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City of Thorns
I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He's known as the Lord of Chaos, he's mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger.
Happy birthday to me.
When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I'm mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I'll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem--he's my number one suspect.
And that's increasingly hard to remember as he teaches me my role: seduction. With each heated touch I drift further into peril. And if I fall under his seductive spell, death awaits me.
"I flew through this book... Hot demon lord-check. Action-check. Romance-check. And there's spice! If you love my books, you definitely want to read this one." -Laura Thalassa
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The Straight Crimes
“Thought-provoking as well as entertaining, Juhl's The Straight Crimes is a fascinating read.” —Lit Amri for Readers' Favorite
Starting over can be difficult, but Harper Jones has no idea how challenging the task will become. As if emotional baggage from a troubled home life is not enough for the teenage girl, within her lies a deep secret.
When Harper crosses paths with Nik Roberts, things begin to turn around. He is charismatic, attentive, and most importantly, protective. In fact, he is everything she ever wanted. Carrying a secret of his own, they may just be a perfect match.
Then dark forces infiltrate their existence, setting off a dangerous chain of events. Facing uncertainty around every corner, Harper and Nik must fight for their needs, their desires, and most importantly…their lives.
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“…a brilliant romantic suspense novel…. The Straight Crimes is a highly-recommended read for the challenge that it poses to society to make a stand not only on its position about gender bias, but about drug addiction, bullying, mental abuse, and other contemporary social problems.” —Vincent Dublado for Readers' Favorite
“Fast paced and intriguing, The Straight Crimes offers a tale that's not only thought provoking but also full of great twists and turns that you simply don't see coming.” —The Magic Book Corner
“I can highly recommend The Straight Crimes for fans of high concept and high octane romantic suspense works.” —K. C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Author Bio:
Matt Juhl is a self-published contemporary romance author. Having interacted with clients and colleagues in the financial industry for the past twenty years, he has gained a deep understanding of relationships and where people's passions lie. Using that knowledge and his affinity for storytelling, Matt published his debut novel, The Straight Crimes. When not absorbed in his writing, he enjoys vacationing at the beach, relaxing in his hot tub, and otherwise spends too much time on Instagram. Matt resides in Fort Worth, Texas with his family and is currently working on his next book.
The Condemned (Echoes from the Past Book 6)
The Girl He Wants
Three reasons I'm still single by Jayne Grandberry:
- I'm eleven feet tall and guys are intimidated by my height... okay I'm just six foot, but you get the idea.
- My British accent makes me sound fancier than I am.
- Running a business is hard work, and doesn't leave a lot of time for dating.
Opening a second clothing boutique is my singular focus. So I'm not even trying when my friends set me up with financial wizard, Stacey Cunningham. After my less then stellar first impression, I'm as surprised as anyone when we tumble into bed. Multiple times. For a nerdy single dad he's got a lot of skills between the sheets.
Actually, he's the complete package... but this isn't where I see my life going. I'm not wife or mommy material, and it's just a matter of time before he realizes I'm not the girl he wants.
Escape to Daytona Beach, bikini body not required. Fall in love with the circle of friends in this No Strings Series. They're like the gals of Charlies Angels only they don't fight crime, they fight falling in love. Each book can be read as a standalone. Each book offers some good laughs and a few feel good moments. Hot hero included.
The Girl He Loves
Three reasons why I'm currently crying by Heather Michaels:
- My house is falling apart.
- My special needs eight year old is begging to play football and it breaks my heart to say no.
- I haven't had sex in two years.
Between my day job, night school, and doctor's appointments, I'm lucky if I have time to shave my legs. So when I run into my college flame, Dax Griffin, who's living his football dreams, the fact that my life is a hot mess burns even more. Seeing him pushes me over the edge and into his bed. This time around, I know not to expect anything more than one night.
The sex may be great, but it won't solve my problems. When Dax insists on being my handy man, it seems too good to be true. He says he's a changed man, but I wonder if I've changed enough to accept him.
As much as I want to say yes, I don't know if I can trust that I'm the girl he loves.
The Girl He Knows
Three reasons I slept with my best friend's brother by Paisley McAllister:
1. We laughed all night, the drinks were strong, and I needed to sleep somewhere.2. I have a weakness for military men.3. I know he won't kiss and tell.... but lord when he kisses, he makes me forget I've completely broken the best friend code.
So when he makes me a no strings attached offer, I figure we've already done it once. But Hank has never been the type for casual. He's husband material, and I should've seen the problems with this plan from the beginning.
As good as he makes me feel, the ink's just dried on my divorce papers. I'm no longer the girl he knows.
The Girl He Needs
Three reasons I'm getting in a car with a stranger by Josie Woodmere:
1. My POS car is on fire on the side of the highway.2. The guy in the truck doesn't look like a murderer... in fact, he's hot.3. Even if he tries something, I'm confident I could take him.Hottie in the truck, Brinn McRae turns out to be straight-laced and so not my type. Plus, I'm not looking for romance. I have to find a job and my estranged brother.
The universe must have different plans because the first job my Daytona temp agency sends me to is Brinn's flight school. And if I thought we weren't compatible before, working in his small office makes me question my feelings. The only problem is I'm not sure if I want to loosen his straight-laces or choke him with them.
I don't know if he's man I want, but I'm the girl he needs.
The Battle for Trimera: Book 1 of the Ruling Priestess
Princess Pria is unconcerned with her high-born destiny. A precocious child, all she knows is that she'll be loved and coddled until she's sent to study with the priestesses who protect the realm. But after the ruling prince and his royal wife are viciously murdered by savage beasts, the grief-stricken girl is kept close by her protective older brother despite her dangerously growing magic.
Deciding to accept her duty and leave for formal training at age twelve, Pria returns home a decade later but struggles with the intense scrutiny of a people desperate for her protection. But she soon learns the brutal monsters that slew her parents are controlled by a sorcerous rogue... and she's the next target for his bloody revenge.
Inexperienced and under pressure, can Pria defend her kingdom against a fearsome foe?
The Battle for Trimera is the thrilling first book in the Priestess of Reia Chronicles coming-of-age fantasy adventures. If you like strong heroines, medieval settings, and action-packed quests, then you'll love Tanya S.M. Kennedy's captivating epic.
Buy The Battle for Trimera to face fate today!
Code Blood
Still reeling from the events of the past two weeks, Kate Murphy is ready for some rest and relaxation. But vampires-especially new ones-don't get much serenity in this crazy, supernatural world. Adding more stress and uncertainty to her already chaotic life, she's needed back at the hospital as a cardiac nurse.
Now, Kate is not only dealing with the aftermath of being attacked and left for dead, transitioning, and her budding romance with Sorin, the undead master of Pittsburgh, but also facing off against a cranky health inspector and a travel nurse with an unruly attitude. As if that wasn't enough, Sorin's jealous ex comes back into the picture, making moments of her life a living hell.
Kate is quickly learning that a vampire's job is never done.
Bite Shift
Kate Murphy is just a nurse and single mom who wants to slip into her forties quietly, and finally lose those last 10 pounds. After a savage attack during her night shift break, Kate is turned into a vampire to save her. Now, she is thrust into a world that she didn't know existed; trying to figure out how to keep her new condition secret from work, kids, and her ex-husband without missing a step. It's funny how the word vampire will make you forget you have a water bill.
Unfortunately, Sorin, the Lord of the city, has sent her on a suicide mission to find the thing that left her for dead before it kills again and he doesn't take "no, thanks" for an answer. Despite knowing she should despise him, the passion he has ignited inside her is hard to control and she is quickly losing the reasons she shouldn't give in...especially when he makes it clear that he wants the same thing.
Kate will need to reach inside herself to find the strength that was always there and finally learn...she was never "just" anything.
About the Author
Nazarei, Lena: - Lena Nazarei is a full-time nurse, mom and doctorate student who used writing as a way to escape the stresses of a global pandemic, responsibilities and ever-growing chaos. She has loved vampires since childhood and decided to write the story she had always wished she could read. This is her debut novel and, since she cannot say goodbye to these characters, it will be the first in a series. In the future she plans to tell the backstories of each of your favorite players to learn what led them to the moment you meet them in Bite Shift. She currently lives in Pittsburgh with her two daughters and a spoiled little dog.
The Terarch Raivien
Raivien has never been happier. With the help of Alden and Blerk, she has molded Algar into a safe-haven for the terarchs they used to hunt and imprison. But when Alden is taken hostage, she must put her trust in a ruthless terarch assassin. And her perfect world is rattled like a bell.
But her joy at their reunion is tarnished by a rash of strange occurrences that leave her questioning everything and everyone. And when she learns about the ethereal Hawk that is rumored to be behind everything, no one is willing to believe her.
Afraid and alone, will she be able to defend her family against a foe she can't even prove is real?
The Terarch Raivien is the thrilling sequel to The Terarch Rebellion, a coming-of-age fantasy adventure. If you like strong heroines, medieval settings, and action-packed quests, then you'll love Tanya S.M. Kennedy's captivating epic.
Buy The Terarch Raivien to unravel the mystery today!
About the Author
Tanya SM Kennedy was born in the wilds of West Virginia where she was raised to be strong, independent, and bull-headed. She spends her free time (any she can find) reading, writing, and taking care of her menagerie. She still lives in the wilds of West Virginia with her family enjoying the solitude.
Wild at Heart
They each hit the trail solo in search of themselves...
Overworked entrepreneur Jules Martinez is sick and tired of men leaving her for their exes. Determined to wipe the giant, scarlet R for rebound off her forehead, she kicks off a yearlong vow of celibacy with five, blissful weeks backpacking her favorite trails through Washington State. Solo.
Out-of-work financial analyst Evan Davenport hasn't been happy since camping in Scouts as a kid-before his wealthy parents and now ex-fiancé made all his major life decisions. Hoping to find joy and purpose, he buys all the latest ultralight backpacking gear, flies to Washington, and sets off alone on a weeklong speed hike through the wilderness.
Mother Nature has other plans, though, and keeps shoving Evan and Jules in each other's paths. Usually naked. When sparks fly, can they find what they're looking for in life together instead of apart?
Love, Lies, and Suicide
"But, if you try, you might find..." You'll get exactly what's coming for you. FBI agent Olivia Knight has seen the realities of what happens when nightmares come to life.
When she's called to investigate a case of an apparent murder-suicide in an affluent community.
She finds herself buried by the unexplainable questions that arise regarding the couple's seemingly perfect life.
When a deep dive into the life of the philanthropic couple leads to a revelation to a potential double life.
Olivia finds herself wondering if their hidden life finally caught up to them... They say the purest form of good in this world is love.
But what happens if the love you feel is all a lie?
What happens when the thing you love the most turns into a monster that breaks you? With her own romantic life in shambles, Olivia begins to wonder what price one is willing to pay for love?
And what is the truth behind this case of love, lies, and suicide?
The Book Club On Waverly Lane
Things aren't always what they seem on Waverly Lane...
After moving to the outskirts of Charleston, South Carolina, Shelby Anderson decides to form a book club to get to know her neighbors and build a new life after her old one imploded.
Little does she know that the women who show up with homemade cookies and perfectly manicured nails have a whole host of secrets of their own.
Will her new book club lead to lifelong friendships or put her in the middle of drama she doesn't want or need?
If you love funny, Southern women's fiction with maybe a hint of romance thrown in for good measure, you'll adore The Book Club On Waverly Lane!
Hepburn's Necklace
“With lyrical prose and unforgettable characters, Hepburn's Necklace proves that Jan Moran is a writer at the top of her game and a storyteller to remember.” —Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today bestselling author of Feels Like Falling
A vintage necklace. A long-hidden secret. A second chance for love.
When costume designer Ariana Ricci leaves her groom at the altar, she seeks solace at the Palm Springs home of her great-aunt, a Texas-born Hollywood legend who began her career as an extra on the film Roman Holiday. While opening yellowed, 1950s letters postmarked Italy, Ariana discovers relics from her great-aunt's hidden past, including an intriguing necklace that Audrey Hepburn gave her during the filming of the movie.
Aching for a fresh start and the chance to resolve an unfinished story, the two embark on a journey to the sun-dappled shores of Lake Como, Italy that will illuminate secrets of a bygone era and offer second chances to each of them—if they are bold enough to seize them. Escape on a heartwarming journey to Lake Como and the set of Roman Holiday in Hepburn's Necklace today.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes stylish, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical fiction. Midwest Book Review and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.
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The Holiday Ex-Files
"The holidays have never been more fun!" —USA Today bestselling author, Becky Monson
Once upon a time people called me the holiday queen. But catching my husband under the Christmas tree with another woman kind of did something to me. Like make me digitally crop him out of all our wedding photos and post them online. Who knew that post would go viral? Thanks to all the requests I received to do the same for other jilted partners, I started a new business called, the Holiday Ex-Files. And I couldn't be happier. Well...at least I'm not unhappy.
Then along comes my ex-husband's best friend, Noah Cullen. Yep, like the vampires. He's extremely gorgeous like them too. He has a plan to help me believe in the magic of holidays again. But the more I'm around him, I begin to think he's the magical one, and that perhaps I picked the wrong best friend to begin with. Maybe, just maybe, it will be a very merry Christmas after all.
Get ready for a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming holiday rom-com, perfect for any season, by USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Peel.
Author Bio:
Jennifer Peel is a USA Today bestselling author who didn’t grow up wanting to be a writer, she was aiming for something more realistic like being the first female president. When that didn’t work out, she started writing just before her fortieth birthday. Now after publishing several award-winning and bestselling novels she’s addicted to typing and chocolate. When she’s not glued to her laptop and a bag of Dove dark chocolates, she loves spending time with her family, making daily Target runs, reading, and pretending she can do Zumba.
The Beach Cottage
She says that she’s his daughter. Could the shocking claim be true?
Beatrice is speechless. It’s something she never expected—a secret daughter. She and Aiden have only just renewed their romance, after decades apart, and he never mentioned a child. Did he know she existed?
Their budding relationship may not survive a scandal this big.
Penny’s brother comes back into her life along with her high school nemesis, his best friend. There’s one rule her brother has always held his friends to—no dating his sister. But she’s an adult now, does the rule still stand?
Plus the friend has information about the photos that were found hidden inside the cottage walls. However, his revelation may uncover more questions than answers.
Taya’s coming to terms with the new competition in town, an upscale resort built by her very own father. It could mean the end for the Blue Shoal Inn.
Then Beatrice’s ex-husband comes back into the picture and throws a spanner into the works with a shocking announcement.
Author Bio:
Lilly Mirren is a USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and three children. She always dreamed of being a writer and is now living that dream. When she's not writing, she's chasing her children, doing housework or spending time with friends.
Her books combine heartwarming storylines with achingly realistic characters readers can't get enough of. Her debut series, The Waratah Inn, set in the delightful Cabarita Beach, hit the USA Today Bestseller list and since then, has touched the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers across the globe.
The Island
Beatrice is going back home to Coral Island after decades away.
She’s starting her life over after her husband broke the news of his affair moments before their anniversary party and vow renewal.
His revelation derails her. Her children have left home and she’d always imagined she and her husband would travel and grow old together. But now she’s unsure of where her life is headed.
With nowhere left to turn, she goes home to Coral Island to visit her estranged father. She stays in the old beach cottage from her childhood years and uncovers a hidden roll of fifty-year-old undeveloped photos. Who put them there and why?
Will she find answers and purpose on the island, rekindling old friendships and rediscovering a long-lost love? Or will she be driven back to the city and her failed marriage?
The perfect beach read, this women’s divorce fiction novel will take you on a heartwarming journey of renewal with its cast of endearing characters and scenic coastal vistas.
Author Bio:
Lilly Mirren is a USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and three children. She always dreamed of being a writer and is now living that dream. When she's not writing, she's chasing her children, doing housework or spending time with friends.
Her books combine heartwarming storylines with achingly realistic characters readers can't get enough of. Her debut series, The Waratah Inn, set in the delightful Cabarita Beach, hit the USA Today Bestseller list and since then, has touched the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers across the globe.
Under a Sunburnt Sky
Inspired by the true story of an overlooked hero of World War II, Under a Sunburnt Sky is the unforgettable tale of one boy's heroism when faced with evil and the unbreakable bonds of love.
When the Nazis invade Poland and round up the Jews to force them into a ghetto in Warsaw, Jan Kostański, a Polish Catholic teenager, doesn't let the Nazi warnings of executions for those caught helping Jewish people stop him. With his neighbours now living in the ghetto, he joins a group of smugglers to take them food. And it isn't long before he finds love in the dark shadows of the ghetto walls.
Nacha Wierzbicka has a normal life in the Old Town when the nazis invade Poland. After months of heavy shelling, they think things can't get any worse. Then Warsaw falls, she and her family find themselves faced with an anti-semitism they've never experienced before. When they're locked into the ghetto, she's certain they'll never see freedom again.
A captivating story of heroism, love and family from a USA Today bestselling author. For fans of The Nightingale, The Things We Cannot Say and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel
One favor deserves another, or does it?
Against their better judgment, Ann and Rhonda agree to help a young girl in distress at the request of the vice-president of the United States, Amelia Swanson. After almost losing their lives because of an earlier request of hers, they plan on being more careful.
Amanda Rogers was an intern for Senator Worthington's office when she was drugged at a staff party and got pregnant. Now, alone without parental support, she and her friend, Jax Thomas, arrive at the hotel to wait out the last weeks of pregnancy in privacy. Senator Worthington and his wife want to adopt Mandy's baby girl, but she's made no promises. Jax would like to marry Mandy and raise the baby with her, but Mandy's parents have made it clear that Jax deserves better than someone like her, and Mandy's torn.
After vowing not to interfere, Ann and Rhonda find it more and more difficult to stay neutral. But they have other things on their minds. Aubrey Lowell, who almost ruined The Beach House Hotel managing it, their old nemesis, Brock Goodwin, and a couple of others have opened a nearby hotel called The Sand Castle, a playground for the hip, and have every intention of destroying The Beach House Hotel, no matter what it takes.
There is much to celebrate as happy news from both families and the hotel is shared by all. As Ann and Rhonda agree, life can sometimes be as sweet as one of Jean-Luc's desserts at The Beach House Hotel.
A light beach read with humor sprinkled in for readers' enjoyment featuring two women, Ann and Rhonda, whom readers adore. Be sure to read all the books so far in the series - Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel, Lunch at The Beach House Hotel, Dinner at The Beach House Hotel, Christmas at The Beach House Hotel, Margaritas at The Beach House Hotel, Dessert at The Beach House Hotel. Coffee at The Beach House Hotel and Tea at The Beach House Hotel coming soon.
Another of Judith Keim's series books celebrating love and families, strong women meeting challenges, and clean women's fiction with a touch of romance--beach reads for all ages with a touch of humor, satisfying twists, and happy endings. Be sure to check out her other delightful books and series that readers adore.
Seabreeze Wedding
The high summer season. A long-awaited wedding. Surprises at a historic beach inn.
At the historic Seabreeze Inn, sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are busier than ever with wedding plans of their own, although challenges threaten to derail the special events. New guests are also throwing a wedding at the inn, bringing a host of trials and chaos. As Ivy prepares the old beach house for a season of weddings, surprising discoveries from decades past arise that could change even the best of plans. RSVP now and join the party on the beach.
Seabreeze Wedding is a favorite in the beloved Summer Beach series that may also be read as a stand-alone novel. The heartwarming story is set on the sunny Southern California coastline. Visit the small town of Summer Beach now, where the bonds of friendship and love prove unbreakable. Available in ebook, paperback, hardcover, large print, and audiobook.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
The Winemakers
“Readers will devour this page-turner as the mystery and passions spin out.... A solid pick for fans of historical romances combined with a heartbreaking mystery." —Library Journal
A young winemaker. A devastating family secret. A truth that could destroy the man she loves.
Napa Valley, 1956: Winemaker Caterina Rosetta and her widowed mother Ava harbor family secrets and face threats that could ruin their family winery, Mille Étoiles Vineyards. Concealing her husband's past in Tuscany, Ava struggles to manage the vineyard, while her high-spirited, passionate daughter Caterina—a wine-blending savant—has inherited Ava's talent for crafting wine and guarding damaging secrets.
Caterina hides a truth that could ruin her in the eyes of her mother and traditional society: An illegitimate child. The father, Santo-Caterina's childhood best friend, abandoned her without explanation, leaving her with nowhere to turn. Devastated, Caterina journeys to their ancestral vineyard in Montalcino, Italy to claim an inheritance from her grandmother and seize the chance to start a new life. There, for the first time, she meets her unknown, extended family and discovers shocking secrets that could destroy the man she loves. Caterina realizes her happiness and the entire future of Mille Étoiles Vineyards depend on her ability to unravel the mysteries of the past—if she has the strength to face them.
More Reviews:
"As she did with fragrance and scent-making in Scent of Triumph, Moran weaves knowledge of wine and winemaking into this intense family drama." —Booklist
"We were spellbound by the thread of deception weaving the book's characters into a tangled web, and turned each page anticipating the outcome." —The Mercury News
"Absolutely adored The Winemakers. Beautifully layered and utterly compelling. Intriguing from start to finish. A story not to be missed." —Jane Porter, USA Today and New York Times Bestselling author
"Wildly romantic and utterly compelling,The Winemakers is full of family secrets and gorgeous descriptions of the Italian countryside and the vineyards of the Napa Valley. I was completely swept away!" —Anita Hughes, author of Rome In Love
"Told with exquisite elegance and style,The Winemakers is a dazzling tale rich with family secrets, fine wine, and romance that will leave you breathless." —Juliette Sobanet, author of Sleeping with Paris
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes stylish, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical fiction. Midwest Book Review and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.
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The Chocolatier
“Jan Moran is the new queen of the epic romance.” —USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Forster
A young widow. A husband she thought she knew. On the picturesque Italian coast of Amalfi lies a chocolatier's destiny...
San Francisco, 1953: Heartbroken over the mysterious death of her husband, Celina Savoia, a second-generation chocolatière, resolves to take their young son to Italy's shimmering Amalfi coast to introduce him to his father's family. Just as she embarks on a magical, romantic life of making chocolate by the sea surrounded by a loving family, she begins to suspect that her husband had a dark secret—forged in the final days of WWII—that could destroy the relationships she's come to cherish.
While a second chance at love is tempting, the mystery of her husband's true identity thwarts her efforts. Challenged to pursue the truth or lose the life she's come to love, Celina and her late husband's brother, Lauro, must trace the past to a remote, Peruvian cocoa region to face the deceit that threatens to shatter their lives—or lose the life and those she has come to love.
More Reviews:
“A solid pick for fans of historical romances combined with a heartbreaking mystery.” —Library Journal
“A novel that gives fans of romantic sagas a compelling voice to follow.” —Booklist
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes stylish, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical fiction. Midwest Book Review and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.
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Seabreeze Sunset
Untangling secrets at a historic beach inn has unimagined surprises.
With the high summer season underway at the Seabreeze Inn, Ivy Bay faces new challenges. She has just one season to make the inn a success to pay the tax bill her late husband left behind. And her neighbor's lawsuit could mean an end to the Seabreeze Inn. Yet her daughter Sunny's arrival in Summer Beach is also a chance to renew their strained relationship.
While the mayor, Bennett Dylan, develops deeper feelings for Ivy, new trials weigh on their romantic relationship. Sensing Ivy's sadness over her sister Shelly's departure, Bennett encourages Mitch, the Java Beach owner, to contact Shelly. And Sunny fears Bennett might be a replacement for her father.
Amid the turmoil, Ivy discovers another clue from the old house's original owner. The woman's story makes Ivy reflect on what the house means to her and all of Summer Beach.
Seabreeze Sunset is a sweet summer beach read. Book your reservation in this small beachside town of intriguing characters now.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
Seabreeze Summer
Two sisters. One unforgettable summer.
While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after fire forces Summer Beach residents from their homes. Even the mayor, Bennett Dylan, who was Ivy's high school crush, moves in. As the summer heats up, attractions simmer and feuds erupt.
Living in the house Bennett had hoped could be a community center, he finds himself at odds with Ivy's campaign for a bed-and-breakfast zoning change. And when valuable items disappear from the inn, Bennett's friend Mitch, who owns the popular Java Beach coffee shop, is the prime suspect.
Shelly's romance with Mitch cools when his old criminal record emerges, which leads her to question if Summer Beach is the right place for her.
Despite the chaos, Ivy has just one summer to save the house from an impending tax sale. And when a documentary filmmaker arrives to reconstruct the history of the old house and its secretive former owner, yet another secret emerges from an unlikely place.
Seabreeze Summer is a sweet summer beach read and the second novel in the Summer Beach series after the Seabreeze Inn. Book your reservation in this small beachside town of intriguing characters now.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
Perfect Target
"I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than losing myself in one of Barbara Freethy's books. I love the Off The Grid series but I honestly think this one is my favorite. I have no doubt her next book will be awesome, too!" Booklovers Anonymous
When a yacht blows up in the Newport Beach Harbor killing a California senator, FBI Agent Beck Murray is reminded of another mega-yacht fire ten years earlier. Then a rookie cop, he pulled popular teenage TV star Piper Nolan out of the water. He's never forgotten her terror or her rambling story, but the investigation was shut down before it got started.
Now the current explosion provides a clue that leads back to Piper, and Beck knows it can't be a coincidence. But Piper is even less willing to talk to him now. The former It Girl has hidden herself in the shadows. She has secrets and is clearly terrified.
Are her secrets twisted up in murder? Did she lie to him before? Is she lying to him now?
The danger heightens when another body drops. Beck needs to find a killer before anyone else becomes a target, including himself...and maybe the woman he's beginning to love.
Don't miss PERFECT TARGET, the next thrilling romantic suspense novel in the bestselling OFF THE GRID: FBI Series by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Barbara Freethy.
Also Available:
Perilous Trust #1
Reckless Whisper #2
Desperate Play #3
Elusive Promise #4
Dangerous Choice #5
Ruthless Cross #6
Critical Doubt #7
Fearless Pursuit #8
Daring Deception #9
Risky Bargain #10
Perfect Target #11
What the readers are saying...
"Non-stop action, romance, murder, deceit, secrets and lies... this is the wild ride that is Barbara Freethy!" Robin - Goodreads on PERFECT TARGET
"I love this series, and this one had me hooked from the beginning. Beck and Piper's story is intense and captivating, with lots of twists and turns! It's a wonderful read!" Kristen - Goodreads
"Perfect Target is the perfect combination of mystery, suspense, and romance. I love this series, and this one had me hooked from the beginning!" Kristen - Goodreads
"Perfect Target is an adrenaline rush that begs to be read in one sitting as FBI agent Beck Murray finds himself investigating, protecting and falling in love with Piper Nolan, a former child TV series star whose life he had saved some years ago." Jane - Goodreads
"WOW!!! What a nail biter. Great characters and an absolutely wonderful read!" Cheryl - Goodreads on PERFECT TARGET
Seabreeze Inn
“Seabreeze Inn is truly an enjoyable, lovely read that will lift your spirits.” —Silver’s Reviews
A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.
Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives. If only renovating a historical home didn't unveil a host of hidden secrets in the beachside community—and the mayor wasn't her former high school crush.
Bennett Dylan led a campaign against Ivy's late husband to block the rezoning of the beach house land for a high-rise resort. Although it's been ten years since his wife's death, Bennett is avoiding the pain of loving—and possibly losing—another woman. And then the FBI shows up... Ivy's demands for a zoning variance for a bed-and-breakfast couldn't come at a worse time for him.
Despite distractions, Ivy has one summer to sway the town to salvage her livelihood and the new life in Summer Beach she's come to love.
With intrigue and poignant self-discovery, the Seabreeze Inn is a sweet summer beach read. If you like sun-soaked beach sagas you can lose yourself in, the Seabreeze Inn and Summer Beach's fascinating characters are for you. Start your vacation in Summer Beach now.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
Seabreeze Shores
Join the fun of the first Spa Week at the Seabreeze Inn!
As Ivy is adjusting to a new marriage, she must also welcome spa guests and deal with more secrets her old beach house reveals-this time, from the Roaring Twenties.
Added to that, her sister Shelly is nervous about having her first baby. Will Ivy manage to pull off the first spa week and juggle her new life in Summer Beach
Along the shores, more surprising discoveries fill the gossipy local residents with fresh speculation. In the charming town of Summer Beach, news travels fast.
Can Ivy come to terms with that and the nagging presence of Amelia Erickson, the former owner of the Seabreeze Inn?
Discover the latest chapter in the Summer Beach series set on sunny California shores, and find out why readers say, "Life is better in Summer Beach." If you love clean romance and women's fiction with fun characters you'll want as friends, this series is for you!
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
Seabreeze Christmas
A season of joy. The spirit of family.
When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach. From a Gingerbread Bake-off and a Santa Sprint on the beach to a mysterious guest who has an unusual effect on those around him, the Seabreeze Inn is the place to be this holiday season. Families and friends come together, and love is in the air-until a priceless discovery at the beachside inn complicates matters.
While Ivy creates a holiday special for single guests with nowhere else to go, Bennett Dylan, the mayor of Summer Beach, helps organize Christmas celebrations. However, the holidays will test Ivy and Bennett's relationship, especially when Ivy's grown children voice their opinions. As hidden secrets surface, Ivy faces a decision that could change her life.
This season, everyone is family at the Seabreeze Inn. Join residents and guests in this small beach village for the warmest of holiday gatherings. Seabreeze Christmas may be read as a standalone, or start with the USA Today bestseller, Seabreeze Inn, to get to know all the Summer Beach characters. This year, let the sleigh bells ring across the beach in a delightful holiday novel.
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives.
The Perfumer
“Readers will devour this page-turner as the passions spin out.” —Library Journal
A young French perfumer. A world at war. A personal vengeance that could destroy a family.
Europe, 1939: At the dawn of World War II, French perfumer Danielle Bretancourt and her German husband strive to ensure their family's safety, yet neither can foresee the ultimate cost. From London to Paris, Danielle struggles to find her missing child and aid the French Resistance, even as she grieves her losses.
As the war intensifies, Danielle is forced to seek refuge in America to save the lives of her remaining family. She draws on her skills as a talented perfumer to lift her family out of crushing poverty. Yet even as she forges a new life among the Hollywood elite, she cannot forget her child nor the man who risked everything for her. Even an ocean away, she discovers that safety remains an illusion. Set between privileged lifestyles and gritty realities, The Perfumer: Scent of Triumph is one woman's story of courage, spirit, and resilience.
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“A sweeping tale that transports readers from the lavender-scented fields of Provence to the pulsing boulevards of Paris…. Heartbreaking, evocative, and inspiring...a powerful journey.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Empress
”A novel that gives fans of romantic sagas a compelling voice to follow.” —Booklist
“A stylish, compelling story of a family. What sets this apart is the backdrop of perfumery that suffuses the story with the delicious aroma—a remarkable feat!” —Liz Trenow, New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten
”A gripping World War II story of poignant love and devastating, heart-wrenching loss.” —Gill Paul, USA Today and Toronto Globe & Mail bestselling author of The Secret Wife
“A sweeping saga of one woman's journey through World War II and her unwillingness to give up even when faced with the toughest challenges.” —Anita Abriel, Author of The Light After the War
”Hard to put down...captivating. A must-read.” —Marvel Fields, Chairman, American Society of Perfumers
Author Bio:
Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes stylish, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical fiction. Midwest Book Review and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.
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Glow
The BookTok hit: The Plated Prisoner Series continues in book 4. This dark adult fantasy romance is inspired by the myth of King Midas and the gold-touched woman who realizes her true worth.
"I was nothing but a road to Midas. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold."
My life as been made up of gilded lies. But death has been shaped from rot.
Like a phoenix caught fire, I will need to rise from the ashes and learn to wield my own power. Because my wings may have been clipped, but I am not in a cage, and I'm finally free to fly from the frozen kingdoms I've been kept in.
Yet the world doesn't want to let me.
That's the thing when you turn against a king-everyone else turns against you.
Good thing I have a different king in my corner.
But even with the dark threat of Slade Ravinger, the other monarchs are coming for me.
So I will fight for him and he will kill for me, and if we need to become the villains, then so be it.
Because so long as I live in this world, I won't be used again.
Please note: This is an adult fantasy series with dark elements that may be triggering, including past emotional and physical trauma, violence, adult language, and explicit romance. Read at your own discretion.
Wasted Words
Wyndcross: A Regency Romance
A lady intent on refusing the fortune she desperately needs. A gentleman caught up in a smuggling scheme.
Kate Matcham needs a fortune or a husband. She wants neither. With a tainted inheritance in the balance, she receives one offer to become a scoundrel's mistress and another offer of a marriage of convenience. Before resigning herself to a choice, she accepts the invitation to visit a childhood friend, considering it a last hurrah before embarking on a bleak future. The visit goes sideways when she falls for the gentleman her friend intends to marry, a man well out of Kate's league--and one who seems to be hiding something. Smuggling has overtaken the county, and it seems that everyone is complicit in the trade that killed her father. One by one, her options dwindle as she struggles against her strengthening feelings for a duplicitous man, a determination not to hurt her friend, and keeping the promise she made long ago: to stand up to the people who killed her father.
The Game of Life
Is it a deliberate trap or just the game of life?
He's lived all his adult life on the banks of the Zambezi River. A safari camp operator but destined to live alone. Despondently returning to Zimbabwe after his brother's wedding, Phillip Crookshank is left ruminating about his future. Until he meets the American...
Falling for the seductive woman's charms, Phillip knows it will only be a brief love affair. As they always are. But Martha has other ideas. Ideas to entrap a man who only has one true love. His passion for Africa.
Trapping Phillip in the only way she can, Martha thinks she has won but has she? Only the gods will decide...
The Game of Life is the thirteenth book in the acclaimed Brigandshaw series where ordinary people's lives play out right before your eyes with Peter Rimmer's unique voice. You feel you are right there too, in the thick of it.
Reaching Rocky Mountain Jim: A Novel Based on the True Life Stories of James Nugent and Isabella Bird
In 1873, James Nugent, better known as Rocky Mountain Jim, is a hunter and trapper in Estes Park, a settlement just forming in the Colorado Territory. Scarred not only physically from a vicious grizzly bear attack, but emotionally from previous war experiences, he now lives alone in his cabin.
When strong-willed Englishwoman, Isabella Bird, visits the area, and Jim acts as her guide in a treacherous ascent up Longs Peak Mountain, an unlikely but undeniable attraction develops between them. Complicating Jim's life further is powerful Lord Dunraven, who schemes to turn the region into his own private game preserve. Jim struggles to keep Estes Park safe from Dunraven's greed while fighting for a commitment from Isabella.
About the Author
Kari August writes a blog for tourists visiting Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park, Colorado at http: //wtdep.blogspot.co
Isabel: A Regency Romance
A gentleman's impulsive wager to marry a stranger. A young woman's determination not to marry the man she wants.
When Isabel Cosgrove is informed by her father that he lost her hand in marriage while playing cards with Charles Galbraith-the gentleman she's been admiring from a distance for years-she is filled with dismay. How can she agree to wed a man whose reason for marriage is part-revenge, part-indifference? Intent on avoiding a painful union where her regard cannot be returned, she concocts a plan.
Charles Galbraith didn't intend to become engaged as a result of a drunken wager at cards, but after the woman he loves spurns him, what does it matter whom he marries? But even Miss Cosgrove, the fianc e he won by wager, seems intent not to marry him-a fact that both relieves and piques him. She instead suggests a plan that has the potential to temporarily appease her father's demand of marriage while also winning back the love of the woman Charles truly wants.
But when Charles and Isabel are thrown into the midst of a brewing scandal and another man's potential disinheritance, their plan begins to unravel thread by thread, challenging what Galbraith thinks he wants-and just how much more time with him Isabel's heart can stand.
Pride and Papercuts: Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Papercuts
Mr. Gardiner and the Governess: A Regency Romance
As the new governess to the duke's family, Alice Sharpe must learn to control her impulsive ways. Employment in the duke's household is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and could mean living in comfort the rest of her days. Unfortunately, her first encounter with the duke's neighbor, a handsome scientist, proves she may not be ready for the austere role of governess.
Rupert Gardiner has one goal: to have his work in botany published by the Royal Society. He is fortunate that his neighbor, the duke, believes in him and enlists Rupert to make a record of all the flora on the castle grounds. But Miss Sharpe's spontaneity and continual appearance during his work is a rather annoying distraction. At least, that's what he tells himself.
While Alice struggles to adapt to her new role, constantly battling who she is and the person she believes she must become, she cannot help but admire Rupert's intelligence and focus. The more often they fall in together, the more her admiration deepens. But could a gentleman such as he ever fall in love with the governess?
As the first stand-alone novel in a new series by author Sally Britton, this story begins the Clairvoir Castle romances. This is a light-hearted series set in the Regency period.
Sally Britton's other works include:
The Inglewood Romances:
Rescuing Lord Inglewood
Discovering Grace
Saving Miss Everly
Engaging Sir Isaac
Reforming Lord Neil
and her seven novels in the Branches of Love Series.
Moonstruck at Midnight
★★★★★ "It caught my attention from the start, I was drawn into Billie's world. Every word, every emotion I felt it. Couldn't stop reading and wishing it wouldn't end. (Goodreads Review)
Billie Murphy's life is about to change.
It's her 20th birthday and her final days in Paris after years of living abroad with her father, a top US diplomat, and Billie is feeling all the feelings-saddened to leave her friends and abuzz with anticipation about what comes next. A night of dancing, wine, and a chance encounter with a handsome Princeton athlete, is a near-perfect send-off.
When Billie's dad gifts her the keys to her own NYC apartment, she embraces the chance for a fresh start in a new city, even if she has to remain under the watchful eyes of her caretaker and bodyguards, including Caleb, who may be more than just a protector and friend.
Within days of her arrival, Billie senses a change in Caleb, who's suddenly apprehensive about her rekindled relationship with Thomas-the handsome American, her wealthy new friends, and the beguiling (and not to mention gorgeous) Swedish family upstairs. He's been over-protective of her since the mysterious death of her mother years ago, but lately, he's been acting like there's more at stake than ever before.
As Billie steps into an eye-opening world of wealth and secrets-where everyone may not be who they seem-she'll have to navigate her volatile new relationships and the mysteries of her past to find her path forward.
★★★★★ "The author has a very unique way of developing characters who will make you fall in love with them." (Goodreads Review)
★★★★★ "I just love the way Alejandra writes. She literally makes you feel like you're there. And the unexpected twists will make your heart explode!" (Goodreads Review)
★★★★★ "Couldn't stop reading, love every part of it! Can't wait for book 2!" (Goodreads Review)
About the Author
Andrade, Alejandra: - Alejandra lives in Mérida, Yucatán, México with her husband and son. She's a music lover, a geek at heart, and a fan of all things Christopher Nolan, Star Wars, LOTR, GOT, et cetera. Moonstruck at Midnight is her debut novel of the Moonstruck Series. You can find her on social media on Facebook & Instagram as long as her 30-minute social media app limit hasn't elapsed.
Just the Memory of Love
The war is finally over and for the young and na ve Will Langton, his future is full of exciting adventure and happy dreams. Captivated by a brief, but innocent love affair on the rocks of Dancing Ledge, the romance is shattered in one single moment and she is lost to him. For Will, it's an unbearable pain that he cannot hope to escape from and the only means to assuage his sorrow is to run away... To Africa.
Meantime, Will's older, astute and devious brother Byron, has his own ideas on making his way through life. He wants money and power and he doesn't care whom he treads on, including his own family. After four years of absence, Will returns to England with a small fortune. Seeking his brother's financial advice, Will is deceitfully manipulated in more ways than one.
Bemused with life but accepting, Will drifts from place to place, Africa becoming another distant memory. Yet Will never forgets, always wondering where she is and what became of her.
But what too of his scheming brother? Will Byron ever reveal his deception?
Peter Rimmer's Just the Memory of Love is a deep, evocative, poignant saga of lost love, intrigue, and dishonesty set not only in the political landscape of Zambia but England too.
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Author Bio:
Melissa Rea has degrees in psychology and French literature, is an amateur Casinovist. A dedicated researcher, she has read Histoire de Ma Vie many times in English and in its original Archaic French. She traveled to Paris to see the handwritten manuscript when it was displayed for the first time in over two hundred years, and has stayed in the hotel in Venice that was Giacomo Casanova's home for nine years. Originally from Louisiana, Rea has a degree in dentistry from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She practices in St. Louis where she lives with her husband, and is at work on her third novel. When not drilling, reading or writing, she is in search of the next Madmen/'50s-era dress and a matching bon mot.
Independently published with She Writes Press
All Our Yesterdays: This is not a true story; I hope it never becomes one.
This is not a true story; I hope it never becomes one.
In the summer of 1956, sixteen-year-old Marguerite Stearle, daughter of a housekeeper, falls in love with the squire of Mirelton's nephew, Myles Featherstone. A delightful romance ensues, but in a class-conscious society, Myles has no choice but to end the liaison. With few prospects, a wretched Marguerite embarks on a new life in London, hoping her heart will mend.
Unexpectedly, Marguerite is introduced to a tobacco farmer from the British colony of Rhodesia. Falling in love yet again, a new future beckons, one full of excitement as well as forbidding dangers. But with foresight is it a destiny Marguerite would be willing to follow knowing how it would all end? And is this new love worth life itself?
In what is believed to be Peter Rimmer's first novel, written in 1961, this tragic story is Peter's perception and almost prophetic vision he had of what was to become of Britain's last African colony. If you like historical fiction full of love, passion and sheer determination to win through, then you will love All Our Yesterdays...a story that will keep you in suspense right until the very end.
Cecilia: A Regency Romance
She dreams of marrying a nobleman. Too bad he's only pretending to be one.
Cecilia Cosgrove's beauty opens doors and hearts everywhere she goes. With a marquess courting her, the status and wealth her family is counting on her to obtain is finally within her reach-until she meets Jacques Levesque, the French nobleman who immediately pegs her as affected and superficial. While piqued and offended, Cecilia secretly begins to wonder whether he might not have a point.
Poor French migr Jacques Levesque has been disguised as a French nobleman for almost as long as he can remember, trying his hardest to keep his head down in a society obsessed with rank and high birth. But when Cecilia Cosgrove comes into his life, he finds it hard to maintain his fa ade-or to want to.
While Cecilia struggles between the desire to please others and the wish to pursue her own course, Jacques's interest in her provokes a powerful enemy intent on taking him down. With love, acceptance, and the future on the line for them both, Cecilia and Jacques must decide whether a life lived behind a mask is any life at all.
Bounty Flight
Whiskey Flight, Volume 1
Bounty Flight, Volume 2 Cedar Creek Mysteries:
The Ghost in the Curve, Volume 1
The Glow in the Woods, Volume 2
The Phantom in the Footlights, Volume 3 Cedar Creek Families:
Building Fences, Volume 1
Crossing Paths, Volume 2
A Thousand Letters
A Companion for the Count: A Regency Romance
Emma Arlen has spent a decade as a member of the duke's family, in the position of companion to his daughter and ward to the duke himself. She would do anything to show her support to the ducal family for their love and kindness. When Lady Josephine begs Emma to distract a most determined Sicilian suitor, she agrees at once. How hard can it be to keep one man entertained for a few weeks?
Luca, the Conte di Atella, left his home in the newly formed Kingdom of the Two Sicilies under the direct orders of King Ferdinand I. Luca's duty as ambassador to England includes everything from negotiating better trade agreements to strengthening the bonds between the two nations. If possible, by marrying a lady of high birth. When he optimistically sets his sights on Lady Josephine, Miss Arlen consistently disrupts his plans. The more time that passes, the more he realizes he does not mind at all.
Continually in the conte's company, Emma recognizes in him a spirit of adventure and nobility like she has never witnessed before. When the time comes for him to go, will she be able to part with him and keep her heart intact?
As the second stand-alone novel in a new series by author Sally Britton, this story continues the Clairvoir Castle romances. This is a light-hearted, romantic series set in the Regency period.
First in Series: Mr. Gardiner and the Governess
Sally Britton's other works include:
The Inglewood Romances:
Rescuing Lord Inglewood
Discovering Grace
Saving Miss Everly
Engaging Sir Isaac
Reforming Lord Neil
and her seven novels in the Branches of Love Series.
Walking in a Witchy Wonderland
Getting hexy for the holidays!
Mischief and mayhem dominate the holiday season for the Savoie sisters of New Orleans. Five sexy stories set in the STAY A SPELL world you don't want to miss.
Bewitch You A Merry Christmas: Always the peacemaker, Evie conjures Christmas magic between a hexed hottie and his witchy neighbor, while Mateo and Alpha plan to do whatever it takes to get some alone time with their girl.
Rockin' Around The Hexmas Tree: A Dirty Santa gift with a very special hex boosts Devraj and Isadora's sex life from sizzling hot to scorching.
Jingle Bell Jock: On New Year's Eve, a new man puts the moves on Charlie. Tired of pining for his best friend, he's ready to move on. Fortunately, JJ's jealousy is just the right ingredient to move them well out of the friend zone.
You're A Mean One, Mr. Grim: Her first glimpse of grim reaper Gareth Blackwater evokes a major case of insta-hate in Lavinia. In that same moment, Gareth is hit with insta-lust. Fate is playing with them both, and neither one is happy about it.
Jingle Spells: Nico and Violet laugh their way through their first babysitting adventure. But laughter turns to lust when Nico's "dad" vibes tug on Violet's maternal heartstrings.
Author Bio:
Juliette Cross is a multi-published author of paranormal and fantasy romance and the co-host of the podcast, Smart Women Read Romance. She is represented by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds Literary Agency. She is a native of Louisiana, living in the heart of Cajun land with her husband, four kids, black lab named Kona, and kitty, Betty. When she isn’t working on her next project, she enjoys binge-watching her favorite shows with her husband and a glass (or two) of red wine.