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GOLD

by Maureen A. Miller

It was the middle of January in Southeastern Alaska. Sara Eckert anticipated at least another two months of vacancy in her remote bed & breakfast. Until he showed up. A man not interested in hiking, fishing, or hunting. So, why was he there?

Two miners have gone missing. Their disappearance has been ruled accidental. To the firm that sent them to Alaska, that answer is unacceptable. Luke Reis has been dispatched to learn more. Gaining access to the remote wilderness isn'... more

The Quest for Psyche

by Beth C. Greenberg

The God of Love is a heartbroken mess. Unmoored after losing Pan to his Right Love, Cupid resorts to a very human approach to relieving his misery – therapy. His online sessions seem to be working until Dr. Mariposa Rey mysteriously cuts him off. Sensing she needs his help, Cupid sets out on a cross-country adventure to Lake Tahoe, where his heart is inflamed for his next Worthy. What Cupid doesn’t know is that this fourth test is not a punishment but his one and only chance for R... more

Stranded AF

by Tammy Falkner

An impromptu trip to Australia. Two adults who’d made a pact as kids to remain friends forever. Two precocious children. Two huge unruly dogs. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Everything could go wrong. And it did. When Liam Scott looked up and saw Frankie Thompson standing in the doorway of his office, he’d almost had to pick himself up from the floor. Frankie showing up meant one thing: she needed his help. He’d never been able to turn Frankie down, and he couldn’t turn her down... more

In Truth

by Arti Auburne

This is a fictional account of a French Canadian journalist whose adverse childhood experiences dictate the trajectory of her life. The story spans over half a century and shows her evolution alongside societal shifts as she takes on public interest reporting across the globe to challenge shifting truths. Within its dark themes of poverty, mental illness, and abuse, the most difficult aspects are made mentionable and manageable by an undercurrent of lightness and a hopeful ending.

A Risk on Forever

by NS Perkins

When Matthias Phillips imagined the new caretaker for his mother with ALS, the last thing he had in mind was a gorgeous twenty-something who didn’t look like she had a day of experience in the field. However, his mother has always been stubborn, and despite his objections, she’s insistent: it’s Adelaide Samson she wants him to hire. After losing her job, Adelaide needs a new gig to continue supporting her family, even if that means working for overprotective and rude Matthias. Once she earns ... more

Adventures in Tuscany

by Judith Isacoff

From being caught in the Trevi Fountain and splashed on the front pages, to unwittingly bringing home a tasty wild boar, five American women in Tuscany have the unruly time of their lives.

Iron & Fire

by Kerrin Willis

1675 -- Plymouth Colony -- Verity Parker promised to look after her family. Raised among the bookshops and turmoil of Reformation London, Verity now finds herself in Puritan New England, where she must learn to keep her head down and her mouth shut, or risk dire consequences. The only person who values her tenacity is Kit, the heretical ironworker she has been forbidden to see. When King Philip’s War breaks out, Verity must stay silent as the Puritan elders spread hateful rhetoric about the ... more

1-800-NEW YEAR

by Josie Riviera

Her lost love is back in town. Is he back for a second chance…or closure? Holiday love and romance are in the air—but Shanice Williams will be spending the second most popular date night of the year alone, agonizing over selling the quirky old farmhouse she inherited from her beloved grandmother. The money would help save her struggling landscaping business, but emotionally she can’t bear to part with a place so filled with memories—especially of Lincoln Reid, her mad teenage crush. The... more

Crushed

by Isabel Jolie

He’s a hunted hacker and former international criminal. She’s a bookshop owner and heiress to one of Napa Valley's greatest wineries. Erik Lai is on the run from his murderous former business partner, hiding off-grid in a vineyard safehouse. He and his small team are building a black ops high-tech security firm because he doesn’t plan to play defense forever. Vivianne Rossi is happy to leave the vineyards to her sister and brother. Her bookstore and a secret side hustle exposing cheaters via ... more

The Last Text You Sent

by Elise Fender

When Avery Walker's life takes a tragic turn, she enlists the help of the brooding bad-boy of Black Mountain, and the only person Avery has ever kissed: Jack Crawley. Jack agrees to help her untangle her brother's messy web. As they search out clues, they bond over Whit’s mysterious past and start to create a love story of their own. But life holds unexpected twists and turns, and as Avery and Jack face the truth of Whit's past, they confront their future, and choose to hold tight with bot... more

Last Blue Christmas

by Rose Prendeville

Police partners for ten years, Maggie and Max respond to a bomb threat and find a child hiding inside a bus station locker. The case splits them up, as Maggie attempts to solve the mystery of who made the bomb and called it in, and Max tries to find the boy who left his little brother behind--all before Christmas, and before the case destroys the partnership that they both wish could be something more.

The Dark Horizon

by Liz Harris

Oxfordshire, 1919 The instant that Lily Brown and Robert Linford set eyes on each other, they fall in love. The instant that Robert’s father, Joseph, chairman of the family’s successful building company, sets eyes on Lily, he feels a deep distrust of her. Convinced that his new daughter-in-law is a gold-digger, and that Robert’s feelings are a youthful infatuation he’d come to regret, Joseph resolves to do whatever it takes to rid his family of Lily. And he doesn’t care what that is. As... more

Unturned Rubbles

by Sana Khatri

From International Bestselling author Sana Khatri comes a standalone contemporary romance novella where trust is tested, chances are burrowed, and hearts – they are unintentionally wounded.

What happens when a door opens somewhere, resulting in another to close elsewhere? What happens when the truth burns the very air one breathes, making it hard to maintain one's sanity? Promises, trust, and hope – they are all left unturned.

What happens when wal... more

Love and Honour? Marriage for Peace

by David Evans

Love and Honour? Marriage for Peace, exposes the ongoing phenomenon of Romeo and Juliet style romance tragedy; families killing their own and other families' daughters, sons, sisters and brothers in the name of family 'honour". Focused on Northern India and Nepal, the stories illustrate that despite India adopting a democratic constitution in 1950, the public murder of forbidden lovers continues. Media reports of this phenomenon did not surface until 1993, but have increased dramatically since t... more

Pride of a Warrior

by Andrea K. Stein

A diamond of London's glittering ballrooms must travel to the ends of the earth to find love... It's 1825, and Lady Lydia Howick has accepted that the love of her life, Royal Marine Captain George Neville, has been killed in action with the Men of the Squadron in fierce fighting on West African Sherbro Island. She's moved on with her life until one day while at a Royal Academy exhibition of art from the Holy Land, she sees her supposedly dead lover in a group of figures painted in a desert ca... more

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by Janet W. Ferguson

Animals always made more sense than humans did to marine biologist Skye Youngblood. After her mother's suicide, she left Alabama and never looked back. These days, she pours her heart into protecting nature's sea creatures. When she returns to Dauphin Island, Alabama, for a temporary manatee migration study, her dark past is much too close. She can't let her guard down. But how can she keep her heart hidden when a kind man with a genuine smile makes her want a fresh start?

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