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Vivian Armstrong has taken control of Vortex, her family's security business, and she’s determined to prove her worth. She may be the youngest of seven and the only woman bodyguard on the team, but she’s every bit as tough as her older brothers. On a trip to Aspen Cove, she finds herself working for famous bass player Red Blakely, the personification of everything she detests in a man: arrogant, entitled, and too handsome for his own good. How can she protect him when all she wants to do is kill him?

After being booted from her hit renovation show, Jewel Monroe moves to Aspen Cove to lick her wounds. No one seems to know who she is, and that’s a secret she wants to keep. Mason Van der Veen is in trouble. He scooped up several properties in Aspen Cove, hoping to turn the town into the next Colorado vacation mecca. Jewel is his secret weapon and has the notoriety to bring him the attention he needs, but she can’t help him if she stays a secret.

Nurse Sage Nichols’ life is falling apart. Her favorite patient has just died. She’s lost her job. And she’s been evicted. When she finds out she inherited a bed and breakfast in a remote town in the Rockies, she’s determined to sell it and return to Denver.

Nurse Sage Nichols’ life is falling apart. Her favorite patient has just died. She’s lost her job. And she’s been evicted. When she finds out she inherited a bed and breakfast in a remote town in the Rockies, she’s determined to sell it and return to Denver. But when word gets out that a nurse is in town, Sage gets roped into helping Aspen Cove’s only doctor. Unfortunately, the warm welcome she receives from the town’s people does not extend to the man next door. Instead, he seems set on making her life miserable.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons. Whether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.

Welcome back to Aspen Cove.... One Hundred Decisions: Waitress Natalie Keane seeks peace and quiet. When she becomes guardian to her 12-year-old brother, her life is anything but calm. Add to that her growing feelings for a sexy shop owner, and her life is pure chaos. One Hundred Glances: Artist Sosie Grant has a bout with Lyme disease that leaves her unable to paint. She is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, specifically Baxter Black. One Hundred Lessons: Schoolteacher Mercy Meyer had dreams until her cheating husband stole them away. She’s sworn off men until sexy Alex Cruz.

Actress Cameron Madden is sick and tired of being tired. With her last movie failing at the box office and her career in question, she heads to Aspen Cove to lick her wounds. The small mountain town is the perfect place to escape the prying eyes of a critical public, the demands of her career, and the rules set by her team. Expecting a female bodyguard named Valery, she's shocked to find the script has been flipped and Valery is a tall, dark, and annoying man who goes by Val. The first thing he does is hand her a set of rules—his rules. And she plans to break every one of them.

She has a secret. He needs the truth. Is it possible to rekindle a love gone wrong? Veterinarian Sara Arden made a mistake when she was a sixteen-year-old girl. The mistake wasn’t in falling in love with rancher Lloyd Dawson. It wasn’t even in getting pregnant. Sure, that part could have waited, but the mistake was in never telling him she had his daughter. Now, thirty-two years later, she’s back in Aspen Cove with her daughter, Reese. And this time, there won’t be any denying the truth.

Pop star Samantha White walks off the stage and disappears into a crowd of cheering fans. After 10 years as the music sensation known as Indigo, she needs to figure out who she really is...she runs to the only place she remembers with fondness - Aspen Cove...But when Dalton Black storms into her life, Samantha realizes she may not get the clarity and calm she’s seeking...Can a famous singer find her forever with an ex-convict? Or will the secrets they keep tear them apart?

Marina Caswell didn’t expect to find herself broken and alone with a four-year-old daughter. She could offer a hundred excuses as to why her marriage failed, but the truth was, she’d chosen poorly. After a painful marriage and an ugly divorce, she flees with her little girl to Aspen Cove, looking for a place to heal their wounded spirits and mend their shattered hearts. What she doesn’t expect to find in the quirky little town is love in the form of Sheriff Cooper, a man who insists that everything - including trust, love, and respect - is grown like a garden.

Katie Middleton knows what it’s like to stare death in the face. Growing up with a serious heart defect stopped her from really living. Now that she has a new heart, she’s determined not to miss out on anything wonderful ever again. Escaping her overprotective parents and opening a bakery in Aspen Cove, Katie starts crossing items off her bucket list as quickly as she can.

Poppy Dawson has spent her entire life wanting what she can’t have - namely, Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. Growing up the daughter of a cattle rancher, she’d had no time for silly things such as love. But after watching her terminally ill mother wither, Poppy realizes that life is not only unpredictable, it’s short. She has to decide if she’ll settle for the life laid out for her or the life she desires.

Horse trainer Trinity Mosier never looks for trouble, but it always finds her. Wyatt Morrison steps in and redirects her fury, but will she leave destruction in her wake? Wyatt Morrison came to Aspen Cove looking for an opportunity. When his dream job arrives, it comes at the cost of losing the woman he loves. Will he choose love or his dream?

Never-married, retired librarian Elsa Buchanan isn’t known for subtlety; she’s known for getting her way. Aging and in questionable health, she’s worried her time for falling in love is overdue. Always up for a challenge, she sets her eyes on irascible Trenton Van der Veen, who is like a first-edition hardback book—quality through and through but showing a lifetime of wear and tear. Can she crack through his binding to enter his heart, or will she have to return him for a newer edition?

As the personal assistant to pop star legend Indigo, Deanna Archer moved to Aspen Cove for work. But when her longtime crush dumps her, Deanna is determined to get him back, even if that means enlisting the help of Aspen Cove’s new deputy sheriff, Merrick Buchanan, to act as her fake boyfriend. After all, the best way to get a man is to make him think he can’t have you, right? As her plan unfolds and her feelings toward Merrick grow, Deanna is faced with a dilemma: Does she stay on course or veer off in the direction her heart wants to take her?

Wes Covington left his demons in Denver. Working for his family’s architectural firm, he was tired of being almost: almost good enough, almost rich enough, almost loveable enough. He abandoned his penthouse, his high-paying position, and his Porsche for simple, small-town life. All he wanted was to restore his ancestral home and find a good woman who would love him for who he was and not what he was worth. When Wes meets Dr. Lydia Nichols, he likens her to a hellion with a halo.

When veterinary technician Beth Buchanan sees that plus sign in the test window, she knows she can’t lie to herself any longer. She doesn’t have the flu; she’s pregnant from a one-night stand, and it’s all her meddling mother’s fault. Indigo guitarist Gray Stratton gave up on love when he was manipulated into marrying a pregnant groupie, only to find out she wasn’t carrying his baby or any baby for that matter. The only thing she was interested in delivering was money into her bank account, and he’s been paying for that mistake ever since.

Poppy Dawson has spent her life wanting what she can’t have—namely Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. She has to decide if she wants the life laid out for her, or the life she desires. Mark Bancroft is a good and honest man who’s been in love with Poppy Dawson ever since he can remember.

Schoolteacher Mercy Meyer had dreams of the good life until her cheating husband stole them away. When the scandal broke, she moved to Aspen Cove where the only eligible bachelor isn't exactly family-man material...or is he? Rock star Alex Cruz moved to Aspen Cove hoping for a much-needed break from lurking groupies. Instead, he discovers he has a daughter...and he is in desperate need of help. Can Mercy get over her hurt to let Alex inside her heart? Will Alex bury his rock-star life for domestic bliss? Listen to find out in One Hundred Lessons.

Artist Sosie Grant has always loved what Aspen Cove had to offer. It was a place to let her muse run wild. But when a bout with Lyme disease leaves her unable to paint, she comes back to Aspen Cove to say good-bye to the only life she’s ever known. Abandoned by her agent in the small town, she is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers; specifically Baxter Black, the reluctant resident asked to take her in.