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Michael Malloy was desperate. His mother had died in a tragic accident nine months prior, and his father had become a drunkard. He ran their ranch but was stuck doing the work of all three. How could he get some help? How could he fashion a future? Were any of the girls he knew in Laramie, Wyoming, the answer to all his dreams? Hmm. He could advertise for a bride, specifying all the attributes he was seeking.

She built walls to survive. He has the patience to tear them down. Benedetta Telbellion is a brilliant financial advisor with a legendary temper—and a deep distrust of athletes. At twenty-five, she’s mastered success, but not relationships. Guarded, socially awkward, and painfully alone, she’s convinced her emotional fortress is the only thing keeping her safe. Zach Verhoven is everything she thinks she hates: a star pitching prospect, three-time All-American, and former jock. But behind his talent is a goofy, kindhearted twenty-two-year-old who believes in showing up, doing the right...

She didn't expect to run the family business. But Gramps is in the hospital, and her father is in prison. She promised Gramps that she wouldn't let his life's work perish with him. Doesn't that make her a Mafia Boss? Bill Hart is just a beat cop on the night shift in the toughest part of the city. He sees a solitary figure on the docks in the wee hours of the morning. This can't be good. Whoever it is must be a lookout and, in some way, involved in something criminal.

She flees home to avoid certain death at the hands of the old man from the North. There is a refuge, Sir Thomas d'Ecouis, but only if he will marry her before she is caught by her pursuers. So begins the journey that takes her across England and takes her from a sheltered 16-year-old girl to a woman of 17 years, one far wiser than most.

Anna Martelli had lived in fear for far too long. Staying in Cincinnati, living at home, and working in The Cincinnatian Hotel held no appeal. Why not get on the train and go to Laramie where Timothy Bailey, a rancher, was ready to marry her? Granted, nobody in Wyoming expected her to arrive in the heart of a bitter winter, but whatever situation she found herself in would be temporary.

Justine de Montclaire has always idolized her father, decrying the fact that she is a female, wishing to be a strong, noble knight. She is well past the age when she should be married, has entertained numerous suitors, and found all of them unacceptable. Her mother and father are desperate. But the de Montclaire family has one big advantage: They are among the handful of most powerful Norman leaders. When an opportunity to arrange a marriage between Justine and Lionel d'Auberge arises - an alliance between two families that would be highly advantageous - her parents jump at the chance.

A professional assassin, disguised as an old woman integrates into a group of homeless drug addicts and poisons six on a cold, rainy November night. So, begins a series of murders and assaults aimed at driving criminal segments of the population out of the city. The police chief assigns Angeline Morris as lead detective...There is a twist. The killer begins calling into a classic rock radio program, requesting songs that suggest a secret code. Jack Burris, known in the city as “The Music Man” begins working the puzzle...he goes to the police and meets Angeline.

The Tigress of Gloucester: The End of Loneliness is a historical romance set in medieval England in 1075. King William refused to sanction the marriage of the Earl of East Anglia, Ralph de Guader. Ralph enjoined his brother-in-law, the second Earl of Hereford, Roger de Breteuil, and Waltheof, the Earl of Northumberland, and started a rebellion. Goeffrey de Grey is commissioned by the king to aid in the defeat of the Earl’s Rebellion. He is part of the superior force that engages Earl Ralph at Cambridge and routs them.

Harper is a modern-day detective story set in a large city in the Northeast region of the United States. Who would hit a mafia boss? Evidence leads to involvement of the rival mafia family, but there is no motive. John Hart comes from a family of cops. The young homicide detective is part of a team assigned to the case. How did the hit man get into the secured building? How did he know the mafia boss would be at his restaurant that night? Who ordered the hit and arranged the logistics? Gradually a story falls into place, but the case is not strong enough to charge anyone.

Marni McDonough had known Bethany and Brad Ames all her life. Now young adults they were best friends forever. But could a man and woman be just friends, especially since the man has had the “hots” for her since they were kids? When his girlfriend dumps him and tells Marni she can have him, their relationship is destined to change. She sought counsel from Bethany. News flash - Bethany already had the two of them tying the marriage knot. It was inevitable. Everybody thought so. Everybody except Marni. What was she to do?

Giancarlo Marchetti feels the pressure of leading the family business. He hasn’t taken a break in the last year. He decides to vacation in Crimea on the first anniversary of his grandfather’s assassination. Relaxing times come to an end when he finds a beautiful woman near death on the shore of the villa he rented. Who is she? How did she survive in the Sea of Azov? Why does she have scars on her body? He’ll get answers when she wakes up. No. She has amnesia. Things don’t add up. He determines that someone dumped her in the Sea of Azov intending that she drown.

Robert Saville had been told that the king will soon be after him to wed. He is at the age when he should be siring an heir. He meets the perfect mate, Beatrice, at her brother’s wedding. His offer of marriage changes her future. He opens possibilities she hasn’t considered in eight years. But the promise of a future that could bring love and security is accompanied by expectations; expectations she can never meet. Beatrice has worried about this from the moment Sir Robert articulated them.

A prophecy. A kingdom in peril. A queen who will wield the ancient powers of nature. Bierga was the Keeper of the Secrets of Nature promised in ancient times. She was the queen destined to fulfill the Holy One's prophecy. She had been schooled in what it took to be a hunter. Now, she would become the hunted. She must survive or her kingdom would be lost. When her land of Mershawn was invaded and her husband, King Erick, was taken captive, the mantle of leadership fell on her shoulders. To save her people, Bierga calls upon forces both divine and dangerous - summoning wolf-brothers, ...

Veronica’s Odyssey A journey of duty, desire, and destiny—set between the hills of Old World Italy and the promise of 19th-century America. Veronica Martelli never wanted to sail back to Italy and marry a man she hasn’t seen in twelve years. But with no independent means and a father determined to uphold a promise to family friends in Acerno, she feels trapped between obedience and the faint hope of something more. A Chance Meeting. A New Hope. A Life Reimagined. On the train to New York, Veronica meets Mark O’Brien, brother of her sister’s best friend, Callie. Their connection is...

She was a scavenger, a survivor, and Aelwyn never expected to be anything more. Then she rescued, Gunter, a mortally wounded enemy knight, and her life was irrevocably changed. But change comes with a price – danger and betrayal. Aelwyn’s future was cast the shadows of uncertainty. And when raiders stole Gunter’s wealth, his future was ruined. He vowed revenge and who did he turn to? A master thief named Aelwyn. But revenge would not come easily, and danger was ever at their heels. It would be worth the cost if they could survive.

A killer is speaking in classic rock—and only one detective knows how to listen. In this gripping sequel to The Codes of Classic Rock, Detective Angeline Morris is drawn into a new and far more dangerous puzzle when a sudden surge of classic rock song requests begins appearing across the city. The music isn’t nostalgia—it’s a code. And it marks the locations of brutal, carefully orchestrated violence. When a shootout leaves a police chief dead, Angeline realizes the pattern mirrors a case she hoped was over—one tied to her estranged twin sister, Ariella, a professional assassin ...

Harper Unleashed is the fourth book in the Harper Series. A woman without a past. A man with everything to lose. A secret that refuses to stay buried. Zhanna is a modern-day detective thriller set against the contrasting backdrops of Kiev, Crimea, and the northeastern United States. It is the third novel in the Harper Series, delivering intrigue, danger, and a slow-burning romance wrapped in international suspense. Giancarlo Marchetti is under relentless pressure. As the head of his family’s powerful business empire—and with deep ties to a Mafia past—he hasn’t taken a single break ...

Justice has a body count. Angel of Justice is the gripping fifth installment in the Harper Series, a high-stakes thriller that plunges readers into a deadly game between law enforcement and a master assassin with his own moral code. A string of meticulously executed murders has authorities baffled. The victims aren’t innocent—terrorists, gun runners, and criminals who slipped through the cracks of the justice system. The killer is precise, disciplined, and disturbingly principled. He isn’t hiding from the police—he’s challenging them. For former MP Darla Gaines, the case is deeply...

She fled one danger—only to discover her destiny in the wilds beyond it. Seventeen-year-old Sylvie has never known freedom. When circumstances force her to escape Charles Town, she faces an impossible choice: stay and risk being retaken by pirates … or brave the uncharted wilderness of Indian territory. Alone and terrified, Sylvie’s path collides with Achak, an Indian brave who rescues her from the brink of death. Among his people, she discovers a world unlike anything she has ever known—a place of belonging, healing, and unexpected love. For the first time since Stone Eyes took her...

A pirate stole her past. She refuses to let him steal her future. Sylvie has known terror since the day the ruthless pirate Stone Eyes tore her from her peaceful village in France and forced her into a life she never chose. Two years later, she makes a desperate escape—carrying scars too deep for anyone to see. Alone in the Americas, 1730, Sylvie finds herself in a world as harsh as the one she fled. The lighthouse keeper cannot promise safety. No one can. Sylvie knows Stone Eyes will hunt her until he drags her back into the darkness. Sent to Charles Town, she begins to rebuild a life ...