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Firefighter Chance Morgan puts his life on the line everyday. His wife Annie, a school teacher, finds herself at a crossroads, torn between the family she wants and the children she may never have. The couple have reached a breaking point. Their seven-year marriage is in jeopardy. When a stray dog finds its way to Annie, things start to turn around for her. With the promise of finally becoming a family, Annie wants to share her joy with her husband. But will it be enough? Only a selfless act of courage can save their love and bring them back from the point of no return.

Even though I’m not what you’d call a typical teenager, at sixteen, the last thing anyone wants or needs is for anything or anyone to cause them to stand out from the crowd. A bodyguard, which I do not want or need, would do just that. Fortunately, that’s not going to be a problem for me because the crowd is gone—vanished, disappeared into thin air, leaving only me and my bodyguard behind on a deserted campus. To make matters worse, I can’t get in touch with anyone. Finding yourself all alone is unnerving enough, but finding out the reason behind it is terrifying.

I was a beloved grandpa with grandkids I loved very much, but one day, my body became too sick to keep going. However, the part of me that was me could never die, so I kept on loving my family. When I realized that they missed me and wanted me to come back, I decided to return as their beloved puppy.

Disputed inheritance leads to a forced marriage between strangers. Betrayal. Desire. Love. Ghosts. Secret societies. The French Revolution. This regency historical has it all. Ex-Naval officer, Lord Edmond Westmoreland, is forced to marry perfect stranger, Brigit Winnet, who is, by all accounts, a fallen woman raised in a brothel with no means to support herself. Edmond can only assume Brigit used her female wiles to manipulate his father into leaving everything he had to her. But when Edmond discovers a secret that could ruin her, he takes full advantage. For if Edmond is to ...

Is it just Cera's imagination when the famous mystery writer Kyle Preston walks into her bookstore? If it is, either way, her life is about to get a more interesting. For bookstore manager Cera Raines, life in an ordinary small town, while dull, has never been what would be considered normal. She's a nobody. Haunted by ghosts from her past, her only friends are of the invisible type. While she dreams of having a family of her own one day, up til now, her red hair is the only notable thing about her life...that is until famous mystery writer Kyle Preston darkens her doorstep. Kyle Preston is...

"Animal lovers, humanitarians, thinkers, and anyone who wants to become a better person and spread kindness, compassion, and decency around will find this a most enjoyable read." -Goodreads reviewer. Come Back is the story of significant past lifetimes of one woman with the animals in her life. Reincarnation, past lives, continuity of the soul, whatever you call it, all souls are eternal. Every living thing has a soul, including our animals. The proof is all around us, that feeling of having known someone before, that moment of recognition when you look into another's eyes. Have you ever ...

"Great story! Good Suspense!" -Goodreads review In the midst of tragedy, Willow Morgan, an aspiring journalist, meets former policeman and private detective, Nate Parker. Draper Island, Virginia will never be the same. A serial killer with a penchant for rhymes has brutalized the town, and it seems, he's not done yet. Willow wants more than anything to break the story wide open by discovering the killer's identity. But in order to do that, she must rely on help. After meeting Nate his first night in town, Willow is impressed. But Nate cannot say the same. Determined to find the killer ...

Father Christian Hyman, a village priest in St. Francis Hill, South Carolina, loves Misty Sumner with all his heart, yet his dedication to his calling means that he cannot ever have her. Christian must discover what has happened to his dear friend, why she's afraid to leave her house and won't even look out the window that overlooks the steep valley beyond. Misty's life is unrecognizable to her since moving out of her house and into a cottage that sits at the edge of town overlooking the valley. When she learns of a nun's death, thrown from the high abbey wall into the very woods ...

Six strangers are anonymously invited to a mysterious mansion for dinner, and unbeknownst to them, they all have one thing in common-the tarot. As one by one, their numbers begin to dwindle, they must rely on their wits to save them.

First and Forever Love, the story of bed and breakfast owner, Blythe Alexander and Marine Corps officer, Alec Harmon. This sweet contemporary romance is the first book in the Fredericksburg Series. But it stands alone as Blythe's story of her hopes and dreams that all lay in one love, her first love. Alec, the man of her dreams, is the only one for her, but his devotion to his country separates them. The one thing that truly matters to Alec is Blythe. And the one thing that stands in the way of living the rest of his life with her is the conflict in the Middle East. When troops are deployed...

Sasha can’t handle any more loss. By day, she’s a one-woman-show, running an apple orchard all on her own. By night, she’s a lonely wife on the verge of losing her marriage while doing her best to tend her aging uncle, who likes to clone living things. Sasha loved the man she married, and for a time, Hadrien made her the center of his world. All she wanted was her husband back, but she forgot to heed the old adage, be careful what you wish for. Hadrien is an athletic, younger man eager to prove himself at work and to the rest of the world. But his wife, Sasha, has fallen off of his to...

Rhia Blaxwell's ad for a mail-order husband to help her run her farm doesn't go quite the way she'd hoped. Instead of a farmer, she gets motorcycle-riding bad boy, ex-con Cort Winston whose only agenda is revenge for the wrongful imprisonment he blames on Rhia's father. But with forty acres of rural dairy farm to care for, beggars can't be choosers. She's got no choice but to let her guard down and allow this dangerous man with secrets behind his dark eyes into her life and onto her farm. But will he make her regret letting him into her heart?

Life, by nature, was fatal, and that was something actuary Christine Ryther took for granted. There wasn't much chance that anyone would escape tragedy of some kind in their lifetime, and that applied to those who survived. That fact alone gave her real cause for concern, and not just because she worked in the insurance field. Why had she come on this trip with three practical strangers? That was a question she asked herself again and again with each passing mile. As usual, her choices had come down to two, and she didn't like either one. They were lost. Four women. On the road. Strange ...

The Devil’s Own, sequel to Ten for a Bird, is the story of Private Investigator Nate Parker, the man hired to protect the life of his estranged wife. Not knowing where she had fled has tortured him for three long years. The private detective now has two choices. One, he can use the opportunity to obtain the divorce he’s wanted for the past three years, putting their lost romance behind him. Or two, he can enter infamous Starling Hall’s haunted hallows to protect the woman he fell in love with. But in doing so, his wife, a shell of the woman she once was, isn’t the only ghost from ...

In this romantic mystery, twenty-eight-year-old Misty Sumner, aspiring writer and librarian of St. Mary's School, abandons her dream of becoming a writer one day, quitting the writer's group that meets at the library Tuesday nights in favor of joining the sisters who raised her. Growing up an orphan at St. Mary's, love and belonging are worth more to Misty than her dream of one day becoming a best-selling novelist. Since sweet romance is not in the cards for Misty, she will become a nun. But in order to do that, she must prove her good intentions and convince her priest that she is serious....

A small Southern town. An herbal bakery. A wize old crone. A sexy newcomer. A dangerous stranger. And a young graduate student who's not ready for any of it. You're in need of A Sprinkle of Magick. In the small town of Wiccanton, North Carolina, the leaves are falling. Not much has happened in Thena's life up til now, but that is about to change. This girl without a mother is about to realize she's a witch with the power of precognition. The only trouble, she her visions of the future confuse and disturb her. When a dark stranger comes to town who seems to know all there is to know ...

My name is Julianne Ivy Stearns. This is my second attempt at writing my story. My mother destroyed the memory stick of the first one and confiscated my laptop because I made the mistake of keeping them in my room. I know better now. Like in that familiar story, The Emperor's New Clothes, sometimes, the people, who don't want to hear the truth, make the deliverer of the truth the scapegoat. In the event that this one is lost or taken, or in case, as I suspect, I don't survive to the end, I have placed a second copy in my locker at school. Not the most secure location, but she can't get to ...

From the author of Come Back: Reincarnation, Our Pets, Second Chances comes a chance to end the suffering loss brings. Whether animal or human, the pain of loss need not be prolonged. We can see our loved ones again—in this lifetime. The soul’s ability to reincarnate is just that powerful and empowering. What is a friend? ...Someone who's always there for you Is your pet your best friend? In Greater Love, Tina Proffitt defines friendship that defies our modern definition. A friend in need is a friend indeed. We all need friends. Yet today, for so many, real friendships remain elusive. ...

Evie would call what she and Art had a good start, and look where they were now. Who doesn't dream of being rescued, of having a knight in shining armor to defend you? But at what cost? “Remember, Evie, marriage is like any friendship. Don't cast aside an old friend just because you make a new one.” He was no longer the young man she'd fallen for. She was not the young woman he'd fallen in love with. They both had changed. Art's expression turned to stone, and he stood abruptly, leaving her all alone to wonder just what would happen next. Was she supposed to just leave now, like a dog ...

In this sweet romance Third Time's the Charm, the third book in the Fredericksburg County Series, Deputy Sheriff Jon Cavanagh has everything he’s ever wanted, a great job, two growing boys, and a woman who adores his body, everything except his estranged wife. He’s joined SLED, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, bought a new home, and begun a new life with his two sons. As a SLED agent, Jon's new job is to work in tandem with other law enforcement agencies, in this case, his old boss, Alec Harmon. SLED agent Jon Cavanagh said goodbye to love a long time ago. The last thing he ...