A BEAUTIFUL CON ARTIST It was supposed to be an easy con, but from the looks of the restless audience at the Flats, Illinois, Opera House, Anna Rose Connolly knows they've figured out that she's no famous singer. Then her manager has an inspiration...
A trio of enchanting tales celebrates the promise of new love and includes Lisa Plumley's "Chances Are," in which a young woman is transported back in time and into the life of widower Matt Chance, but destiny forces her to choose between returning t...
THEY FOUND ME STORY OF A LIFETIME The pampered daughter of the New York Courier News editor-in-chief, Elizabeth Sheridan is determined to report on more than just society teas and ladies' charities. She wants RFLL life: the backstreets, the human in...
A LONELY BEAUTY When a devastating tornado destroyed Abigail Chadwick's homestead and killed her beloved father, she was left with nothing but grief, five orphans, and the overwhelming challenge of rebuilding her farm alone. She wasn't prepared for ...
When Sara Crawford arrives on Thorne Island, she discovers that her inheritance is nothing like the photo in the glossy brochure the lawyer presented. For a start, the dock's about to collapse into the lake. And The Cozy Cove Inn, so charmingly depic...
Small-town librarian Gwen Barlow gets more than she expected when she inherits her uncle's lavish Mississippi showboat and discovers that the Jubilee Palace is in serious financial straits, her uncle's death by a falling theater backdrop is under sus...
Is their marriage ending...or just beginning? Vicki Sorenson met Jamie Malone and married him an hour later. Both had good reasons for exchanging vows, but they had no plans to set up house. Now -- thirteen years later -- the new man in Vicki's li...
Louise Duncan has been passed over for a promotion because -- according to her boss -- she's too intimidating. A useful quality in court, he admits, but she scares her own clients. "Take some time off to work on your people skills" is his advice. ...
Home is where the heart is... The quirky Victorian may be old and dilapidated, but it's the house at the center of the dreams Meg Hamilton has for herself and her little boy. And it's rightfully hers, thanks to the deed Aunt Amelia signed four years...
In the second of the Jubilee Showboat Mysteries, Gwen Barlow, her mother, brother and a cast of colorful performers face another murder mystery on the Jubilee Palace showboat. This time the Jubilee has stopped in Moss Hollow, Kentucky, hometown of th...
The cocky ex-Secret Service agent Jack Hogan is determined to point out the security risks in this eccentric little beach town. Mayor Claire Betancourt's town. Claire is just as determined to protect Heron Point and its free-spirited citizens -- ...
The year is 1871, and life at a remote lighthouse off the Georgia coast has become routine for Livvy Drummond. Then a wounded convict escapes from a passing prison ship and swims ashore. He threatens her ... and collapses at her feet. When Lieuten...
First she nearly runs him down with her truck, then she's taking potshots at a sailboat with empty beer cans and leading him on a wild-fish chase! She's the craziest -- and most interesting -- woman he's ever met. What Ethan doesn'...
Beware the "terror" of Heron Point Elementary! She's only just arrived at this seaside tourist town as the new principal and Evie's already heard about the area's biggest troublemaker--nine-year-old Gemma Muldoone. If having a ...
"Actually, we've met before..." Ten years ago, to be exact. Then, Julia Sommerville was just an awestruck student in love with a dashing young professor. Now, after she has saved his life, Cameron Birch sees her for the attractive, alluring woma...
If he discovers the truth, all bets are off... When Brady Carrick bets he can turn Molly Davis into a cardsharp, the former football star has no idea the widowed mother has a grudge against him. That accepting Brady's challenge is a way for Molly ...
A man and a woman caught in the crossfire... He'd spent the past twenty years trying to outrun his violent family history. Now--against his will-- Nate Shelton is back in Finnegan Cove where it all began. Where it's got to end. And not just for his ...
She thought she could avoid him forever -- ho, ho, ho! Only a family emergency could drag Abby Vernay home to Key West for Christmas. And there's certainly nothing holly berry and mistletoe about this visit. She's got to bail out her eccentric fathe...
A heartwarming time travel romance first featured in an anthology called Timeless Spring. Now re-edited and updated. Joanna Archer impulsively buys an old family photo album at a garage sale. In an attempt to return the book to the original owners sh...
"Actually, we've met before..." Ten years ago, to be exact. Then, Julia Sommerville was just an awestruck student in love with a dashing young professor. Now, after she has saved his life, Cameron Birch sees her for the intelligent and beautiful w...
Bryce Benton is back: back living in his small hometown; back coaching his old team; and back in love with his high school sweetheart, the girl he never got over. But this time around, Bryce is playing for keeps. He's determined not to lose the he...
Vicki Sorenson married Jamie Malone an hour after she met him. Both had good reasons for exchanging vows, but their marriage was never meant to be real. Now, thirteen years later, Vicki has a new man in her life, and he's about to propose. Before she...
Can a lawyer be too intimidating? Louise Duncan says no. Her boss, though...he suggests she take some time off to work on her "people skills." Never one to sit idle, Louise heads to Bayberry Cove to visit her best friend. And to her surprise, she ...
ALL SHE CAME FOR WAS HER FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS Armed with a can of pepper spray and fuming mad, Dorie Howe is determined to get what's hers from the old con man who fleeced her. Even if she has to cut a deal with his ex-cop son, Bret Donovan. Wit...
Fast Fiction Romantic short stories with a Happy Ever After Bobbi Lee Blanchard has scrimped and saved for years as a waitress to buy Bayberry Cove's favourite restaurant and give her two sons a good life. Zach Martingale is everything Bobbi Lee i...
This time the teacher's learning the lesson…in love Brenna Sullivan has a strict policy about not getting emotionally involved with her students. Yet there's something about the new student, Carrie, and her father that has Brenna breaking all h...
He's more than her protector… Being a cop in a small Georgia town is a pretty peaceful job, and one that Boone Braddock takes pride in. Babysitting the governor's daughter, however, isn't Boone's idea of police duty. Especially when it's Susanna...
The road she's meant to be on Hoping for a fresh start, Kitty Galloway packs up her son and a few bare necessities and hits the road. Only now they're stranded in the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the mercy of small-town justice. But it's the tempo...
You can't live a lie forever One magical summer -- that was all it took for Alexis Foster to fall deeply in love with Daniel Chandler. And then she gave him up to keep Daniel from sacrificing his own dreams. But the passionate bond they shared i...
It takes courage to fall in love To everyone in her rural Ohio community, Jude Foster O'Leary's dead husband is a war hero. Yet how can she forgive him for choosing the military over his family when they needed him most? And now the charitable fo...
Life is meant to be lived Surprising her family for Christmas seems like a good idea…until Carrie Foster loses control of her car in a freak blizzard. Now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with a fractured leg, the unplanned-for guest of the...
He’ll always love Miranda Jefferson… But this cop has a job to do. Seeing his high school sweetheart after fourteen years fills Holly River police chief Carter Cahill with so many conflicting emotions. One thing hasn’t changed -- the love...
The man least likely to be a father… finds out he has a son! Living in a remote cabin with his dog suits rafting guide Jace Cahill fine. Until an orphaned boy and his guardian show up in Holly River. Kayla McAllister tells Jace he has thirtee...
A runaway teen at Christmas… brings a special gift into her life. When Ava Cahill returns to Holly River to reunite with the son she gave up for adoption, she’s stunned to encounter Noah Walsh again. The attractive biker she knew six years ...
She’s done with love… …until he comes into her life. When single mother Camryn moves to Bufflehead Creek, she’s hoping only for somewhere peaceful to raise her daughter and the baby she’s expecting. So her immediate attraction to neig...
Could an ex-jock with a heart teach her how to love? To save the Charleston television station where she works, producer Brooke Montgomery must train former football star Jeremy Crockett as their new news anchor. Brooke is surprised to find her...
The path to love… Can only start with the truth Edward Smith has too many questions about the sudden death of his adoptive father in Sweet Pine Key. He needs help -- and down-to-earth detective Monica Cortez could be the key to finding answer...