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Welcome to Port Berry (affiliate link)
Welcome to Port Berry, where love is just around the corner.
Sophie Moore has sworn off men. Ever since her ex-boyfriend ran off with her, now, ex-friend. So the appearance of handsome newcomer Matt Rose to Port Berry doesn’t bother her. Sophie knows her heart is safe.
Even if it does flutter annoyingly every time he smiles at her.
Matt Rose has arrived in Port Berry with no money or place to stay. He’s running from a troubled past, and looking for a fresh start.
Matt gets a job with the local fisherman, Jed. But it’s Sophie, hearing Matt will be sleeping on the fishing boat, who offers him a place to stay at her home Cockle Cottage.
Now Sophie can’t escape bumping into Matt everywhere she turns. Neither can she avoid noticing the way his eyes crinkle when he smiles and how she looks forward to seeing him every day.
Rotten Apple (Bennett Dynasty Book 1) (affiliate link)
They say opposites attract. Gwen Bennett and Maxwell Pierce are about to put that theory to the test.
Gwen Bennett is a talented operative who excels at keeping her clients safe.
When a thief swindles her grandmother out of her fortune and flees to a private island accessed only by invitation, she’s is determined to find a way, no matter what it takes.
Maxwell Pierce is a man with a knack for getting what he wants when he wants it. And today, he wants Gwen.
When Maxwell seeks Gwen out for a job he knows she’d rather not take, she wastes no time saying yes. But Maxwell’s not surprised. He has something she wants. And with his sister’s life on the line, he needs Gwen just as much as she needs him.
The Martina Monroe Crime Thriller Series Books 1 – 3 (affiliate link)
Martina Monroe has hit rock bottom. Once a rising star in private investigations, her career crumbled after a DUI left her chasing petty scams. When a mysterious client asks her to identify an infant in a decades-old photograph, Martina sees a chance at redemption—but it means returning to her hometown and the secrets she left behind.
What starts as a simple inquiry unravels into a deadly game when Martina uncovers ties between the photo and a string of murders. As the killer closes in, Martina teams up with Detective August Hirsch to expose a web of lies and betrayals. With her dark past resurfacing, she must confront her demons to solve the case—or risk becoming the next victim.
Merciless Legacy (Asha Kade Book 1) (affiliate link)
A secluded old-money manor in the heart of the White Mountains conceals a chilling secret.
The family matriarch calls for private detective Asha Kade and shares a cryptic deathbed wish.
“Find my children and tell them I did it for love.”
The mystery draws Asha in, but she doesn’t know she’s being lured into a web of dark deceptions and disturbing pasts.
As a merciless storm isolates the mansion from the world outside, a brutal murder shatters the midnight silence. A killer is lurking within the family, picking off members one by one.
With every tick of the clock, the killer draws closer. And Asha is next on the twisted list.
She must unravel the family’s poisonous past to expose the truth, but in this house everyone is a suspect. And everybody is lying… Or are they?
Love Is Ale You Need (Brews and Flings Book 1) (affiliate link)
A steamy friends with benefits, surprise pregnancy standalone novel by romantic comedy author Gia Stevens…
We went from fling to friend-zone. Now I have to tell him he’s going to be a dad.
After my ex-husband left, I became a single mom and vowed never to date a guy in a suit again.
Then Trey Wilson entered my life. The guy who lives in suits. He’s charismatic, good-looking, and charming AF.
Everything that can make any woman swoon, including me.
What started as a one-night fling turned into a mid-morning office quickie, followed by an afternoon rendezvous in my kitchen. Which ultimately led to the purchase of a new table.
After I told him we can only be friends, he’s determined to be my best friend. The more time we spend together the boundary between friends and benefits blur.
Her Steeple Ridge Cowboys (affiliate link)
HE BOUGHT HER FARM, AND SHE’S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
Tucker Jenkins has had enough of tall buildings, traffic, and business meetings to determine the next app that will change the world. He’s sold his technology firm for billions and traded it for Steeple Ridge Horse Farm in rural Vermont.
Missy Marino has worked at the boarding stable and farm since she was a teen, and she’s always dreamed of owning it. But her ex-husband left her with a truckload of debt, making her fantasies of owning the farm unfulfilled.
When she meets Tucker, she starts having a new kind of fantasy—one where they work with the horses together. Tucker didn’t come to the country to find a new wife, but he supposes a woman could help him start over in Steeple Ridge. Will Tucker and Missy be able to navigate the shaky ground between them to find a new beginning?
Escape to Starshine Cove (affiliate link)
Ella Farrell has reached breaking point. Shattered by her job and her boyfriend’s recent betrayal, she grabs her stuff and flees down the coast. When her car breaks down a few miles short of Cornwall, she’s astonished by what she finds. Not on any map, the tiny seaside village of Starshine Cove is too perfect for words. A cobbled lane lined with pretty, thatched cottages slopes towards a pristine white beach… has she finally lost it, or is this place for real?
Spotting a little café perched on the edge of the cove, Ella settles into a slice of homemade raspberry cheesecake and finds herself charmed by Connie, the café’s chatty, Dolly Parton-lookalike owner. And, as days unexpectedly turn into weeks, Ella warms to the quirky seaside village and its residents, especially the stunning Jake, landlord of the Starshine Inn. Ella’s heart does a little flip-flop whenever their eyes meet. Jake also came to Starshine Cove by chance – was he running away from something?
Heck’s Journey (Heck and Hope Book 1) (affiliate link)
Orphaned at fourteen, Hector “Heck” Martin heads west, determined to see the far country and make a man of himself.
Along the way, he falls in love with bold and beautiful Hope Mullen. But Heck is too young and poor to marry, so he heads west again.
During a three-year journey, Heck crosses thousands of miles, becomes a bareknuckle boxer, a mountain man, and an Indian fighter, and meets the likes of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger as he explores the gorgeous and deadly frontier.
Then, stopping by Fort Bent, he receives a letter that changes everything.
Hope’s family is daring the Oregon Trail.
Heck vows to intercept and help them. But the Mullens face serious troubles—both outside and within the wagon train.
Can Heck rescue Hope before it’s too late?
The Yankee Widow: A Novel (affiliate link)
BRAIN GAIN: A high-stakes technothriller (affiliate link)
One brain. Two minds. No where to run…
Dawn Harrison wakes up in a research lab with no memories and an AI implanted in her brain. She escapes into a world she no longer recognizes only to quickly become the most sought-after person on the planet.
Pursued by shadowy agencies desperate to reclaim the technology in her brain, Dawn races against time to uncover both the truth of her past and secrets in her head.
But in this high-stakes thriller, even a single thought can be deadly.
The French Cookery School (affiliate link)
The recipe for a perfect summer…
Step 1: Mix together a group of mature students
Step 2: Add in a handsome host
Step 3: Season with a celebrity chef
Step 4: Bring to the boil at a luxurious cookery school in France!
Waltho Williams has no idea what he’s letting himself in for when he opens the doors to his beautiful French home, La Maison du Paradis. But with dwindling funds, a cookery school seems like the perfect business plan…
Divorcée caterer Caroline needs to be able stand on her own two feet. While warm-hearted Fran hopes to help her beloved husband fulfil his lifelong dream. And for food journalist Sally it’s a PR opportunity – until a certain celebrity chef gets under her skin…
But will the eclectic group be a recipe for success, or will the mismatched relationships sink like a souffle?
Missing Molly (affiliate link)
Everyone has secrets, and Rachel Holloway is no exception. She’s worked hard to keep the past where it belongs: dead and buried. And so far, she’s been very successful.
But now the small newspaper where she works wants to produce a podcast on a cold case: the disappearance twelve years ago of young Molly Forster.
Some secrets should never see the light of day, and as far as Rachel is concerned, whatever happened to little Molly is one of them. Rachel has a life now, a boyfriend she loves and a three-year-old daughter she adores, and she will do anything to protect them.
But to do that, no one can ever know that she is Molly Forster.
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