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Seven stories. Seven chances at love… if they survive. EVERY BEAT - Mary Alford Hannah Sandoval woke from a two-week coma with more than a transplanted heart. She woke with the memories of a murdered CIA agent. But Jase is more than her protector. He’s the man her borrowed heart remembers. The man she shouldn’t want. And the one dangerous distraction who could cost Hannah far more than her life. Because if she uncovers the truth behind Kate’s murder, she may lose everything—including her heart…again. CHAINED TO A DREAM - Julie Brown Will Brandon uncover the truth in time to ...

A murdered police chief. A missing truth. A witness who can’t remember. Twenty-five years after his father’s unsolved murder, Asa Dutton returns to Hope Island determined to uncover the truth. His only lead is Maya Callahan—the little girl found hiding in the barn the night his father died. Maya has no memory of that stormy night. But as fragments of her past resurface, so does danger. Someone is watching. Someone who will kill to keep the truth buried. As Asa and Maya grow closer, the stakes turn deadly. Because remembering the past may be the only way to survive it.

At seventeen, Liam Cartwright swore he’d never return to Bitter Creek, Texas and his family’s ranch again, after his high school sweetheart, Wynonna Summers broke his heart by choosing his cousin over Liam. But this time is different. His family needs him now that his larger than life father has passed away. After going over the books, Liam discovers the Cartwright ranch is in real financial trouble thanks to his cousin’s bad investments. And the one person who can help him save his family home, is his former sweetheart and his cousin’s widow, Wynonna. As old stirring for Wynonna ...

Secrets in Amish Country… She’d fought her way through eight long years of terror. Now she’s back home amongst her Amish people, yet Rebecca Nissley feels like an outsider. She’s lost so much. Her friends. Time with her Mamm and Daed. The possibility of a future with the man she loves. Deputy Sheriff Sawyer Beiler thought this day would never come. After two young Amish women were murdered, and Rebecca Nissley disappeared while on Rumspringa years earlier, Sawyer believed he’d lost Rebecca for good. With the pain too much to bear, Sawyer left the Amish faith behind and joined the ...

WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE, THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO FALL IS IN LOVE When you don’t know which way to turn, the most dangerous place to fall is in love… Surrounded by death and lies, the last thing Dr. Jordan Scott needs is to fall in love. Jordan thought she knew her boyfriend better than anyone…until a Detective Riley Donovan confronts her with the truth about her brother’s death. His murder was no random act of violence. And Caesar is the prime suspect, which puts her directly in the path of danger.

Cara Stevens is finally coming back home to Cartwright, Montana. But will she find the place she longs from her childhood or a past without hope. Since Cara left Cartwright a little more than a year earlier, not much has changed. Except her life is in shambles, her heart broken and the man she thought she had left behind is standing before her claiming to be a changed man.

Jackson Rivers is back in Second Chance, Montana. Seven years earlier, he broke Kellie's heart when he married someone else. Can she trust him when he tells her, he wants a second chance to prove his love to her? And can Kellie find the courage to tell him he left more behind than just her broken heart all those years ago.

DANGER IN AMISH COUNTRY In the shadow of the Mission Mountains of Montana, a nightmare is about to come to life. Facing her first Christmas since her father’s passing, Hannah Christianson must put aside the desires of her heart to one day have a family of her own in order to take care of her younger brother and sister. Yet when an unexpected stranger comes into her life, he possesses the power to rekindle all those longings. Mason Lambright is the grown up version of the boy who has haunted Hannah’s dreams since she was a little girl. From the moment Mason stops in at her family’s ...

It takes a spy to know one. . . As the newest member of the Hope Island Securities team, Boone Langston knows a spy just by looking into their eyes. And Ellie's reflects awful things . . . just like his. He’d spent most of his military career as a Navy SEAL working for the CIA’s Special Operations Unit. And the past three years trying to forget everything he’d done. When he accidentally runs into Ellie in front of the Hopeful Coffeehouse, the look in her eyes, the constant scanning of the foot traffic in front of the shop, all seem to hint she is living the nightmare as well . . . ...

Baker Kylie McGraw is so done with romance. The move to Second Chance, Montana is supposed to be her ‘second chance’ at a new beginning. Kylie throws herself into opening her very own bakery in the Second Chance Lodge and tries to convince herself she’s content with what she’s created. That is, until a mysterious stranger shows up at the lodge and has Kylie rethinking everything, including her former opinion on love. Aiden Wilder just didn’t happen to show up at the Second Chance Lodge. He’s there for a reason. To meet the owner of the bakery and find out if she really stole his...

For years, Katie Fleming has wondered what really happened to her mother all those years ago, beyond the lies her father told her. Breaking free of his control, Katie returns to her childhood home of Sanctuary, Montana to find out about her mother’s death, not knowing what she is about to uncover will shatter everything she believes true about her past and her mother’s fate. Former Pastor Adam Carter has been living in the shadow of his wife’s murder for almost a year, and its cost him everything. His wife. His church. Possibly his freedom, as the only suspect in Sarah’s murder. The...

It was the biggest case in former FBI Special Agent Janine Blackwell’s career, and it propelled her to the top of her field. A high-profile murder case where all clues pointed to NFL quarterback Bennett Chambers as the killer. Now, thanks to new DNA evidence, Barrett has been exonerated of all charges. When the Hope Island Securities team reopens the case, it will put Janine, Bennett, and everyone on the team in jeopardy when the real serial killer known as Judge comes out of hiding determined to keep his secrets even if it means silencing everyone involved.

COMING HOME ISN’T SUPPOSED TO HURT THIS BAD Donovan Henderson is finally coming home to Cedar Creek, Texas. Yet it is not to the sweet homecoming he’d once imagined. He is not the same man who left Cedar Creek for the war in Afghanistan. Donovan feels like half a man after surviving an IED attack that ended his career as a Marine and took his left leg. Donovan’s heart is encased in bitterness. Will he find his place in Cedar Creek once again? And can he accept the love that has been standing right in front of him all along? Ava Richards lost her husband to the same war that took ...

When Leah Miller's entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family's deaths.

The past is the last place he wants to return. Yet the past still haunts Hope Island Securities member Eli Warren every night. His last mission as an Army Green Beret will be forever branded on his heart. Most nights, he can still see her face. The woman who was more than his asset. She called herself Sashi. She’d provided critical Intel for his unit in Afghanistan until she was unknowingly compromised. No one knew the terrorist his unit had been hunting discovered Sashi was working for the US until it was too late. Before Eli could save her, Sashi was forced inside a building. Seconds ...

His future silenced by the threat of prison. But now, the secrets that haunted him can no longer remain buried. Now living in the shadows as a private investigator in Alaska, Harrison is sent to Evergreen Falls, Maine to find a desperate mother’s missing daughter. But when a terrified woman stumbles into his remote hideaway in the North Woods of Maine, pleading for his help to escape a killer, his fragile anonymity shatters. Eden’s story of survival is harrowing—and eerily connected to a case Harrison is chasing.

Former Wyoming Sheriff Bryce Malone is determined to put as much space and as many states between him and the tragedy that had taken away his life. He’d gone after international drug smugglers, and it had cost him dearly when his wife was taken hostage and killed. The smugglers got away. He’d stopped nothing. Bryce tossed his badge on the mayor’s desk and left. He’s done with being the good guy and doing the right thing. After renting a beachside cabin on Hope Island, Maine, Bryce comes across a single-vehicle accident near his home late one night. The car is empty but there is ...

Runaway bride Anna Logan walked out on her wedding when she discovered the true reason her fiancé wanted to marry her was because of her family’s money. When Anna finds herself in Second Chance, Montana, the place where her parents fell in love, the last thing she is expecting to find is Seth Collins, a man that makes her heart go crazy and sends her common sense for a loop. Soon, Anna realizes she’s made a very lucky escape by leaving her old life behind. Furniture maker Seth Collins isn’t expecting to find the woman of his dreams right there in his grandmother’s coffee shop in ...

When Chloe Michaels is caught in the sudden snowstorm on a deserted mountain road, she has no idea how quickly her life is about to change. Brady Samuels never expected a simple act of kindness to turn his life around from a carefree screw-up to an unexpected hero.

Agent Lena McClain wants out. Out of the Agency. Out of the shadows that have consumed her life for far too long. But walking away may cost her everything. The price of freedom could be Roc Branson—her husband, her partner, and the only man she’s ever loved. Bound together by secrets, missions, and a marriage forged in danger, Lena and Roc have survived betrayals no one else could understand. Now Lena is ready for a life without lies. The Agency isn’t willing to let her go. And love may be the most dangerous liability of all. Because in a world built on deception, choosing each other ...