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CJ Turley is excited to begin her new life as overseer of Heavenly Acres, a tiny house community in the Ozark mountains. As she's handed the keys to her new house by a woman who seems far too eager to leave the job to someone else, CJ is told the community is experiencing a rash of burglaries and that she should visit the nearby park ranger for help.

Lou Anne Burgess has returned home to help her aunt save the family home from an unscrupulous man. In doing so, she comes up with scheme after scheme to make the money needed for repairs to the 100-year-old Victorian. When her latest scheme puts her in danger, her former high-school crush steps in. Stetson Maxwell is more overjoyed to see Lou Anne than, it appears, she is to see him. While he'd once vowed never to marry, he now wants no one but her, and she isn't interested. Still, his feelings for her prompt him to step in and try to keep her from endangering herself.

When Phoebe Ross's employer dies, leaving her with a wedding gown, Phoebe feels she has no choice but to answer the call for mail order brides to Angel Vale, Wyoming. When she arrives, her groom-to-be is nowhere in sight. With the other brides claimed, she sets off to find her groom. He is nothing what she expected.

Emma Jones has always considered herself plain. Her mother had drilled it into her head that a moral woman acts and dresses a certain way. These thoughts are challenged when the mayor's son, Daniel Barton, and the ladies of The Red Hat Club take a sudden interest in plain, little Emma. Before she knows it, Emma has a makeover and is stepping out of her comfort zone and thrust into Daniel's arms.

A contest to design a new stamp changes a small town forever. Lilly Tipton has her first job as a telephonist in the picturesque town of Noel, Missouri. When she is injured riding her bicycle home from her job, she finds herself thrust into judging a contest to find a postmark that represents her little town. Not a difficult task other than the fact she must work with the very man who almost ran her over...the handsome mail carrier, Calvin Monroe. After the death of his father and brother, and an injury obtained during his short time as a college football player, Calvin has no other plans ...

When Stormi's nephew asks her to help him stop the abuse to a friend of his, Stormi is more than willing to step in. What she finds is worse than anything she imagined. No amount of research prepared her for a group of men so evil that Stormi must dig deep inside herself and call on God to rescue the man she loves.

Evil is stalking the town of Clear Springs and seems to be targeted at Cassidy Monroe, one of the town's detectives. Haunted by her mother's unsolved murder, Cassidy links the killer to her death. What she discovers rocks her world. Colin MacKenzie, a relocated detective from Scotland, is the last thing Cassidy needs. Handsome and determined to protect her, she finds he is a distraction she doesn't need. As an age-old secret covered with blood creeps closer, Cassidy must determine which is more important...justice or love?

When a stalker’s obsession follows Parker Wells to the Rocking W Ranch, she must fight for her life—and her heart—beside a rugged cowboy who doesn’t trust her. Cowboy Peril is a gripping romantic suspense novel where danger, obsession, and slow-burn love collide on the wild expanse of Misty Mountain’s Rocking W Ranch. For Parker Wells, one carefree night out with friends spirals into a nightmare when a shadowy stalker emerges with a deadly vendetta. Desperate for safety, Parker flees to the Rocking W Ranch—but finds only skepticism from Colt Dawson, the guarded cowboy who runs ...

Maureen O'Shea arrives in Devil Falls, Montana, to marry a man she's never met. When she finds out her intended had died before her arrival she is met with an uncertain future. She decides to spend the last of her funds by bringing culture to the western town in the form of a tea shop. It never occurred to her that the town preferred coffee. Not until the handsome blacksmith, Micah Webster so rudely points it out. Stagecoaches enroute to the town are being robbed and Micah is deputized to help.

Small-Town Candy-Making Christmas Romances Noelle Landon and her sisters are seeing the fulfillment of a dream with the opening of their candy store, Chocolate Bliss, and right in time for Christmas. SNOWFLAKE KISSES Noelle's grand plans are turned upside down when the mayor of Bridgeton requests that she show their famous celebrity, the handsome, award-winning author, Scott Conrad, around town and get him to help draw tourists to their fair town for the holidays. Scott Conrad craves the laid-back lifestyle of small-town life. When he meets the lovely Noelle Landon, he realizes how shallow ...

An FBI agent and a detective are forced into a deadly timed game against an assassin who kills without mercy. The game isn’t over. It’s only just begun. Detective Harper Scranton and FBI Special Agent Liam McConnell are closing in on the criminal mastermind responsible for a wave of brutal murders. But each time they get close, he pulls them deeper into his twisted world—forcing them into timed missions where failure means another innocent life lost. Now, a deadly new player has entered the scene: an unpredictable female assassin with no remorse and a thirst for blood. She’s more ...

Maureen O'Shea arrives in Devil Falls, Montana, to marry a man she's never met. When she finds out her intended had died before her arrival she is met with an uncertain future. She decides to spend the last of her funds by bringing culture to the western town in the form of a tea shop. It never occurred to her that the town preferred coffee. Not until the handsome blacksmith, Micah Webster so rudely points it out. Stagecoaches enroute to the town are being robbed and Micah is deputized to help. When Maureen's life is in danger, he realizes the fashionable Irish lass has gripped his heart in...

From the authors of Cozy Mystery Magazine - a collection of cozy Christmas-themed travel mysteries and scrumptious holiday recipes for our mystery fans. A short and sweet treat.

Widow Sadie Mathewson wants to find love again. But when an injured pony express rider shows up at her station, love finds her in an unexpected way. Luke Stetson arrives at Sadie’s pony express station searching for his runaway brother. He doesn’t expect to have to stay, nor does he expect to fall in love with the lovely, lonely widow. Circumstances spiral out of control. Can the two come together to protect those they love and admit their love for each other?

When spoiled, wealthy, Alicia Robinson is asked by her grandmother to live as homeless and go undercover keeping 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.

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.

A woman haunted by her past and a wary sheriff must face vengeance, danger, and the possibility of love in Painted Bluff, Arkansas. After the Civil War strips her of home and family, Ruth Stallings clings to survival with only her grandmother and sisters by her side. Desperate for a fresh start, they travel down the White River toward Painted Bluff, Arkansas, a rough town known for lonely men in search of wives. But Ruth carries a deadly secret—she killed a man, and now his family is determined to make her pay. Sheriff John Powell has no interest in Painted Bluff’s influx of hopeful ...

An abandoned mine hides deadly secrets, and Pressley Hamilton must uncover the truth before Misty Hollow’s past destroys her future. In Misty Hollow, some secrets refuse to stay buried. When Pressley Hamilton arrives in town eager to invest in property near the Rocking W Ranch, she expects a straightforward business deal. Instead, she stumbles into a web of mystery, danger, and betrayal that has haunted the town for decades. Drawn to an abandoned mine with a cursed reputation, Pressley ignores the locals’ warnings about greed, tragedy, and restless spirits tied to the land. Soon, ...

A detective and an FBI agent face a master of disguises and a deadly assassin as the sins of lust and anger spiral toward a deadly climax. Fake names. Hidden panic rooms. A killer who will stop at nothing. Detective Harper Scranton and FBI Special Agent Liam McConnell have uncovered the identity of the man behind the string of brutal murders—but the real danger lies with his assassin. A ruthless woman who shifts identities like masks, she’s more unpredictable and lethal than the mastermind who hired her. And now, her fragile control is slipping. As Harper and Liam grow closer, one ...

A detective and an FBI agent must stop the Seven Deadly Sins Killer before his quest for retribution claims an innocent child. A return to power. A town gripped by fear. A detective desperate for answers. When a child is abducted, Detective Harper Scranton and FBI Special Agent Liam McConnell are thrown into their most harrowing case yet. The Seven Deadly Sins Killer has always targeted adults—but why take an innocent child? And why frame another child as the culprit? As the madman’s mind spirals out of control, he finds a way to reassert his dominance, striking terror into the town and...