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Rose McIlroy poses as a young man for safety in the rough mining fields. Jackson Westin fishes her out of a creek and immediately knows his newspaper readers will love a story of a young man helping his injured father to keep their claim going. But how long can this charade last, especially when Jackson discovers Rose's true identity?

The Great Depression has hit Annie Mae Thompkins' family, and prize money from the county fair could really help them. But when Jonathan Mercer's pig destroys her quilt entry, she hunts for another prize to chase. A beauty pageant may be the ticket, until she learns Jonathan is a judge. Can these two set aside their differences and find the true prize of love?

1885 Arkansas City girl, Leah Ellison has big dreams but soon finds out that teaching in a backwards Ozark Mountain community is far different than what she’d imagined. Leah arrives in the Ozarks only to find out she had no ride to her destination. Suitcase in hand, she starts walking and discovers her ride has broken down. Cotton farmer, Luke Canfield, is amused when he sees the lovely woman dressed in ruffles and bows dragging a suitcase behind her. He’s even more intrigued when the little spitfire sets him in his place for not arriving to fetch her despite his wagon breaking down. It...

Haunted by Evil is the continuation of Felicia and Dylan’s struggle with evil. Six months after their encounter with Luther, someone visits from the grave, spiraling them once more into a life filled with terror. They are now the adoptive parents of Mark and Lisa, and Felicia struggles to deal with the death of her mother while learning to become one herself while dealing with the danger stalking them all. Evil again knocks on their door. No longer the sheltered young woman she’d once been, Felicia refuses to run. They take the initiative to confront Luther head-on within the walls of ...

Fans of Downton Abbey will love the first book in this new series. Siobhan Callahan takes the job as lady's maid to the spoiled Miss Lydia Worthington. Because of past horrors, Siobhan vows to never have a relationship with a man and is determined to focus on her career. Only, she hadn't planned on meeting the kind and handsome handyman, Michael Flanagan. Michael Flanagan is smitten by the spirited, but wounded, Siobhan, and is determined to break through her wall of defense. They team up together to catch a thief and emotions are unveiled. Can these two find a love richer than the wealth ...

It’s Christmas, CJ Turley’s favorite holiday, only something hovers over the festivities. A cat’s collar disappears, and it seems as if Caper, CJ’s darling pup, might be the culprit. It’s easier to believe than suspecting the owners of the cat from stealing from themselves. Hilarity and mayhem follow CJ and her friends as they try to solve the theft. All CJ really wants is to have a nice holiday with a Christmas party no one will forget. Full of twists, turns, and laughs, this Christmas novella is sure to please cozy mystery fans.

Come along as CJ and the gang get involved in their craziest adventure yet. Danger and surprise, new friends and enemies, all mean that Heavenly Acres will never be the same. A Peeping Tom is far more than he seems. CJ and the gang divide ranks in order to stop drug lords from taking over the mountain they love. When they realize why years of crime were centered around their tiny house community, the news shocks them to the core.

When spoiled, wealthy Alicia Robinson is asked by her grandmother to live as a homeless person and go undercover to keep an eye on a soup kitchen they own, Alicia is dumbfounded. She believes her grandmother has lost her mind, but agrees to the charade. It doesn't take her long to find out the man managing the soup kitchen, Seth Banes, is as near perfect as a man can be. She asks her grandmother to let her come clean about her identity. Grandma refuses, sending Alicia on a path of self-discovery where life will never be the same.

Aileen Sullivan arrives on America's shores with little in her pocket and vengeance in her heart. She doesn't count on the handsome Englishman turned American who is determined to make sure she stays out of Five Points. How can Aileen find the man who did her family wrong if she has a constant watchdog? Samuel Westfield felt an immediate attraction for the feisty Irish woman and will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means giving her a job and room and board.

Merry Landon and her sisters own the candy store Chocolate Bliss. After Merry's older sister found love the year before, all Merry wants is the same. A man who loves her above all else. At a meeting to plan a Christmas party for the local children's shelter, she meets Officer Chase Spoone, a new volunteer. Names are exchanged for a secret Santa and Merry and Chase are teamed together to plan the party. Could this be the romance Merry is looking for?

Marsha Steele is at it again. When she volunteers to help the high school librarian with a book fair, Marsha stumbles across the woman's body and is roped into running the book fair alone. Marsha comes up with the great idea of doing the fair along with a harvest carnival. The main attraction is a haunted tunnel. Little does she know, but evil lurks inside the tunnel that has nothing to do with scary costumes. Join in as once again Marsha and a cast of zany characters try and catch a killer before they become the next victim.

Rose McIlroy poses as a young man for safety in the rough mining fields. Jackson Westin fishes her out of a creek and immediately knows his newspaper readers will love a story of a young man helping his injured father to keep their claim going. But how long can this charade last, especially when Jackson discovers Rose's true identity?

With their television crime drama up for an award, Kelly Canyon and her grandmother Ruthie are smack dab in the middle of Hollywood’s social scene. Things were going great until they found a body floating facedown in their pool. As Kelly sets out to solve the crime, and write another best-selling novel in the meantime, she finds herself running for her life one step ahead of the person responsible for her father’s murder when she was a child. She won’t stop now. Not when she was so close to finding the answers she sought.

Kayla Denton wants only to make a success of the new upscale resort her grandfather put in her charge of. Detective Chase Mitchell goes undercover as Kayla's maintenance man to catch a hired killer after the resorts important guest. A hurricane threatens to ruin both of their plans. When Kayla's life is put in danger, and Chase's identity revealed, their future together starts to crumble on the sandy beach of Maui. Can these two survive a mad man and a storm to realize what they need is right in front of them?

Kelly Canyon’s grandmother, Ruthie, is finally achieving her dream and receiving a lifetime achievement award for her years of acting. Unfortunately, someone wants Ruthie dead and takes a shot at her while she’s standing on stage. Pandemonium reigns as Brock Hanson, Kelly’s famous boyfriend, tackles Ruthie to the floor. Kelly finds the dead body of the theater’s janitor in a darkened hallway and clues lead to the man’s death being linked to the murder of Kelly’s father years before, and it seems Ruthie knows something she isn’t aware she knows.

Kelly Canyon still doesn't know her chosen career path, but she is paying her bills by acting and taking photographs of celebrity pets. Her first book, based on the previous murder of a Hollywood starlet, promises to be a best seller. Now, Kelly finds herself embroiled in another murder investigation rife with twists and turns, secrets, and deception.

Katherine O'Connor is in dire straits and the only thing she can think of to do is apply for a job as a caddy. The only problem is...women aren't yet allowed to play golf in America. She cuts her hair, dons boy clothing and gets the job. She didn't plan on falling for her handsome boss. Once her identity is revealed, complications of her deception seem overwhelming...Can these two repair a relationship formed under false pretenses?

Maizie Appleton dreams of a wedding to a man equal to the heroes in the books she reads and the stories she writes. She dreams of a wedding under her family's apple orchard when the blossoms are fragrant. When Cole Newton, a man from Washington, is hired by Maizie's father to help in the orchards, Maizie feels replaced in the family. Then, disaster threatens, and Cole saves the family from ruin, proving to Maizie that a living man is worth 10 of those found in her books. Still, her desire to be needed by those she loves keeps her from truly giving her emotions to Cole.

Hazel Arnold's mother has a strong sense of what is proper for a woman of the Arnolds' financial stature and is determined that Hazel marry a man she despises. This sets Hazel on a quest to prove the man is not who he appears to be. She enlists the help of her family's handsome chauffeur and her lady's maid. Her search takes her along a path of lies and deceit, resulting in death and destruction. Still, at the end of her quest, Hazel finds something worth much more than proving her mother wrong.

Kennedy Bradford returns home to come to grips with the violent death of her parents and witnesses a murder. Dylan Lockhart, best-selling mystery writer, is roped into being Kennedy's bodyguard until the killer is found. Neither one had time for romance. Both secretly yearn for love. Danger thrusts them into a fight for survival that may be the end of a future together.