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A delightfully clever contemporary novel inspired by the Louisa May Alcott classic In Katharine Weber's third novel, The Little Women, three adolescent sisters--Meg, Jo and Amy--are shocked when they discover their mother's affair, but are truly devastated by their father's apparently easy...

**A ringing phone! An unknown voice! A prickle of fear...or tingle of excitement? She's on a mission…the Cougar Challenge. He's on a mission…solving a case of identity theft. When their missions collide, sparks fly in more ways than one! Copping a Feel from award-winning Australian...

Sharing their body heat... Super efficient P.A. Cally Hobbes burns with desire for her handsome boss, Innes McKenzie, but hides it beneath her cool, businesslike exterior. She knows he's not entirely immune to her either, despite their platonic working relationship. But icy weather,...

Can she trust the men promising to save her? "Just because one of you carries his scars on the outside, doesn't mean that the rest of you don't have them. Unbroken people don't live in a house together with their colleagues. They have lives, families. They don't take in strays." Emily...

Sparks fly when a sexy cowboy collides with a determined city girl out in a West filled with quirky characters and sizzling romance. Acclaimed for delivering "a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western," Joanne Kennedy's books might just be your next great discovery! Being...

A cowboy like that could break your heart... Fleeing her latest love-life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a farm-but without the constant help of her charming, sexy cowboy neighbor,...

"Has all the elements of a good British mystery and a ghost story combined. A jolly good story!" ~Inside Romance Quinn Rutledge has been hired to remodel historic Hartley Hall into a 5-star hotel. Ian Matthews, a Special Forces officer in the Queen's Protection service, is...

"...starts moving on page one and doesn't quit." ~Rendezvous Moritanian Crown Princess Cassandra leads a fairy-tale existence. Some consider her the most spoiled woman in Europe. Then she is kidnapped. Retired spy Paul Phillips is a self-made man more at home with flying bullets...

"You don't want to miss this delight." ~RT Bookclub When New Yorker Casey Phillips visits the tiny country of Moritania, she simply wants to see where her ancestors came from. Instead, she's mistaken for a princess. The real princess has been kidnapped, and Crown Prince Eric...

"Cleverly written and an enjoyable, super quick read, can't be faulted for a bit of light entertainment." - KBR "Had me hooked from the first few lines" - Razberry Juice Alistair Deacon is on the hunt for the perfect engagement ring for his girlfriend, Emma. When...

"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it." -George Bernard Shaw Surviving a recent breakup and the impending anniversary of her parents’ unsolved murder, Perla Fae resists the advances of a sexy as hell, bad boy billionaire in...

Meredith is home again, ready to settle down in her small town and open the antique shop she’s always dreamed of owning. She’s had enough of powerful men trying to use her and wants to simply fade away from the dating scene and enjoy life. When she runs into the diner’s new owner, she quickly...

It’s all fun and games until fantasy gets real . . . ** ** At twenty-seven, Dinah Gallagher thought she’d have it all figured out. Instead, she’s having mind-blowing online sex with a man she knows nothing about and fighting for her rightful place in the family business. Part of that battle...

It's love at first fight... When journalist and rising thriller writer Serena Masterson meets Nick Bennington, a high-powered CEO, they cross swords and strike sparks from the first time they meet. Will she be able to resist falling for him when well-intended matchmakers, an increasingly menacing stalker, and an embezzler turned violent throw them together over and over again?