Romance
Books in this category typically contain a central love story and usually have an end that satisfies the reader’s emotions. Romances may be set in any time or place, and vary in levels of sensuality.
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Abigail (Adkins) When Abigail’s supposedly immortal faery mother is found murdered, her human father sells her in to slavery. Bought by a young and wealthy landowner named William, she is whisked away to a Grecian island to play caretaker for his baby sister . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In A Brother’s Love (Wolters) Boone Baker, the leader of the Snowflake Militia Group, goes to extreme measures to draw FBI Special Agent Pilar Campos, the woman that killed his brother, out in the open. In one fell swoop . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Admissions (Ribisi) Today is no ordinary visit. Today, Jeremy Covington must tell his wife Amy that he will be leaving her for his best friend Lisa! Jeremy is perplexed when he learns that Amy is not only happy about . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (Brown) Dee and Michael Reese have been married for two years. They have a loving, passionate marriage, are raising a beautiful toddler, are actively involved in their church and are successfully managing two businesses . . .
In Always Her Cowboy (Smith) Zack hires on at the Rising Star Ranch, intending to set his past behind him. But Lucy sees through his guarded attitude and speaks straight to his heart . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In America’s Bravest (Shay), each of the six novellas details both the love and work of one firefighter with overarching themes of arson, a blogger out to discredit them, and balancing their personal and professional lives . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Christmas Showdown (McKade) Kelly McMaster’s first and last one nightstand left her with a child and no idea how to find her son’s father—the man whose touch and kiss has her still wanting more. Now, after almost two years, she’s settled in a new city with a new job . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Cinnamon Girl (MacIver) Still struggling to come to terms with the accidental death of her husband, feeling as if God has betrayed her, Lacy Erikson focuses on her position as the crime reporter for Bismarck’s major newspaper, and shoves thoughts of involving herself romantically again to the back burner . . .
In Claimed (Smith) Jessica Tandy is coming back from a camping trip in Alaska, when she meets the tall, dark and handsome Flint Riverclaw. They chat in a bar during a rest stop, which eventuates into a one-night-stand, and ultimately . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Danger Danger (McCullough) Two lives in parallel – twin sisters separated at birth, but their lives take strangely similar and dangerous roads until the final collision which hurls each of them to the edge of disaster . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Director’s Cut (Douglas) once the golden boy in Hollywood, Jack Tyler’s life and career are on the skids. Struggling to find some direction, a visit to an old friend brings him to Millersburg, and the community theater group there. He’s fighting his demons . . .
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Double Occupancy (Chase) All Casey Reynolds wanted was peace and quiet and a long vacation from covering the crime beat in Boston. That’s why she agreed to borrowing a villa in Mexico to rest, be alone and work on her novel . . .
Heart of Glass (Hayes) When magazine writer Kate Donovan is assigned to profile the building and architectural firm of her first and only love, she heads back to the South Carolina Low Country to face the demons she left behind. Nothing about Danny Flannery’s life is what Kate thought . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Her Latin Lover (Lane) When Mary Delaney is offered an all expenses paid, luxury holiday in South America with her journalist boyfriend, the last thing she expects to happen is to find herself stuck in the middle of nowhere with no boyfriend, no money and no way of getting back to London . . .Read a sample chapter here.
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Innok’s Curse (Porter) A man cursed by a demon. A woman whose memories are more than just her own. An enemy sworn to destroy all their dreams. A destiny that none of them expected . . .
Irish Fling (Douglas) At a crossroads in her life and career, orphaned Ali Dearborn always was the smart one. With near perfect recall, she accomplished a lot in a very short time. But her meteoric rise led to an equally meteoric fall. With her life and career in shambles, she travels to Ireland in search of . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Justice for Emily (Wolters) Rachael Merchant, a Phoenix Homicide Detective, is running from the images of her last case that are embedded deep in her soul. Before her journey is over, she will find herself embroiled in a murder investigation that involves the Chief of Police . . .
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Love by the Numbers (Danielson) Jared was the star athlete, the jock, the popular blond kid everybody liked. Scott was the academic star, the nerd, the recluse. He has a heart of gold that no one ever saw. Fate would bring them together . . .
In Love Unfinished (Wilk) soul mates from the past leave their love unfinished when a tragic accident ends their lives on their wedding day. Yet they are destined to . . .
In Mementoes of Mai (Kusuma) a mundane office life is suddenly changed into something entirely different in a flick of a hand… And now he must make up his mind to pursue the love of his life . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Midnight Sun (Fredrick) A sexy boss, a rough crossing, and pirates—all Brylie Winston wanted was a job to help her earn money to buy her own restaurant. She hopes to earn it by working as a chef on a cruise to Antarctica. But she’s slept . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Nothing But Trouble (Mondello) Melanie Summers, a feisty zoologist with big dreams, has just made a deal with her father. She has to spend a full month in the Wyoming wilderness and show her father she can handle being in a remote area while . . .Read a sample chapter here.
Rules of the Game (Chase) “You need an attitude adjustment!” Samantha Logan told Adam Rourke. She didn’t care that he was rich, she didn’t care that he was handsome, and she didn’t care that her boss was . . .
Strike (Rice) is about love, it’s about passion. It’s about doors being . . .
Somewhere I’ll Find You (Swain) When former Royal Marine Michael Sinclair finally literally found the girl of his dreams, he could never imagined the web of deception he would find himself entangled in. Strong willed with a dark past of her own, a gift of precognition made life difficult to say the least for beautiful Paige O’Neal, but then nether did living in a haunted house . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Tame a Wild Heart (Woolf) he’s not her brother, but Duncan thinks Catherine sure needs one. A woman has no business trying to run a ranch. Not in 1880s Creede, Colorado. Even though she’s loved him forever, she swears she doesn’t need his help, but . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Tennessee Waltz (Simmons) plain socialite Sarah Channing is known for her money rather than her beauty…until mountain born and bred Wyn MacIntyre sees her smile. They come from far too diverse worlds to ever . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In The Bride Price (Jackson) Sophie Ford, awaiting a heart transplant, thought she was sleeping in the arms of her beloved husband, Jamie, however, she has woken to find herself in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1863, without explanation as to how she got there, or where her husband is . . .
The Bringer (Towle) Max was her next job. She got his name just before he died and it was for her to lead his soul to heaven. She was a Bringer. Then Max started pleading (as they often do), but not for himself, for his son, James. Would she look after him . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In The Dream (Savva) Lynne cannot shake her feelings of dread; her dreams tell her she is making a terrible mistake, she must not marry Adam. But, how can she believe the dream? Lynne and Adam have shared . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In The Merzetti Effect (Wilson) Delano Bowen has been a medical doctor for a very long time. More than 170 years, in fact. For much of that time, he’s been searching for a way to reverse the curse foisted on him by a vampress who sought to own him . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In The Millionaire Falls Hard (Fredricks) Carrie, a successful children’s author is receiving threatening letters. As they escalate she meets Jake, a respected entrepreneur and VERY single millionaire. Their attraction is as scary . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In The Rake and the Recluse REDUX (LeBlanc) how will a powerful Duke deal with a woman who doesn’t know her place? How will a woman used to the 21st century survive in time where she is considered . . .
In The Royal Sheikh (Lane) Clare McKay is a dedicated architect with no time for womanising men. That is, until she accidentally meets Sheikh Rafiq Al Kahil, an Arabian prince, known in the international press as . . .
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In The Secret Ingredient (Evans) celebrity chef Katelyn Karr breaks up with Hollywood’s sexiest actor and she becomes the target of Celebrity Dirt magazine’s top investigative reporter. Having carefully crafted the perfect public persona, Kate decides to hold a live show in her hometown . . .
In The Time Baroness (Young-Ellis) a romantic, time-travel adventure set in Jane Austen’s England, The Time Baroness is the story of Dr. Cassandra Reilly, a scientist from the year 2120 who embarks upon a journey to England of 1820. Her purpose is to conduct an experiment . . .
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The Wind and the Sea (Canham) is a swashbuckling pirate romance set in the Mediterranean Sea during the Barbary Coast wars, 1804. An action-packed tale of romance, revenge, and breathtaking exploits on the high seas . . .Read a sample chapter here.
In Tuesday’s Child (Mayer) Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she’s tapped into a killer or rather, his victims. Each woman’s murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until . . .
In Video Vixen (Chase) Vikki never imagined how easy it would be to enjoy being a vixen and take what she wanted. And she found she wanted Dan Falkner more than . . .
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In Wilderness Heart (Hopkins) Lyn Taylor loves her job as an Idaho wilderness hunting guide, but her world is complicated. It is a man’s job in a man’s world where she must constantly prove she is very capable and qualified to guide men . . .
Wild in Whispering Cove (McKade) Ten years ago a tragic accident forced Andrea “Andie” Adair from Whispering Cove, leaving behind her family, friends, and fiance. A dark secret keeps her away from the sleepy seaport village, until she receives an ambiguous . . .Read a sample chapter here.
