Ex-con Declan Mills bursts into town on an good-will errand believing he is reuniting a father and daughter, but the miss-lead adventure almost landed him back in jail. Something doomed to happen anyway since he has no job, no income, and no way to make restitution for his former crime. Tranquil Maple Nursery owner, Felicia Hughes, spends her life tending to plants, her Nana after her stroke, her friends, and any stray she can find, but little time caring for herself. But when her plants don’t show for the filming of Bronx Revard’s new segment on Tranquil Maple she nearly breaks from the stress until Declan offers his camper to transport everything in time. Desperate for help to keep up with the demands of business and caring for her Nana, she offers Declan a job that has to accept if he has any hope of making his first restitution payment to the courts in time. But when the town elders and Felicia’s friends want the man who brought trouble to Sugar Maple run out of town, can she show them, and Declan, that he’s not only a good man, he’s the right man-for her.
All I’ve ever wanted is to fit in. But no one can ever see past how weird I am. Bright lights? Can’t stand them. Loud noises? Definitely sends me over the edge. And touching? Forget about it. At least, until I met Drake. From the moment I walked into that nightclub, I finally felt like I belonged somewhere. And when Drake touched me, it didn’t send me into a tailspin of sensations that I couldn’t stand. It actually felt...nice. Like something I could get used to. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s probably the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. But now someone wants to close the club down. And since I promised Drake that I’d help him keep it open, I’m going to have to find a way to tap into whatever that inner strength thing is that everyone always talks about. And fast. But what happens if I can’t?
Southern Belle, Francine McKinnie, faces a difficult life as a logging man’s wife after sacrificing her mail-order proposal to a cattle baron for her sister's sake. A decision she’s comfortable with as long as her husband is kindhearted and soft-spoken. But when she arrives to discover intended striking another man, she seeks shelter with his brothers. Walter Hunt followed his brothers across the country only to discover his own kin stole his woman and his land, now he plans to fight for what’s his. When his mail-order bride is manipulated by his siblings. Walter realizes he wants nothing more than to break the chains of family and strike out on his own. The only issue is that he’ll have to overcome his hermit lifestyle and learn to schmooze investors in order to start his own sawmill. Walter proposes a business arrangement to Ms. McKinnie, his protection for her help in acquiring investors. Their marriage would be a ruse, but a beneficial one for them both. But when brother faces brother and truths unfold, does Francine trust the man who offers her safety and security, or the one who offers her a happily ever after?
Kathleen Baker fled Riverbend, TN in the middle of the night to escape her mafia, drug-running husband. She also left behind the man she loved. Now, ten years later, Kathleen returns to Riverbend, the one place she’d ever felt at home. After a letter arrives, Kathleen realizes her husband is still alive. With her past now in the present, Kathleen’s future is in jeopardy. Colum Harrow kicked his nephew out of his home so that he’d move on with his life and stop moping around the house over a lost love. Unfortunately, he was unable to follow his own advice and has lived in isolation for years with the guilt he had failed to protect the woman he loved from an abusive husband. Now, she returns to his hometown to see the birth of her granddaughter, and he must face his failures and the woman who owns his heart.
Escape with this second chance, small-town romance. At the age of fifteen, Anna Baker was ripped from her childhood home, and her one true love, vowing to return the minute she graduated high school. Professor Liam Harrow once believed his childhood sweetheart would return home to him, but during college, he faced reality and hardened his heart to love. When Historic Hall faces demolition, both Anna and Liam search for options to save their childhood memories, but when secrets unravel and the truth of Anna’s childhood departure is revealed, it could corrupt their memories, risk their present, and destroy their future.
From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Ciara Knight Escape to Summer Island, where new beginnings and happy endings are guaranteed. Widow, Julie Boone has lived her life and is content, so she thought until her daughter gives her the perfect nightmare of a fiftieth birthday gift-her three childhood besties. The arrival of her wildly successful, buttinski friends, overwhelms Julie when her life goes from peaceful to melodrama, makeovers, and matchmaking. Especially when they make her believe there is still life to be lived with one handsome sailor who’s just moved to town. Trevor Ashford retreats from big city life to sunny Florida after a failed marriage and damaged reputation. His only wish is to open a small boat charter company in peace, but when Houdini—a mischievous pet ferret—steals an engine part and leads him on a merry chase into the arms of Julie Boone, he has to choose between being a recluse or embracing a new love.
Shamed and dismissed from the Atlanta Sheriff's Department, Larson Rader abandons big city law enforcement for a small town campus police job. He only hopes it's far enough to escape the publicity of putting a man his own sister falsely accused in the hospital. Helen Simpson returns to Riverbend for a new start with her young daughter running a battered women's shelter. Small town life gives them a peace they never had, until a dangerous man from her past, untouchable by police, threatens to kidnap her daughter. A payment he feels is due to him for the humiliation she brought upon his family for fleeing the cartel and her husband. Helen must learn to lean on someone again or she'll lose her daughter. But will Larson be able to trust her, or will he abandon her to her fate?
A fake marriage for these enemies turned lovers will be tested and only trust can save them. Irish immigrant Edward O’Neal landed in America as a little boy with the promise of a better life but found prejudice and poverty. Poverty that took his entire large family from him. He’s spent the last twenty years hiding his heritage and building his fortune so he’d never go hungry again. But when he discovers that his partner ran away with a prostitute to escape his gambling debts and his empire is crumbling, the last ace in his pocket is his mail-order bride -- a woman of pure breeding, with a political family name, high class, and huge dowry. Cora McKinnie managed to live through the Civil War long enough to see her parents, brothers, and fiancé die and to send her six sisters away to wed. Alone, she makes the arduous journey to San Francisco to marry and start her own loving family. Dreams sour when she discovers her betrothed is dead and his jilted, angry partner despises her for being Irish and the only woman available to marry. To recover his fortune, Edward must pull off the event of the year with little funds. A nearly impossible task without the help of the distracting, beautiful, thrifty Irish woman with a huge heart.
High school football star, Tanner McCadden was voted ‘Most Likely to Dominate the World’ when he graduated from small-town life to big college victory, until a tackle blew out his knee and his future. Humbled and embarrassed, he made it as a football coach instead of a hero, he has never returned to his hometown. That is until a decade later when his father passes away and his mother struggles to maintain a five-generation farm alone. Maple Grounds coffee shop owner and renowned Coffee Whisperer, Mary-Beth Richards loves her simple life spent concocting the perfect cup of coffee for each of her clients. The rest of her time is spent watching her little brother play football, and avoiding romantic entanglements, that is until Tanner McCadden rides back into her life on a Harley wearing a sexy smile. When Mary-Beth’s brother begs her to ask Tanner to coach Sugar Maple High School’s football team to state victory, she is forced to face the man who took her heart and rushed out of her life. When she begins to feel that familiar attraction, she pushes him away to protect her heart by accusing Tanner of being heartless and narcissistic. Confused and hurt, he confides in his mother about his lifelong regrets and learns of the lies meant to keep him from sacrificing his future for a high school romance. Feeling betrayed, he knows the adoration of football fans never touched Mary Beth’s gift of making him feel worthy and loved.
Ocean activist, Trace Latimer has fought for over twenty-five years for the sea otters, penguins, and all sea life, but she’s exhausted and angry at the big shots who always win. But when a cold-hearted businessman orders the demolition of her childhood home, she has to face the biggest fight of her life. After a bureaucratic nightmare overshadowed his most recent project, entrepreneur Dustin Hawk is fed up. He liquidates his Seattle demolition business and warms to his best friend’s sunny Florida hotel project. Despite his fear of the ocean, he finds himself swimming in shark-infested small-town politics and fears he might drown. Trace and Dustin face off for a fight which they are both determined to win. But they find themselves in unexpected waters when they have to choose between their convictions or their hearts’ desires.
Eli Hayes knows what it takes to survive. A lesson he learned at a young age when he witnessed the death of his mother along with hundreds of others during the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Living in a Mexican border town where resources are scarce and safety is a myth, he’s organized a way to stay alive by robbing rich stagecoaches and giving the bounty to his poor townspeople. Hannah McKinnie has maintained her moral compass while faced with the devastation to her family and lands during the civil war. When seeking a new life and refuge in the arms of her betrothed, her optimism is sorely tested by robbers who steal her few remaining possessions, including her wedding dress. When Hannah meets the man she’s to marry, a scar on his hand gives him away as the despicable bandit who broke her resolve, and she is faced with the decision to marry a handsome stranger with a corrupt soul or face the realization that Eli Hayes be right. Is hope really only a lie?
Sara Foster blames herself for her failed marriage. On Christmas Eve, she hides away in the family cabin, the same place her father abandoned her twenty years ago. Dalton Scot is unable to face the family holiday after his divorce and discovering he can never have children of his own, so he chooses Christmas Eve to fix his buddy’s cabin. Both search for a secluded spot to mourn their Christmas pasts, but instead are snowed in at the cabin for the holiday where they discover the power of the Christmas spark.
Can a young boy losing his sight help his mom see love and Christmas in a new light? Christmas isn’t something single mother, Noelle Monroe looks forward to this year. She already struggles to balance life while caring for her son who’s going blind. When her third nanny quits she must find someone or lose her job which would leave her financially drained. Loner, Keith Mitchell agrees to return home for the holidays to appease his estranged mother during a work furlough. Only the temporary situation turns into permanent unemployment, leaving him stuck in a town facing a past mistake that broke apart his family. An error that almost cost his sister her life. When Keith’s mother volunteers him to watch a young boy with visual challenges Keith knows he’s the wrong man for the job, yet the beautiful young neighbor needs help and the boy needs a male in his life. Keith and Noelle agree to a temporary arrangement through the season, but the boy has other plans. He’s on a mission to help his mother smile again, win a new dad, and save Christmas.
Rugged and selfless firefighter, Blaze Warren, works hard to keep the people of Sugar Maple safe, especially his two daughters that recently came to live with him. Unfortunately, when it comes to parenting girls he’s out of his element. His eldest even nicknamed him NeoRent (Neanderthal Parent). In an attempt to win her over, he promises to find the perfect dress for her winter formal even if it means taking her shopping. New York fashion designer, Jacqueline Raynor, longs to return to the fame she’d left behind in the big city after her ex-husband stole her designs, her heart, and her trust. Shamed and ridiculed by the press and friends, she sought temporary refuge in her home town with a vow she’d return to win back her life again someday. Blaze is all wrong for Jacqueline. He’s unkempt, disorganized, frumpy, and hot. But for some reason, when he accuses her of being selfish like his ex-wife, it bothers her. Despite her loathing of parental responsibilities, she decides to prove him wrong by rescuing his daughter from a fashion disaster, a job that brings them all closer together. But when a challenge interrupts her newfound happiness by a proposal from her ex-husband to restore her to former fashion designer glory, she must choose between family or fashion success.
Broadway star, Wind Lively, steals the show whenever she enters the room, but when her childhood flame decides she’s too much for him to handle her spark goes out. Damon Reynolds returns to Summer Island for peace and quiet after a decade of descent into his ex-wife’s political parties and painful propaganda only to collide with his boisterous and beautiful childhood sweetheart. But when Damon is put in charge of set design for the church passion play that Wind is directing, his life turns anything but tranquil.
It took the burning of Atlanta to break up seven sisters. Abigail McKinnie refuses to allow her sisters to be dispersed across the nation as mail-order brides. Even though the Union soldiers took everything from them during their march through Atlanta-their lands scorched, house burned, food stolen-she won’t give up. With a plan in place, she sets out for Kansas to her second cousin under the guise of marriage. But instead, she plans to convince him that the seven of them can help run the homestead for him. Her plan is foolproof until she makes the arduous journey to discover he’s dead. Owen Baker vows to never have a woman in his life again after the death of so many loved ones, but when Abigail McKinnie struts onto his land claiming ownership on behalf of her dead cousin, he’s dumbfounded by her drive and beauty. Despite her abilities and their attraction, he vows to throw her over his horse to deliver her to the first train home the minute she recuperates from her trip.
Eight years after fleeing Christmas Mountain because of a high school prank gone wrong, Ashley Brooks receives a mysterious letter from her mentor asking her to come home. She arrives to face all she left behind-her family, her friends, and the rich boy she'd loved who would never date the girl from the wrong side of town.Brent Donnelly, high school jock, brainiac, and dutiful son did everything right until the day Ashley returns to Christmas Mountain. With one look at the girl who got away he questions all his life choices, including following in his father's footsteps in the family business.Faced with a potentially devastating decline of tourism in their hometown, Brent and Ashley must work together to save the magic of their town, but when Ashley discovers he still has feelings for her best friend she must finally face the real reason she left Christmas Mountain-to try to heal her broken heart.
Dinah McKinnie, the once rich beauty of Marietta, Georgia, was abandoned by all her suitors who left for war. With the South burned, and her future bleak, she desires to find a husband who adores her above all else. She only hopes he is everything the mail-order bride service promises: a man who is docile, dependable, devoted, and dutiful. Colt Hardin, leader, commander, warrior who won every battle he ever fought returned home more beast than man. Too broken and ill-tempered to raise his sister's orphaned children,, he sends for a new wife-a woman who will care for his kids so that he can escape to the only thing he knows, fighting. But when a different kind of war knocks at his door, he must choose between protecting his family or his sanity.
Elizabeth McKinnie will no longer accept men ruling her life. After the Civil War devastated her family home, and having no way to survive, Elizabeth accepts one of the mail-order bride proposals presented to her and her sisters. She chooses a man who promises to treat her as an equal. Her sister convinces her to switch suitors, proclaiming the weather in Texas would be more suitable for Elizabeth’s weak lungs. Agreeing, she heads west to meet the mysterious cattle baron she knows little about. Jeb Clayton grew up as a poor son of a drunkard. He has worked his entire life to ensure he never starves again. He is a man who understands cows better than women, especially after watching the fairer sex manipulate his father into an early grave. Still, he begrudgingly agrees to marry a sturdy bride to produce sons who can help build his ranch into an empire. Yet, what he sees getting off the stagecoach is a whisper-of-a-woman with undesirable birthing hips. When Elizabeth’s and Jeb’s futures are threatened will they join forces, or will their bitterness be their end?
Battle for Souls Series, Book Two (Young Adult) Gaby Moore's powers emerge years too early due to adolescent hormones, complications with loving a fallen angel, and constant demon attacks. She is forced to deal with the guilt of believing she murdered Alexander's "mother," while trying to stop the demonic war before it begins. Only the love and acceptance of friends, family, and her beloved Alexander could save her from turning to her demonic side. Praise for Ciara Knight's Battle for Souls Series "It's awesome delicate story brings on the hype of its fast paced telling that makes you keep reading." Coffee Books and Me "Ms. Knight has definitely hit a home run in my book with her new series, Battle of the Souls." The Readers Roundtable "A compelling story chalk full of demons, fallen angels, engaging, lovable characters, and a battle between good versus evil where your very own soul could be at stake. Fans of young adult angel romance novels will be in heaven! Right away you are drawn into the story with action and wonderfully flawed characters." My Neruotic Book Affair
Audrey Blythe searches the glove for rare books but longs for "Once Upon a Christmas Kiss," the legendary tome of eternal love. On her 28th birthday, she resigns herself to spinsterhood until a clue leads her to hot-tempered hermit Ramen Johnson. Ramen, scarred and isolated, is drawn into Audrey's quest. Together, they hunt for the elusive book, facing Christmas chaos and their own pasts. Audrey's determination and acceptance break down Ramen's barriers, leading to a heartwarming holiday tale of love and rediscovery.
Can one sweet little girl Remind them what matters most? Closed-off, workaholic Hudson Kenmore is shocked to discover his grandmother willed her property jointly to him and her caretaker, Juniper Keller. The single mother struggles to trust the childhood crush who once broke her heart, especially when her daughter, Gracie, bonds with him. But working together on renovations to turn the farm into a horse therapy program stirs up old feelings. Can a special little girl and her mother chisel through Hudson's hardened heart and change his mind about a future he's never allowed himself to want? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
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