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Someone’s poaching the deer around Heavenly Acres. One of CJ’s friends is murdered. What ensues next is a wild hunt for illegal poachers, foolhardy activists, and a big, bad redneck truck that keeps showing up wherever CJ is. Car wrecks, storms, threats, and more keep CJ and her friends on their toes. It all comes down to the final confrontation. One of the wildest yet. Come along for the ride as CJ and her quirky sidekicks hunt down some poachers.

The fate of the ranch rests on Savannah Worthington’s shoulders. Can she trust the handsome stranger her mother hired to help her, or is he one of many who wants what Savannah has struggled to save? Having been blessed by a fortune made in ranching, Savannah struggles to find true love within a society where first comes money, second comes marriage. What kind of man can she trust with her greatest treasure - her heart?

Maggie Spoonmore marries her father's former foreman, Zach Colton, in order to salvage her reputation, yet struggles to believe he married her for love and not her inheritance. It's difficult for Maggie to relinquish control and allow Zach to lead the ranch to prosperity. Danger dogs their steps as they try to figure out how to live a life together when they hadn't had time to court each other, and Maggie is thrust out of the role she'd always thought she'd have with full management of her father's ranch.

For the first time, all three Lisa Paxton short crime novelettes are available in one convenient book. Come along as Lisa and her hunky partner fight crime, sadistic killers, and their attraction to each other.

Summer and Ethan head to Maui for their honeymoon. The sun doesn't set, before they find themselves thrust into another mystery. This time, Ethan is more than willing to help Summer gather the clues, since the sooner the culprit is caught, the sooner they can get down to honeymoon business. Alas, it's not to be as they discover that Summer's uncle is one of the very people being targeted by a scam artist and a bipolar beauty.

Summer Meadows' chocolate candy business is booming. She's overwhelmed with her April Fool's Day wedding plans, and against her family's advice, hires her cousin to be her wedding planner. But then her cousin is found murdered and more mysteries keep occurring at family parties. Can Summer resist the urge to investigate when she and her dysfunctional relatives are dipped into a plot of unrequited love, internet scam, and jilted hearts?

Susan Turner wants only to run her cozy bookstore, Turn the Page. That dream is disrupted with the return of the man who skipped town 10 years ago with her heart. Only, his return isn't as innocent and safe as he leads her to believe. Cade Aikin wants only to repair the damage he'd caused to Susan Turner and opens a mega bookstore, not realizing she'd opened her own store. He's taken aback by her open animosity and becomes fearful for her safety when two strangers in town appear a little too interested in her life.

When a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows's house, she does what comes naturally - she acts without thinking and volunteers to lead an elephant to the fairground. The animal's trainer follows close behind but disappears when they reach their destination. When Summer goes looking for the trainer, she finds something altogether different - a woman hanging dead in the shower of one of the trailers.

Step back into the untamed Wild West with this captivating collection of Harvey Girl romances, where courage, independence, and love collide on the rugged frontier. In Tabitha is in Search of Adventure, a daring young waitress risks her independence when a widowed chef captures her heart. In Annie Rollins Longs for Adventure, a spirited Harvey Girl dreams of guiding tours through the Grand Canyon—but love with a rugged outdoorsman may be her greatest journey of all. In Katie Gamble is on the Run, a falsely accused waitress finds herself hunted by a relentless Texas Ranger who just might ...

What if the serial killer you’re hunting shares your blood? Ripped in Red is a chilling romantic suspense thriller set in small-town Arkansas where secrets, obsession, and murder collide. Detective Shelby Moore has spent ten years chasing the ghost of her mother’s killer, keeping a cold case murder board hidden in her basement. When new victims appear with the same haunting words left at the scene, Shelby knows the nightmare has returned—and this time it’s personal. Teamed with Scottish detective Colin MacKenzie, who came to Arkansas to escape his own past demons, Shelby finds ...

Bethany Samson is knocked into the ocean by a seeing-eye dog. When she emerges, wet and angry, she doesn't expect to fall for the dog's handsome master. So, she hatches a plan to get the man to fall in love with her before he regains his sight. After all, how can any seeing man love her with scars, inside and out? Logan Morrison, temporarily blind because of a car accident is recuperating on the beautiful island of Maui. When he stumbles across a feisty woman who smells of flowers, he sees a pleasant way to spend his time until he heads back to the mainland. What he didn't plan on was ...

Detective Linn McFarland is matching wits against her toughest foe, yet. A woman, Queen Coral as the newspapers call her, is collecting men as playthings. She wants one man from every ethnic group, and her eye is on Linn's fiancee, Chief of Police Andrew Wayne. Queen Coral has no qualms about killing a man who disappoints her and is leaving a path of destruction through a small Arkansas town.

A wounded heart A guilty heart Redemption Shelby Jenkins, former bad girl of Springdale, left town at 18 when her boyfriend's best friend attacked her. Now, seven years later, she's returned with her daughter to run the diner left to her by her late grandmother. Can Shelby and the town let bygones be bygones? Can Shelby trust that God knows what is best for her as she is drawn back into caring for her first love? Blake Harvey is riddled with guilt over his part in Shelby leaving town years ago. Can she forgive him? Can he accept her forgiveness if it's given and make amends to his past ...

A widowed bride, five children, and one dangerous journey west—can love and courage survive the Oregon frontier? A Love for Delicious is a sweeping historical romance filled with danger, resilience, and unexpected love. Newly widowed just days after her wedding, Delicious “Delly” Williams suddenly finds herself responsible for raising her late husband’s five young children. When a ruthless man covets the family’s land, Delly must honor her husband’s dying wish—deliver the children and the deed to Oregon. Zeke Williams, her brother-in-law, steps forward with an offer of ...

Stormi Nelson and her bridesmaids party hard in New Orleans. The only thing marring the bachelorette party is the appearance of Stormi's fiancé, Matt's ex-girlfriend. When Stormi returns home to Arkansas and right into another murder mystery, she's also the recipient of some not so nice gifts: A voodoo doll and a black cat. Refusing to believe in superstition, Stormi continues to dive headfirst into her latest case and comes across her wackiest suspect list yet.

When mysterious fires stalk Misty Hollow, a scarred survivor must fight for her life, her love, and the ranch she now calls home. Cowgirl Blaze is a romantic suspense thriller where fire, betrayal, and slow-burn passion collide on the rugged slopes of Misty Mountain. After barely escaping her burning home with her loyal dog, Kentley Montgomery is left with nothing but scars and fear. Rescued by firefighter Ryan, she chooses not to look back, seeking refuge and a fresh start as a ranch hand at the Rocking W Ranch. Among horses and open skies, Kentley begins to rebuild her life, determined to...

It was an addiction, really. One she couldn’t kick through no fault of her own. It wasn’t CJ Turley’s fault that someone stuck her dog, Caper, in a canoe in the middle of the lake. She also couldn’t help that Caper kept bringing her diamonds from a recent jewel heist in town. Any homebody seeking adventure would do the same thing, right? Gather your gumshoeing friends and find a jewel thief. What could possibly go wrong? The small-town tiny house community of Heavenly Acres is thrust into yet another mystery that might be CJ’s undoing.

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.

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. Noelle's grand plans are turned upside-down when the mayor of Bridgeton requests that she show a 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.

Married by proxy in Missouri, Annie Morgan sets off for Tombstone, Arizona, to join her new husband as a cattle rancher. But too soon she finds herself a widow with an unexpected daughter and butting heads with her handsome neighbor. Danger strikes when she refuses the courtship of a local man, maybe the very man who killed her husband. Can Annie and her neighbor fend off an unruly man who wants Annie's land and turn her hole in the ground home into a castle in time for Christmas?