Worlds collide when downhome girl Reggie Lee Stafford comes face-to-face with her high-school enemy...Reggie Lee Stafford is a small town Texas hometown girl. She lives in Rambling, in Texas Hill Country where she was born. As a single mom, her world revolves around her young daughter and her beloved job at the local newspaper. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when Frank Bell -- the bane of Reggie's teenage existence -- returns to town to claim his vast inheritance.Frank is now the owner of a charming old Victorian house and the local paper where Reggie is employed. Although Frank had intended to sell everything, he takes the opportunity to act as publisher of the Gazette to get closer to Reggie. If he plays his cards right, he might be able to make up for all the hurt he caused her.
Sourcebooks Casablanca
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9781728222417
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Mass Market Paperback
Lust & Loyalty
By Ellis, Shelly
Shelly Ellis is a new favorite to our list. --Christina Lauren, "New York Times "bestselling authors It s a life of high-profile drama for the powerful Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, and they just keep the scandals coming... Evan Murdoch hoped things had finally settled down in his life. But now he's caught between two feuding women: his pregnant fiancee, and his recovering alcoholic wife who s fighting their divorce with every dirty, seductive trick she's got. But even that doesn't compare to the dangerous secret Evan s harboring one that could send a Murdoch to jail for a very long time.
Dafina
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9781496708786
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Paperback
Wyoming Winter
By Palmer, Diana
There's something about those Wyoming men ... New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer returns to the Cowboy State with a brand-new tale of desire and deceptionCultivating his vast Wyoming ranch is all security expert J. C. Calhoun wants. His land is the only thing the betrayed rancher can trust in after discovering his fiance was pregnant by another man. But all J.C. holds dear becomes compromised when a lost little girl leads him to Colie Thompson, the woman who destroyed his life.Colie stops at nothing to protect the people she loves. Years ago she left J.C. for his own good. Now, for the sake of her daughter, she must depend on a hard-hearted man who won't forgive her. As a band of ruthless criminals tracks their every move through the frozen Wyoming winter, Colie and J.C. will be forced to confront the lies that separated them - and the startling truth that will bind them forever ... Bonus book! In a classic Long, Tall Texans tale, a hard-hearted rancher falls for an innocent beauty under the mistletoe in Christmas Cowboy
HQN Books
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9780373803729
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Mass Market Paperback
Not Quite Over You
By Mallery, Susan
Susan Mallery, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances, proves there's nowhere better than Happily Inc to rekindle first love.Silver Tesdal has a head for business and a mouth made for kissing, and banker Drew Lovato has his eye on both. But ever since he was dumb enough to let her go, she's kept him at a distance. When the bank turns her down for a loan, Drew sees a double opportunity - he can finance her brilliant, unique idea to rock Happily Inc's wedding industry and win back her trust.Despite her reputation, Silver's not as tough as she seems. Losing Drew nearly destroyed her. Still, his kisses are as tempting as his offer to invest in her business. If she can't quite get over him, maybe she should get under him and knock him out of her system once and for all.
HQN Books
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9781982542856
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eBook
Two Weeks
By Kingsbury, Karen
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive new story in the Baxter Family series about a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life.Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college and taking the first steps towards his dream - a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of high school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention - and heart - from day one. Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and rediscovering the good girl she used to be. But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she's pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life, Cole is determined to support Elise - even if it means skipping college, marrying her, and raising another man's baby. When Elise decides to place her baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana to escape seven painful years of infertility. But as Elise's due date draws near, she becomes focused on one truth: she has two weeks to change her mind about the adoption. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision - one that changes everyone's plans. Tender and deeply moving, Two Weeks is a story about love, faith, and what it really means to be a family.
Howard Books
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9781476707433
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Hardcover
Next Year, for Sure
By Peterson, Zoey Leigh
In this moving and enormously entertaining debut novel, longtime romantic partners Kathryn and Chris experiment with an open relationship and reconsider everything they thought they knew about love.After nine years together, Kathryn and Chris have the sort of relationship most would envy. They speak in the shorthand they have invented, complete one another's sentences, and help each other through every daily and existential dilemma. When Chris tells Kathryn about his feelings for Emily, a vivacious young woman he sees often at the Laundromat, Kathryn encourages her boyfriend to pursue this other woman - certain that her bond with Chris is strong enough to weather a little side dalliance. As Kathryn and Chris stumble into polyamory, Next Year, For Sure tracks the tumultuous, revelatory, and often very funny year that follows. When Chris's romance with Emily grows beyond what anyone anticipated, both Chris and Kathryn are invited into Emily's communal home, where Kathryn will discover new romantic possibilities of her own. In the confusions, passions, and upheavals of their new lives, both Kathryn and Chris will be forced to reconsider their past and what they thought they knew about love. Offering a luminous portrait of a relationship from two perspectives, Zoey L. Paterson has written an empathic, beautiful, and tremendously honest novel about a great love pushed to the edge. Deeply poignant and hugely entertaining, Next Year, For Sure shows us what lies at the mysterious heart of relationships, and what true openness and transformation require.
Scribner
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9781501145858
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Print book
Can't Let Go
By Showalter, Gena
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a sizzling Original Heartbreakers tale about an icy war vet and the only woman capable of melting him ... With trust issues a mile long, Ryanne Wade has sworn off men. Then Jude Laurent walks into her bar, and all bets are off. The former army ranger has suffered unimaginably, first being maimed in battle then losing his wife and daughters to a drunk driver. Making the brooding widower smile is priority one. Resisting him? Impossible.For Jude, Ryanne is off-limits. And yet the beautiful bartender who serves alcohol to potential motorists tempts him like no other. When a rival bar threatens her livelihood - and her life - he can't turn away. She triggers something in him he thought long buried, and he's determined to protect her, whatever the cost.As their already scorching attraction continues to heat, the damaged soldier knows he must let go of his past to hold on to his future ... or risk losing the second chance he desperately needs.
HQN Books
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9780373803675
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Mass Market Paperback
Gone With the Rogue
By Grey, Amelia
A powerful handsome rogue finally meets his match in Gone With the Rogue, the second book in the First Comes Love series from bestseller Amelia Grey.She had an acceptable marriage of convenience. Now widowed, can this determined and beautiful mother find true and forever love?The sinking of the Salty Dove took her husbands life -- but it didnt drown Julia Fairbrights courage to endure. She creates a proper life for herself and her young son. But now, the tons most notorious rogue is back, and how he makes Julia feel is anything but proper. She cant deny the desires he awakens in her, even though she knows that the handsome devil will surely break her heart.Garrett Stockton owns a successful shipping company and is rumored to have a woman on every continent and half-a-dozen in England. The truth, however, is that Garrett has but one mistress: the wide open sea. That is, until he meets Julia, whose spirit of independence matches his own. What begins as a flirtatious battle of wits turns far more passionate than either of them could have imagined. Suddenly, Garretts only desire is to sail into the sunset with Julia as his wife and young Chatwyn his son. But she wont take his hand -- how can he convince her that his love is real and his heart is hers? "A master storyteller." -- Affaire de Coeur
St. Martin's Paperbacks
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9781250218780
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Mass Market Paperback
Collision Point
By Leigh, Lora
From #1 bestselling author Lora Leigh comes Collision Point, part of the thrilling Brute Force series -- packed with powerful men, steely women, and explosive passion.SHE'S NOTHING BUT TROUBLERiordan Malone is more than a bodyguard. As an Elite Ops agent, he's ripped, raged, and ready to rumble -- a true warrior, inside and out. But no war zone can compare to the battle in Rory's heart when he lays eyes on the only woman he's ever loved -- and thought he had lost forever. . . HE'S EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS As the daughter of a crime lord, Amara Resnova has endured the cruelty of her father's enemies -- and has tried to escape that world ever since. Now, she must reach out to the one man who saved her life, even if she's never forgiven him for breaking her heart. But Amara is tougher today than she was then. She's also more desirable to Rory -- and dangerous to love. Can he protect her from her father's enemies without surrendering to his own passions ... or will love seal their fate for good?
St. Martin's Paperbacks
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9781250110329
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Mass Market Paperback
Cowboy Christmas Homecoming
By Faver, June
This cowboy's finally coming home for ChristmasZach Garrett is home from war, haunted by PTSD, trying to fit in to what has become an alien world. With the holidays fast approaching, his uncle Big Jim Garrett offers him a place on the family ranch. Zach isn't sure he's up for a noisy, boisterous Garrett Christmas...until he meets beautiful Stephanie Gale, and all his protests go up in flames.Firefighter and EMT Stephanie Gale is ready for anything. She's got her life under control...until she locks eyes with Zack and realizes her heart's in a whole new kind of danger. But with a little help from Zack's long-lost army dog, maybe he and Stephanie will be able to make this a Christmas of new beginnings after all.Dark Horse Cowboys series: Do or Die Cowboy (Book 1) Hot Target Cowboy (Book 2) When to Call a Cowboy (Book 3) Cowboy Christmas Gold (Book 4) Praise for Do or Die Cowboy: "Guaranteed melt-your-heart romance." -- Romancing the Book"Heartwarming...a very entertaining story with some surprises." -- Harlequin Junkie
Welcome Back to Rambling, Texas
By Faver, June
Worlds collide when downhome girl Reggie Lee Stafford comes face-to-face with her high-school enemy...Reggie Lee Stafford is a small town Texas hometown girl. She lives in Rambling, in Texas Hill Country where she was born. As a single mom, her world revolves around her young daughter and her beloved job at the local newspaper. But her peaceful life is turned upside down when Frank Bell -- the bane of Reggie's teenage existence -- returns to town to claim his vast inheritance.Frank is now the owner of a charming old Victorian house and the local paper where Reggie is employed. Although Frank had intended to sell everything, he takes the opportunity to act as publisher of the Gazette to get closer to Reggie. If he plays his cards right, he might be able to make up for all the hurt he caused her.
Lust & Loyalty
By Ellis, Shelly
Shelly Ellis is a new favorite to our list. --Christina Lauren, "New York Times "bestselling authors It s a life of high-profile drama for the powerful Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, and they just keep the scandals coming... Evan Murdoch hoped things had finally settled down in his life. But now he's caught between two feuding women: his pregnant fiancee, and his recovering alcoholic wife who s fighting their divorce with every dirty, seductive trick she's got. But even that doesn't compare to the dangerous secret Evan s harboring one that could send a Murdoch to jail for a very long time.
Wyoming Winter
By Palmer, Diana
There's something about those Wyoming men ... New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer returns to the Cowboy State with a brand-new tale of desire and deceptionCultivating his vast Wyoming ranch is all security expert J. C. Calhoun wants. His land is the only thing the betrayed rancher can trust in after discovering his fiance was pregnant by another man. But all J.C. holds dear becomes compromised when a lost little girl leads him to Colie Thompson, the woman who destroyed his life.Colie stops at nothing to protect the people she loves. Years ago she left J.C. for his own good. Now, for the sake of her daughter, she must depend on a hard-hearted man who won't forgive her. As a band of ruthless criminals tracks their every move through the frozen Wyoming winter, Colie and J.C. will be forced to confront the lies that separated them - and the startling truth that will bind them forever ... Bonus book! In a classic Long, Tall Texans tale, a hard-hearted rancher falls for an innocent beauty under the mistletoe in Christmas Cowboy
Not Quite Over You
By Mallery, Susan
Susan Mallery, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances, proves there's nowhere better than Happily Inc to rekindle first love.Silver Tesdal has a head for business and a mouth made for kissing, and banker Drew Lovato has his eye on both. But ever since he was dumb enough to let her go, she's kept him at a distance. When the bank turns her down for a loan, Drew sees a double opportunity - he can finance her brilliant, unique idea to rock Happily Inc's wedding industry and win back her trust.Despite her reputation, Silver's not as tough as she seems. Losing Drew nearly destroyed her. Still, his kisses are as tempting as his offer to invest in her business. If she can't quite get over him, maybe she should get under him and knock him out of her system once and for all.
Two Weeks
By Kingsbury, Karen
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive new story in the Baxter Family series about a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life.Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college and taking the first steps towards his dream - a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of high school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention - and heart - from day one. Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and rediscovering the good girl she used to be. But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she's pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life, Cole is determined to support Elise - even if it means skipping college, marrying her, and raising another man's baby. When Elise decides to place her baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana to escape seven painful years of infertility. But as Elise's due date draws near, she becomes focused on one truth: she has two weeks to change her mind about the adoption. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision - one that changes everyone's plans. Tender and deeply moving, Two Weeks is a story about love, faith, and what it really means to be a family.
Next Year, for Sure
By Peterson, Zoey Leigh
In this moving and enormously entertaining debut novel, longtime romantic partners Kathryn and Chris experiment with an open relationship and reconsider everything they thought they knew about love.After nine years together, Kathryn and Chris have the sort of relationship most would envy. They speak in the shorthand they have invented, complete one another's sentences, and help each other through every daily and existential dilemma. When Chris tells Kathryn about his feelings for Emily, a vivacious young woman he sees often at the Laundromat, Kathryn encourages her boyfriend to pursue this other woman - certain that her bond with Chris is strong enough to weather a little side dalliance. As Kathryn and Chris stumble into polyamory, Next Year, For Sure tracks the tumultuous, revelatory, and often very funny year that follows. When Chris's romance with Emily grows beyond what anyone anticipated, both Chris and Kathryn are invited into Emily's communal home, where Kathryn will discover new romantic possibilities of her own. In the confusions, passions, and upheavals of their new lives, both Kathryn and Chris will be forced to reconsider their past and what they thought they knew about love. Offering a luminous portrait of a relationship from two perspectives, Zoey L. Paterson has written an empathic, beautiful, and tremendously honest novel about a great love pushed to the edge. Deeply poignant and hugely entertaining, Next Year, For Sure shows us what lies at the mysterious heart of relationships, and what true openness and transformation require.
Can't Let Go
By Showalter, Gena
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a sizzling Original Heartbreakers tale about an icy war vet and the only woman capable of melting him ... With trust issues a mile long, Ryanne Wade has sworn off men. Then Jude Laurent walks into her bar, and all bets are off. The former army ranger has suffered unimaginably, first being maimed in battle then losing his wife and daughters to a drunk driver. Making the brooding widower smile is priority one. Resisting him? Impossible.For Jude, Ryanne is off-limits. And yet the beautiful bartender who serves alcohol to potential motorists tempts him like no other. When a rival bar threatens her livelihood - and her life - he can't turn away. She triggers something in him he thought long buried, and he's determined to protect her, whatever the cost.As their already scorching attraction continues to heat, the damaged soldier knows he must let go of his past to hold on to his future ... or risk losing the second chance he desperately needs.
Gone With the Rogue
By Grey, Amelia
A powerful handsome rogue finally meets his match in Gone With the Rogue, the second book in the First Comes Love series from bestseller Amelia Grey. She had an acceptable marriage of convenience. Now widowed, can this determined and beautiful mother find true and forever love?The sinking of the Salty Dove took her husbands life -- but it didnt drown Julia Fairbrights courage to endure. She creates a proper life for herself and her young son. But now, the tons most notorious rogue is back, and how he makes Julia feel is anything but proper. She cant deny the desires he awakens in her, even though she knows that the handsome devil will surely break her heart.Garrett Stockton owns a successful shipping company and is rumored to have a woman on every continent and half-a-dozen in England. The truth, however, is that Garrett has but one mistress: the wide open sea. That is, until he meets Julia, whose spirit of independence matches his own. What begins as a flirtatious battle of wits turns far more passionate than either of them could have imagined. Suddenly, Garretts only desire is to sail into the sunset with Julia as his wife and young Chatwyn his son. But she wont take his hand -- how can he convince her that his love is real and his heart is hers? "A master storyteller." -- Affaire de Coeur
Collision Point
By Leigh, Lora
From #1 bestselling author Lora Leigh comes Collision Point, part of the thrilling Brute Force series -- packed with powerful men, steely women, and explosive passion.SHE'S NOTHING BUT TROUBLERiordan Malone is more than a bodyguard. As an Elite Ops agent, he's ripped, raged, and ready to rumble -- a true warrior, inside and out. But no war zone can compare to the battle in Rory's heart when he lays eyes on the only woman he's ever loved -- and thought he had lost forever. . . HE'S EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS As the daughter of a crime lord, Amara Resnova has endured the cruelty of her father's enemies -- and has tried to escape that world ever since. Now, she must reach out to the one man who saved her life, even if she's never forgiven him for breaking her heart. But Amara is tougher today than she was then. She's also more desirable to Rory -- and dangerous to love. Can he protect her from her father's enemies without surrendering to his own passions ... or will love seal their fate for good?
Cowboy Christmas Homecoming
By Faver, June
This cowboy's finally coming home for ChristmasZach Garrett is home from war, haunted by PTSD, trying to fit in to what has become an alien world. With the holidays fast approaching, his uncle Big Jim Garrett offers him a place on the family ranch. Zach isn't sure he's up for a noisy, boisterous Garrett Christmas...until he meets beautiful Stephanie Gale, and all his protests go up in flames.Firefighter and EMT Stephanie Gale is ready for anything. She's got her life under control...until she locks eyes with Zack and realizes her heart's in a whole new kind of danger. But with a little help from Zack's long-lost army dog, maybe he and Stephanie will be able to make this a Christmas of new beginnings after all.Dark Horse Cowboys series: Do or Die Cowboy (Book 1) Hot Target Cowboy (Book 2) When to Call a Cowboy (Book 3) Cowboy Christmas Gold (Book 4) Praise for Do or Die Cowboy: "Guaranteed melt-your-heart romance." -- Romancing the Book"Heartwarming...a very entertaining story with some surprises." -- Harlequin Junkie