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When Ingram is forced by overwhelming poverty and spiritual exhaustion to walk away from his home, he leaves behind a neglectful childhood on a dirt farm on a dead-end road. With no family, no resources, and no practical understanding of the world, Ingram’s only compass is the daily fight to survive and the narrow dream of one day owning a truck.

I stopped believing in the good a long time ago. My childhood was stripped from me one dark night and I was forever changed. Everywhere I looked I saw evil. Everyone I met, I looked at them as the enemy. It took a long time for me to open up and when I did I found my family. The only people I could count on. I never imagined I'd have a family. Because having a family gave me something to lose and I never wanted to feel that pain again. I never wanted to feel weak.

A collection of five addicting standalone small town romances by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charity Ferrell.

A brilliant new whodunnit, perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! A night of tricks, treats, and murder… When an old school acquaintance calls on auctioneer Felicia Grant for help, she finds herself at a glittering bash at the exclusive yet mysterious Aquitaine club. What starts as...

The first time I saw Grayson Phillips, I fell. Tripped, to be specific. His seven-year-old self saved me from scraped knees and sentenced me to a fate of pining after my brother’s best friend for years. People change. Childish crushes fade. I’m an adult now, a doctor with more important things to worry about. I gave up on the boy next door ever loving me a long time ago. Or so I thought…until he returns to our hometown on leave from the Air Force. For the first time, not everything between us feels one-sided. That doesn’t make it matter. He’ll take off soon—literally.

The last thing I remembered was falling asleep in the snow after my so-called best friend abandoned me in the woods for rejecting him. But instead of waking up in a snow drift, I woke up in an unfamiliar cabin with six feet of shirtless alpha wrapped around me to fend off the cold. I'd hoped to head home and put this awful trip behind me, start my new job, and live a glorious single life as an independent omega. But Mother Nature had other plans: A brutal snowstorm. An unexpected heat. And four scent-matched saviors trapped in a cabin with me.

Sweetpea TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic! She’s back and killing for two… Rhiannon Lewis should be happy. Her cheating fiancé is in jail – framed for the depraved killing spree she committed. Her ex-lover is chopped up and buried where no-one will find him. But...

When auctioneer Felicia Grant’s best friend, Stamford Mayor Cassandra Lane, talked her into helping with the town’s annual Georgian Fair, she expected the worst she’d have to endure was the corset. But when the fair’s headline speaker turns up dead in the hook-a-duck pool, and more murders follow in quick succession, she finds herself investigating a serial killer for the second time in less than a year – and this time the stakes are even higher.

When an accident forces Felicia Grant back to her family’s auction house in Stamford, she vows it’ll only be a flying visit. But as the gavel falls on the final lot, a hidden secret is revealed—the body of her father’s business rival, murdered during the packed sale! Soon, Felicia is swept into a mystery that has everyone in the community as a potential suspect―including her. As the body count rises and with the people she loves under threat, Felicia takes matters into her own hands. But even the most picturesque place has its secrets.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a historical novel about three women’s lives on a California island On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue...

After surviving winter’s siege, Ethan’s next project isn’t just repairing the cabin—it’s expanding it into a fortress. But when a rogue quartz vision hints at his power to breed with magical beings, priorities shift from walls to wonders. Joined by Mara, Lyra, and Nerissa, he ventures to the Elvin kingdom Silvermist, and to the ancient stone golem, for guidance. Yet nothing’s as treacherous as the face from his past—his brother James, whose return could make or break everything Ethan’s built.

Brooke Eastham was beautiful, rich, and completely out of my league, but I was okay with that. I knew where I belonged and where my family ranked on the ladder of success. I wasn't looking to disrupt the order, but Cape Cod in the summer held an aura of magic, and every clear image and boundary was blurred by teenage inhibitions. When the fog cleared, we would step back into our rightful places until the magnetic vibrations in our hearts could no longer be ignored, and we would snap back together.

I waited eight years to marry the father of my children. I worked on our relationship. I was patient. I forgave—the thoughtless remarks, the disappointments, the test results when I was expecting our youngest that proved he hadn't been "working late." Then, when we finally made it to the altar, he looked deep into my eyes, smiled, and cracked a fat joke. That wasn't the worst of it. His vows weren't a promise to love. They were a final test of exactly what I'd do to get his ring on my finger—what I'd take—in front of our family, friends, and their cell phones.

It's Christmas in Twilight, Texas. The Cookie Club is baking, the town is decorated, and Delta Force Operator "Hutch" Hutchinson has finally, reluctantly, returned home . . . . . . only to get pepper sprayed by the delicious- looking stranger who's taken over his house. She says her name is Jane...

Christmas in Twilight, Texas, is all merriment and mistletoe. The Cookie Club is whipping up their most festive sweets, the townspeople are scrambling to get their holiday shopping done, and Joe—a hometown guy with a restless heart—is dreaming about the woman he wants to kiss most...

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde returns to Cupid, Texas, and asks the question: Do you ever forget your first love? Melody Spencer had long-ago wiped the dust of Cupid, Texas, off her cute shoes . . . and done her best to forget the chiseled jaw and strong arms of cowboy Luke...

Der herzergreifende Abschluss der beliebten Ostsee-Romane um die Larsen-Schwestern: Kann es nach all den Jahren überhaupt noch ein Happy End geben? "Die Liebe ist schwer zu finden, sie ist einfach zu verlieren und unmöglich zu vergessen". In Brodershöved stehen die Zeichen mal wieder auf Sturm. Während Liv sich um die heimischen Wale sorgt, Anneke im fernen Vancouver von Heimweh geplagt wird und Smilla überlegt, wie ihre Beziehung zu Sten weitergehen soll, erhält ihre Mutter Antje eine schlechte Nachricht und die Geister der Vergangenheit erwachen zu neuem Leben.

Der herzerwärmende neue Roman aus der Liebe am Meer-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. "Manchmal brauchen wir die Nacht, um die Sterne zu entdecken." Smilla Larsen führt das perfekte Leben: beste Karrierechancen, ein Traummann an ihrer Seite und eine Familie im Rücken, die immer für sie da ist. Eigentlich kann nichts mehr schiefgehen. Doch plötzlich ist für das Nesthäkchen der Larsen-Schwestern alles anders.

Der Auftakt der romantischen Serie über die Herzensangelegenheiten dreier Schwestern an der Ostsee von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Wenn du etwas wirklich liebst, dann lass es los. Nur so kann es für immer dir gehören.« Als die freiheitsliebende Liv ihren Traumjob als Tauchlehrerin verliert, kehrt sie in das idyllische Dorf an der Ostseeküste zurück, in dem sie zusammen mit ihren beiden Schwestern groß geworden ist. Doch in dem kleinen Hotel, das seit Generationen in Familienbesitz ist, hängt der Haussegen reichlich schief. Und daran ist ausgerechnet Jewe schuld, Livs große Jugendliebe.

Der zweite Teil der romantischen Ostseeserie um drei Schwestern von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Die Liebe macht keine Hausbesuche. Du musst ihr schon entgegengehen.« Die Pension Sturmnest, die seit Jahrzehnten im Familienbesitz der Larsens ist, steckt in der Krise, und Anni hat alle Hände voll zu tun, ihr Leben und das ihrer Familie endlich wieder in ruhigere Gewässer zu steuern. Doch Brodershöveds neuester Bewohner, der reiche IT-Investor Sten Ohlsen, macht es ihr nicht gerade leicht, und so scheinen die Tage des alten Familienhotels gezählt.