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Christmas Eve in Estes Valley, Colorado. Besides getting ready for the holiday, people scramble to prepare for a Superstorm. Noel braved the crowds and the snow for just a few holiday necessities. Like hot chocolate. Estes Valley held fond memories for Bennett, but when he picked this particular Christmas to return, he found himself at a crossroads. Would a box of hot chocolate alter his life forever? A heartwarming novel of second chances.

This is the second of three volumes in a huge collection of 100 of my short stories. Volume 1 has 35 sweet wholesome contemporary romance short stories. Volume two has 33 historical romances, and Volume three has 32 time travel stories. North and South. Brother against brother. When I began researching and studying early American history, I was intrigued by the emotional impact on those left behind. Family members raising arms against each other. Not politics or even the actual battles. In fact, many of the soldiers didn’t even know why they were called to war. It was simply what was ...

After inheriting a ranch in Colorado from an unknown uncle, Sydney Brandt believes it had to be a mistake. First, her parents knew nothing about this so-called uncle. She had been led to believe the huge ranch had been deserted for many years. But a man named Adam Auclair seemed to think he owned the house. That was the second thing. Adam Auclair had an unusually high sense of responsibility. To the ranch. To his grandparents. To his siblings. As next in line to inherit, the ranch practically belonged to him. When a strange woman arrives in the house, he feels responsible for her, too. ...

Afraid of flying, college professor Hallie Monroe embarks on a train trip from Chicago to Salt Lake City. Only riding the train to avoid flying to a conference for a presentation all but guaranteeing tenure, she attracts the attention of another passenger. This other passenger just so happens to be a mysteriously handsome man traveling with a precocious eight-year-old boy. Accompanying his nephew, not allowed to fly due to a medical condition, businessman Gregory St. Clair takes the train home to Denver. Typically he would fly, but as fate would have it, he meets Hallie Monroe and falls ...

Nothing like the smell of jet fuel on a hot day. Emma Monroe wondered how anyone lived in the brutal Dallas heat. With any luck, she would find out. But would a coveted job at Skye Travels be everything she hoped for or would it be more like a personal disaster? A sweet short story.

The past and future collide, making something beautiful out of heartbreak. Called home to search for a missing half-brother she barely even knows, Ella Sinclair finds nothing more of him than an abandoned car and a broken telescope outside an abandoned house. An abandoned house with someone inside. A haunted, serious man, Samuel Becquerel, watches as his country prepares to tear itself apart from the inside out. His life changes when a young woman, soaked to the bone, appears on his doorstep on a clear spring night. Haunted by demons from her past, will Ella find that one thing that will ...

A Storm. A ghost. A destiny. Born Centuries apart. But something brought them together. Vaughn Dupre woke disoriented. Nothing unusual. She woke disoriented every day. When Indians attacked her traveling party, only she survived. But today Vaughn wakes in 1969—a most perplexing world. With a handsome, charming man who used strange words. When a strange young woman, confused and perplexing, appears in his house, Jonathan Becquerel questions his own sanity. The attraction is instant. But will it take more than love to hold them together? An emotional and touching time travel romance with a ...

Sometimes life circled back around again. Sierra Jordan's troubled past caught up with her in an unexpected way. And changed her life path forever. Perhaps even for the better. Mike Phillips never forgot his best friend's little sister. Troubled little sister. The adult version, to say the least, might just be in a different kind of trouble now. When they meet again, everything had changed. Except the way they felt about each other. Will a chance encounter put them back in their old roles with Mike to the rescue? Or had life changed them both just a little too much? A heartwarming novel of ...

From bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh comes a new spin on a second chance at everlasting love. Life may only move forward, but some things are meant to be. Even if it means circling back around again. Claire Worthington believed that life moved in only one direction. Forward. But when she saw her daughter’s psychology professor, everything changed. She knew that laugh. She also knew her life was about to move in a different direction. Grayson Moore had gotten his life together just the way he wanted it. He never expected to have the only woman he had ever loved walk back into his life. ...

A Bride for all Eternity. Ember Richard's wedding day, an arranged marriage, might be her childhood dream come true, but instead, it unravels into a whirlwind of uncertainty when her new husband, Nathaniel, is called away to war just as the vows are spoken. With her heart torn between duty and longing, Ember grapples with the sudden reality of her situation. Determined to honor the promise she made to Nathaniel, she sets out for the wild west, where adventure and discovery await her. This journey isn't just a physical one; it's a passage into the depths of her own courage and resolve. As ...

Going back to her hometown of Maple Creek ranked high on the list of things real estate broker Ava Whitmore planned to never do. Her boss, however, did not care about Ava's reluctance. In fact, Ava's hometown was exactly where her boss sent her. Fortunately for Ava, her high school boyfriend no longer lived in Maple Creek, so she did not have to worry about running into him. Austin Devereaux. I traveled back to Maple Creek often to visit my family. Although I had nothing against the small town, I didn't want to live there. Part of that reason doubtlessly came from the influence of my ex-...

Trapped in a building during a bad storm, college professor Victoria Graham needs rescuing. Never in a million years did she expect the fireman showing up to rescue her would be her college sweetheart. Even though she had not seen him in years, her heart had never forgotten. Volunteer fireman James Ashton recognizes the name of the woman trapped inside the building with an oak tree on top of it. Dr. Victoria Graham. The girl he called Tori. Convinced that their paths crossed by more than just fate, he refuses to let her go this time. With a lot of years and life lived under the bridge, will...

Left to tend her grandparents’ ranch, big city architect Eva found herself back in the country. Feeding horses. Mucking stalls. A bittersweet experience saddled with tons of happy memories. Years ago, Mason let Eva walk away without ever telling her how he felt. Both dreamed big dreams that took them in different directions. Being friends again could open all sorts of doors… A heartwarming and intensely engaging short story by bestselling writer Kathryn Kaleigh. Christmas romance with all the trimmings.

Sometimes nightmares become dreams... In Natchez, Mississippi, Olivia Richard finds herself caught up in the middle of the war. A war she wants nothing to do with. That is until a brief, but indelible chance encounter with a southern soldier from Texas, Lieutenant Lucas McCue. Unfortunately, with the way of war, the odds of ever seeing him again are close to none. After the war, living in the Rocky Mountains near a little town called Georgetown, Lieutenant Lucas McCue sometimes considers taking a wife. As to be expected, living alone in the mountains gets lonely. But he cannot bring himself...

In this heartwarming novel from bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh, two soulmates overcome unsurmountable obstacles for a happily ever after. Danielle Worthington. New to Houston. A new start. A good time to declare a dating moratorium. She needed to start over. On her own. Samuel wanted nothing more than to focus on his new job as an airplane pilot at Skye Travels. Until his new boss sent him on an unexpected personal errand. But something more important than dating turned Danielle's world upside down and changed everything. This is a feel-good sweet wholesome contemporary romance.

Small town girl Grace Phillips thought she had gotten out of Whiskey Springs. Her parents certainly did. But when her grandmother takes ill, she is summoned home from graduate school to take care of her. She takes a job with St. Clair Enterprises to make student loan payments on a degree she did not get to finish. When newly licensed airplane pilot Austin St. Clair returns home for the weekend, he finds Grace working for his family. He knew her when they were in high school, but she had been too young for him at the time. It had not stopped him from crushing on her then and now that she was...

Danger… Love… The Magic of Christmas... She waited for him… For hundreds of years… But this year, the magic of Christmas intervenes... On the day she opens her very own shop, Elise Auclair meets the gentleman she had been looking for. It stood to reason that since all her sisters had married men from the future, so should she. Is Benjamin the man she has been expecting? Stranded in the small town of Whiskey Springs, Benjamin Smith must find a way to occupy his time for one week. A week in the sleepy little town stretched ahead like an eternity. Until he meets Elise. Then even a ...

A ghost who plays Cupid… Growing up in the small western town of Whiskey Springs, Amanda Gray knew no other way of life. She lived in the same house in the same room her entire life. A responsible young lady with her life laid out in front of her, she knows that she will someday inherit the Whiskey Springs Saloon. Her father, however, failed to tell her about a change of plans. Prolific pulp writer Shawn Richard never stayed in one place too long. Wanderlust. Moving around as a way of life. Never staying in one place for very long. Never forming attachments worked well for him until he ...

A bride forsaken at the altar. An off-course veteran avoiding his family. A ghost with an uncanny sense of predicting impending storms. Not to mention the hurricane. Isla Denton's fiancé grew increasingly distant. For one, he actively avoided her family. Second, maybe she should have taken into account the little things… she liked spending time at the beach and he liked… well… working. It should have come as no real surprise that he left her standing at the altar. And then there was the ghost… Christopher Worthington, a veteran honorably discharged from the Air Force, his career ...

Return to the enchanting small town of Whiskey Springs with Scottie Harrington in this heartwarming contemporary romance novel. As the Annual Spring Festival kicks off, Scottie is drawn back into the memories of her past, haunted by the choices that led her away a decade ago. A chance encounter with the charismatic pilot Chase Alexander sets the stage for a festival of emotions, laughter, and unexpected connections. As Sheriff Chase Alexander patrols the festival grounds, ensuring tranquility in his close-knit community, fate has a surprise in store. When he spots Scottie, holding a baby ...