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The Rock Creek Ranch, 4-Book Box SetThis collection contains four books in the Parker Ranches, Inc. western romance series set on Rock Creek Ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana. These stories feature cowboy heroes and the women who love them—often with complicated family relationships and external challenges. THE RANCHER’S SECOND CHANCE, Book 1 A reluctant rancher. A lonely librarian. A family in shambles. Can the rancher risk a second chance at love and heal his family at the same time? CALLIE, Book 2 Leaving her job behind and heading home to Montana for a family emergency is worrisome ...

Beach therapy—with a twist of lime. Every August, six best friends reunite at the same oceanfront house in charming Tuckaway Bay to laugh, drink tequila, and heal from life’s troubles. But this year, is beach therapy enough? Lia is blindsided by an unwanted proposal from her long-term partner. Maggie’s marriage unravels amid shocking revelations. Julia battles a hidden addiction and devastating grief. Twins Wren and Willow confront pressing health scares and deadly secrets. And Alice, the gatekeeper of the group, unwittingly reveals a secret that will shock them all. When tensions ...

Welcome to Carrington, Louisiana, and this deadly romantic comedy series! Three southern-fried comedies with a touch of romance, a side of mystery, a smattering of paranormal, and three crazy sisters…. Freshly Dead, Book 1 All Mitzi Winston wants is enough money to pay this month’s mortgage payment. That is the only reason she even considers the phone sex job. Ever since her husband’s disappearance, she has held things together nicely—until recently. And now, well, she just needs the money. Biting the bullet, she goes for the interview, only to find that the phone sex job isn’t ...

Caving to her best friend’s crazy ideas is one thing, but Kim Martin knows she isn’t equipped for a two-week pack-horse trip into the Colorado mountains—especially with a rough-edged cowboy as their mountain guide. His outdoor style might jump-start some women’s libidos, but a city woman like Kim finds him—(almost? barely? definitely?) irresistible.

A reluctant rancher. A lonely librarian. A family in shambles. Can the rancher risk a second chance at love and heal his family at the same time?When John Rankin’s wife dies, leaving him with two children to raise, he wonders how he can he take care of a family and run a working cattle ranch, too. Annie’s domain was home, hearth, and the kids. Her dying put a hole in his day-to-day existence like nothing he’d ever before experienced—not only in his rancher lifestyle, but also in his heart. As the months roll on, his heart is only one of his problems when eleven-year-old Callie ...

Welcome to Harbor Falls! This two-book bundle is your series starter into the 15-Book Harbor Falls Romance Series!All of My Heart, Book 1 - Life is perfect. When Suzie Hart inherits the lakeside Victorian cottage that eventually becomes Sweet Hart Inn, she imagines her life all planned out ahead of her. She will run the inn, write her recipes, conduct her cooking classes, and pick up an occasional catering job with her cousin Sydney Hart, who owns the local bakery. Her life in Harbor Falls is predictable--a welcome change from the chaos of recent months--and that's the way she likes it. ...

Megan Thomas is running for her life. From Chicago, from the mob, from her controlling husband. She runs to the only place she ever felt at peace: a North Carolina barrier island she remembers from her childhood. Now she only wants to get lost - in someone else's life. A new identity, soothing ocean winds, and a quiet existence are all she needs. When Megan fears she's been found, she runs again - straight into Smyth Parker's arms. His isolated island home might finally be her perfect escape. Or is it?

Leaving her job behind and heading home to Montana for a family emergency is worrisome enough, but when Callie Rankin’s New York future collides head-on with her Montana past, she is faced with making a life-, and perhaps, love-altering decision.When Callie Rankin’s father falls critically ill, she returns to her Montana home. Leaving New York, her promotion, and a budding relationship behind, she heads back to the ranch, planning to stay only until she knows her father is out of the woods. But her homecoming is not entirely welcome. Her relationships with her siblings and stepmother ...

“I don’t make commitments.” He shrugged. “Me either." “Even so, it will never work, you know, you and me.” Tate remembered thinking that a challenge. “Oh? And why not?” “Because we’re too much alike.” “Could work to our advantage.” She cocked her head. “How so?” “If we’re so much alike, then there will be no surprises.” She pulled back and laughed. “Until the sky falls and one of us doesn’t see it coming.” Detective Jordan Cross has one thing on her mind—get the bastard killing kids in her small southern city, the person she thinks is also ...

Get all three Holly Hill Inn books in one complete box set. Follow Jenny and Ben as they fall in love and acquire Holly Hill Inn in Home for Christmas. Then read about their children in Miracle at Holly Hill Inn. Will the local Scrooge and the Queen of Christmas survive being snowbound at Holly Hill Inn? Last, share the holiday with the Cohen family as they return to Holly Hill Inn, perhaps for the last time, in The Last Christmas at Holly Hill Inn.

A star-crossed, holiday romance story of young love, old love, holding on, and letting go. During the summer of 1989, Jenny Anders meets Ben Matson on a family beach vacation on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Fresh out of high school and ready to start their new lives—Jenny to Penn State in the fall, and Ben to work at the family hardware store—they didn’t expect to fall in love. But love-at-first-sight happens anyway. The long-distance relationship doesn’t deter them. And after a summer of love letters and clandestine trips in the fall, Ben travels to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving...

Thrilling suspense, intrigue, paranormal elements, and romance, all wrapped up in an artifact-seeking, generational time-travel! Can souls touch through time and hold on when all odds are against them?Claire Winslow vacations on an East Coast barrier island, content with her life and her potential future—until the illusion of a man walking the misty shore haunts her. Then one kiss—a beautiful, soulful, stolen kiss in the night—and her life changes forever. Nearly 300 years past, Jack Porter is in hot pursuit of his kidnapped wife. Not an easy feat considering the year is 1718 and the ...

Sylvia Moore returns to the small town of Dickens during the annual Christmas in July festival, hoping to land the New England location for a new Christmas romance movie. She knows the town will award only one filming permit a year but she's confident the deal’s in Santa’s bag.

A Charmington Royal Romance! Krissy Kringle’s dream of owning her own business and settling into a community with her daughter, Merry, came alive when she moved to Charmington—the small Christmas village in the Adirondacks. Hard work, sacrifice, and a bucket-load of luck make her dream come true—Kringle’s Diner exists, business is booming, and above all else, she and Merry are happy. She’s also weary beyond words doing the work of three people. So, she hires a man who wanders into the diner. He needs work, or so it seems. He comes with a huge Bernese Mountain dog named Prince, who...

“True love conquers all—isn’t that why we read these books?” EmmaRae, Romancing the Book (Review for All of My Heart) Life is perfect. When Suzie Hart inherits the lakeside Victorian cottage that eventually becomes Sweet Hart Inn, she imagines her life all planned out ahead of her. She will run the inn, write her recipes, conduct her cooking classes, and pick up an occasional catering job with her cousin Sydney Hart, who owns the local bakery. Her life in Harbor Falls is predictable—a welcome change from the chaos of recent months—and that’s the way she likes it. ...

The complete trilogy of The Forever Time Travel Series. This time travel trilogy takes you from the present time back to pirate-era 1718, back to the present, and then finally to the future. Take a peek into this wild rush through time to locate a historic artifact, a silver chalice made from the pirate Blackbeard's skull. Lots of thrilling suspense, intrigue, paranormal elements, and romance, wrapped up in an artifact-seeking, generational time hop!Book One: His Forever Kiss Claire Winslow vacations on an East Coast barrier island, content with her life and her potential future—until the...

When yet another acting rejection stuns Wynter Holly, she decides to give up acting altogether—until her friends set her up for potential success with an unconventional, and perhaps unsuitable, intervention. All Wynter Holly, aka stage name Wyn Hall, wants for Christmas is to be cast in a significant role in the upcoming Harbor Falls Actor’s Playhouse production. What she gets is a gig playing nanny to four children who are attached to the casting director of the play—the casting director who doesn’t think she’s suitable for any role in the play. All Rob Black wants for Christmas ...

Sometimes all we need is to believe. Ariana Estrella’s blog features all things Christmas, all year long. While traveling upstate New York in search of the perfect Christmas village, she lands in Charmington amidst the town’s annual Christmas Jubilee—and a snowstorm. Delighted and giddy with holiday cheer, the magic of the season seeps deeper into her bones. Matt Matson—owner of the century-old Main Street Hardware in Charmington—despite all the holiday hoopla, dislikes the season. He’s all about regular business—there’s not a holiday ornament or tree trimming bauble to be ...

When Cole Stevens travels from Montana to Texas to close a business deal with his old friend, Chandler West, he never expects to close in on a relationship, too. But with one brief flicker of eye contact in the airport with a pretty young woman carrying a guitar, his heart starts to unravel. Sarah MacKay, fresh off the South Dakota ranch she grew up on, is touted as the up-and-coming country music singer of the year. Invited to sing at Chandler West’s annual ranch barbecue, Sarah finds herself in opposition with her manager, and Cole steps up to protect her from the smarmy, poor excuse of...

Can a couple on the verge of divorce find romance again during their last Christmas holiday at Holly Hill Inn? Will and Ava Cohen were wildly in love—five years ago. Today, they are ships passing in the night, two professionals driven to reach the pinnacle of their professions. When Will steps in the door of their restored brownstone in Brooklyn each evening, Ava is already on stage at the Gershwin, playing the role of Glinda in Wicked. They are calling their marriage quits—but not until they spend one more Christmas together with their families at Holly Hill Inn. Traditionally, the ...