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Without the angel forcing him to brake, Liam could have killed the gorgeous girl who ran in front of his car to save a little boy. He owed the rescuer big time and would pay his debt no matter that she acted cranky and became more difficult with every meeting. After all, how hard could it be to walk a bunch of mangy mutts? Men are scum and no one can tell Sadie any different. It’s why she stays away from them. Until a crazy, hotshot soldier runs her down with his convertible. Now she's stuck having to accept his help in her elite dog-walking business. Just her luck that some of the ...

Who the hell is he? Joseph Marcus? No way. He detests everything he’s been told about the loser. Except the doctors, his FBI co-workers, even his housekeeper all agree that, in fact, he is the same dirty cop. After surviving an accident, he returns to the living in the hospital with his face all torn up and his memories gone… so how can he argue? And yet everything inside his sentimental heart says they must be wrong. Hell, even the huge guard dog he supposedly beats regularly doesn’t show tendencies to eat him like they said happened in the past. Determined to show his superiors that...

Any day is a great day to cozy up to Christmas Romances! UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS WONDERS: Harmony and Romance Eight unforgettable holiday love stories. One heartwarming Valentine reminder that love shines brightest in every season. Step into a world where Christmas magic lingers long after the decorations come down. This enchanting collection of contemporary holiday romances is filled with hope, passion, second chances, and the kind of love that warms the heart no matter the time of year. From small-town miracles to big-city dreams, from mystery and suspense to tender romance and joyful ...

Book #3 - Ultimate Freedom Conquering conflicts and battles, Demi and her Alaskan family face more unexpected adventures. Battling for her life is just the beginning. Before she has a chance to catch her breath, she’s deep in a fight for her best friend’s future. Nothing comes easy in this wild country. Even with the support of the handsome gold prospector, her new brother, and her wolf, life in the North continues to challenge her every step of the way. If she fights with everything in her, will she finally find the peaceful existence she craves? LAND OF THE FREE TROLOGY Book #1 - ...

Agent Anastacia has always been protective of her personal space. Her co-workers respect her wishes and her world proceeds in the secure way that makes her happy. Until she’s asked to step out of her comfy zone and take her war-stricken, newly orphaned, Ukrainian cousin under her wing. Fifteen-year-old Hanna needs a lot of understanding, comforting… love. Not particularly something Ana feels she’s capable of providing. Now Nash Ralph, a life-loving, carefree, firefighting hotshot who they meet on their journey to the lake area, has those traits and lives them without feeling his ...

A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter… Cassi watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid. When she finds a stash of loot in her brother’s gym locker, she has the means. Now all she needs is the guts to make every one of those low-life gang members pay. People might think detectives ...

Detective Cora Taylor isn’t expecting the cop who’d haunted her dreams for ten years to return and find her drunk, wearing a torn wedding dress, and surrounded by tiny, white puppies. Go figure her rotten luck. The last time they’d met, she’d been a sweet-looking rookie too fearful to shoot a killer who ended up later murdering a family of four. Guilt from that night changed her into a speed demon, a hardened detective with colorful language… in fact a whole new persona. One who wears too much makeup, bleaches her short messy hair, and has developed many professional skills that ...

Strangers, Hali and Terry, and a cute but mischievous Samoyed puppy are stranded in the Alaskan bush. Due to a freak snowstorm, Terry is forced to land his small Cessna on a frozen lake. From the beginning, Hali’s never known a man so independent and rigid in his need to have things done his way. And Terry’s never known a woman so willing to help, stepping on his pride in such a lovable way that he can’t take offense. The frigid temperatures are brutal and when Terry falls through the ice to save a puppy, the stakes for survival become enormous. Can their blossoming mutual attraction ...

Hooker turned nanny, Faith Whitely, known to her johns as Sunshine, has struggled to be a decent person all her life. And her options were never the same as the good girls in town. Growing up with a sick mother and limited resources, she does the best she can until a man she loves dies in a violent, intolerable situation where she blames herself. Then her world crumbles into drugs and self-hate. She’s saved by the sound of a baby’s cry, an unmanageable child who she bonds with and then needs as much as she wants his daddy. Any luck Steven Corella has with the women in his life has been ...

It's Christmas in small town, Carlton Grove... In this holiday love story, Belinda Page, a single mom of a very intelligent four-year-old daughter, is at her wits end, trying to keep up with her baby genius. When the child throws herself into a lake to rescue a puppy, Belinda is frantic. Turning to the man who saves both babies, she seeks his support - until she finds out he’s one of those hated Carltons. After all, it was at their home where she’d gone to a party, been drugged, raped and left to deal with the consequences. Dr. Reed Carlton, an introvert who feels uncomfortable around ...

Agent Jennie hates only one man. The same guy who comes back into her and her daughter’s life and rips it apart. How can she allow him the power… how can she not? Thank goodness for Agent Jennie Sarnoski’s baba. The grandmother who came from the old country as a child and steps in during Jennie’s time of need. Left by the boy she loves, alone, pregnant, and terrified, she survives because of the help from the old lady she adores. Her daughter, Lisa, grows up searching for the man her mother refuses to discuss. Unwilling to stop, she finally gets her wish. In one night, Officer Kane ...

Governor Stacy Bolden fears how the world can survive so much dysfunction. When Tanner chooses to partner with Special Agent Isabella, she’s totally bummed. Desperately needing some downtime, she sure-as-he…ck doesn’t want to spend it with him. He’d been the bane of her teenage existence, and now, because of his demands, her boss is forcing her to work with him to protect a child. How the hell could she do that when little people scared her silly? She’d rather face a drugged-up sicko with a loaded handgun and frequently has. Agent Tanner understands that the Governor and her child...

Left high and dry, Aurora battles against her love for Kai. She eventually fights her way out of the pain of abandonment when she learns that Kai unknowingly left her with a part of himself she can love. Of course, she’s also forced to take on another partner. A ditzy gal who gets under her collar at first, but whose chatty cheerfulness and incredible skills soon win her a place on Aurora’s best-friend list. Then there’s the good-looking devil, Jeff Waters, who’s the owner of the fantastic new casino in town. He makes up his mind he desires Aurora. She’s his type of woman, and ...

LAND OF THE FREE Escape… a new beginning. That’s what Demi Fedora yearns for. And so, she leaves everything and everyone she knows to move to her deceased grandfather’s derelict cabin in the wilds of Alaska, the one he left her in his will. Meeting Whittaker Hart isn’t in her plans. Though the ruggedly handsome gold prospector does everything to win her over, she keeps her distance until her need to survive a life totally foreign to her nature overcomes her desire to do everything herself. After rescuing a young drunk and taking on the tough life of a greenhorn, she realizes one ...

Tikka decides to get a puppy for her mother to help her with the horrible grief she’s suffering over the death of her husband. Surprisingly, the breeder brings the whole litter. The little monsters get loose in her house, knock over her Christmas tree, and make a huge mess. Panicked by the furry critter’s - never having had a pet – when one is injured, she’s helped that the breeder’s handsome son, Noah, who shows up to collect the puppies. Soon, she falls in love with the furballs and finds out there’s a problem. She wants the one Noah’s earmarked for his own. When Noah ...

Ginny can't walk past the old man caught in a snowstorm, especially when he isn't dressed to be outside, doesn't know his own name, or where he lives. When the blizzard blows out of control, she's thankful he's safe in her tiny apartment where she and her son can care for him… and the puppy he rescued while wandering in the park. When the Deputy Police Chief comes to her door in response to her call about finding a lost person, everything in her world turns upside down. The storm intensifies, the power shuts off, and because of the vicious weather, she's forced to have this handsome ...

Driven by revenge, she'll do whatever it takes! Cassidy Santino is closing in on the mobsters who murdered her brother and there’s no way she’s giving up her quest for revenge. Working at a seedy bar where the gang members hang out, she digs up information that might lead to finding his killers. When jealous hookers and sleazy barmaids try forcing her to leave, she fights back. For the love of an old rascal who owns the neighborhood gym, she helps train his protégé in the boxing ring. For her sanity, she clings to her relationship with the one man who makes her feel like a woman. ...

Cass is determined to find the female who was there the night the gang murdered her brother. If the missing woman turns out to be the killer, then she has to pay. Walking the nightly tightrope at the bar where she’s employed, staying out of the clutches of the she-devil boss who wants her, and dealing with the L.A. scumbag who’s taken a dislike to her, the battles are constant. One thing she can’t bear to lose - the affections of the detective whose patience with her stubbornness is fragile. When he’s taken hostage, life goes into an even deeper spiral of conflicts and tension. ...

***IMPORTANT!! Her Sweet Revenge Series – must start from Book #1 called Retaliation, (which is FREE) The challenges that Cassi faces in this last book are enormous. Trace has been kidnapped, and every passing day destroys her hope that he’s alive. The US Featherweight Champion seeks revenge in a rematch that Cassi refuses to even talk about. But she worries about how her rejection will affect Arlene and Rusty. The female witness of her brother’s murder is still at large. Always in the back of Cassi’s mind is the craving to learn the truth and finally get her revenge. The Vegas mob ...

Abandoned puppies found under the porch of their duplex become an issue when Ruby Innes overrides her co-tenant, Thatcher Rollins, in his demand she call in the SPCA. Instead, she becomes a surrogate mother to the tiny balls of fluff… with the cranky good-looker’s unexpected assistance. Not surprising, one of the pups bonds with Thatcher and won’t be put aside. After all, it’s exactly how she’s beginning to feel about the guy whose bluff exterior hides a mushy heart. Seriously, how can a woman ignore someone who loves his mother so much, he’s willing to fly to Vegas to stop her ...