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James Everett was desperate. When his daughter had been kidnapped, and he couldn’t raise enough money for the ransom demand, no one; not the law, not the Pinkertons, and not even the army would intervene to try and free her. He had even had his offer of five thousand dollars turned down by a bounty hunter. But the bounty hunter suggested another man, one who had left the business almost two years ago but warned James that there was only a remote possibility that he would take the job. Yet no matter how slim it may be, James knew he had to try that last hope, his daughter’s only Chance.

Aurora Harper doesn’t like Chance Hughes. He’s too handsome, too charismatic, and he’s a player. She’s had enough of players in her life after her fiancé left her for a bridesmaid three weeks before the wedding. Been there, done that, not doing it again. But Rory let down her guard. She and Chance spent two hot weeks together after Rory nearly died at the hands of a madman. Chance was part of the team that found her, and he stayed by her side from the moment she was freed until she kicked him out of her house when she came to her senses.

With its breathtaking vistas and down-to-earth people, Thunder Point is the perfect place for FBI agent Laine Carrington to recuperate from a gunshot wound and contemplate her future. The locals embraced Laine as one of their own after she risked her life to save a young girl from a dangerous cult. Knowing her wounds go beyond the physical, Laine hopes she'll fit in for a while and find her true self in a town that feels safe. She may even learn to open her heart to others, something an undercover agent has little time to indulge.

In an encounter straight out of fiction, Katie might have met Mr Right on the long-haul flight from Melbourne to New York. Richard Sinclair is charming, handsome, wealthy, cultured—and married. In an open marriage, according to him. When he invites her to join him in his lush lakeside villa in Italy as his son’s au pair, it might just be the opportunity for a reset that Katie has been longing for.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Someone Like You comes a heartwarming story about childhood friends, broken lives, and an age-old promise, proving it’s never too late for love. Years ago, the day before Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat...

Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura wants to find his daughter's missing husband. At least that's how he puts it to Spenser and Hawk, even though it's clear that Julius isn't telling the whole truth—or maybe not any part of the truth. Something about the case appeals to Spenser's passion for justice, though, and he launches an odyssey that leads him and Hawk into the netherworld of organized crime.

She was my best friend's little sister, which meant she was off limits, but I couldn’t help myself. I never could when it came to her, and in the end, I left town and made something of my myself. Ten years later and I'm one of the richest men in the world. I have everything I ever wanted...except for her.

Ava Steel isn’t the typical member of her famous family. She colors her hair pink, practices the tarot, and runs her bakery in town without any help from her family’s financial fortune. She’s content in her life, and she knows who she is…until she receives a cryptic text from a mysterious stranger. Bar-owner Brendan Murphy inadvertently became entwined with the Steel family when he dug up timeworn documents under his floorboards.

On an idyllic Greek island, danger surfaces...and passion re-ignites. Believing her marriage to be over, Belle Jones’s only devotion is to her charity work in war-torn Nawaka, but when she’s kidnapped the last person she expects to rescue her is her estranged husband, Greek billionaire Nick Andreakos. To hide her from the obsessed kidnapper—and to repair their broken relationship—Nick whisks Belle away to his private island paradise. But she still won't put up with his controlling ways...even if she's still defenseless against their scorching-hot chemistry. With the brutal killer ...

Scoffing grumps, cautious touches, bears with bellies, steamy romps, and a town that can’t resist a love connection. I nearly died in a snowstorm. He rescued me. I’ve spent years behind a bar listening to everyone else’s problems. I pretend I have it all figured out. Then a grumpy recluse who prefers grunts and scoffs to actual words made me realize I never asked what I wanted out of life. He’s rough around the edges and built for solitude. I’m full of nervous chatter and determined to break down his walls. It only takes one night with bourbon and big band music in the background,...

After a brutal breakup, college junior Blake Logan escapes to her family’s lake house in Tahoe, determined to shut out the world. Her plan is simple: no men, no drama. Until Wyatt Graham shows up. Four years older and far too good at getting under her skin, Wyatt is the living embodiment of a “bad idea,” and the guy who shattered her pride when she confessed her crush at sixteen.

Dr. Eldon Chance is a brilliant forensic neuropsychologist with a long track record of getting involved with damaged women. After separating from his wife, a series of bad decisions leads to Chance sleeping with a patient named Jaclyn Blackstone. Unfortunately her ex-husband is an Oakland homicide detective and the jealous type.

★★★★★From kindle all-star and USA Today author, Taylor Hart! The Cross Creek Family Romances! ★★★Taylor Hart always does a great job of writing clean, faith-filled romances. All the stories in this book are excellent, and I highly recommend them!★★★Kindle Customer A small town sheriff trying to put this gold hunt to rest once and for all. A woman from his past, running from her ex. Will they keep each other's secrets and open their hearts once again? Chance Cross only knew one thing; whoever was going after his family--would pay. And he would put this gold hunt to rest...

A cyborg with a mysterious and dangerous past. A naive girl fleeing the dying farmlands to forge her own future. Chance has fought his entire life, first for survival in the streets of Cyn City and later for money and prestige in the underground Cyborg Fight League. His fists and cybernetic arm have solved almost every problem he's ever faced, except for love. After losing the love of his life, he never thought he'd find someone again. Verity left behind everything she knows to start a new future in Cyn City.

The first time I got married, I watched the man I love walk away from me. The second time around, I’m the one signing the dotted line first—this one a man who I realized I never loved. Once burned, twice broken, I’m done looking for love. Only my first ex-husband seems to be everywhere I turn—at my work, with my friends, and eventually…in my bed. I didn’t mean for it to happen. Twice. But I know if I don’t protect my heart, there will be nothing left of me if he walks away again without telling me why he did so in the first place.

ON THE RUN FROM AN UNHINGED EX *Based on a true story*. The Chance Series is the story of Miss Rayqelle Davis, the step daughter of a Chicago police officer, who grows up in a seriously dysfunctional home and turns to the streets as a means of escape. After some truly bad experiences with thug love, that leave her both emotionally and physically battered, Rayqelle soon grows to understand that fast life and fast love in the hood ain’t all that it’s cracked up to be. That is when she meets Chance, a very handsome and mysterious stranger whose love threatens to turn her whole world upside...

A pregnancy she didn’t plan. A man she didn’t expect. After heartbreak drove her across the ocean, Nova Thatcher thought London would give her the fresh start she so desperately needed. But between her mother’s passing, the weight of her own depression, and a pregnancy she never saw coming, Nova is barely keeping her head above water. Her new job as social media manager for The Hands rugby team was supposed to be her lifeline, but it’s hard to focus when her world is falling apart.

She thought marriage meant forever. Until one message, one night, changed everything. Nyla Jayston has been trying to conceive for months — trusting, hopeful, and sure her life with Clark Sumner is solid. Then a late-night text appears on his phone from a woman named Jordyn: a selfie, a seduction, a lie. What looks like a mistake becomes the first crack in a carefully built world. When Nyla follows a stranger’s taunting message to a villa at 4 a.m., she finds the proof she never wanted to see. Betrayed, humiliated, and hollowed by anger, she runs from the life she thought was ...

Alison Kerby’s guesthouse is haunted all year round. Surviving the dead of winter, though? That’s a spooky proposition. Even with a blizzard bearing down on New Jersey, Alison can count on at least two guests—Paul and Maxie, the stubborn ghosts who share her shore town inn.

I've been in love with my best friend for as long as I can remember. I tried to tell her in high school, which royally backfired. Ten years hasn't changed things, but now I'm finally ready to lay it all out on the table. The only problem? She's got her sights set on someone else. I made the mistake of letting her go once before. This time, I'm going to prove that the only guy she needs is me.