Day Town

I can’t tell her she’s under my protection… I’ve been employed as a bodyguard in the past with Eagle Tactical for celebrities, musicians, even billionaires. I’ve never had any of them evade my protection. The little Vixen that stormed into my life ended up as my responsibility. I’ve been hired to protect her… in secret. The studio contract is clear, I am not allowed to divulge to her that I’m her personal bodyguard when she leaves the set. She will find out the truth and when she does she will hate me.

Return to Hearts Bend, Tennessee, in this novel by NYT best-selling author Rachel Hauck and Carrie Padgett, for a sweet story of healing and second chances.

“An accident, a death, and a curse? I, Abby Knight Salvare, must find out how these three are connected . . . and the anticipation is killing me.” Roses are Red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet . . . unless murder’s involved. Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and Abby Knight Salvare and her crew at Bloomers Flower Shop are hard at work preparing for the busiest day of the year. But after Abby attends a play at the town's theater, and the director, Richard Rose, is found dead, she's convinced that Rose's death is no accident and sets out to uncover the truth. Rumors of a ...

Fans of Maeve Binchy will love this entertaining read that transcends time with history repeating itself, proving it’s not our circumstances that define us but the power within to change. A story of life, love, loss and seeking more, three generations of women are all on a journey to change their circumstances and find the life they believe they were destined for . . . revealing a terrible secret that changes it all. In 1960s Ireland, Maggie Treacy has never felt she belongs. Determined to change her life, the transformation doesn’t come without cost, but she isn’t going to let ...

No good deed goes unpunished. Slogging through life in cement-filled boots, Jamie Henderson is bound and determined to get past her recent betrayal...or die trying. But when two men chase her, the near attack shakes her to the core, reigniting old fears and worry. Now more than ever, she's ready to take control of her life. When arson investigator, Max Gruden is called to a blaze at an abandoned warehouse, he finds a man inside, clinging to his life. Rushing him to the hospital, Max encounters Jamie as she attempts to cross the police barriers to gain knowledge about the fire's victim. As ...

Life is anything but perfect for Hallie Hartley, a young physical therapist who has given up nearly everything - even her love life - for her beautiful blonde stepsister, Shelly. Though Shelly's acting career has never taken off, she has certainly perfected the crocodile tears to get what she wants - which all too often means Hallie's boyfriends. When Hallie arrives home early from work one fateful day, she makes two startling discoveries that will turn her life upside down.

A FRIEND INDEED? It’s Summertime in New Chapel, Indiana, and feisty florist Abby Knight Salvare is up to her neck in work – supervising the construction of her float for the Fourth of July parade, managing her flower shop Bloomers, reigning in her over-eager cousin Jillian, and working with her hunky husband Marco in his private detective business – when her best friend Nikki comes to her with a big problem. Blake Ryder, a handsome, charismatic surgeon at the New Chapel Hospital is a suspect in a murder case, and Nikki is supposed to go away with him for the holiday weekend. Is Blake ...

Am I going to get lucky? Maybe if the hunky nerd I met yesterday takes me up on my invite to attend High Five's St. Paddy's Day party …Rachel Wagner, who’s sworn off dating apps, is the last single one in her friend group. Focused on running her thriving cleaning business in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the thirty-one-year-old is caught off guard when she stumbles upon a bearded nerd while cleaning her biggest client’s lake house.

A short read cozy mystery with a twist... In Sweetheart Valley, Valentine’s Day is overshadowed by secrets and heartbreak. When Amanda Love, owner of the beloved Sweet Stuff bakery, collapses and dies at the annual Valentine’s Day Ball, chaos ensues. The police scramble to unravel the baffling crime scene, but it’s Detective Benjamin Hart who takes the lead. Meet the suspects: Oliver Roseville: The mysterious newcomer with a vintage bookstore on Valentine Lane. Candy Monet: The wealthy socialite known for her lavish Valentine’s Day parties. Jed Whitman: The retired police chief who ...

Ten years after running away to escape her unhappy home, Marly Hanson returns to Dreyerville to fulfill a promise to her daughter who recently survived brain cancer. Marly and her mother, Winnie, have been estranged for years and confronting the past was simply too painful. To complicate matters, Winnie’s neighbor is handsome sheriff Reed Bennett and his young son, Ham. Ham and Katie become fast friends, while their parents find their attraction going deeper than mere friendship. But Marly’s time in Dreyerville is limited and problems of her troubled past remain. Will Marly realize her ...

After attending a family wedding in Chicago, young widow Bella Jordan is returning to the guesthouse she runs in Lily Dale—the quirky upstate New York lakeside village famous for its spiritual mediums—when she catches a glimpse of the impossible at the airport: her late husband Sam. A former science teacher, Bella is grounded in facts and logic. She doesn't believe in ghosts. But even when she's back home with the competing distractions of her quirky guests, small son Max, resident pet cats and a very unexpected litter of puppies, Bella can't find a good explanation for what she's seen.

Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of the fairy-tale to be real. Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd ...

The magical Faery book inside Hazel’s mind may turn out to be more of a curse than a blessing when the most dangerous warriors in the Fae realm come to cut it from her head. Literally. After nearly being eaten by ley line monsters while saving her three hundred year old vampire boyfriend from a bounty hunter, Hazel Goode’s not off the hook just yet. Her haunted house is full of secrets, a strange illness plagues her witchy powers, her dead sister is exhibiting haunting symptoms, and Corwin's not telling her everything about the price on his head. Add a thirty year old missing persons ...

An inept witch. A talking pink iguana. A town trying to solve a lawman’s murder. Hi, I’m Glinda Goodall—the Good Witch of the South—and I want to welcome you to Witch’s Cove, Florida, a delightful beach town where witches and humans reside in peace and harmony. Sounds perfect, right? Yeah, that’s what it says on the billboard, but here’s the real scoop. My aunt, who runs the Tiki Hut Grill where I work, sees ghosts—or rather sees one of them—namely her dead husband. My mom, a funeral director, is addicted to all things that have to do with The Wizard of Oz. She even has a ...

Paris Mansfield doesn’t believe in mates since her werewolf father ditched her mom. Her mantra in life? Avoid all relationships with werewolves. Pack leader, General Armand, asks weapons expert, Rider Scott, and software company owner, Grayson Whitlock, to find proof that a local Canadian pharmaceutical company is producing and distributing illegal drugs. Just his luck, Rider is paired with the man who caused his last business venture to fall through, and he’s not sure he can trust Grayson not to ditch him again. What’s even worse, is that when they meet Paris, a woman who works at ...

Bestselling Author Vella Day continues the sensual and suspenseful spin-off of her most popular Pack Wars series… Tawny Granger's brother has gone missing. Her family and friends have all told her not to worry, but she and her twin have a special bond. Everything inside of her is screaming he's in danger. Alex Carter and Liam Zano have built a career teaching other werewolves how to fight. When Tawny asks them to help her search for her brother, they can't turn her away. Not only is she their mate, they also make a very grim discovery—werewolf hunters might have come to Wildwood, ...

Taking over the family business is my destiny. I just never expected to have to do it in a small town surrounded by nobodies. I’m a big fish in a small pond in New York. This town? I might as well be in purgatory. There’s one silver lining. My assistant. She’s curvy, too sweet for her own good, and easy to push around. Until she isn’t. She’s fire one minute and ice the next. I can’t get enough. I can’t focus, either. Everywhere I turn, she’s there. I suppose that’s the whole point of her job. But soon I want more than her help in the office planning Valentine’s events. I...

A psychic vision. Missing contestants. A witch and her pink iguana sidekick. Witch’s Cove, the idyllic Florida beach town, is finally getting their long-awaited deputy. The problem is that no one can dig up anything on him—good or bad—and that sets off alarms for the gossip queens. Hi, I’m Glinda Goodall, the amateur sleuth who works at the Tiki Hut Grill. The sheriff works hard and deserves good help, but is the new deputy, Nash Solano, really who he says he is? The day after he arrives, chaos descends on the town—as in, two contestants in a regional dog show go missing shortly ...

She built a library box to reclaim her voice. He gave up everything to help her amplify it. Together, they didn’t just fall in love again—they sparked a movement that proved stories can still change the world. When the county demanded she pull LGBTQ+ books from her library shelves, Clara Reed did the only thing that felt right—she refused. Now unemployed, exhausted, and unsure what comes next, Clara finds herself the unlikely face of a quiet rebellion in her sleepy Southern town. But the last thing she expects is for her childhood best friend—and the man who once broke her heart—...

Lady Tiffany Worthington has always had a special talent for making the world around her come to life – whether she wants it to or not – but it’s only with the arrival of her mysterious great aunt Esme on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo that she learns she’s a witch … and that the magic she’s long feared is actually a gift to be embraced.