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Jessica Clarke had the perfect life. Until someone stole it.

Jessica Clarke has the perfect life. She’s married to the man of her dreams, they’ve bought a house in white picket fence suburbia, and she’s just adopted a new baby.

Everything is as it should be.

Until she gets home to find her keys don’t work.

When she knocks, a woman who looks a lot like her answers while holding Jessica’s baby. When Jessica screams, her husband comes –

And insists that he’s never met Jessica before.

He calls her an imposter.
A fraud.
A liar.

But Jessica knows he’s lying.

Someone has taken her life. Her husband. Her baby.

And she wants it all back.

It was no coincidence that Samuel Quist decided to head for Oregon when he did. The year was 1863. Lots of men were dying in the war. His family didn’t care what it might look like to others. At least he would be alive. But at what price? He sold everything to finance the journey and uprooted his family. So began this odyssey to ostensibly realize a dream of having a farm in Oregon. Too many people didn’t believe that for a second.

Enjoy this sweet romance by best-selling author, Taylor Hart.

Roman Young, quarterback for the Dallas Destroyers, doesn’t expect to get a gun shoved in his face by the beautiful red head, Katie Winters, when he arrives to sell the Inn he inherited from his uncle in Wolfe Creek, Utah. But, he’s not surprised, either. It’s the way his life has been lately. Just ask the tabloids that have happily reported his shattered knee, his wife’s affair, and the car accident.

Unfortunately, Katie is wearing a wedding ring. Not that he noticed. He doesn’t know why he doesn’t tell her about the fact he’s selling the Inn, even after she shoves a list of supply demands into his chest and rambles on and on about all the projects they have to do.

When he discovers her husband passed away a year ago, and her seven-year-old son asks him to come to dinner and movie night, things start to change. Or did they start to change when Katie took him sledding? Or when all he could think about was kissing her? Now he has to make a choice — keep ignoring the truth — or try one Last Play.

The famed Clara Fitzwater, best friend with Janice Thornberry from the Secret Library Cozy Mysteries, is trading in her stage lights for detective work. Late one night, she gets an urgent call from her niece, Jane, who’s not just been mugged but is also upstaging the local drama scene with her unexpected starring role as the prime suspect.

With Jane’s future hanging by a thread thinner than the script she’s writing in jail, Clara and her actor friend, Archie, dive into the investigation. Archie, sit-com extraordinaire, is more used to delivering punchlines than solving crimes. But he brings his comedic timing to the case, much to Clara’s chagrin. Together, they navigate through the mystery to find who framed Jane.

Will Clara’s theatrical flair and Archie’s knack for improvisation be enough to unravel this mystery? Or will their curtain call come too soon, leaving Jane to face the final act alone?

Experience the rich tapestry of love and strife woven throughout 19th-century Sydney in our captivating tale, “Prejudice Unmasked.”

Join Rupert Jenkins, a skilled carpenter navigating a world of relationships and conflicting ideals in the grandeur of Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay House. As a staunch believer in the Masonic principles of equality and justice, Rupert finds himself entangled in a web of complexities when he encounters the enigmatic Beatrice Byrne — a feisty Catholic challenging social norms and religious divides.

As Rupert’s loyalty to the Masonic Lodge is tested and his attraction to Beatrice grows undeniable, he must confront societal expectations and his own prejudices. With tensions escalating and conflicts intensifying, Rupert’s journey to love and self-discovery takes him through perilous fires and profound personal struggles.

Modern Texas is not just cowboy hats and cozy ranches, but also criminal deals, drug trafficking, and brutal showdowns… John, a battle-hardened veteran known simply as “The Wild,” returns to his homeland seeking solace, only to find himself thrust into a different kind of warfare: a desperate struggle against destitution. This conflict drives him to accept a dubious proposition — providing protection for the headstrong and infuriatingly independent sister of a local businessman, who is facing threats from unknown adversaries. She infuriates him at every turn — too self-assured, too complicated, too dangerous for his peace of mind.

Yet as their worlds collide, John discovers that the line separating contempt from desire blurs as easily as the façade distinguishing a respectable family man from a major drug deale.

Hi! I’m Dove Agnew, former successful dress designer who was living the high life in New York, until my sleazy business partner used my business to move his drugs, leaving me to pack my ruined reputation and move back home to the tiny town of Harland Creek.

Despite the setback, all was going relatively well until I found Gertrude Brown’s body on the floor of my mom’s quilt shop. Now, rumors are flying and all eyes are on me. I’m a murder suspect! Even my ex-boyfriend, the current chief of police, is suspicious of me.

Now, it’s up to me to clear my name and find out who the real killer is before someone else gets hurt. But I’m going to need help, and the Harland Creek Quilters, and a goat named Petunia, are just the group to get things done.

Welcome to the new series set in the beloved town of Harland Creek.

With the quilting club ladies and a sidekick, which happens to be a goat, this book will keep you guessing and laughing out loud!

Growing up in the mill slums of Pittsburgh, Daniel Robinson was a punching bag for his drunken father, ignored by his mentally ill mother, and trapped in the grip of poverty. He’s finally freed from the torture of that home only to crash land in another hell when he’s abused by the pastor who takes him in.

Daniel escapes once again, spending the next decade wandering homeless throughout the country during the turbulent 1960s. On his journey, he gets caught up in the hippie drug invasion in San Francisco, racial violence in Cleveland and Detroit, and especially a deadly anti-war protest at Kent State. Daniel finally finds love with someone who was running from her own demons. Together they get a second chance at happiness and the family they both want.

Because of his experience on the street, Daniel is offered a job helping men coming from prison. When asked to find housing for Charles Vickers, a black man who spent twenty years in prison for a rape Daniel is convinced he never committed, he and his wife open their own home to him. This enrages the community, especially when a local girl disappears. Violence erupts — with Daniel as the focus of their rage.

Should he stay and fight for Charles — and put his family at risk, or run away again?

Finlay Thatcher is a lost soul, guilt-ridden after the death of her twin brother. When Alabama’s football coach gives her the opportunity to work for him, she knows it’s her chance to move on, even if it means living her brother’s dream.

Caden Brooks is Alabama’s star quarterback. He’s got it all. The attention of adoring fans. A girlfriend who’d do anything to hold on to him. And a future in the pros. He’s getting along just fine until Finlay steps into his life, despising him at first sight and pushing his buttons like no other.

Unfortunately for Finlay, and her attempt to keep Caden at arm’s length, there’s nothing Caden loves more than a challenge. The problem with this challenge is she comes with a secret that has the power to destroy everything.

This New Adult Romance is book one in the For You standalone series. Each book can be read as a complete standalone as it follows a new couple.

A missing father… A splintered family… Will the son escape those who destroyed his life?

Can Richard navigate his way through a medieval world full of knights, battles, blood and iron?

Book One in The Legend of Richard Keynes series follows Richard’s varied trials as he battles through a period of history famed for its violence and uncertainty. Mounted on his faithful warhorse, Richard must learn how to fight his enemies with his lance as well as his wits, and sometimes with the help of his friends.

The story follows Richard in his very medieval quest to win the symbol of knighthood, his golden spurs.

Featuring characters and a story set within real historical events, Golden Spurs is a small window into the middle ages, a time when men had to stand up and fight for what they believed in.

Begin your journey through this rich and captivating world to discover Richard’s fate.

A scrawny pilot vows to master the art of mech combat…

The Wolverines thought David Wayne was too scrawny to pilot a mech. They laughed in his face, telling him he needed more muscle and, hell, maybe a mustache to be worthy.

But they underestimated the furious spark of ambition that burned inside.

Driven by the sting of their ridicule, David teams up with his sarcastic AI, Tabitha, and a crew of overlooked society rejects, transforming scrap into a weapon that defies all expectations.

He’ll forge his own path by creating a mech unlike anything they’ve ever seen: fast, deadly, and fueled by the pure, unadulterated fury of being told he couldn’t.

Talon is a high-octane ride, where one pilot will obliterate the notion that you have to be a hulking brute to dominate in combat.

The bigger the mechs, the harder they will fall, and David is ready to make them all crash and burn or DIE TRYING.