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Evie would call what she and Art had a good start, and look where they were now. Who doesn't dream of being rescued, of having a knight in shining armor to defend you? But at what cost? “Remember, Evie, marriage is like any friendship. Don't cast aside an old friend just because you make a new one.” He was no longer the young man she'd fallen for. She was not the young woman he'd fallen in love with. They both had changed. Art's expression turned to stone, and he stood abruptly, leaving her all alone to wonder just what would happen next. Was she supposed to just leave now, like a dog ...

"Animal lovers, humanitarians, thinkers, and anyone who wants to become a better person and spread kindness, compassion, and decency around will find this a most enjoyable read." -Goodreads reviewer. Come Back is the story of significant past lifetimes of one woman with the animals in her life. Reincarnation, past lives, continuity of the soul, whatever you call it, all souls are eternal. Every living thing has a soul, including our animals. The proof is all around us, that feeling of having known someone before, that moment of recognition when you look into another's eyes. Have you ever ...

Blythe Alexander's life is suddenly turned upside down when she discovers that her fiancé is cheating on her. Blythe decides to make a fresh start, leaving her career behind and returning to her hometown of Fredericksburg, South Carolina. The historic Victorian mansion willed to her by her beloved, late grandmother will be a lovely bed and breakfast with a little hard work on her part. As a welcome home, the speeding ticket she receives her first night in town is written by none other than Sheriff Alec Harmon, the one man whom she has never forgotten, the one man from whom she must guard ...

Disputed inheritance leads to a forced marriage between strangers. Betrayal. Desire. Love. Ghosts. Secret societies. The French Revolution. This regency historical has it all. Ex-Naval officer, Lord Edmond Westmoreland, is forced to marry perfect stranger, Brigit Winnet, who is, by all accounts, a fallen woman raised in a brothel with no means to support herself. Edmond can only assume Brigit used her female wiles to manipulate his father into leaving everything he had to her. But when Edmond discovers a secret that could ruin her, he takes full advantage. For if Edmond is to inherit and ...

Firefighter Chance Morgan puts his life on the line everyday. His wife Annie, a school teacher, finds herself at a crossroads, torn between the family she wants and the children she may never have. The couple have reached a breaking point. Their seven-year marriage is in jeopardy. When a stray dog finds its way to Annie, things start to turn around for her. With the promise of finally becoming a family, Annie wants to share her joy with her husband. But will it be enough? Only a selfless act of courage can save their love and bring them back from the point of no return.

Misty Sumner, an aspiring writer and librarian, abandons her dream to become a nun. While volunteering to clean up a neglected valley for a church festival, Misty’s dog unearths the bones of a missing woman, sparking a journey of self-discovery. Meet Misty Sumner, a 28-year-old aspiring writer and librarian at St. Mary’s School. She had a dream of becoming a best-selling novelist, but one day, she decided to leave that behind and join the sisters, who raised her. Growing up as an orphan at St. Mary’s, Misty realized that love and belonging were more important than her dream of ...

When college instructor Shadow offers young Bethanie refuge from the looming threat of the skinwalker on their Virginia college campus, even though she is young and inexperienced, he finds his attraction to her simply too hard to resist. The mythological skinwalker or shapeshifter terrorizing the students has sent everyone home until the mystery of who is doing this can be solved. Shadow Walker, a Native American man without a tribe, lives in a world that labels him too white to be native and too native to be white. Bethanie Hutchinson, a young woman without a family, finds a sense of ...

Six strangers are anonymously invited to a mysterious mansion for dinner, and unbeknownst to them, they all have one thing in common-the tarot. As one by one, their numbers begin to dwindle, they must rely on their wits to save them.

Even though I’m not what you’d call a typical teenager, at sixteen, the last thing anyone wants or needs is for anything or anyone to cause them to stand out from the crowd. A bodyguard, which I do not want or need, would do just that. Fortunately, that’s not going to be a problem for me because the crowd is gone—vanished, disappeared into thin air, leaving only me and my bodyguard behind on a deserted campus. To make matters worse, I can’t get in touch with anyone. Finding yourself all alone is unnerving enough, but finding out the reason behind it is terrifying.

In the charming town of Wiccanton, the leaves are falling. Thena’s life has been pretty uneventful so far, but that’s about to change. This young woman without a mother is about to discover she’s a witch with the power of foresight. The only catch is that her visions of the future are confusing and scary. When a mysterious stranger arrives in town who seems to know everything about Thena’s past, she can’t remember him at all. And guess what? She’s being chased by not one, but two men! Mitch Tanner, a smart, sexy newcomer to Wiccanton who’s got his sights set on Thena. He’s ...

His Hiding Place is the tender love story of a former soldier whose conscience was nearly torn apart by war, a woman whose fear of loving drove her to the brink of civilization, and the house that ultimately brought them together. Conrad Garrison is a man on the run. He needs a place to hide. The unbearable cold proves too much for Garrison, a solder capable of fending for himself, and forces him out of hiding. A soldier returned from the Vietnam War, who wants to escape his past, he has found his ideal hiding place, but to keep it, he must gain the trust of a woman who has been betrayed ...

In this gripping psychological romance, Admon Elliot, a snowstorm plunges a remote hospital into darkness, unraveling a harrowing tale of identity, guilt, and the supernatural. Admon Elliot, a man grappling with amnesia after a truck accident, finds himself ensnared in a web of psychological terror. Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Admon's fragmented psyche harbors two distinct identities, each battling to protect him from the horrifying truth of his past. As a storm rages outside, the power outage seals the hospital in an eerie silence, amplifying the tension and isolation ...

Blythe returned home to Fredericksburg County to renovate her grandmother’s Victorian home. She and Alec once planned college together before his deployment changed everything. Converting her inheritance into a bed and breakfast paired them daily as Alec is the new sheriff. But there was a time when their love was fresh and new. Two young souls ready to take on the world. What happened to their happily ever after?

"Great story! Good Suspense!" -Goodreads review Amidst tragedy, aspiring journalist Willow Morgan crosses paths with former policeman and private detective Nate Parker. Draper Island, Virginia, is forever changed by a serial killer with a penchant for rhymes who has brutally murdered the town. Willow is determined to unravel the mystery and bring the killer to justice. However, she realizes she needs help to succeed. On her first night in town, Willow is impressed by Nate’s skills. But Nate is hesitant to trust her. Determined to find the killer before he claims another victim, Nate must ...

Father Christian Hyman, the village priest in St. Francis Hill, is deeply in love with Misty Sumner. But his commitment to his calling means he can never have her. Christian must uncover what happened to his dear friend, why she’s afraid to leave her house, and won’t even look out the window that overlooks the steep valley beyond. Misty’s life has changed completely since she moved out of her house and into a cottage at the edge of town, overlooking the valley. When she hears about a nun’s death, thrown from the high abbey wall into the woods near her home, many years ago, she must ...

Sasha can’t handle any more loss. By day, she’s a one-woman-show, running an apple orchard all on her own. By night, she’s a lonely wife on the verge of losing her marriage while doing her best to tend her aging uncle, who likes to clone living things. Sasha loved the man she married, and for a time, Hadrien made her the center of his world. All she wanted was her husband back, but she forgot to heed the old adage, be careful what you wish for. Hadrien is an athletic, younger man eager to prove himself at work and to the rest of the world. But his wife, Sasha, has fallen off of his to...

Rhia Blaxwell's ad for a mail-order husband to help her run her farm doesn't go quite the way she'd hoped. Instead of a farmer, she gets motorcycle-riding bad boy, ex-con Cort Winston whose only agenda is revenge for the wrongful imprisonment he blames on Rhia's father. But with forty acres of rural dairy farm to care for, beggars can't be choosers. She's got no choice but to let her guard down and allow this dangerous man with secrets behind his dark eyes into her life and onto her farm. But will he make her regret letting him into her heart?

Life, by nature, was fatal, and that was something actuary Christine Ryther took for granted. There wasn't much chance that anyone would escape tragedy of some kind in their lifetime, and that applied to those who survived. That fact alone gave her real cause for concern, and not just because she worked in the insurance field. Why had she come on this trip with three practical strangers? That was a question she asked herself again and again with each passing mile. As usual, her choices had come down to two, and she didn't like either one. They were lost. Four women. On the road. Strange ...

The Devil’s Own, sequel to Ten for a Bird, is the story of Private Investigator Nate Parker, the man hired to protect the life of his estranged wife. Not knowing where she had fled has tortured him for three long years. The private detective now has two choices. One, he can use the opportunity to obtain the divorce he’s wanted for the past three years, putting their lost romance behind him. Or two, he can enter infamous Starling Hall’s haunted hallows to protect the woman he fell in love with. But in doing so, his wife, a shell of the woman she once was, isn’t the only ghost from ...

My name is Julianne Ivy Stearns. This is my second attempt at writing my story. My mother destroyed the memory stick of the first one and confiscated my laptop because I made the mistake of keeping them in my room. I know better now. Like in that familiar story, The Emperor's New Clothes, sometimes, the people, who don't want to hear the truth, make the deliverer of the truth the scapegoat. In the event that this one is lost or taken, or in case, as I suspect, I don't survive to the end, I have placed a second copy in my locker at school. Not the most secure location, but she can't get to ...