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Featuring many of the beloved characters from Sylvia Price’s bestseller, The Christmas Arrival, as well as a new cast of characters, Amish Love Through the Seasons centers around a group of teenagers as they find friendship, love, and hope in the midst of trials. Tragedy strikes a small Amish community outside of Erie, Pennsylvania when Isaiah Fisher, a widower and father of three, is involved in a serious accident. When his family is left scrambling to pick up the pieces, the community unites to help the single father, but the hospital bills keep piling up. How will the family manage?...

Zach and his man of the house James don’t have the most typical relationship – in fact, it’s far from normal. Zach loves letting the man who raised him give it to him hard and rough, and James loves sharing his boy with all his hunky friends! Road tripping across America, the two of them stop at a roadside rest stop in the middle of nowhere. Instead of a quick bathroom break, the two step hunks get a taste of how long-haul truckers satisfy all their pent up primal urges while on the road – hard and nasty in the truck stop restroom! This smoking hot gay menage romance story will ...

Kirkus Reviews writes: "Two richly textured, captivating tales of inappropriate romance. Young's two tales explore families, school groups, and small towns beset by buried secrets and unspoken desires." Joseph and Mary: A Family Romance is set in Phoenix in 1978 and Rec Park: A Small-Town Romance in a coastal community outside of Los Angeles in the early years of the twenty-first century. These two short novels are by the author of the highly praised Blue and Other Stories.

In the wild and unforgiving Scottish Highlands, the McAlister sisters—Catriona, Elspeth, Isla, and Moira—live lives of privilege and expectation. But when four mysterious brothers arrive at their estate, love, deception, and betrayal begin to unravel everything they’ve ever known. Catriona’s stolen moments with Aiden threaten to expose a dangerous secret. Elspeth’s heart battles against duty as she falls for a man who may be using her. Isla’s desire for Callum burns too bright to stay hidden, but one misstep could destroy them both. And Moira? She’s caught in a game she ...

If you loved HEARTSTOPPER and LOVE SIMON, then welcome to Boysenberry Valley High, an all-boys school where love is tenderly blossoming, romance is nervously finding its feet, and the students are feeling things they’ve never felt before. When Angus Jones finds out that the perfect, all-rounder Dean Davenport wants to try out for the debate team, Angus is determined to thwart his efforts. Everybody knows that Angus is king of the debate stage. Why could an overachiever like Dean possibly want to take his spotlight? Besides, if he did join the debate team, Dean might discover that Angus ...

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four-book series is among the best-reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. This fourth volume, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, maintains the same sterling standard of humor and poignancy as Lisa and Francesca continue on the road of life, acquiring men and puppies.

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

Whose arms would you want to hold you in a love's farewell? Foxx O'Connell is dying. As the thorn in the side of Quinn Thomas, O’Connell’s final request will deliver his ultimate revenge … to die in the arms of Davina Stuart Thomas, Quinn’s beloved wife. Will he get the chance to get the better of Quinn? Will Davina choose Foxx over Quinn? Will she do the right thing? Created by multiple award-winning and bestselling author Deborah Armstrong of Forever Love, Love’s Promises, Love’s Games, and Love’s Challenges, a reading delight has been delivered that brings devoted readers ...

Believe is the fourteenth 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 only been months since her death and the four children she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone especially her youngest daughter, Claire. Claire Andersen Slavik came to her lakeside cabin shortly after her mother’s death. She needed the refuge it offered her at a time when little else did. She’s had several visitors over the last several months ...

Curl up with Nine books on a cold winter day— with these heartwarming stories perfect for your holiday reading.Feel-good, satisfying, small-town Christmas cheer and uplifting romances in this clean and sweet holiday Collection from bestselling Kindle All-Star Authors Katie Wyatt and Kat Carson! Meet Holly, Daphne, Heather, Camelia, and Jasmine. These brave mail order brides have set their hearts on heading west to find true love—but along the way, they’ll face the hardships of new relationships as well as the challenges of the rugged, dangerous land they now call home. In the shadows ...

Carrie Peters has one big problem and a bunch of little ones. Her big problem’s name is Aunt Celia, who’s stealing Carrie’s money. She's taken Carrie in after her parents die, but feeds her only scraps and makes her turn over all her waitressing tips. Then there’s Wes, Carrie’s forever love, who leaves for school and abruptly ghosts her. All Carrie has is the Calico Diner and its customers for refuge and care. What she doesn’t yet know is that the Calico Diner will one day be her salvation.

Drea hoped to only see her tiny tourist town in her rear view mirror, but now she’s back to take over the family store. Grandpa insisted and no one says no to Grandpa. When a newcomer arrives in town, Drea is immediately smitten. She knows her old high school friend has a crush on her, but she only has eyes for the mysterious stranger. Just one problem – he’s a bit too mysterious.

A battered woman is the last thing Oliver Chapman expected to see when he was scouting on the range. He knew he had no choice but to take her home to his ranch to allow her to heal. But getting close to Willow is proving more difficult than the horses that run wild on the prairie.

In the mystery of Christmas, we find its majesty. The mystery of how God became flesh, why he chose to come, and how he must love his people. Such mysteries can never be solved, just as love can never be diagrammed. Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination.

As a graduation present for her daughter, Tammy, Samantha Moon and the gang head down to South America for the vacation of all vacations. Next stop: Easter Island On a beach in Chile, the unimaginable happens. Magical cultists kidnap Tammy and Paxton in a blink of an eye—literally. Sam and Allison spring into action, chasing a barely visible trail... and end up, of all places, on Easter Island, famous for its massive collection of giant stone heads. Turns out, the cultists were dead set on sacrificing Tammy and Paxton to a local god. That was their first mistake. And as all hell breaks ...

When a giant panda named Stillwater moves into Michael, Addy, and Karl's neighborhood, he tells them the most amazing stories! To Addy, he tells a tale of a poor man who gives gifts to a robber. To Michael, he tells of a farmer who learns not to judge luck. And to Karl, he tells the tale of a monk who continues to carry the weight of a burden long past.

It’s a Whisker Wonderland! A steamy mountain man holiday novella with a HEA epilogue! What began as a genealogy research trip for Miami attorney Snow Wyatt becomes so much more when she arrives in Alaska and encounters a living, breathing mountain man. And why do the townspeople say he's a real-life Santa Claus? When she finds herself stuck in his mountain cabin with him, their forced proximity heats things up and makes her wonder what her priorities in life truly are. Can Snow stop herself from falling for a man so very different from herself? And more importantly, does she really want ...

I’m the ex-SEAL with unfinished business. She’s the one I walked away from—and I’ve regretted it ever since. Back in college, Callie was the spark I never saw coming—fierce, stubborn, and impossible to ignore. But I had my future mapped out: follow in my family’s footsteps, become a Navy SEAL, and leave everything—and everyone—behind. So I walked away from her without looking back. Now, years later, I’ve traded combat zones for a co-ownership in The Kill Zone, where I can keep my life simple and my heart locked down. Or at least, I could—until Callie shows up, throwing ...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one of America’s most provocative and powerful authors. Critics have compared him to Kurt Vonnegut, David Mitchell, and George Saunders, but Johnson’s new book will only further his reputation as one of our most original writers. Subtly surreal, darkly comic, both hilarious and heartbreaking, Fortune Smiles is a major collection of stories that gives voice to the perspectives we don’t often hear, while offering something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.

About STRUGGLE She has always seen me for who I am… Not what I was trying to be. And it frightens me that despite the things I’ve gone through, she still seems to be waiting on me. My struggles caused me to run from her, but her love stayed solid. Even when I turned my back on her and left her holding to fend for herself, she never gave up on me. Most women would never want the challenge of being with a man who’s decided to do the total opposite of what the world feels is right. But she’s convinced… Her God told her that I was her husband and she doesn’t care what I’ve done, ...