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Old sins cast long shadows. Mona Vickers is forging a new life, building a safe and loving home for her girls far away from the ghosts of the past. She’ll do whatever it takes to make it work, including sending her girls to the Christian-based after school program despite her own lack of faith. Roy Strough, Director of the Unity Plenkiss Community Center, wants to help the hardworking mother who’s captured his heart, but he’s already offended her pride once. Asking Mona to teach a class at the community center in exchange for tuition seems like the perfect solution. Mona’s growing ...

He’s determined to prove his friend innocent of homicide. He may make things worse… When Marty’s surfer-dude pal is arrested for murder, he must squeeze his amateur sleuthing into his packed schedule. With his high-tech job busier than ever and his nieces’ antics sidetracking him, Marty’s ready for a Thanksgiving holiday. All he has to do is solve two murders. But if he can’t even convince his sister to bake his favorite chocolate pie, how can he hope to save his friend? With the help of his girlfriend, some wacky coworkers and Buddy the rambunctious Labrador, Marty sets out to ...

Everlasting is the sixteenth novella in the ongoing story of the Andersen family. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s been months since her death and her children and grandchildren she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. Some look back at what else has been lost to them and struggle to make sense of it. Claire Andersen Slavik has invited Ethan Gilchrist to visit her lakeside resort so that he can research his family’s history in the area. She knows it’s important...

She’s waited years for this moment…for him. You can always go home…but what will you find when you do. Jonathan Hansen is about to find out. For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who live there, and the secrets they’ve kept for generations. But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Jonathan Hansen felt broken…but he would never break. He believed he had nowhere to go…no home, no family, no friendships or relationships to return to. But he was wrong. As he stood just beyond the island’s small ...

Readers' Favorite awards The Naked Truth 5 stars - "Author Maggie Aldrich has a compelling and realistic narrative style that really brings Emily to life and is genuinely enjoyable to read for its comedic twists and snappy dialogue." The love of her life. A mysterious note. An uninvited guest. What do these things all have in common? They show up at Emily Potens’ wedding. Emily’s parents died two years ago in a tragic one-car accident. No witnesses. No bodies. Just a car pulled from the bayou. Ready to settle into her comfortable new life after that tumultuous time, the arrival of a ...

The gripping second installment of the Pelican Harbor series from USA Today best-selling author Colleen Coble! Police Chief Jane Hardy has only just been reunited with her long-lost son when she learns of an impending terror attack that threatens everything she holds dear.

She's agreed to a loveless marriage. He'll stop her no matter the cost. Will the price to protect their lives mean risking their hearts? The holidays are over, and aristocrat Anna Whitloch must leave Crystal Creek and return to Eastern Europe. She made a promise, a promise that will save her mother’s estate. Someone else has other ideas. Ideas that will get Anna out of the way permanently. Anna can take care of herself, so why was Deputy Rocco Ventali assigned to protect her? She can’t depend on him, as he proved that night ten years ago when they had planned to meet. He never showed. ...

In the small town of Cascadia, a mysterious and beautiful woman running from her past slowly falls for a handsome, young police officer. Isabelle hadn’t meant to stay. And she certainly hadn’t meant to get involved. She traveled to Cascadia with one purpose: discover what had become of her violent ex-boyfriend’s previous lover. Despite her reservations, Belle slowly begins to warm to the close-knit community and becomes increasingly charmed by Jamie, his family, and life in Cascadia. But even as Belle begins to fall in love, she struggles with the memories of the man who haunts and ...

Lady Juliet wants answers. Lord Strickland does not want her involved. Finding a mysterious letter, Juliet becomes entangled in a scandal she would rather avoid. Her situation becomes worse when she overhears someone planning an attack on Lord Strickland. She cannot keep this information to herself. Duncan, the Earl of Strickland, did not expect a disastrous Season—but that is precisely what has happened. Along with Lady Juliet, Duncan is thrown into a great mystery that surrounds them with danger. With the threat growing ever closer, they must find a way to unearth the truth – and then...

Logan: Would you leave the hometown you love for the woman who’s captured your heart? When Logan buys his town’s dying amusement park, he seeks help from Tara’s company. Sparks fly, despite the 10-year age gap, meddling townsfolk, and a baffling streak of workplace sabotage, and they soon realize they’ve fallen in love. They decide to take things slow, but Tara’s sojourn is limited. Logan refuses to make her choose between her family’s business and him, but if he doesn’t leave Adler, will he lose her forever? *** Tara: What do you do when a temporary stop becomes the place you...

Imagine the hottest rock star on the planet. Do you see the girl next to him, the one teaching him to play guitar? Yeah. That’s Aria. Aria knows that the new guy’s picking up the guitar fast. She knows he wants to start a garage band after school. And she knows he can sing. Man, can he sing. Senior year’s rocking. Until Aria figures out the true identity of the hot new guy…He’s Sax Grayson. Freaking Sax Grayson! She’s dating a multi-platinum artist. She’s kissing a Grammy-award winning singer. She’s in a garage band with a rock star!

The mystery holds the clues to their hearts. Aaron Mills has buried his aching heart for years under a charming façade. Success and money can never replace what he lost so many years ago. Charlize Dean has her hands full keeping her mother from getting banned from Bingo night in their small town of Eureka Springs. When she gets roped into playing a flapper for a weeklong ‘20s Murder Mystery at the hotel where she works, the last thing on her mind is getting mixed up with the charity event’s gorgeous sponsor—no matter how blue Aaron’s eyes are. Aaron can hardly believe he’s ...

When Sybil Delafield's coach to Croft Towers was robbed by highwaymen, she should have realized that her new position as companion to old Mrs. Chalcroft would be no ordinary job. Upon Sybil's arrival, Mrs. Chalcroft sneaks into her room in the dark of night, imploring her to relay messages to town that are to stay hidden from the rest of the family. Who exactly is she working for and what do the messages contain?

A little wooden chest A tiny baby’s hat, old faded photos and a half of a metal medallion. Kate Cigler’s grandmother just passed leaving her the family bakery. On the day of the funeral her two great-aunts handed her the little chest and an address in Wyoming. “You must go, Katarina. Discover your mother’s past secrets.” Secrets? Mother had secrets? But Mother had been a simple baker in small town Ohio. Before she had died years ago, why hadn’t she told Kate her secrets? Why was this coming to light now? What would Kate find in Wyoming to shed light on her mother’s past? Who ...

A former FBI agent and a treasure hunter must join forces to defeat a mutual enemy in a race to find treasures from the lost Amber Room. Emerging from a deep undercover operation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler finds himself suspended without pay and left out of the remaining hunt for the most notorious terrorist in the world. The only person who might be able to help him is a random stranger he meets in San Francisco, who wants something in return even when there is a price on her own head. A relentless hunter… They say that FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler doesn’t follow ...

BACK FROM THE GRAVE Meeting the father she had always assumed was dead wasn’t the birthday present Cady Townsend was expecting for her twenty-first birthday. Neither was finding out that her parents had never been married. At least not to each other. But the surprises kept coming. Not only does she have a father she knew nothing about, she also has a half-brother and half-sister. The man she had been casually dating wasn’t who she thought he was either. Instead, he’d been spying on her. But for whom? Her life is further turned upside down when someone shoots at her. When she manages ...

Often everything starts with a simple plan. Yakiesha Simmons had lost her fiancé to corporate spies desperate enough to kill. She could not rest while the next man stepped into her murdered fiancé’s vacancy uniformed and unprepared for the danger that awaited him. It was a simple act of kindness before the arrival of the Christmas holiday. Just let him know his life could be in danger. There are doors that open before our lives. Some remain open and we can pass through them and exit them at the whim of our will. There are other doors that we step through and once having done so, they ...

Love is just a stumble away Samantha, Sam, Thorpe loves books and trees—preferably ones with climbable branches. She plans to settle into quiet spinsterhood, at the ripe old age of 22, with one daunting task ahead of her—to find a fitting suitor for her sister, Celia. Philip Dare, Earl of Ingram, on orders from the Foreign Office, is investigating a spy ring and is determined to find its leader. He has no time for emotional embroilment—until a certain young lady falls, literally, headlong in front of him and lays siege to his defenses.

Jane Hardy is appointed interim sheriff in Pelican Harbor, Alabama, after her father retires, but there's no time for an adjustment period. When her father is arrested for theft and then implicated in a recent murder, Jane quickly realizes she's facing someone out to destroy the only family she has. After escaping with her father from a cult 15 years ago, Jane has searched relentlessly for her mother - who refused to leave - ever since. Could someone from that horrible past have found them?

Tragedy, secrets, and heartache. It’s been the story of her life for years. Abigail knew that she should be afraid of him…but she wasn’t. Not even when he told her who he was…and why he was there.She’d taken a job on the cruise ship years ago with the thought that if she was never in any one place for very long she would be safe. No one would ever think to look for her here. At least that’s what she believed. Gabe had suspected for a couple of days that something wasn’t quite right. He’d taken this particular job thinking it would be a simple deal and tied up quickly and ...