Throw it in the bin, pour the alcohol on it, and light it up. Her career is O-V-E-R. On second thought, save the alcohol. It’ll be good for the pity-party later. Charlotte’s moved back home to sleepy (and so dang hot) rural East Texas to take care of her aging grandmother. And that means her life passion of archaeological digs and carbon-dating unearthed artifacts in exotic locales is at an end. Teaching high-school History is a job she could do blind-folded and hands-tied. Which is why, when a budding romance with her hot cop neighbor comes up, it’s the perfect distraction. But, when...

A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents' past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she's also in need of a break from a high-profile career that has left her dangerously burned out and concealing a powerful secret of her own. When she wakes inside an unfamiliar cottage to find the confused owner staring down at her, she can no longer ignore the fact that she needs help.

Lydia Mitchell has been nothing but a burden her entire life. The only thing she seems capable of is making bad choices. Her latest mess? Having an affair with her boss, the District Attorney. Now, she’s jobless and labeled a gold-digger. She’s the most hated person. She’s the other woman. Even her ever-loving sister has given up on her. But Lydia doesn’t care if no one is on her side. She doesn’t need anyone. What’s the point of letting anyone in when everyone she has ever loved only ended up disappearing from her life? Then there’s Dave Allen. She hasn’t always gotten ...

When Xerxes, king of Persia, issues a call for beautiful young women, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan living in Susa, is forcibly taken to the palace of the pagan ruler. After months of preparation, the girl known to the Persians as Esther wins the king's heart and a queen's crown. But because her situation is uncertain, she keeps her ethnic identity a secret until she learns that an evil and ambitious man has won the king's permission to exterminate all Jews - young and old, powerful, and helpless.

A frozen lake…Cold-Blooded Murder. A powerful man is found dead in his fish house on a frozen Minnesota lake, murdered, stabbed to death. His employees, family, and the local sheriff, all seem happy to have him gone - all except his personal assistant. With his death she is now forced to do something she thought she would never have to do, reveal secrets that will destroy the careers and lives of many - including a man set on being the next governor of the state. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agent Danny Carlisle has been given the assignment, her first as a lead agent, and ...

Ghost Of The Past Book 3 Marriages never work. Maybe they will work for his friends, but not for Ryan. Ryan Faris is a self-proclaimed bachelor, enjoying his life. Over the past few years, he has seen his closest friends fall in love and get married. But that isn’t a life he wants. He doesn’t need love or marriage to have a good life. He is surrounded by great friends and has started a business that is growing every day. Things couldn’t be better in his life. Then Ashley Frost walks back into his life, with a child in tow—his child. *This is book 3 of the Ghost of The Past series. ...

Two completely different personalities must learn to get along and play nice in order to survive a will that will change their lives. Twenty years ago, Tyler Hayes was ripped from his childhood home. Right after a horrific accident took his parents' lives, Tyler's grandfather cast him out of the mansion and sent him away. Now his grandfather has passed away and he can finally come home. However, even in death, Tyler's grandfather has betrayed him, leaving the mansion to a woman he’s never met. Even though Kate Mitchell has never met Tyler, she knows all about the accident that changed the...

High profile lawyer Jordan Wainwright guards his secrets closely, especially his adoption by the powerful Wainwright family. Attorney Aziza Fleming has been burned before, first by a bad marriage and then by a harassment case that nearly destroyed her career. Sophisticated and irresistibly sexy, Jordan could be everything she wants. But he'll have to choose between keeping a decades-old secret and embracing their newly-found passion...

Closing Books - Ghost Of The Past Book 2 The traditional roles of man and woman become twisted with Dan and Evelyn. Dan isn’t a playboy. He doesn’t have any commitment issues. In fact, he wants it all—relationship and family. Only problem? He wants it with someone who doesn’t want anything to do with him. Evelyn doesn’t fool around with relationships because she’s never been in one. She’s certain that things like love and happily-ever-afters aren’t meant for people like her. There’s simply too much darkness in her past. A past she thinks she’s buried. But she’s wrong. ...

As an undercover DEA agent, I always thought things through. I didn't take chances, because I knew one misstep could have disastrous consequences. Until I met her. The little sister of my next target. Lola was a feisty young woman trying to claw her way out of a bad neighborhood. She was forbidden in every sense of the word, and not just because of the sixteen-year age gap. We were taught to expect the unexpected, but nothing could have prepared me for what was about to happen. I fell hard. I fell fast. I free fell heart first. But there was a secret I was keeping.

She’s seventeen, spontaneous, and entirely too clever. He’s twenty-nine, serious, and completely off-limits. But the more they clash, the harder it is to stay apart. Octavia Shelford is doing her best to dazzle the beau monde—and more importantly, her mother—on their Grand Tour. But a year of elegant soirées and polite conversation has only left her exhausted and no closer to impressing the one man whose opinion truly matters. Guy Claybury, the Duke of Woodford, gave up on finding a love match years ago. He is far too old and far too occupied with preventing war between England and...

A hungry, stray dog is the last thing Cara Butter needs. Stranded in Georgia with only her backpack and a few dwindling dollars, she already has too much baggage. Like her twin sister, Hana, who has broken Cara's heart one too many times. After a lifetime of family troubles, and bouncing from one foster home to another, Cara decides to leave it all behind and strike out alone - on foot.

From the bestselling author of Christmas in Snow Falls comes a heartwarming read that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Hale, Sheila Roberts, Debbie Macomber, and Jill Shalvis. When investigative reporter Sara rushes back to her idyllic hometown after her best friend's untimely death, she comes face to face with the past she thought she'd left behind. Ridge, Amy's boyfriend who left town to pursue musical fame years ago, is back after he finds out he's Sophie's father. Sara's feelings for Ridge come rushing back, as well as the guilt of having them in the first place. Has Ridge changed enough ...

The day Shane boarded the plane for basic training, I was happy for him. He escaped a life we both despised. Then he was killed in action before I had the chance to tell him I loved him. Now I write letters he'll never read. Talk to a cold gravestone, heard only by the wind...and maybe that guy in a baseball cap I only glimpse before he disappears.

Sometimes things don’t work out. Sometimes it feels as if everything is falling apart. Paige Watson finds herself in that very situation. She has no choice but to leave behind everything she has worked so hard for and head to a small town in Wyoming. It is the only way she can escape the relentless monster that has been after her over the past three years. It is the only way she can feel safe again. But God works in mysterious ways, and Paige begins to think that leaving everything behind may not be so bad when she ends up working with Justin Doyle to fix up her house. Just as she is ...