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Ozark Mountains, 1932 Small Town teacher Mary Jo Stevens yearns to make a difference in her community and starts with giving her shoes to a young mother in need. The rest of the town thinks she's lost her mind. As a Demonstration Agent for the Arkansas Welfare Department, Bill Wright travels to every hill and hollow in the Ozarks to teach men and women how to make the best of their situations. But he needs the assistance of someone like Mary Jo to gain the community’s trust. Can she trust an outsider who thinks he knows best?

Amanda Samson and her sisters have inherited a surf and sandwich shop on the beautiful island of Maui. Amanda has grand plans to fixing up the joint, but life...and love get in the way. Perched on a ladder while cleaning the sign, she falls into the arms of her handsome cruise captain employee, Drake Thomas. Sparks fly as she tries to fight her attraction for a Billionaire Playboy. Knowing from experience that women are trouble, Drake tries to stay away from his feisty, opinionated, but beautiful boss. Join Amanda and Drake as things come to an explosive conclusion in Paradise and they ...

Evil is stalking the town of Clear Springs and seems to be targeted at Cassidy Monroe, one of the town's detectives. Haunted by her mother's unsolved murder, Cassidy links the killer to her death. What she discovers rocks her world. Colin MacKenzie, a relocated detective from Scotland, is the last thing Cassidy needs. Handsome and determined to protect her, she finds he is a distraction she doesn't need. As an age-old secret covered with blood creeps closer, Cassidy must determine which is more important...justice or love?

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.

A vacation with Stormi Nelson is anything but relaxing! After the horrific experience of saving the lives of her niece and fiancé, Stormi Nelson takes the family to a retreat high in the Ozark mountains. It doesn't take long before a dead body in a bubble bath turns the vacation into anything but. Forbidden to leave since they are all suspects, Stormi's family spends two weeks in a resort that is not at all relaxing.

A determined woman seeking justice and a cowboy with a heart for broken youth must face danger, distrust, and a greedy enemy to protect the Rocking 7 Ranch. When Hope Jennings returns to Copper Pass after her aunt’s suspicious death, she accepts a counseling position at the newly opened youth healing center on the Rocking 7 Ranch. But her arrival raises questions—because Hope’s true reason for coming back runs deeper than her love for helping troubled kids. Secrets shadow her steps, and she soon finds herself under scrutiny from those she thought she could trust. Houston Armstrong, a ...

A reclusive cowboy mechanic and a reluctant heroine are thrown together by danger, diamonds, and unexpected love at the Rocking 7 Ranch. Malcolm Armstrong has only ever wanted two things—to restore vintage cars and to find the woman of his dreams. But being the youngest Armstrong brother means his life is never simple. When a misunderstanding leads him to tackle Ashley Lincoln, believing she’s a jewel thief, their world collides in chaos—and someone starts shooting. Ashley’s quiet, predictable life takes a sharp turn when she’s caught holding a bag of stolen diamonds. Hauled ...

CAN A SHY TEACHER AND A SAD WIDOWER STAND STRONG IN THEIR LOVE WHEN DANGER THREATENS? Tina Johnson, second grade schoolteacher, is at her wit's end with two twin boys in her class. She sets up a meeting with their father, not expecting him to be so handsome, or so sad. The two agree to work on the boys' behavior. David Larson, widower, never expects to fall in love again, but when he starts meeting regularly with his sons' teacher, all that changes. He discovers the beautiful woman has a kind heart and really wants the best for his boys. When the two decide to take their relationship to the...

A child in danger. A beautiful nanny. A cold-blooded killer. Only a hardened private investigator can keep them alive. Angela Barnes never expected her temporary job as a nanny to turn into a fight for survival. Hired to care for a wealthy couple’s daughter, she’s shocked when the parents vanish without warning—leaving her alone with a little girl whose true identity is far more dangerous than Angie realizes. Enter Clark Steele, one of the legendary Brothers Steele Private Investigators, a former bodyguard with a reputation for being cool under pressure. For nearly a year, Clark has ...

A too-handsome-for-his-own-good private investigator must protect a woman from a deadly stalker—while fighting a passion that could cost them both everything. Lana Bailey thought a new job would mean a fresh start—but danger follows her everywhere. Hunted by a relentless stalker who claims she belongs to him, Lana seeks safety at Brothers Steele Private Investigators, hoping the powerful agency can shield her from harm. Enter Lance Steele—a seasoned PI, protective alpha hero, and far too handsome for his own good. Determined to protect Lana, Lance takes her case pro bono, vowing to ...

Three brothers. Three cases. Three chances to love...or die. In the Steele Brothers trilogy you'll find danger, intrigue, mystery, and suspense as the brothers tackle cases that could very well kill them. Three stories, three romances, three brave men with hearts as big as they are handsome. From high society functions to stalkers to cold-blooded killers, these stories will keep the listener awake, listening to the end.

When Maegan Larson finds a box of 50-year-old love letters written to her grandmother from a soldier in Vietnam, everything changes. Maegan starts a search to find out what happened to the soldier and meets the handsome Chase Dixon. Together, the two formulate a plan to rekindle a love and find romance of their own. This delightful Christmas story will bring back the magic of love letters.

Trinity Ashford and her friends are in over their heads this time. When a man is found murdered at Trinity’s best friend’s wedding, clutching the bride’s missing diamond earrings, Trinity sets out to find out who is stealing from the people of Waterfall. Not only is she trying to solve a mystery, she’s trying to plan her own wedding and renovate the “haunted” house her fiancé purchased for them. Trinity and her friends decide to spend a night at the house to see why the neighbors believe it to be haunted and find themselves terrorized by three men in clown masks.

With the age of 28 looming ahead and Tatum Jackson still unmarried, she made a vow to enjoy her birthday on a cruise ship bound for Hawaii. She runs into, literally, a handsome man and enjoys a romance movies were made of. When the cruise ends, she agrees to continue the relationship with Eric Carlson via letters. Then one simple mistake leads Tatum to think it all a lie. Will fate intervene once again and save these two hearts?

Lydia Downs, lady's maid to the spoiled Elizabeth Samson, is badgered into attending the first ball of the season in place of her mistress. A masquerade ball where Lydia meets the kind, handsome, and wealthy Beauregard Hollingsworth.

Five friends from college start a private investigator business. What came next was totally unexpected. This box set features all five romances in one volume: Saving Sarah, Lesson for Lacey, Mission for Meghan, Long Way for Lainie, and Aimed at Amy.

When Cindy Lou Hopkins turns 25, life will get better. She knows it. She'll no longer be under the thumb of her stepmother, Geneva, or tormented by her stepsisters. She just has to stay alive that long. The only kink in her plan for independence is the handsome Lance Moore, whom she jokingly calls the town prince. A man who wants to get to know her better. A man Cindy isn't worthy to be in the same room as. When Lance throws a barn dance, Cindy is determined to have one night with him that will carry her through the rest of her life.

A new job as nanny turns deadly. Darcie Thayer needs to find what her late husband hid before she is killed. The package may be her only means of survival. She accepts a job as nanny to a best-selling author in hopes of having the time to continue her search in the last place she ever thought she would go back to. Her hometown.

Maureen O'Shea arrives in Devil Falls, Montana, to marry a man she's never met. When she finds out her intended had died before her arrival she is met with an uncertain future. She decides to spend the last of her funds by bringing culture to the western town in the form of a tea shop. It never occurred to her that the town preferred coffee. Not until the handsome blacksmith, Micah Webster so rudely points it out. Stagecoaches enroute to the town are being robbed and Micah is deputized to help.

Sadie Rollins wants to raise subscriptions to her father's newspaper and knows just the way to do it: a contest for the hand of the town's most eligible bachelor, Doctor Ezekiel Phelps. Everything goes according to plan...until someone enters Sadie's name into the drawing.