New Releases by Sweet Romance Reads Authors






A Chocolate-Box Irish Wedding
Josie Riviera

A woman who wanted more. A man who wanted her. Can they rediscover their love in the seaside town where it all began?

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Trusting His Kiss
Jean C. Gordon

A Paradox Sweet Romance Novella

Trusting His Kiss kicks off Jean C. Gordon's new Paradox Lake Sweet Romance Series.

Life is complicated for nurse and widowed mother of three, Kari Hazard. Her 15-year-old son Myles is rebelling, and she is not sure how to handle it. Still, Kari is not immediately thrilled with the actions Myles’s handsome new school guidance counselor is taking.

Eli Evans is a former Air Force officer and can relate to Myles’s feelings regarding his father who was killed in Afghanistan. Eli also finds Kari extremely attractive, but an issue from his past could pose a problem for any prospective relationship. However, an even larger obstacle is Kari’s residual anger and complicated emotions toward the military and her late husband.

In the small town of Paradox Lake, fate (with a little help from Eli’s mother), keeps pushing them together. Can Kari and Eli leave the past behind them and find a way forward to new love?

Available on Amazon | Apple Books | B&N | Google Books | Kobo
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Target for Revenge
Laura Scott

Sun Yin-lee is surprised to hear from her old Mensa friend Mack Remington about her mother being in danger. Tasked with uncovering the location of a possible nuclear bomb and the deadline fast approaching, Sun reluctantly accepts Mack’s help. As danger escalates, so does the attraction between them.

Computer genius Macklin Remington has always treated Sun like the younger sister he’d never had, but working closely with her now, he realizes his feelings are anything but sister-like. As they dodge gunfire at every turn, Mack is determined to keep Sun safe while they search for the bomb. Will they find the nuclear device in time? Or is their chance for love and a future over before it has a chance to begin?

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A Chocolate-Box Christmas Wish
Josie Riviera

He’s been all over the world. She’s a home-town girl. Can a holiday wish bridge the gap?

What’s on Cora Carpenter’s Christmas wish list this year? A new vacuum cleaner—and no dating for the foreseeable future. But the local TV station’s news anchorman’s warm smile and perilously blue eyes make her wonder if it’s possible to forget the pain and humiliation of her past.

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Brooklyn Christmas
Laura Scott & Maggie K. Black

Their mission: saving Christmas

Two exciting new True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn novellas

In Holiday Stalker by Laura Scott, Max Santelli and his furry partner protect the team’s tech guru, Eden Chang, when she becomes the target of deadly attention. And in Gift-Wrapped Danger by Maggie K. Black, army veteran Adam Jolly teams up with Noelle Orton and her keen-nosed K-9 to take down someone smuggling drugs using toys donated to the single dad’s Christmas charity.

Available on: Amazon B&N Apple GooglePlay Kobo







A Christmas Romance Collection
Vickie McDonough, Kimberly Johnson, et al

The Fruitcake Scandal by Vickie McDonough

Pastor Clayton Parsons waited a year to bring his fiancée, Karen, to his new church post. They plan a Christmas wedding, but in the meantime Karen helps the church ladies with various projects, including a bake sale. But revealing her fruitcake recipe could spell disaster for her future with Clay.

Island Christmas by Kimberly Rose Johnson

Sous Chef Rachel Narrelli returns to Wildflower Island looking for a fresh start for herself and her young son. She is grateful when new friend Chris Campbell offers support as she faces her new job and new life. She cares for the Chris, but is she is willing to risk her heart to a man with an uncertain future? A self-proclaimed workaholic, Chris Campbell comes to Wildflower Island hoping to take life at a slower pace. He’s drawn to Rachel, but how will a woman and her young son fit into his future—a future that’s uncertain at best?

A Christmas Homecoming by Kimberly Rose Johnson

Bailey Calderwood gives all she has to her job as an interior design assistant, but her best isn’t good enough for her demanding, bed-ridden boss. Stephen Belafonte rushes home from France to be with his mother after her stroke, and is surprised by the rift between his mom and her assistant. When his mom demands he fire Bailey, he’s torn between respecting his mother’s wishes and doing what’s best for the business. Can Stephen find a way to heal the rift in his family as well his own heart, or will he be forced to let Bailey go?

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A Christmas Puppy To Cherish
Josie Riviera

You don’t need ears to hear God’s plan. All you need is an open heart…

Music of both birds and harmonicas fills Max’s life, but it’s the near-silent forest guide he meets in Cherish, SC, who captures his attention. Small and slim, pretty Sarah’s smiles and graceful hands speak louder than her voice. In fact, she’s so quiet, he's not sure he’s made much of an impression. But with her, he can imagine making this temporary stopover into something permanent.

Sarah has found a comfortable niche in Cherish, working miracles with plants, arranging flowers for her church, and taking in stray animals. In fact, her house is so full, she’s not sure she can say yes to the Sheriff’s plea to take in one more puppy for Christmas.

Max has definitely captured her interest, and he shares her love of nature. But maybe she should take in that puppy after all, because a ball of fur that needs her will fill the empty space in her heart when Max's research sends him off looking for bluer skies.

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Christmas Dinner
Pat Simmons

For months, Darcelle Price has suffered depression in silence. But things are about to change as she plans to celebrate Christmas Eve with family and share her journey. Darcelle invites them via group text, not knowing she had included her ex.

Evanston Giles is surprised to hear from the woman he loved after months following their breakup. Seeking closure, he shows up on her doorsteps for answers.

A lot can happen on Christmas Eve. Restoring family ties, building her faith in God, and falling in love again are just the beginning of the night of miracles.

Purchase here: https://www.patsimmons.net/holiday-titles



A Scottish Christmas
Roxanne Rustand

Lucy has two weeks to settle her aunt's estate, then go back to Chicago to straighten out the mess her life has become. As Mara's only remaining relative, she figures it won't be too difficult. She'd never met the woman who just died at eighty-nine but assumes the most challenging aspects will be rehoming a pet cat or two and donating a few things to a charity shop. She doesn't expect to learn that Mara still owned a charming B & B, complete with a quirky selection of guests who have no intention of moving out...plus one tall mysterious man who might just be the man of her dreams.




A London Christmas
Roxanne Rustand

When the unexpected happens just before Christmas, can a stranger make everything right?

After waiting three long weeks, Cait is finally in London--excited and nervous and even a little bit scared. What if she doesn't meet up with Derek's expectations? They'd met through an international dating site. In the photo he sent with that first glorious email, he'd been charming, dashing, and handsome. And oh, that lovely accent and deep voice--Downton Abbey and Jane Austin's heroes all wrapped up a delicious package and tied perfect bow. She shivered with anticipation, knowing life was about to change in ways she never dreamed of. But sometimes wisdom comes too late.

Purchase here: https://www.roxannerustand.com/book-table  






Joy Comes to Bedford Falls
Susan Aylworth

Blurb: A new job brings Claire Reiser to Bedford Falls, California, a Sierra resort town that celebrates Christmas all year. She arrives just days before Christmas, expecting to be alone for the holiday. Ben Scarge is also new, whisked in to manage the estate of his late Uncle Simon, a curmudgeonly miser who puts Scrooge to shame. Like Claire, he anticipates a lonely holiday. Then a furry visitor delivers a gift neither Claire nor Ben will ever forget. Welcome to Christmas Town!

Purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Comes-Bedford-Falls-Christmas-ebook/dp/B08GN9SH3P



Certain Threat
Kimberly Rose Johnson

Katrina White’s garage explodes and she fears someone is out to get her.

Not long after Katrina overhears two people talking about robbing the bank where she works, her attached garage explodes. With the help of her neighbor, Frank Davis, she escapes the burning home after a storage shelf falls over, trapping her beneath it.

The co-owner of Protection Inc. has one thing on his mind for the week of Christmas—rest and relaxation, but when his favorite neighbor needs his help he calls in his team. Unable to turn their backs on someone Frank clearly has feelings for the co-owners agree to help out Katrina.

When things escalate, Frank is certain of two things—he cares a lot for Katrina and he can’t let anything happen to her.

Join the team of Protection Inc. this Christmas where love is in the air even in the midst of danger.

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Wrapped Up in Christmas Joy
Janice Lynn

When a quilt shop owner finds a former Marine's journal, she longs to heal his heart...

When Sophie Davis sorts through a box of donated books to her church, she's surprised to find a soldier's journal. As the daughter of a veteran who watched her father struggle over the years, she feels a deep connection to the man who wrote the emotional entries.

Former Marine Cole Aaron battled to find peace after returning to civilian life. He's always needed to protect others. Now, fighting fires helps him put out the demons within him. He's embracing his life in Pine Hill, Ky, and strives to call a truce with his past. When Sophie shows at the fire hall with his journal from when he'd first returned stateside, Cole can't believe it was in the box he'd donated. The book is old news and he tells her to trash it.

Sophie and Cole are drawn together as they both volunteer for their community, but it's hard for Cole to let down his guard, and he doesn't need anyone's pity. After all he's been through in the past, can he find faith in a more hopeful future...one touched by joy?

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Christmas Redemption
Laura Scott 

Jack Keller AKA Jessie Kramer has remained isolated, living off the land for several years, until an unseen force is nudging him home to Crystal Lake, Wisconsin to see his brother Ian at Christmas. When Jack finds an injured woman living alone in the woods, he feels compelled to help her and her German shepherd Sadie, along with Belle the puppy, survive. What he doesn’t expect is to be drawn to Raven in a way he’s never experienced before. And when he realizes Raven is in danger, he refuses to leave until the guy is caught. Will Jack learn to forgive himself for his past mistakes and open his heart to love?

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A Doctor's Christmas
Laura Scott

When Lifeline Pilot Megan Hoffman finds herself pregnant with her ex-fiancé’s baby, she is determined to remain independent and to raise her child alone. Normally keeping her distance from the rotating residents, isn’t a problem, until she meets the very attractive and very serious Dr. Drake Thorton who discovers her secret.

Drake hasn’t recovered from losing his wife and unborn child shortly before Christmas, but when he realizes Megan is pregnant and the baby’s father out of the picture, he finds himself unable to stay away. Will Drake rediscover his love for Christmas and Megan?

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Beneath Northern Lights
Lyn Cote

Two wounded souls, a sweet puppy, Christmas coming, and someone who’s out to destroy a man’s dream~

Purchase here: https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/books-by-lyn/beneath-northern-lights-a-holiday-story






The Sleuth's Surpriser
Kimberly Rose Johnson

Mary Daley has been the sheriff of Tipton County for more than two decades, but someone wants her job. When it seems circumstances can’t get more complicated, a murder happens on her watch. Had she been the intended victim?
Deputy Chief Lyle Griffin only wants Mary to be happy, but when he asks her if she’d consider retiring, it sets off a string of events and emotions that muddy their friendship.  
Nancy Daley-Malone can’t believe anyone would run for sheriff against her mom. She is on board to help run the best campaign Tipton County has ever seen until the sheriff’s opponent is murdered and Nancy’s husband joins the race. On top of that, it appears someone is out to kill her mother as well.
Can Nancy, along with the sheriff’s department, find the murderer before it’s too late? Will Lyle and Mary be able to admit their feelings for one another or will the status quo remain?

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Smoothing a Rocky Road
Fran McNabb

Math teacher Melissa Tanner is managing her dad's beachfront, ice cream stand for the summer. The tourist area is near a military base, and she knows the risk of dating servicemen. But when she meets Captain Ty Waltman, she re-evaluates her prejudice against men on temporary duty. Bachelor pilot Ty loves his globe-trotting career but meeting down-to-earth Melissa makes him reconsider his future. Yet, can he give up a life of travel and tie himself to one base and the Hurricane Hunters in order to be closer to Melissa?

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Here For You
Pat Simmons

Caregivers sometimes need a little TLC too.

Rachel Knicely's life has been on hold for six months while she takes care of her great aunt, who has Alzheimer's. Putting her aunt first was an easy decision—accepting that Aunt Tweet is nearing the end of her battle is far more difficult.

Nicholas Adams's ministry is bringing comfort to those who are sick and homebound. He responds to a request for help for an ailing woman but when he meets the Knicelys, he realizes Rachel is the one who needs support the most. Nicholas is charmed by and attracted to Rachel, but then devastating news brings both a crisis of faith and roadblocks to their budding relationship that neither could have anticipated.

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Fatal Winter
Lyn Cote

In a small town where murder never happens, the unthinkable does happen. And two people with a tragic history must work together to protect their families before another life ends.

Bookstore owner, Sylvie Patterson and Detective Ridge Matthews share hidden pain over the long-ago tragedy that marked them both. Because of the past, she knows she has no future with him. Sylvie’s cousin Ginger returns home to write her Ph.D. dissertation and says these cryptic words before hanging up: Sylvie, I am going to wow you with a big surprise tomorrow! Finding Ginger lying dead at the foot of the stairs is not any surprise anyone would ever want.

Ridge had come to town on a family matter. When he and Sylvie discover the body, as a state homicide detective, he’s ordered to stay and solve the murder. Murders don’t happen in small-town Winfield—and he can’t get a break on the case. When Detective Matthews fails to discover any motive or solid clues for her cousin’s murder, Sylvie refuses to believe that she might be next. What if she’s wrong…Don’t miss the exciting ending to this Northwoods murder mystery!

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Sweet Tidings
Jean C. Gordon

Amanda Strickland wants her first Christmas as mayor of Indigo Bay to be a civic success from the animal shelter fundraiser to benefit gala to the traditional tree lighting. And movie-star acquaintance Eric Slade may be just the ingredient she needs to pull it all off.

Eric wants to put the paparazzi off him and the young co-star of his last film—and protect his fragile relationship with the grown son he never spent much time with when his son was growing up. When he proposes a pretend holiday romance between him and Amanda, it seems like a win-win for them both.

But what will happen when the pretend romance turns real and snafus on both sides threaten to crush their Christmas plans and hearts?

Sweet Tidings is the first book in the new Indigo Bay Christmas Romances Series, but it and the other stories are standalone and can be read in any order.

Purchase Here:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F2Z85QW
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1515038328
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Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sweet-tiding




Target for Ransom
Laura Scott

Can he rescue the daughter he didn't know he had?

Former FBI Agent Jordan Rashid has been tasked with infiltrating a terrorist cell located in Washington, DC. But when he receives an email link with a video of a young girl being held captive by kidnappers, his mission becomes very personal—the eleven-year-old Bryn is the daughter he didn’t know he had.

Diana Phillips is horrified to discover her daughter has been kidnapped and is frantic to find her. And she doesn’t understand why she is being directed to her former fiancé Jordan Rashid for help. Clearly her witness protection cover has been blown, and worse, her cousin Tariq is likely the mastermind behind Bryn’s kidnapping. In the midst of a serious terrorist threat, Diana and Jordan must find a way to put their rocky past aside and work together to rescue Bryn. Can they save hundreds of innocent lives in time to become a family, once again?

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The Hand-Me-Down Husband
Vickie McDonough

Ellen aims to take her sister’s baby back to St. Louis to raise as her own. Tessa’s father isn’t about to let that happen.

Ellen Stewart despises Lance Garrett. If not for him dashing into Isabelle’s life and stealing her heart and filling her head with his dreams, her little sister would still be alive and safe at home. When Ellen receives Lance’s letter requesting help with one-year-old Tessa, she rushes to Silver Springs, intent on taking charge of her young niece. A rugged ranch in the wilds of Texas is no place for a motherless baby. 

But when she realizes how distraught Lance is over the loss of his wife and the depth of his love for his daughter, she can’t take Tessa from him—but neither can she leave. Though everything within her wants to flee back to the comfortable big city, something makes her stay. Tessa needs her father, for one—and he needs her. Ellen knows what it’s like to lose all she’d dreamed of. 

When local townsfolk make a stink about Ellen living at Lance’s ranch unchaperoned, will they be forced to marry? Ellen doesn’t want a hand-me-down husband who could never love her, but could this marriage be God’s will for them both?






A Chocolate-Box Summer Breeze
Josie Riviera

A disillusioned widow longing for a change. A hard-working truck driver looking for love. Will Emily and Joe find their happily-ever-after in a forgotten summer breeze?

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No Time for Adventure
Jean C. Gordon
The No Brides Club

When six friends make a pact not to let love get in the way of their careers, the No Brides Club is born. But could meeting the right man at the wrong time cause them to break their vows to each other.

A charter member of the No Brides Club, mental health nurse practitioner Victoria Hambersby is on the verge of completing her career dream to create a VA program that will help vets with physical and mental challenges stretch their abilities. Needless to say, Vic is completely blindsided when she is informed that she must combine her program with that of Joshua Lewis, the owner of “No Limits” extreme adventure company.

Since two of his sisters are also members of the No Brides Club, Josh is aware of the no romance before career goals motto. So while he finds Vic attractive, the focus needs to stay on finding a way to blend their proposal ideas. Which won’t be easy, as they both have baggage from the past coloring their viewpoints.

To get a better idea of what Josh’s company has to offer, Vic agrees to a weekend adventure, which despite herself, stirs her inner thrill-seeker. Surprisingly they may have more in common than they believe, but can they overcome their defensive barriers to let go of the past and reach for the future?

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Guarded by the Soldier
Laura Scott

He’ll put his life on the line… if it means protecting a little boy and his pregnant mom.

After months of searching, security expert Ryker Tillman finally finds Olivia Habush and her young son—just as they are attacked by mercenaries. Now safeguarding Olivia, her unborn child and little Aaron is the former special ops soldier’s new mission. But to save the family burrowing into his heart, Ryker must figure out why someone wants them dead…

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Holiday Hearts

Josie Riviera

🎄It’s Christmas in July!

Savor the magic of @Josie Riviera’s 3 contemporary and inspirational holiday Romances in one sweet bundle… Holiday Hearts Volume 3

Only 99¢ Boxed set included: Sweet Peppermint Kisses, A Chocolate-Box Christmas, and Holly's Gift.Purchase here: mybook.to/HolidayHeartsVolume3




Second Chance Forgiveness

Merrillee Whren

Single dad Grady Reynolds finds raising two girls a difficult task, especially when one is a troubled teenager. He takes a new job in the small town of Pinecrest, Washington, with hope of starting over after his wife’s death. But he encounters his past in the form of new coworker Maria Sanchez, his late wife’s friend.

Maria’s plate is full with her job at her friend’s charitable foundation. Working with Grady only serves to remind her of their acrimonious last words at his wife’s funeral. How can she have a good working relationship with a man who has lost his faith and isn’t ready to give or receive forgiveness?

Can Maria and Grady’s daughters help him see the need for forgiveness and love?

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Trusting His Kiss 

Jean Gordon



Included in Sweet Kisses

21 New Heartwarming Romance Books that'll make you swoon

The past is inescapable, but does it have to spoil the future? In the small town of Paradox Lake a couple must decide.

Life is complicated for nurse and widowed mother of three, Kari Hazard. Her 15-year-old son Myles is rebelling and she is not sure how to handle it. Still, Kari is not immediately thrilled with the actions Myles’s handsome new school guidance counselor is taking.

Eli Evans is a former Air Force officer and can relate to Myles’s feelings regarding his father who was killed in Afghanistan. Eli also finds Kari extremely attractive, but an issue from his past could pose a problem for any prospective relationship. However, an even larger obstacle is Kari’s residual anger and complicated emotions towards the military and her late husband.

In the small town of Paradox Lake, fate (with a little help from Eli’s mother), keeps pushing them together. Can Kari and Eli leave the past behind them and find a way forward to new love?

Sweet Kisses is a sweet contemporary romance anthology collection with twenty-one original, never-before-seen stories from bestselling and award-winning authors, the Sweet Kisses Box Set is only available for a limited time, so one-click your copy for 99¢ before it's gone. Twenty-one swoon-worthy heroes. Twenty-one chances to fall in love. Twenty-one happily-ever-afters. 100% of preorder profits donated to Pets for Vets!

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A Little Something Sweet

Laura Ashwood

A woman returning home for a new beginning; a man who returned home to focus on raising his son; the project that brings them face-to-face with their past.

Megan Turner fled Florence, Colorado with a broken heart, never intending to return. When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Megan doesn’t hesitate to return to the town that holds so many memories. Thank goodness the man that destroyed her dreams moved to California. What she doesn’t count on is a magical coffee shop with a message of hope and a bakery that will put her faith to the test.

Jake Sullivan had it all; but in a moment of weakness, his life changed forever. Now he’s back in Florence trying to heal his pride and build a life for his young son. He loves his job restoring old buildings and he just landed a job repairing the abandoned bakery for its new owner. What he didn’t count on was seeing his first love and having to face the mistakes of his past.

Neither willing to budge, Megan and Jake devise a schedule to spend the least amount of time together possible; but fate and the Java Cupid have other plans. Can they rediscover a connection they once had? What happens as Megan falls in love with Jake’s son and dreams of a new future? When Jake’s past comes calling, will their new dream be destroyed, or will Megan and Jake cook up A Little Something Sweet?

Purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CZZTC72 





At the Rainbow's End

Susan Aylworth

Book 2 in the Rainbow Rock Romances


Alexa Babbidge is about to hit it big as a Hollywood scriptwriter — if only her car will cooperate. Stranded near Rainbow Rock, Arizona, she’s rescued by Could-Be-Mr-Right. Too bad she isn't looking for romance! But she is looking for a job, at least until she can reschedule her meeting in movieland.

Kurt McAllister is looking for a scriptwriter, not a wife. But Alexa fits easily into his video production company, and almost as easily into his life. As they work together, taping a documentary about Navajo weaving, he longs to persuade her to stay.

Gold beckons at the end of the rainbow, and Alexa, who has seen too much of poverty, can't resist its pull. Kurt longs to hold her, but at what price? As their time together draws to a close, each must decide whether it’s wealth and fame or love and family that awaits them At the Rainbow’s End.

Purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D2MSQFT/
Direct Threat

Kimberly Rose Johnson


One little girl. 
Two bodyguards.
Only one chance to guard their hearts.

Protection Inc. co-owner, Carissa Jones, an ex-cop turned bodyguard, has one goal—keep her young client safe. When her business partner brings in a new guy to help, she discovers her heart desires more. Can she still do her job and follow her heart without compromising her client’s safety?

Marc Olsen, a former Military Police officer, struggles to find his way as a civilian. He agrees to help out an old friend for the summer. He gets more than he bargained for when he’s assigned to work with the feisty co-owner of Protection Inc.

When sparks fly faster than bullets, will the bodyguards be distracted from their task, or will they work together as an even stronger team?

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Imminent Threat

Kimberly Rose Johnson


When one bad decision changes the course of her life, Jenna must seek protection from a surprising source.

The Protection Inc. team is growing, and so is their client list. Former cop and new team member, Peter King, seeks to solve the mystery surrounding threatening notes being sent to Jenna Walsh.

Facing an uncertain future, Jenna is afraid for her life. Will the team at Protection Inc., specifically Peter, be able to stop the threats before things escalate, or will tragedy strike before Peter is willing to face his growing attraction to Jenna?

The team must divide and conquer when two big cases present themselves at the same time. Carissa Jones and Marc Olsen work to protect a young college student who is staying in the home of a federal judge. All work and no play has put a strain on their relationship. Can they find balance or will their fragile bond be extinguished?

Join the Protection Inc. team as they face one challenge after another, including challenges of the heart.

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Journey to Peace
Lyn Cote


Sweeping Historical Saga
Book 4 The American Journey series

Identical twin brothers-stained by an unjust scandal and separated by miles of wilderness. Two young beauties in jeopardy. Will they learn to trust before it’s too late?

Outcast from his home town New Orleans, Johnny McKuen has taken refuge in Mexican Texas in 1827. He’s still reeling from the aftermath of an engagement gone terribly wrong but trying to build a new life on the frontier. Out of the blue, a friend he considers nearly a brother arrives with Johnny’s neighbor, bleeding and mortally wounded. As he breathes his last, he entrusts his wife to Johnny, a man of honor.

Near to giving birth to another child, the new widow Angel slumps against the bed, her head on her husband’s hand. Her world crumbles. How is she to care for a farm and her children with the birth of a child imminent? And who shot her husband and started to scalp him like a Comanche would? Nothing makes sense.

Keeping the family plantation Beau Rivage going, Callum McKuen alone faces the rejection by New Orleans society.When will his father return from a sojourn East? When will he see his beloved brother again? Has his family abandoned him? Don’t they realize that it’s not just the scandal? Forces resentful of their anti-slavery stand are at work to destroy their livelihood.

On a rare visit to the French Quarter, Callum meets Minette, a lovely young woman who hides her beauty beneath layers of clothing and a hat and scarf. Why isn’t she displaying her beauty in order to find a husband?

Minette also lives under a cloud of unjust scandal. This makes her a target for an unscrupulous man of bad reputation who wants her as his mistress. As the only provider for her grandfather and little sister, she soldiers on even as the scoundrel becomes relentless. Who will free her from this threat?

The twins face these challenges as the gentlemen they were raised to be. Who killed Angel’s husband and why? And how can Callum protect Minette if she won’t trust him? How and when will the twins be reunited? A compelling parallel story you don’t want to miss!



1-800-Summer
Josie Riveria

The last thing she can fix is her own life. Until one man’s offer changes everything.

There’s been one constant in Belle Boots’ nomadic life. Horses. She’s lived in North Carolina for a couple years, but lately, the universe seems to be telling her it’s time to pack up her equine therapy practice and move on. Maybe Florida. Or California.

But when she’s offered a horse-friendly fixer-upper, her sense of adventure gives way to a longing for something familiar. Salt air, wheeling seagulls, summer sand between her toes. Home.

The universe chooses that moment to muddy up her plans with a man whose emerald-green eyes and rich Scottish accent do funny things to her pulse.

Andrew Branfield knows what it’s like to have important things slip through his fingers. A marriage. Money. Though Belle’s teasing voice and gray eyes stir the ashes of his loneliness, his first priority is doing whatever’s necessary to keep his daughter’s favorite equine therapist from drifting away.

He never expected, when he set out to build Belle the barn of her dreams, that he’d build something else. A home for their hearts.

Sometimes you have to leave a place to discover it’s really your home.

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Second Chance Gift

Merrillee Whren


Single mom Beth Carlson wasn’t thrilled with her new neighbor Clay Reynolds and his motorcycle. They only served to remind her of the past she wanted to forget. Her focus was on her teenage son and getting her teaching degree, so she didn’t have time for romance.

Clay wasn’t interested in putting down roots or living in a small town. He was only in Pinecrest for a few months to help out a friend, but a troubled teenage boy and his pretty mom made Clay question those choices.

But Beth can’t trust a temporary guy, and Clay can’t fall for a woman who didn’t share his faith. What will it take to bring them the gift of love?Purchase here: Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple







Recipes from the Heart
Josie Riviera

 Are you drawn back to certain recipes because they bring up memories?

 A heartwarming story is the hallmark of a romantic read, and every one of my books contains a recipe submitted by a reader, my beloved mother or grandmother, or friends in Ireland.
Now these recipes are all together in one book for easy referral.

 Savor the magic of my sweet reads—from Tudor to Contemporary, Holiday to Homemade fudge.

 Purchase here: mybook.to/RecipesfromtheHeart




Bitter Autumn

Lyn Cote

Vengeance can be dangerous.

Grey Lawson returns home after serving a seven-year sentence for vehicular homicide while under the influence. Trish Franklin, the first female deputy in the county, is the niece of the man Grey’s reckless action killed. Then a rash of copycat accidents in the eerie fog-shrouded evenings mimic Grey’s original crime. People wonder is Grey acting out some sick compulsion of his own. How can Trish solve this series of near-fatal accidents before someone is seriously injured or killed? And sort out her feelings for the man her father hates? 

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Chocolate-Box Hearts
Josie Riviera

Cozy up with your favorite beverage, and lose yourself in the joyful seasons of love with my 3-book boxed set. Available for a limited time for only 99¢.

A Chocolate-Box Christmas
Love is sweeter with a touch of mischief.

A Chocolate-Box New Years
Some recipes don’t turn out quite as you predicted…

A Chocolate-Box Valentine
It’s your last love who truly matters.






Second Chance Love

Merrillee Whren
Eight years should have been long enough to overcome the hurt and humiliation of being left at the altar, but when Jillian Rodgers walks back into Sam Lawson’s life, he has to grapple with those feelings again. Worse yet, he can’t stop thinking about her.

Jillian Rodgers has returned to her hometown to help care for her mother. Facing Sam again is hard, but Jillian wonders if her return could mean a second chance for them.

In a small town their paths often cross, and despite Sam’s vow not to make the same mistake, he finds himself falling for her all over again. But Jillian hasn’t been completely honest about her life. When that comes to light, can he still forgive and forget? Can they have a second chance at love?

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Copycat Killer

Laura Scott

Murder strikes close to home--for a new K-9 unit in Brooklyn...
When a double homicide is strikingly familiar to a twenty-year-old cold case, Detective Nate Slater is rattled by the parallels. With a child as the only witness, he and his K-9 partner must protect little Lucy and her aunt, Willow Emery. Nate’s rough past means he always keeps an emotional distance…but in this case getting closer is the only way they’ll all survive.

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Missing
Margaret Daley

Everyday Heroes, Book 6

Kidnapping. Evil. Redemption.

When two young girls go missing, Dr. Emma Reichs, a child psychologist who worked with the two teens, turns to Brody Taylor, an ex-Green Beret, who founded the Pals Center, a safe haven for kids, to help her find the girls. Brody along with his retired military canine, Charlie, is determined to find the people behind the kidnapping of young people in his community.

In the midst of the search for Piper and Maria, more children are taken. Brody and Emma realize they’re fighting against a ticking bomb to find the teens before they disappear for good. Their partnership brings them closer and awakens feelings for each other, but can they stay alive long enough to end the nightmare for the kids and still have a future together?


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Winter Skye

Susan Aylworth 



Book 4 in the Seasons of Destiny series 


Birthed in a drug cult has set Skye up for a lifetime of destructive behavior. Now in recovery, she works hard for the life she wants as an accomplished artist. That means never dating the men she meets at AA meetings. Then Pete walks in. Tall, dark, unequivocally appealing, he rings her every bell. Even her aunt finds him “as handsome and charming as the devil himself.” When Skye learns that Pete is also an artist, a sculptor in glass, how can she resist?

Peter Koury has sworn never again to date a recovering addict, but he can’t stay away from Skye. He could, perhaps, resist her striking appearance and girlish charm, but how can he avoid her when she literally falls into his arms? When he realizes she is the artist whose work he’s been admiring, he gives up even trying to withstand her magnetic appeal.

Two people with amazing talent, both poised on the edge of disaster, have so much going for them…and deep negative histories opposing. Each day is a battle as they fight for continued sobriety and for recognition in the art world. Can they make room for love to flourish? And can they trust it to last?



Precarious Summer

Lyn Cote



Book 1 “Northern Shore Intrigue” series 



Beautiful shore, dangerous season

Summer tourists flock to the shore of Lake Superior—beautiful clean blue water, historic lighthouses, and thick pine forest. Audra Blair, a young single mom, is no longer going to work for someone else during the brief summer tourist trade. She has bought an old Victorian near the lakeshore and has opened “Audra’s Place,” a coffee shop-bakery in the mornings, and in the evenings, a carry-out pizza shop. Her future and her little girl’s hinges on its success. She is the sole support of her child, not wanting to have contact with the man who abandoned her when she told him she was expecting six years ago.

Someone in town is dangerously unhappy and begins setting booby traps that explode into flames. The tourist season is the life-blood of little Winfield—nothing must make tourists stay away. Carter grew up here and his wild youth follows him-in spite of his spotless record in law enforcement in another department in the state. Many, especially Audra’s uncle, question whether he has reformed. More booby-trap fires push Carter to question whether he is really sheriff material. And as he’s drawn to Audra, her uncle does whatever he can to undermine Carter. Can Audra and Carter break free of the past and have a future together? And will Carter crack the case before someone is severely injured or dies?

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A Doctor's Reunion
Laura Scott

Nine years had passed since Flight Nurse Kristin Page had been humiliated in front of her teenage crush, and she thought she’d successfully put the past behind her. Until she comes face to face with Dr. Holt Baxter. She’s horrified her old attraction hasn’t faded but knows it’s best to keep him at a professional distance. As much as she wants to despise him, she finds Holt to be a great, down to earth physician, willing and eager to learn.

Holt Baxter knew his younger sister was out of line that day nine years ago, and has to live with the fact he didn’t come to Kristin’s defense. He longs for a second chance to make things right, but Kristin isn’t interested in a relationship. Or is she? As they work together saving lives, Holt hopes they may also work together toward a future.

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A Chocolate-Box Valentine

Josie Riviera

It’s your last love who truly matters.Available on  Amazon



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