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UNFORGETTABLE SWEET WISHES AND HOLIDAY KISSES A Sweet Holiday Romance Collection When the snow falls and hearts open wide… one unforgettable Valentine reminds us that love is the season’s greatest gift. From cozy flower shops to snowy French harbors, from rescued puppies to mistaken identities, this heartwarming collection delivers sweet romance wrapped in festive magic. These stories celebrate second chances, small-town charm, opposites attract, and the quiet miracles that happen when hearts dare to hope again. Filled with twinkling lights, tender moments, and the joy of connection, ...

In the elite dressage circles of New Orleans, where tradition and excellence reign supreme, Grant faces an unexpected challenge. As a seasoned and classically trained dressage instructor, he has dedicated his life to perfecting the art of horsemanship and guiding his students. But his steadfast commitment is put to the test when Melody McFarland, the barn's influential owner, introduces a new trainer. Kitty Beauveloir, a spoiled debutante fresh from a brief stint studying riding in Europe, arrives with an air of entitlement and a penchant for disruption. Delighting in tormenting Grant, ...

In Oakhaven Zoological Park, boundaries are everything, but some secrets are too wild to be contained.Melvin Moss is a man of unnerving stillness and impossible insight. To Senior Keeper Carlita Ramirez, he is a puzzle that defies every scientific category she knows. He isn't just a "local enthusiast"—he is a man who can diagnose a failing pump by its hum, sense the subsonic distress of a tapir through two feet of earth, and stare down a territorial bull gator with the calm of an equal. As budget cuts and political predators threaten to decommission the zoo, Carlita finds herself relying ...

A Dapper Dan Dressage Mystery What was meant to be a luxury escape becomes a floating nightmare. World-class dressage trainer Sebastian Beaumont boards the ultra-exclusive MS Equus Royale expecting two weeks of champagne, open ocean, and time away from trouble with his partner, Marcus Thorne. No cases. No crimes. No ghosts from Sebastian’s former life as a private investigator. But horses always know before humans do. Deep in the ship’s state-of-the-art stables, panic ripples through the elite equine passengers. One stallion is terrified beyond reason. Another horse witnesses something ...

In the humid heart of Louisiana horse country, elegance is a performance—and murder is never an accident. Sebastian Beaumont has rebuilt his life far from Europe’s scandals, training elite dressage horses on his quiet Lafayette farm. His reputation is impeccable, his clients influential, and his greatest secret safely hidden: he can hear horses think. Including his own flamboyant Grand Prix partner, Dapper Dan, whose opinions are sharp, unsolicited, and usually correct. When a powerful society patron is found dead just hours after a frantic visit to Sebastian’s barn, the tragedy tears...

A champion mare. A ruthless syndicate. And a lawsuit that could change the sport forever. Tess is perfection in the ring—flawless scores, thunderous applause, a future written in gold. But beneath the lights, something is wrong. When elite trainer Sebastian Vale hears what no one else will—the quiet, weary truth of a mare pushed past her limits—he makes a choice that ignites a firestorm. The syndicate that owns Tess doesn’t see a living, breathing athlete. They see an asset. A return on investment. And when Sebastian and the barn refuse to force her back into competition, the ...

Step beneath the Spanish moss and enter the humid, secret-laden world of Hawthorn House, rebranded as Beaufort Botanical Retreat. Saffron returns after twelve years, drawn back by the impending death of her godmother, the formidable matriarch Delaphina Duval. But the house, with its aged stucco and grand columns, is not merely a place of fading life; it echoes with the "sting of her mother's last harrowing screams" and is thick with unspoken truths. Saffron finds Delaphina frail but still commanding, surrounded by those vying for position or protecting their own interests. There's Jolie ...

When world-renowned dressage legend Vivienne Ashford dies in a mysterious barn fire, the equestrian world mourns a queen. Sebastian Beaumont never expected to inherit her throne. A gifted trainer known for his uncanny ability to calm the most troubled horses, Sebastian is summoned to Ashford Acres in Virginia—named the sole heir to a vast estate he was never meant to claim. The official story calls the fire an accident. Faulty wiring. Tragic timing. But nothing at Ashford Acres adds up. The power still runs where it shouldn’t. The ruins are too precise. And Sovereign—the Olympic ...

At Château Équestre, situated in Lafayette, Louisiana, the horses talk. Unfortunately for the killer—they remember everything. Sebastian Beaumont is an elite dressage trainer with impeccable standards, a carefully curated life in Louisiana horse country, and one secret he never shares: he can hear horses think. Including Dapper Dan, his sharp-tongued Grand Prix partner, whose commentary is merciless, accurate, and rarely polite. When a powerful patron is found dead in her Mercedes after a glittering barn fundraiser, authorities are quick to rule it a heart attack. Sebastian knows better...

Two sisters, one bad tutor and an estate gone wild. Vascilating between the late 1800s and modern day, this "Little Shop of Horrors" tale explains what it means when the student(s) are really ready to take their teacher to task... It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek, until the vines get involved!

At a refined Louisiana dressage barn, nothing is ever as stable as it looks. Behind polished boots, perfect half-passes, and immaculate white fences, reputations are fragile, loyalties are tested, and desire has a way of complicating everything. When a driven horsewoman finds herself caught between professional ambition and personal vulnerability, the barn becomes more than a place of training—it becomes a battleground. As rivalries sharpen and secrets surface, the line between partnership and betrayal begins to blur. The horses sense it first. The people follow soon after. In a world ...

On camera, he is flawless. A celebrated food television star with perfect timing, perfect plating, and a reputation built on control, he knows exactly how to perform for an audience hungry for beauty, confidence, and certainty. Every dish tells a story. Every episode is a promise. But off camera, the pressure never stops. As fame tightens its grip, cracks begin to show—strange interruptions, impossible moments, and a presence that doesn’t belong in the carefully managed world of studio lights and scripted takes. His half-sister watches more closely than anyone realizes. Tazer senses ...

For Riley Harper, the rhythmic sounds of her Lafayette, Louisiana barn are a "ritual, their religion". But that hard-won peace is shattered by a grim text: her late husband’s former dressage horse, Orion, is being sold to "meat buyers" at a brutal back-lot dispersal.Compelled by a desperate vow, Riley races to the dawn auction, securing the grey gelding (Buyer 417). But the true horror is only beginning. Veterinary evidence—gathered under an airtight, time-stamped chain-of-custody—confirms Orion was not merely neglected; he was systematically subjected to chronic chemical sabotage ...

Riley Harper, the mind and heart of Harper’s Haven, runs a Louisiana sanctuary dedicated to the painstaking process of unwriting fear in horses. She specializes in rehabilitation, treating animals with behavioral and physical trauma. But her sanctuary's fragile peace is violently shattered when the sheriff calls about Monarch, a magnificent black warmblood stallion.Monarch is a high-dollar dressage prospect, a former star labeled a "killer" after an accident put a rider in the ICU with severe injuries. Abandoned by his ruthless owner, celebrity dressage icon Aurelia Dane, Monarch is ...

For two hundred years, the Barrowfield estate has stood like a monument to old Virginia power—seven iron gates guarding seven ancestral sins. But the gates are rusting, the land is bleeding money, and the family inside is cracking down the middle. Philippa “Pippa” Barrowfield has spent her entire life smoothing the fractures in a dynasty held together by pride, bourbon, and denial. Her father refuses to admit the estate is collapsing. Her brother Asher, the charismatic heir, is unraveling behind a glittering mask. And the family’s darkest secrets—once locked safely behind iron and...

A murdered judge. A sabotaged show. A Bennet with a grudge. Elizabeth Bennet came to Longbourn Equestrian Center to train horses—not trip over corpses. But when a renowned dressage judge is found trampled in the arena and someone starts tampering with tack, all eyes turn to the new girl from Rosewick. With her sister Jane’s career on the line and whispers of sabotage echoing through the stables, Lizzy is determined to uncover the truth—even if it means working alongside the infuriating Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, a man whose riding precision is only matched by his arrogance. As gossip ...

When Elizabeth Bennet arrives at the technologically advanced Pemberley Equestrian Center, she expects top-tier dressage training, not a murder investigation. But the sudden death of renowned trainer Marc Lefevre, and the disappearance of a custom Hermès saddle he was unpacking, plunge her into a high-stakes conspiracy. What Elizabeth soon discovers is chilling: the saddle contains a hardware wallet holding millions in cryptocurrency, and Marc was a courier for the deadly Sinaloa cartel. With Darcy, the estate's owner, secretly collaborating with the FBI, and cartel enforcers disguised as ...

Perfection has a body count. When equine journalist Mara Reed steps onto the manicured grounds of Blackwater Vale, she expects secrecy, money, and ruthless ambition. What she doesn’t expect are dead horses, missing bloodwork, and a silence so carefully curated it feels lethal. Once a rising star of the dressage world herself, Mara carries the scars of a catastrophic loss she never truly outran. Now, as elite horses begin vanishing from the roster—and one “sudden colic” death leaves behind too many unanswered questions—she realizes Blackwater Vale isn’t just hiding secrets. ...

A polo club. A dead billionaire. A horse framed for murder. When a ruthless oil tycoon is found trampled to death inside the elite New Orleans Equine Club, the police are eager to close the case fast. The suspect? A gentle groom with gambling debts. The weapon? A notoriously “dangerous” mare already condemned to die. But Sebastian Beaumont knows the truth. He talks to horses—and they never lie. With his sharp-tongued, aristocratically unimpressed equine partner Dapper Dan at his side, Sebastian plunges into a world of old money, political corruption, secret pipelines, and power plays ...

Paloma Reyes only wanted better training for her horse. She did not sign up for chandeliers in the barn, imported shavings, and a German trainer who terrorizes wealthy women before breakfast. When Paloma moves her honest, unfashionable Quarter Horse into Étoile Équestre—Houston’s most exclusive dressage barn—she finds herself surrounded by money, status, ambition, and riders chasing Olympic dreams with more credit cards than talent. At the center of it all stands Victoria Von Richthofen, known simply as VVR—a brilliant, brutal trainer who sells impossible dreams… and ...