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How do you open your heart for a new love when it’s frozen? That’s the dilemma Margaret Taylor has faced since losing her beloved husband. Demands as a Judge and the Mayor of Laurel Heights has left very little time for being just Margaret. She signs up with a tour group to take the dream vacation she and her husband planned to go on, a land and sea tour of Alaska. Over the year’s she’s received threats and has recognized them as all part of the job. When she receives three life-threatening notes, her family urges her to cancel her vacation. She refuses. Her much needed vacation ...

YOU’VE BEEN SOLD. Lucien Behr’s world is shaken when he read the three words. This wasn’t supposed to happen. He’d specifically requested his name not be put up for silent auction at the Artis–Naples Philharmonic annual Spend the Weekend with a Bachelor fundraising event. He drew the line when it came to making himself available to pamper and submit to the whims of a spoiled socialite. He’d only attended the event to honor the memory of his late wife. Time stood still when Jonelle Madison walked in like a starlet strolling across the red carpet. Twenty years ago Jonelle had ...

Peter Llewelyn’s fans saw him as a world-famous concert pianist, director and composer. No one saw the emptiness in his heart at the loss of his wife and little boy, Martin. Retreating from the public eye, he pours everything into his award winning musicals. He agrees to be a guest conductor at a concert that will benefit children. The favor includes judging songs written by novice songwriters. To his displeasure, the composer could claim the song was arranged by the great Peter Llewelyn. The high-end condo units at the Vanderbilt Beach Resort are perfect for a min-vacation and getting ...

Lidia Cunningham has no memory of the first six years of her life. Her adoptive parents provided a loving home but hadn’t been forthcoming on information about her past. As a well-respected fire marshal, she’s made a personal commitment to investigate the cause of a fire and bring the ones responsible to justice. When Blackwell Industries has unexplained fires, she discovers the remains of a body that, by all rights, should have been undetectable. This case is like no other and hits too close to home. Eleven years ago, she had an affair with the President of Blackwell Industries. It was...

Shannon Davis opened Tale of Forgotten Books, hoping Last Chance Beach lived up to its reputation, offering second chances. Abandoned as an infant, she’s always hoped to locate her family. She becomes the companion to a wonderful but eccentric patroness. Upon her death, Shannon inherits Pearl’s extensive library and the property in LCB. Needing extra help for the holidays, Shannon’s new hire is an expert in psychometry. When Daphne touches one of Pearl’s old journals, she warns Shannon to be careful what to believe and who to trust. Brett Aymes was abandoned by his mother when he ...

Samantha Kingsley is about to realize her dream of opening her tea shop and bakery, Tea in Time, in Laurel Heights. However, her boss asks her to take on one last job as an undercover insurance investigator. She must investigate a trucking company to determine the cause of a series of unexplained accidents. To her dismay, she suddenly recognizes the president of the company—a man whose strikingly handsome features and captivating presence are impossible to forget. The last time their paths crossed, she had been draped seductively across a chair, performing a lap dance just for him. The ...

Lincoln Adams, a successful businessman, closed the door on painful memories from eighteen years past. When a friend from a different chapter of his life calls in a favor, Linc feels obligated to honor his promise. As he works to save the struggling town, he uncovers secrets that will change his life forever. Sergeant Jessie Taylor has devoted herself to her role as a police officer in Laurel Heights, a charming town in the Pennsylvania Highlands. Through hard work, she has earned the trust and respect of her colleagues and residents alike. Everything changes when Lincoln Adams returns to ...

Ryan Jefferies was a man with a life plan. Make the prestigious law firm he’d been entrusted by his father a continuing success; get married after he turned forty; become a father, in that specific order. He’d been deceived once and swore he’d never again become a victim of an unplanned pregnancy. He’d celebrated his fortieth birthday nine months ago and purchased a house. This New Year’s Eve, he planned to ask the woman of his dreams to marry him and become the mother of his children. His only problem with his life plan was that she’d stopped communicating with him shortly ...

Summer lovin' and shattered trust. That summer, their eighteen-year-old hearts soared with the thrill of first love—a feeling they believed would last forever—and nothing could come between them. However, their treasured bond began to unravel amid whispers of betrayal, leaving both of them heartbroken. Eighteen years later, Kane Beckett returns to Destiny as sheriff, wondering if his fate was predetermined. Expecting a peaceful life in a quiet Florida seaside town, he is caught off guard by the wave of vandalism and threats that threaten his community. Making things more complicated is ...

Ross Padgett steps into the captain's role for the first time aboard the Leighton Line's revolutionary steam-powered vessel, the SS Spirit of the Seas. Faced with an unexpected challenge, he is determined to lead his ship in a high-stakes race, competing for a lucrative contract to deliver the mail and newspapers from Liverpool to Boston, ensuring the future of the line. Upon arriving in Liverpool to collect a letter of intent to enter the race, Ross learns the race’s victor has already been decided. The odds are against him, but he sets sail with a fierce resolve to prove himself, only ...

Preston Reynolds, a former Army Ranger, left a part of himself in the desert from hell. Life as he knew it was over. No woman would ever want to look at or touch him. He never figured on Cindi Pearl Sullivan sashaying in and turning his world upside down. Cindi's personal motto had always been, "do a good deed, for a friend in need." In her sometimes klutzy way, she shows Preston life is to be lived, and he could enjoy the loving caress of a woman.

Virginia Hennypenny has worked hard to prove she could fit into a man’s world, running her construction company. Her well-ordered life is shaken when she receives a key with an accompanying riddle for her birthday from Margie, her late, eccentric grandmother. The key to the past isn’t always pleasant, but the mystery must be solved to prove one’s innocence. Even if you can’t hold the answer in your hand, it can be right in front of you. The slow hand may not be yours, but your heart will recognize the treasure of love it will hold. Does the key open a door, or a box, or is it a ...

Matilda Hennypenny is content, running her B&B, and raising her three adopted daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity. Life isn’t always kind, having lost her fiancé, under questionable circumstances. Her life changes when she gets a special skeleton key for her birthday, from her late, eccentric grandmother, Margie. Virginia, Ginger, and Irene, her stepsisters, will receive the same special gift in the month of their birthdays. The stipulation is Matilda has to discover what her key opens before Virginia’s birthday in June. The puzzles won’t be solved until the last sister opens her gift...

“All I want is my ship and the sea. No woman will ever run my life. I don’t need love.” Cadell Leighton No man is going to tell me how to run my life. All I want is my freedom. I’ll marry when I’m ready and only for love. Katherine Jameson “A name for a ship. That was the arrangement. Marriages were based on less.” Boston, 1849 Cadell Leighton’s dream is about to come true. He’s worked hard to gain the knowledge to captain a new design in sailing ships. Spirit of the Winds, the latest addition to Leighton Shipping, will prove his claim to deliver cargo in record time. ...

Love never dies. Sometimes it just needs a rest. Sean and Nancy Jean lived together throughout their final two years of law school and envisioned a future together, but circumstances pulled them apart. Sean Harrigan's biggest mistake was leaving Nancy Jean. He focused on a political career and established a reputable, highly successful financial investment firm. Despite his achievements, he seeks Nancy Jean's forgiveness and hopes to begin again. Nancy Jean Griffin thought her life was finished when Sean left her just two days after graduation. She returned to her small hometown to heal and...

Caleb Hughes Thompson, owner of Hughes Department Stores, business-driven world is shattered when he receives a letter, written by his recently deceased brother. His dying wish is to have Caleb locate his daughter, the result of a one night stand. He should start in Eden Prairie, Indiana.Erin MacKenna is a third-grade teacher in the Abraham Lincoln primary school in Eden Prairie. One crazy night of indiscretion resulted in the most wonderful gift she’d ever been given, her daughter Danielle. Not wanting to damage her daughter of a preacher reputation, she tells everyone she was ...

Ginger Hennypenny takes delight in running her music shop, Key to Heart and Soul and overseeing her piano rescue foundation. On her birthday, she’s given a key with a riddle from Margie, her eccentric grandmother. Her sisters received a key that would eventually lead them to a treasure, but Ginny’s key won’t open anything. You expected to find a regular key, but this is the key to everything you know and love. Your quest has two parts. The pen is mightier than the knife, which points to guilt. The story must be written. Doing the right thing isn’t always the right thing to do. The ...

Cameron MacGregor’s lifelong dream was to become a US park ranger. In school, she’d earned the nickname Paula Bunyan. She knew more about the ecosystem of the forest than her teachers. Raised by her grandfather from the time she was nine years old, she’d come to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature in the Alleghany Mountains of Pennsylvania. Only one boy looked beyond the un-female personage and saw the warmhearted, sweet girl she kept hidden from her classmates. Now, after twenty years, he’s come back home to Laurel Heights. She’s well trained and devoted her life to the ...

The witch’s heart is cold, filled with a cauldron of secrets untold. Eyes a brilliant hue of blue shed tears of sorrow. Where once there was happiness, he’s tortured by grief. Trapped in a witch’s lair of loneliness, only the pure of heart will set him free. In dreams, amber eyes bring a crystal spirit of light and happiness. Secrets revealed will change his destiny and be rewarded with a heart of gold. Seth Wolfington’s fate was sealed at the age of 13 when he heard the poem being chanted by his aunt Queenie, kneeling in the center of a pentagram. As the disguised master ...

Irene Hennypenny’s world has been silent since she was ten-year-old. She can speak and is proficient at lip reading. Bell, her hearing dog, is her constant companion. She’s been anxious to receive her birthday “key” and riddle. Knowing her sister’s difficult challenges, she’s anticipating a troublesome task. Her apprehension spikes when part of her riddle tells her to listen…but she’s deaf. It had all come down to her key quest. Would they really find a treasure? Christian McBride is a fire marshal in Beacon Point and a widower, raising Evie, his six-year-old daughter. The ...