Day Town

Annie Taft’s wedding is four days away, and it will be one of the grandest anyone can remember in her small South Carolina town. Preparations are in order. Friends and family are gathering in anticipation. Everything is going according to plan. Except that Annie herself has vanished. Did she have second thoughts? Or has something much worse happened to the bride-to-be?

The Granger family saga continues in this battle of wits where everlasting romance is the prize. Luke and Ryan Lattimore can't believe their eyes when they rouse after a vicious attack that leaves them near death. The most beautiful and intriguing woman is tending to their wounds. Ryan's heart fires rapidly, his teeth sharpen, and his facial hair has thickened alongside his jawline. What does it mean? His inner wolf has finally met his mate! Ryan tells Luke that she is the one for him, too, but both know neither can pursue her. Considering the stakes, it's too dangerous. They must keep ...

My father blew up my life. Shattered it. Destroyed it. Kicked it in the balls. He caused a worldwide scandal for my family and now there’s nowhere safe for me to go. So, I flee New York City and hide in Bridgeworth Pines. It’s a small town in the middle of Connecticut. I’m living with my crazy aunt while struggling with my new job at the local bakery. It’s going great, thanks. But it gets much better when my boss’s son Malcolm walks in. He’s turning everything around. Including me. Twisting and bending me over the counter in more positions than I can count. The ovens aren’t ...

Ben was barely twenty and already raising a family. All Ollie had to offer was a quiet heart—and a truth he wasn’t ready to say out loud. Together, they didn’t just fall in love—they built a space where every queer kid could finally belong. Ben Diaz never meant to become a parent. But when his mother died and his gran followed right after, he stepped up—raising his three younger siblings with the help of his fierce twin sister. Life is heavy, and Ben is doing everything he can just to stay afloat. There’s no time for romance. And definitely not for someone like the shy ...

A man ruined me once. I won’t allow it to happen again. There’s a reason I decided to move all the way to Breckenridge, Montana, and it’s not because it’s been on my bucket list. Neither is driving across the country in the dead of winter for that matter. Or having my car give up on me. Or getting frostbite as I trudge up a mountain in heels. But all of the above happens. And guess who saves the day. Jaxson. Former special forces. Single father of one. Professional background checker.

Be careful what you wish for… it just might come true. When Al is offered big bucks to star in a reality dating show, he should be thrilled. After all, he’s modeled for everything from underwear to cow manure to raise funds for his best friend, who’s currently stuck in prison. There’s just one problem: he’s in love with his publicist, and she’s not a contestant. Although her own life has been far from charmed, Jeannie’s earned a reputation for making her client’s wishes come true. But her true motivation, freeing her brother, is never far from her mind. When his sexy best ...

Bestselling Author Vella Day continues the sensual and suspenseful spin-off of her most popular Pack Wars series… Tawny Granger's brother has gone missing. Her family and friends have all told her not to worry, but she and her twin have a special bond. Everything inside of her is screaming he's in danger. Alex Carter and Liam Zano have built a career teaching other werewolves how to fight. When Tawny asks them to help her search for her brother, they can't turn her away. Not only is she their mate, they also make a very grim discovery—werewolf hunters might have come to Wildwood, ...

The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 3 includes the full texts of books 8 through 10 in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series: "Red, White, and a Dog Named BLue", "Haunted", and "The Great Pumpkin Caper". "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com "Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 8)" is a collection of short stories that fills in the gaps betwixt and between in Chloe's life. In the title story, Chloe's 4th of July turns deadly when she is called in to judge a baking competition at the county fair. In the story Batter Up!, Chloe gets talked into ...

Am I going to get lucky? Maybe if the hunky nerd I met yesterday takes me up on my invite to attend High Five's St. Paddy's Day party …Rachel Wagner, who’s sworn off dating apps, is the last single one in her friend group. Focused on running her thriving cleaning business in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the thirty-one-year-old is caught off guard when she stumbles upon a bearded nerd while cleaning her biggest client’s lake house.

Taking over the family business is my destiny. I just never expected to have to do it in a small town surrounded by nobodies. I’m a big fish in a small pond in New York. This town? I might as well be in purgatory. There’s one silver lining. My assistant. She’s curvy, too sweet for her own good, and easy to push around. Until she isn’t. She’s fire one minute and ice the next. I can’t get enough. I can’t focus, either. Everywhere I turn, she’s there. I suppose that’s the whole point of her job. But soon I want more than her help in the office planning Valentine’s events. I...

Garrett had chosen Martha Sanders to be his Valentine and mail order bride, and she was now on her way to meet him from Evanston, Wyoming. Little did he know that one of his bakery managers had a crush on him, and the trouble it would soon create when he announced Martha as his fiancé Claudia Weeks had had her sights set on Garrett Silvers for over a year. She had assumed the feelings were mutual when Garrett had promoted her to manager of one of his bakeries. He had never asked her out on a date or given her a reason to think that their relationship was anything but professional; however,...

One rainy night fifteen years ago, a knock at the door changed Liss Kehoe’s life forever. On that night, Ashley Hay stood on Liss’s front porch and handed over her brand-new baby Callan. She was never seen or heard from again.

Whenever things get too serious, baker Lolly Crocker knows it’s time to break it off with a guy. Without fail, her gut would tell her that the man she was dating was not Mr. Right. The one exception is Shaun Montana, her high school sweetheart. With Shaun, life felt complete; but her mother convinced her she was too young to be tied down, and Lolly broke up with him the night before she left for college.

They’re both aiming for Best in Show—but first they’ll have to survive each other. SHELBY: As a Houston pageant princess, I’m used to turning heads—especially when it comes to my perfectly groomed Shih Tzu, Princess. The annual Sweetwater Dog Show is our chance to dazzle the judges and sweep the competition. Then Weston Tate barges onto the scene with his rowdy Blue Heeler, stomping all over my grand entrance. Our dogs can’t stand each other, and apparently neither can we. But when a string of strange mishaps threatens to shut down the show, we’re forced to team up and sniff ...

She built a library box to reclaim her voice. He gave up everything to help her amplify it. Together, they didn’t just fall in love again—they sparked a movement that proved stories can still change the world. When the county demanded she pull LGBTQ+ books from her library shelves, Clara Reed did the only thing that felt right—she refused. Now unemployed, exhausted, and unsure what comes next, Clara finds herself the unlikely face of a quiet rebellion in her sleepy Southern town. But the last thing she expects is for her childhood best friend—and the man who once broke her heart—...

She’d 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. Together, two guarded hearts are willing to face the impending threat and the danger it poses to the tranquility of their home. Ainslin O’Cleary wasn’t the type to over-react but she was beginning to feel a little ...

Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiancé, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she's not sure whether she can learn to trust again? Then there's Grace, in her 50s, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless brood.

Andy Adams (1859-1935) was born to pioneer parents in Indiana, worked in Texas for a decade driving cattle, and settled in Colorado Springs, where he penned his cowboy narratives. The Log of a Cowboy chronicles a five-month drive of three thousand head of cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to the Blackfoot Indian Reservation in Montana. This classical work of fiction provides fascinating insights of everyday life on the Great Western Cattle Trail with a team of 12 cowhands, a cook, a horse wrangler and a foreman.

The fourteenth installment in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series is a 9k word short story. Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com It's Saint Patrick's Day in Hope Falls and the citizens are celebrating by having the mayor of their sister city in Ireland over to join in the festivities. Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse as rivers run red, drinking of Guinness takes its toll, and a criminal pursuit by Officer Bill is required. This is a fast paced short story with plenty of laughs as Saint Patty's becomes a day to remember not for the ...

Are some things just meant to be? Tom's both the life of the party and the type of guy that every woman wants for a big brother. Still, he doesn’t have a special someone in his life. But he did, at one time. Until he made a choice that he might regret forever. Juliet thought she’d spend the rest of her life with Tom, until one day, three years ago, when Tom's world was turned upside down by a terrible car accident. Devastated and unwilling to accept anyone's help, even hers, Tom forced her out of his life. So Juliet ran. Four hundred miles away. But now, she’s returning to Wisconsin ...