Showing results by author "Ellie Thornton" in All Categories

He is looking for a new challenge in his life. She wants the challenges to stop. They just might be the answer to one another's problems. Cash Evans, famous chef and entrepreneur, has lost the spice in his life. He wants a fresh perspective, and going home to Harvest Ranch for a few days sounds like the perfect place for it. He plans to keep a low profile until he sees the "Sticky and Sweet" honey shop driving into town. A childhood dream brought to fruition by the one person he longs to see, but has been hiding from for years--a feisty red head that he's pretty sure could bring him to his ...

She believes in first impressions . . . and his was the worst! Jessie Winslow will do anything to make her dreams of getting a house of her own come true. Even work with the arrogant, albeit handsome, one-time actor turned real-estate mogul on his new land development deal in her beloved hometown of Harvest Ranch. That is if she doesn't throttle him first. But she has bigger fish to fry than him—like bringing to justice the man who robbed her cousins and a bunch of other people in town of millions of dollars. She may feel a little guilty for vouching for the guy; guilty enough to sidle up...

Enjoy this hilarious military romcom based around the wedding of the century from the dynamic writing duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton. When Elena Navarro agrees to her husband's plan to take out his buddy Andy, and win the ongoing game of Black Ops Tag, during Andy's wedding week; she didn't know it would involve not showering for three days, sleeping in a tent, and eating MREs. Pete's gone loco and she might too if she doesn't get a warm shower. Pete knows Elena is struggling. They've tried to have kids for over ten years and she's getting desperate. ...

Nothing can be so simple as a Christmas Eve proposal when B.O.T.s is involved. Bree is the perfect woman for Joseph--if only he could convince her that getting married makes sense. Maybe taking her back to the place where they fell in love will help. Even as his plan is put into motion, it begins to unravel. Find out how wrong things can go for this Mr. Right! *Contains bonus prequel. ** Release week bonus story included -- get it before it's gone.

When this group of retired friends decide to play matchmakers--things don't go as planned. USA Today Bestselling Author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton take you on a hilarious journey into Diamond Cove, Florida, a place where you're always welcome and strongly encouraged to fall in love. Sometimes the path to romance is paved for golf carts and lined with palm trees.

Go undercover in this military romcom based around the “Royal American Wedding” where nothing is as it seems and breaking into your partner's hotel room is all part of the job. Bree has been dying to go undercover for the IRS and bring down someone big, but it doesn’t matter how long she stays at the office… the dates she avoids so she can work weekends … the dumpsters she climbs in… she’s overlooked for the field assignments. Every. Time. Until Joseph Murphy came along with a shiny new campaign embezzlement investigation. He’s been called in because his buddy is the groom ...

She's there undercover . . . And he knows it. When a high-profile murder case ends up on Detective Elizabeth Shea’s desk, she thinks she’ll finally be able to prove herself to her superiors; that is until she’s assigned a babysitting detail in a regency themed resort called Bristol Park instead. Despite being frustrated with her boss, her empire-waist dress, her lack of regency knowledge, and being unarmed, she’s determined to do her best. Things are going well until one of the actors begins to pester her, she starts to fall for another, and she discovers the woman in her care ...

The matchmaker isn't looking for love from her best friend--but it knocked her feet out from under her anyway. Emma Lee Bradford loves love. She's even made a business of helping people get married! Not that she's interested in getting married herself. George is used to Emma Lee's mischief, and the madness that follows. Normally he doesn't mind, but this time, there's more at stake. His heart, her credibility, and even her business could be lost, but she cannot be dissuaded. If Emma Lee isn't careful, she'll lose the heart of the man she never knew she needed.

His upright nature will teach her to love again. Her fiery spirit will bring him back to life. Allie Ward is swearing off men for good. She’s had it with their lying, thieving, and cheating ways. What she needs to focus on is bettering herself and her business. But the studly, new investor to her “Sticky and Sweet” honey company, Brandon Carroll, keeps getting in her head. He’s not like the guys she’s dated before. He’s reserved, tough, hard to rile, and surprisingly flirty when she least expects it. She’s torn between wanting to hide from him, and wanting to kiss the life out...

Hang onto your belly as you laugh your way down the aisle with this couple and their entourage including a bold and brassy Cuban lover, an undercover IRS agent, a neuro-diverse bridesmaid/bestie, a Latino dance instructor, a gun slinging cowboy, a woman full of double pregnancy hormones (twins!), and five hot military buddies who can smell trouble a mile away. America has always dreamt of becoming a senator; but six months before she announces her run for office, she meets Captain Andy Phelps, a military police special investigator who dismantles her security system and kidnaps her from her...

He’s a fake psychic who just wants to be left alone, but . . . he can see her. She’s a cop with unfinished business—and she’s not going anywhere until he helps her. After three years of working as a Detective with the 35th Precinct, Elizabeth Shea is finally starting to feel like she belongs. So, when the Serious Crimes Unit gets assigned to take down the Tourneau Cartel, she’s not worried; that is until she’s cut off from her team and shot. Being a cop has its risks, but the last thing she expected was to become a ghost. If she’s still here, she must have unfinished business....

When your older brother is trained to kill--dating his best friend is a bad idea. But there's something about Chris's broken hero/tragic family background that Genny just wants to love on. Can she mend his shredded heart? Or will they be blown apart by her brother's over-protective nature? When wedding planner Genesis Navarro is paired up as a fake wedding date for the guy she's been crushing on for years... a guy who kissed her once upon a time--and then WALKED AWAY... she's not thrilled. But she'll do anything for her brides. Chris Spencer would love nothing more than to make Genesis his ...

How do you tell the guy you love, the most honest guy you've ever met, that you're a con artist? You wait until you get snowed in together and let him figure it out for himself. Candace Williams grew up with a con artist who pulled her into the life. At twenty-seven, Candy decided she'd had enough and reinvented herself in Granite Springs, Colorado. She thought she could start over. She wanted to start over with Jack Hoffman, a property attorney with ocean deep blue eyes, ready wit, and an angel and no devil on his shoulder. The only problem is, the life isn't giving her up. Jack Hoffman ...

Getting snowed in is unfortunate. Getting snowed in with a guy who kissed you and walked away? Unbearable. Property Attorney Mila Thomas will do anything to save three beloved buildings in her hometown—even ask Alec for help. Agent Alec Delaney had no intention of coming back to Granite Springs, but when he realizes the danger Mila’s in, he had to come. And . . . he wanted to come back. A kiss lingers between them—one he wouldn’t mind recreating. But Mila’s not going to let that happen. Things between them grow complicated when they get snowed in together at an old church building...

When six undercover FBI agents are brutally killed, former conman turned consultant, Patrick Daley, and Detective Elizabeth Shea are called in to assist the FBI. Their romantic relationship is still new, and keeping her trust is paramount, especially after they learn they'll be working with Elizabeth's ex, Agent James Finley--a man whose picture appears next to the word trustworthy in the dictionary. To keep her, Patrick needs to be an angel. But to solve this case, he must act the devil. Spying on people through the back door security feed of a five-star hotel might not be conducive to ...

He’s a grieving widower of three years . . . She’s undercover working his wife’s murder case. But there’s more going on in Thornfield Manor than either of them realize. Even though Detective Elizabeth Shea worked with the feds on a case a year before, the last thing she expects is to be requested on a murder case in a rural California town called Thornfield. Almost three years after Katelyn Daley was murdered in her home, without any leads, the case went cold — until a week ago when a doctor was killed in the same execution style as her. Now with new leads, the Feds need Elizabeth...

When she gets kidnapped . . . this Jekyll gives a whole new meaning to Hyde. On the three-year anniversary of his wife’s death, Patrick Daley is dealing with more than just her loss. Elizabeth Shea has found love with Agent Finley, and she’s leaving him behind. Now he’s split between the love he lost, the one he’s losing, and the guilt that comes with either decision. At the peak of his stress, Elizabeth gets kidnapped, her abductors threatening to kill her, and Patrick starts hallucinating his dead wife. With his mind, heart, and soul torn between the two women, he’s forced to ...

Zoey Carroll trusts her intuition and it pays off. Hunter Westbrook works it out on paper and it works out in life. Opposites may attract, but a lasting love needs more than an explosive first kiss. USA Today bestselling author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton explore the relationship between personal nature and love in this sweet fall romance full of small town charm, falling leaves, warm cider and the Harvest Ranch Family. When Zoey Carroll decides in a whim to move to Harvest Ranch during the busiest time of year, in hopes of bringing her family back together, she has high hopes and no ...

She's his Secret Santa. And he knows it. Grace Montgomery has never had a steady home--not with her mom remarrying every few years during her childhood. The closest she's come to it is summers with her cousins in Harvest Ranch. At twenty-two, she's ready to start life fresh in the one place that ever felt like home. And she'll bring a little joy to the town that brightened her gloomy, childhood existence by being their Secret Santa--her way of giving back and making Harvest Ranch her home. Everything is working out great, until her mother arrives. Liam Nicholls can't stop thinking about the...

They thought he was dead . . . Now they’ll never see him coming. When 18-year-old Patrick Daley arrives home in Sacramento with his traveling circus, he’s desperate to look into his mother’s missing person case. After a reckless attempt to shine a big, obnoxious light on her disappearance, Patrick finally gets the help he’s wanted. It’s not until he’s kidnapped, and thrown into a Siberian work camp, that he discovers how close he was to solving his mom’s case. Ten years later, with revenge in his heart and a fortune hidden in a secret account gifted to him by a spiritual, old ...