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USA Today Bestselling Author Ellie Thornton welcomes you to the sunshine state! Looking for fun in the sun? Come to Diamond Cove, a beach community full of hilarious situations, meddling grandparents, and swoony romance. Lose your heart to this sweet romantic comedy about a NAVY SEAL, a hurricane, a treasure, pirates, and the SECOND CHANCE he never saw coming. All Bluebell St. James wants from her move to Diamond Cove is to settle down, find some security, and feel safe, but when her long-lost love walks into her bohemian boutique with four adorable little old ladies, all those dreams go up...

When this group of retired friends decide to play matchmakers--things don't go as planned. USA Today Bestselling Author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton take you on a hilarious journey into Diamond Cove, Florida, a place where you're always welcome and strongly encouraged to fall in love. Sometimes the path to romance is paved for golf carts and lined with palm trees.

USA Today Bestselling Author Ellie Thornton welcomes you to the sunshine state! Looking for fun in the sun? Come to Diamond Cove, a beach community full of hilarious situations, meddling grandparents, and romance. Lose your heart to this sweet romantic comedy about a rockstar hiding his identity and the cute librarian who'll help him find his voice again. Kate has sworn off men--for good this time! No more being stood up, no more coming second, and definitely no more falling in love. She has bigger things to worry about like getting the Diamond Cove library ready for a contest, that if it ...

Enjoy this hilarious military romcom based around the wedding of the century from the dynamic writing duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton. When Elena Navarro agrees to her husband's plan to take out his buddy Andy, and win the ongoing game of Black Ops Tag, during Andy's wedding week; she didn't know it would involve not showering for three days, sleeping in a tent, and eating MREs. Pete's gone loco and she might too if she doesn't get a warm shower. Pete knows Elena is struggling. They've tried to have kids for over ten years and she's getting desperate. ...

She's there undercover . . . And he knows it. When a high-profile murder case ends up on Detective Elizabeth Shea’s desk, she thinks she’ll finally be able to prove herself to her superiors; that is until she’s assigned a babysitting detail in a regency themed resort called Bristol Park instead. Despite being frustrated with her boss, her empire-waist dress, her lack of regency knowledge, and being unarmed, she’s determined to do her best. Things are going well until one of the actors begins to pester her, she starts to fall for another, and she discovers the woman in her care ...

Go undercover in this military romcom based around the “Royal American Wedding” where nothing is as it seems and breaking into your partner's hotel room is all part of the job. Bree has been dying to go undercover for the IRS and bring down someone big, but it doesn’t matter how long she stays at the office… the dates she avoids so she can work weekends … the dumpsters she climbs in… she’s overlooked for the field assignments. Every. Time. Until Joseph Murphy came along with a shiny new campaign embezzlement investigation. He’s been called in because his buddy is the groom ...

A high-stakes rescue. A political scandal waiting to happen. A wedding no one will ever forget. America West is six months from launching her Senate campaign—until a drop-dead gorgeous military investigator climbs through her second-story window, disables her security system, and kidnaps her. Okay, maybe not kidnapped exactly. More like… forcefully escorted to a first date she never saw coming. Captain Andy Phelps isn’t just bold—he’s brilliant, relentless, and charming in a way that makes dangerous feel delicious. But when sparks fly, secrets surface, and love lands faster than ...

When your older brother is trained to kill--dating his best friend is a bad idea. But there's something about Chris's broken hero/tragic family background that Genny just wants to love on. Can she mend his shredded heart? Or will they be blown apart by her brother's over-protective nature? When wedding planner Genesis Navarro is paired up as a fake wedding date for the guy she's been crushing on for years... a guy who kissed her once upon a time--and then WALKED AWAY... she's not thrilled. But she'll do anything for her brides. Chris Spencer would love nothing more than to make Genesis his ...

Zoey Carroll trusts her intuition and it pays off. Hunter Westbrook works it out on paper and it works out in life. Opposites may attract, but a lasting love needs more than an explosive first kiss. USA Today bestselling author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton explore the relationship between personal nature and love in this sweet fall romance full of small town charm, falling leaves, warm cider and the Harvest Ranch Family. When Zoey Carroll decides in a whim to move to Harvest Ranch during the busiest time of year, in hopes of bringing her family back together, she has high hopes and no ...

Snowed in, dressed up, in danger—and definitely not over each other. Candy Williams fears she’s finally run out of second chances. A year ago, she walked away from the only man she’s ever loved—without answers, without goodbye, and without the truth he deserved. Now she’s back in Granite Springs on Christmas Eve, wrapped in diamonds that aren’t hers and standing beside the most dangerous man she’s ever crossed. One look at Jack Hoffman from across Starlight Concert Hall sends her carefully built world tilting like an ornament on an off-balanced tree. Jack Hoffman vows he’s ...

His upright nature will teach her to love again. Her fiery spirit will bring him back to life. Allie Ward is swearing off men for good. She’s had it with their lying, thieving, and cheating ways. What she needs to focus on is bettering herself and her business. But the studly, new investor to her “Sticky and Sweet” honey company, Brandon Carroll, keeps getting in her head. He’s not like the guys she’s dated before. He’s reserved, tough, hard to rile, and surprisingly flirty when she least expects it. She’s torn between wanting to hide from him, and wanting to kiss the life out...

Getting snowed in is unfortunate. Getting snowed in with the guy who kissed you and walked away? Unbearable. Property attorney Mila Thomas will do anything to save three beloved buildings in her hometown—even ask Alec Delaney for help. Agent Alec Delaney had no intention of returning to Granite Springs, but when he realizes the danger Mila’s in, he has to come. And... he wants to come back. A kiss still lingers between them—one he wouldn’t mind recreating. But Mila’s not about to let that happen. When a blizzard traps them together at an old church that doubles as the county ...

When six undercover FBI agents are brutally killed, former conman turned consultant, Patrick Daley, and Detective Elizabeth Shea are called in to assist the FBI. Their romantic relationship is still new, and keeping her trust is paramount, especially after they learn they'll be working with Elizabeth's ex, Agent James Finley--a man whose picture appears next to the word trustworthy in the dictionary. To keep her, Patrick needs to be an angel. But to solve this case, he must act the devil. Spying on people through the back door security feed of a five-star hotel might not be conducive to ...

He is looking for a new challenge in his life. She wants the challenges to stop. They just might be the answer to one another's problems. Cash Evans, famous chef and entrepreneur, has lost the spice in his life. He wants a fresh perspective, and going home to Harvest Ranch for a few days sounds like the perfect place for it. He plans to keep a low profile until he sees the "Sticky and Sweet" honey shop driving into town. A childhood dream brought to fruition by the one person he longs to see, but has been hiding from for years--a feisty red head that he's pretty sure could bring him to his ...

The matchmaker isn't looking for love from her best friend--but it knocked her feet out from under her anyway. Emma Lee Bradford loves love. She's even made a business of helping people get married! Not that she's interested in getting married herself. George is used to Emma Lee's mischief, and the madness that follows. Normally he doesn't mind, but this time, there's more at stake. His heart, her credibility, and even her business could be lost, but she cannot be dissuaded. If Emma Lee isn't careful, she'll lose the heart of the man she never knew she needed.

Nothing can be so simple as a Christmas Eve proposal when B.O.T.s is involved. Bree is the perfect woman for Joseph--if only he could convince her that getting married makes sense. Maybe taking her back to the place where they fell in love will help. Even as his plan is put into motion, it begins to unravel. Find out how wrong things can go for this Mr. Right! *Contains bonus prequel. ** Release week bonus story included -- get it before it's gone.

They thought he was dead . . . Now they’ll never see him coming. When 18-year-old Patrick Daley arrives home in Sacramento with his traveling circus, he’s desperate to look into his mother’s missing person case. After a reckless attempt to shine a big, obnoxious light on her disappearance, Patrick finally gets the help he’s wanted. It’s not until he’s kidnapped, and thrown into a Siberian work camp, that he discovers how close he was to solving his mom’s case. Ten years later, with revenge in his heart and a fortune hidden in a secret account gifted to him by a spiritual, old ...

He’s a grieving widower of three years . . . She’s undercover working his wife’s murder case. But there’s more going on in Thornfield Manor than either of them realize. Even though Detective Elizabeth Shea worked with the feds on a case a year before, the last thing she expects is to be requested on a murder case in a rural California town called Thornfield. Almost three years after Katelyn Daley was murdered in her home, without any leads, the case went cold — until a week ago when a doctor was killed in the same execution style as her. Now with new leads, the Feds need Elizabeth...

When she gets kidnapped . . . this Jekyll gives a whole new meaning to Hyde. On the three-year anniversary of his wife’s death, Patrick Daley is dealing with more than just her loss. Elizabeth Shea has found love with Agent Finley, and she’s leaving him behind. Now he’s split between the love he lost, the one he’s losing, and the guilt that comes with either decision. At the peak of his stress, Elizabeth gets kidnapped, her abductors threatening to kill her, and Patrick starts hallucinating his dead wife. With his mind, heart, and soul torn between the two women, he’s forced to ...

She believes in first impressions . . . and his was the worst! Jessie Winslow will do anything to make her dreams of getting a house of her own come true. Even work with the arrogant, albeit handsome, one-time actor turned real-estate mogul on his new land development deal in her beloved hometown of Harvest Ranch. That is if she doesn't throttle him first. But she has bigger fish to fry than him—like bringing to justice the man who robbed her cousins and a bunch of other people in town of millions of dollars. She may feel a little guilty for vouching for the guy; guilty enough to sidle up...