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Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is a disaster that keeps happening on repeat. Chloe Winters lives for the aesthetic. As an up-and-coming lifestyle influencer, she has one goal: secure the massive L’Amour Chocolate campaign by posting the ultimate Valentine’s Day reveal. She has the dress, the reservations at the city’s hottest restaurant, and the handsome (if slightly rustic) boyfriend, Liam. It’s going to be perfect. Until it isn’t. In a span of two hours, Chloe spills wine on her couture, Liam breaks up with her because he “can’t date a phone screen,” and a flambé ...

📖 The Vanguard Vow: Book 1 The mission was simple: Fake the relationship. Don’t break the brotherhood. Navy SEAL Jaxson Westmore is one "intervention" away from being grounded by his Commanding Officer. To prove he’s settled, stable, and ready for a career-defining promotion, he needs a date to the prestigious Navy Gala. He needs someone dependable. He needs someone who knows his secrets. He needs Maya—the one woman he’s spent ten years trying to ignore. Maya Calloway is losing the only home she’s ever known. Her gym, The Forge, is her sanctuary, and if she doesn’t win the ...

A perfectionist. A cynic. And the night that wouldn't end. Maya Vance has a plan for everything. But on New Year’s Eve, her perfectly scripted life is about to go off the rails. Her wealthy family is secretly bankrupt, her mother is one drink away from a meltdown, and Maya is the only one holding the facade together. Her goal: Survive the night without the truth coming out. She fails. The clock strikes midnight. The party implodes. And then… she wakes up. It’s 8:00 AM. December 31st. Again. Trapped in a time loop, Maya tries to fix the unfixable—saving the party, hiding the debt, ...

A ruined Earl. A disgraced Governess. A marriage that breaks every rule. Thomas Kincaid, the Earl of Ashford, is a man who knows the value of a bad reputation. Falsely accused of cheating at cards and exiled by the Ton, he has reinvented himself in Nassau as a shipping magnate, trading velvet waistcoats for linen shirts and nights at the opera for rum and gambling. He has vowed never to return to England, and he certainly has no intention of marrying. Miss Sarah Sterling has lost everything. Dismissed without a reference after rejecting the advances of her employer’s son, she is fleeing ...

He follows every rule. She breaks every boundary. Their collision will scandalize the Caribbean. Captain Jean-Luc Dubois is a man of precision. As a former French Naval officer turned wealthy merchant, his life is a perfectly charted map of schedules, silence, and solitude. He has no patience for chaos, and certainly no patience for the infuriating, vibrant woman he discovers hiding in his cargo hold. Lady Felicity "Flick" Sinclair is running for her life. To escape a forced marriage to a cruel English lord, she stows away on the first ship leaving port—unfortunately, it belongs to the ...

Hearts of the Heartland, Book 2 She deals in high-end vintage. He believes in the letter of the law. But some hearts can’t be flipped for a profit. Piper Thorne lives her life behind a ring light. To her thousands of followers, she’s the "Vintage Queen," a chic entrepreneur who turned a crumbling Georgia inheritance into a digital empire. But behind the designer silk and perfectly staged photos, Piper is hiding a life that’s coming apart at the seams. She’s in Oak Ridge to rebuild, and she doesn't have time for local interference—especially not from a deputy who looks at her like ...

Water is worth more than gold in Wyoming—and he’s not sharing a drop with the sheep farmer next door. Roarke Sterling manages his cattle ranch the way his father did: with grit, gunpowder, and an unwavering hatred for sheep. When a severe drought threatens to turn his legacy into dust, the last thing he needs is a new neighbor. Especially not an Eastern widow who thinks she can tame the frontier with books, charts, and a flock of "woolies" that will ruin what little grazing land is left. Adair Thorne didn’t come West to make friends; she came to disappear. Running from a controlling ...

She has twelve days to fall in love for the cameras. The problem? The only man she wants is the one holding the lens. Katherine "Kat" O’Malley is drowning. To her one million followers, she is Kiki Hart, the bubbly, confident dating coach who can find romance in a grocery store aisle. In reality, she’s single, broke, and one rent payment away from eviction. Her last-ditch effort to save her career? The Twelve Dates of February: a live-streamed gauntlet where she must go on twelve blind dates in twelve days, culminating in a Valentine’s Day reveal of "The One." Enter Jack Mercer. ...

The battle for the grimoire was just the beginning. Now, Rowan Thorne is learning to wield her burgeoning witch powers, navigating a life irrevocably entwined with the supernatural, and deepening her passionate bond with the vampire Dorian Blackwood. But the uneasy peace is shattered by unsettling visions of a second, powerful artifact: an ancient scepter Marius Volkov desperately seeks to complete his cataclysmic plan. As Rowan's visions intensify and Marius's shadow looms larger, she and Dorian embark on a desperate hunt. Their quest leads them to forgotten lore, dangerous secrets, and a ...

Selina Jordan has given up on dating. She's a pragmatic, career-focused woman with a five-year plan for everything, and a serious relationship just isn't on the list. But when her meddling sister, Lisa, blackmails her into a blind date, Selina reluctantly agrees, already plotting her escape. Jackson Cox has also been roped into this blind date by his overprotective brother, Scott. A free-spirited rock climber, Jackson's life is about spontaneity, not stuffy dinners with strangers. He has his own plan for an early exit. What neither of them planned for was the conversation that flowed as ...

Divorced mother Sarah Burton and her teenage son, Neil, are looking for a fresh start. But their new life is quickly complicated by their next-door neighbors: widowed father Chuck Woods and his rebellious daughter, Jennie. Sarah’s strict, rule-based parenting clashes head-on with Chuck’s guilt-driven permissiveness. When a disastrous party forces them to co-parent their blended, four-person "family," they must find a way to navigate their conflicting styles. Their forced co-parenting leads to hilarious mishaps and a surprising connection as they discover that the best families are the ...

A town's past. A love's foundation. A future to rebuild. Zachariah Skully, a big-city architect, returns to his sleepy hometown a broken man, his career shattered by a deceitful contractor. His only goal: settle his grandmother’s estate and disappear. But his plans are derailed the moment he steps into "The Daily Grind" and locks eyes with Donatella Redmond—his high school nemesis, now the vibrant heart of the town, and its formidable Council Chair. Their bitter past, steeped in teenage rivalry and a tragic misunderstanding, explodes anew. Yet, they're forced into an uneasy alliance ...

Eleanor’s world is crumbling. Abandoned by the man she loves and facing a new threat from her vindictive cousin, Lord Ashworth, she believes her only option is to save her unborn child by agreeing to an annulment. But just as she is about to make the gravest mistake of her life, the Duke of Northwood returns. He finds her cornered by Ashworth and his heart breaks all over again. He has spent weeks in a self-imposed exile, tormented by the thought of losing Eleanor. Now, seeing her in danger, all his fears and insecurities fade away. Gabriel realizes that his greatest mistake wasn't ...

Executive Ariel Levitt is crushing it in the boardroom, but failing miserably in the dating world. Chronically single and drowning under the weight of her high-powered career, she dreads the annual onslaught of family Hanukkah events—especially the relentless scrutiny of her high-society mother, Elaine, and the competitive jabs of her sister, Rachel. With the eight nights fast approaching, Ariel decides to solve her problem the only way she knows how: by hiring a contractor. Gabe took the job for the twenty thousand dollars, a necessary financial boost after his painful divorce. A man who...

Sergeant Mateo Cruz walked away from the Navy SEALs, not with a medal, but with a severe TBI and guilt that haunts his every move. Now, he lives in isolation, running a specialized K-9 facility where his only loyal companions are the traumatized dogs he trains. Mateo believes his life of purpose is over. Then comes Dr. Dahlia “Dali” Brooks, a determined veterinarian whose relentless optimism is a direct challenge to his cynical, solitary existence. She needs his facility for her rescue work; he needs her skill to treat his most difficult case—a deeply traumatized dog named Ghost. ...

In the opulent halls of the Mughal court, love is a luxury and power a cage. But for a young desert nomad, it is the key to a love that will defy history. When a young woman named Arjumand enters the ruthless world of the royal harem, she is an outsider with nothing but a kind heart. Yet, it is this very kindness that captures the attention of Shah Jahan, the future Emperor of India. He is a man of power and ambition, but in Arjumand, he finds not just a wife, but a confidante and a soulmate. Their love story, born in the midst of political intrigue and courtly betrayal, is a beacon of hope...

The ton's most headstrong debutante just lost everything. The most cynical duke is about to lose his freedom. Their ruin might just be a match made in heaven. Lady Eloise Sterling's future was a fairytale, until a devastating fire leaves her penniless and desperate. Forced to marry for money, she falls victim to a wicked scheme that lands her in the most compromising of situations. Her only hope is the Duke of Ashworth, a man as cold and jaded as he is wealthy. Alistair, Duke of Ashworth, has spent a lifetime avoiding marriage and the scheming women who seek his fortune. But when he finds ...

What began as a marriage of convenience has become a marriage of love. Or so Eleanor believes. Months have passed since the Duke of Northwood saved her from a terrible fate, and now Eleanor is a duchess in every sense of the word. She is deeply in love with her husband, Gabriel, but a sense of unease lingers. He is still reserved, distant, and she fears he only sees their union as a duty. Gabriel is terrified. He's fallen for Eleanor with a fierce and unexpected passion, but his past has convinced him that he is unworthy of a real, loving marriage. He's a duke, a protector, but he doesn't ...

Rowan Thorne's life as a quiet librarian in Perry, Georgia, is meticulously ordered. But when an ancient, cursed grimoire mysteriously appears and ignites a latent power within her, her world shatters. Whispers in the library become tangible threats, and the shadowed stranger she keeps seeing is no coincidence. Dorian Blackwood, a brooding 300-year-old vampire sworn to protect the balance between worlds, reveals a truth more fantastical—and dangerous—than any book she's read. As Rowan grapples with her newfound abilities and the existence of a hidden supernatural society, an ancient ...

Aeridor is a tomb, a city trapped in a twilight world decreed by the all-powerful Council. No one remembers the sun, only the oppressive weight of the gray sky and the ever-present sorrow. But a young Aeridorian discovers a forgotten device, a relic of the past that promises not just light, but a world beyond their cage. To activate it, they must defy the Council and venture into the city's deepest, darkest secrets. In a world where hope is a dangerous rebellion, will they be the one to finally make them fly?