fi feature but getting the owner to make a deal proves more difficult than ...