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 By Caroline Clemmons

SIDNEY AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE, Book 6 of the historical western romance series Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides, is headed your way! In fact, you can pre-order your copy now for December 4^th release.

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Sidney Garton, owner of Garton’s Mercantile in Harrigan Springs, Texas, sent for a wife:

“What I hope for is that she cooks our meals and manages the household, but also assists me in the store when needed—which would be quite a bit  of the time.”

Antoinette Fournier must evade her father’s plan to marry her to a terrible man. She’s confined to her room until she agrees to wed the rogue. Her sisters arrange her departure with the matchmaker and help her get away immediately. Antoinette doesn’t have time to read the letter he sent the matchmaker until she is on the train headed for Texas.

Uh oh, she foresees a huge problem. She can’t cook. Her training in managing a household is directing the servants. She’s never worked in her life.

What if he sends her away?

He doesn’t, but what if he resents her forever?

When Sid is injured, she proves she is capable of managing his store and confronting a robber. But the criminal has sworn revenge. Can she and Sidney foil the evil thief’s plan? Is happily-ever-after together in Antoinette and Sid’s future?

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Her Competition by Maggie Blackbird

 

 

Two sexy work rivals each want the prestigious promotion for Christmas, but neither expects to want each other.

Her Competition 

by Maggie Blackbird

Genre: Contemporary Holiday Romance 

Two sexy work rivals each want the prestigious promotion for Christmas, but neither expects to want each other.

  Driven and determined, Celeste Fisher won’t let anything stop her from anchoring the nightly news. She’s sacrificed a personal life, a love life, and left her Ojibway community to make it in the city. And if that means stomping all over her too-handsome and too-competitive rival to nail the position, so be it.

 Casual dating and one-night stands are all Reed Dumont can spare while building what he covets most—his career. He’s not about to lose out to Celeste, no matter if he can’t keep his eyes off her sexy legs and admiring her just-as-sexy brain, because sitting in the broadcasting chair is another step up the ladder to thumb his nose at his poor Métis upbringing.

 A crisis in a First Nations community sends the adversaries out on the road to cover the story. Snowed in at the hotel, rivals become humans, unable to deny their true private desires. But upon returning to the city, the new lovers face the biggest hurdle that could cost them their budding relationship when one gets the promotion and the other is left holding…frustration. Now they must decide what is worth fighting for: love or career.

 

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Reed quirked a brow. That was a fast reply. For some reason he’d classed Celeste as 

the type of woman who played mind games with men. The kind of lady who perfectly 

timed her response and what she’d say. Her quick and warm answer wasn’t what he’d 

expected from the too-serious and too-guarded ice queen. 

He typed in... 

I’ll get you at seven... sharp. Have a great night. 

He sat on the bed, staring at his phone, unsure what to feel. 

Her message appeared. 

I’ll bring the coffee. That way we won’t have to stop anywhere to retrieve any. How do 

you take yours? 

A surge of surprise was an electrical shock sliding down his spine. His heart jumped 

 

from a lazy stroll to outright jogging. 

Double-double. And thank you for offering. 

Not a problem. I checked the weather. There’s a storm threatening to move in, but 

there’s a good chance it might also pass us. 

Thoughtful? Celeste? He blinked. Hmm, she did like to take control, seeing as she was 

planning their business trip. 

Thanks. Much appreciated. I’ll handle everything from here. 

Do you mean handle by packing my Sorrels for me? And my parka? And my toque? 

And my dickie? 

The text also contained a winking face. 

Reed pursed his lips. Was she tossing shade with that smart-aleck answer? Or was she 

teasing him by sending the winking face, hoping her message wasn’t misinterpreted? 

He’d find out. 

I mean handle by making sure I get us safely to the reserve without incident. We have a 

story to report. 

Shit. Maybe he shouldn’t have used the we word. It made them sound like a team, and 

they were far from a team. 

Oh, I believe you have everything under control. I’ll see you tomorrow morning. Have a 

good night. 

His thumbs were frozen mid-air over the cell phone. Was the first line a dig? Because 

what she’d typed sounded like something Celeste from the office would say, not this 

newly discovered Celeste from her home. 

He’d best bid her goodnight. There was another chapter on his book to finish, and 

morning came too soon. 

At seven o’clock tomorrow, he’d unearth which Celeste would make an 

appearance—the new one who resembled something close to a human being, or the tin 

woman in need of a heart from the Wizard of Oz because he’d yet to witness her 

bearing anything resembling a red beater on the sleeve of her blouse. 

An Ojibway from Northwestern Ontario, Maggie resides in the country with her husband and their fur babies, two beautiful Alaskan Malamutes.  When she’s not writing, she can be found pulling weeds in the flower beds, mowing the huge lawn, walking the Mals deep in the bush, teeing up a ball at the golf course, fishing in the boat for walleye, or sitting on the deck at her sister’s house, making more wonderful memories with the people she loves most.

 

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Chasing Love by Julie Navickas

 

 

Sometimes when the right man finds the right woman, things still aren’t quite right. 

Can a piece of paper fix it, or ruin it?

Chasing Love

Clumsy Little Hearts Trilogy Book 3

by Julie Navickas

Genre: Contemporary Romance 

Sometimes when the right man finds the right woman, things still aren’t quite right. Can a piece of paper fix it, or ruin it?

 

When Cole Johnson was eight-years-old, he married Rose Prescott. Never mind that the aisle was made of holiday table runners, she wore an old lace curtain, and her brother performed the ceremony in a musty basement.

Twenty-four years later, Cole is more in love than ever and ready to wed Rose for real. This time, it’ll be at an exquisite wedding venue and the minister will know how to read. But that’s not all. He wants to give Rose the life he’s always dreamed of: a big house with a picket fence, twin boys, a family dog, and a rock-solid 401K. 

But Rose doesn’t seem to want any of it—not even a little. Because it’s not at all the future she covets. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. The thought of a hefty mortgage payment and a minivan full of children isn’t just suffocating… it’s insufferable. 

As the wedding approaches, Cole grows uneasy and can’t help but feel like Rose is hiding something. Despite his suspicions, the day of their wedding arrives without a hitch. The question is, how will the day end? 

Pick up your copy of Chasing Love, the epic conclusion to the Clumsy Little Hearts trilogy. While each story can be read as a standalone, common characters are woven throughout each book. Julie Navickas’ stories leave no shortage of heart-stopping plot twists, competing emotions, and soul-crushing decisions. Get your copy today!

 

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“I’ve always liked watching you cook.” He smiled and willed her gaze to meet his, but her stare didn’t break from the potato in her hand.  

“I’m not really cooking,” she grumbled and scratched her nose.  

“You know what I mean.” Reaching across the counter, he selected a few pieces of onion and tossed them in his mouth.  

A scowl consumed her face. “You did not just eat raw onions.”  

Cole chomped on the veggies and grinned. “What’s it to you if I did?”  

Rose feigned a gag and shuddered.  

The potential of the moment spoke to him. Like a child, Cole seized the opportunity to play and circled the island. He leaned into her and pressed a kiss on her cheek.  

She recoiled and swatted him away. “Ew, Cole! Stop it!” With a giggle, she pinched her nose.  

“What?” He grinned and popped another piece in his mouth. “Are you saying you don’t like my kisses?” Cole leaned in and again she darted away with laughter on her lips. “Ring around the rosie?” He chased her around the counter. Her sweet snickers settled in his heart, beat for beat, seeping into his soul.  

“Ugh, your breath!” she whined as he caught her around the middle and squeezed, holding her prisoner in her own kitchen. “And you’re all sweaty!”  

He pressed another exaggerated kiss on her cheek and gripped her arms, pinning her in place.  

“Cole!” she roared through laughter.  

“I’ll make a deal with you,” he offered and guided her body back to where she stood peeling potatoes. “I’ll shower and brush my teeth if we can have sex right here.” He tapped the granite and pinched her bottom.  

 

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Trusting Love

Clumsy Little Hearts Trilogy Book 1

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Finding Love

Clumsy Little Hearts Trilogy Book 2

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Julie Navickas is a best-selling and award-winning, nationally recognized contemporary romance novelist, known for her keen ability to tell heart-wrenching, second-chance love stories through relatable characters with humility, humor, and heroism. She is also an award-winning university instructor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University. Julie earned master’s degrees in both organizational communication and English studies with an emphasis in book history, as well as a bachelor’s degree in public relations, graduating cum laude from Illinois State University. She is a mom of three and has been happily married to her high school sweetheart for twelve years.

 

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By Caroline Clemmons

Book 6

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Kindred Spirit by Julia Firlotte

 

 

Mankind’s day of reckoning is coming; A young Wicca must learn to harness the elements and reconcile old friendships if she is to save mankind from Mother Nature’s wrath.

 

Kindred Spirit

by Julia Firlotte

Genre: SciFi Dystopian Romance

 

A plague for a plague, to make the human race pay
For the destruction of a planet which was not theirs to slay

Mankind’s day of reckoning is coming and all hopes lie on the shoulders of one young Wicca. Only Cady Leigh can harness the elements and reconcile old friendships if she is to save mankind from Mother Nature’s wrath.

Set three hundred years in the future, the impact of global warming has divided the nation into two opposing societies. Cady Leigh’s family are Wiccans and the healers of their underground traditionalist community, so when a craft from the opposing technologist’s society crashes near her home, Cady saves a wounded technologist teenager Drew Kemp and brings him to live with her family.

Like all technologists, Drew has a nanochip implant and uses it to spy on the traditionalist villagers to root out the terrorists who attack the metropolis he calls home. However, he falls in love with the independent and spirited young Wicca, Cady. When he reveals the truth to her, she feels betrayed and rejects him, so he returns to his city alone.

Some years later, due to the damage inflicted on the Earth by humans, mother nature unleashes her displeasure on mankind in the form of a dangerous virus. Passionate about healing, Cady travels to the technologist’s city in search for a cure. But in a world of science and fact, Cady’s Wiccan roots start to reveal themselves at the worst time and her paranormal abilities to harness the elements evokes fear and oppression in the technologists around her.
When Cady discovers her abilities are more significant, that she is in fact the final hope to redeem mankind, she must turn to Drew to help her navigate this new world and find a cure.

  

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‘As long as Cady wants me here, I’ll be taking over as head of the Leigh family, and Cady can damn-well choose her own future. Are you following me?’ 

Kegan jerks his head back, enough to loosen my grip on his jaw. 

‘You won’t be her head of family! You’re an outsider. The elders will never…’ 

I press my knee further into his knuckles, twisting it on his joints until he groans. 

‘That group of weak-kneed idiots! You think they’re going to tell me what to do?’ I laugh. ‘Like you, you mean?’ I press my thumb into the nerve endings that run under his teeth that I learned in a ranger combat training load, and he squeals like a pig in heat. 

This is just too easy. 

I’ve mastered so many martial arts and physical defence classes in my mind. Now the opportunity to bring things to a head with Kegan has finally presented itself, the ease with which I could beat him is almost disappointing. I wonder if that makes beating him to a pulp the right thing to do, though, just because I could, then I decide couldn’t care less! The reasons for hurting him are the right ones, even if my actions aren’t. 

‘Let’s just make something really fucking clear. She’ll never be yours, Kegan, because she doesn’t want to be. Do you understand?’ 

Kegan grunts and nods, so I ease back and let him up. He rises slowly to his feet, one hand pressed over his face and then turned in a flurry of movement, his free hand coming forward to punch me in the stomach, but I pivot, swinging one leg back in a semi-circle, and trapping his wrist in the other hand, twisting his wrist into a lock. It’s like taking toys from a baby. It’s that fucking easy with so many years of training in my head and years of physical training chopping wood. I apply just enough pressure so that he can feel that I can snap it if I choose to, and then I hold it there until the sweat is running down his forehead, and he’s gasping obscenities at me, bent over and immobilised with pain. 

‘You hurt her, and I’ll hurt you. Are we clear?’ I tell him. 

‘We’re clear,’ he growls at me. 

After a lifetime of reading romance novels, Julia Firlotte started writing her own novels in 2018. As soon as she started, she knew she'd found her passion.

Julia is inspired by the world around her, often coming up with the opening scenes of a novel and the characters in them and then later developing a plot line. Julia's stories always have a focus on the role trust plays in a relationship and the twists and turns love takes when this is brought into question.

Julia is also a romance blogger and reviews books on her website.

Her favourite authors are Jaine Diamond, Sylvia Day, Chrystal Kaswell, EL James and Kendall Ryan.

Please do subscribe to her mailing list on her website and be so kind as to leave reviews. As a self funded / self published author, the role readers play in supporting new authors is crucial to allowing them to write more books and reader support is valued above all else.

When she's not writing, reading, blogging or editing, Julia works at her day job in Logistics, shipping other people's books all over the world. Julia is married with two children and five fur babies and lives in West Sussex, Southern England.

  

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Just In Time For Christmas Tales Of Romance Anthology

 

 

 

Keep warm this season with these 4 tales of holiday romance!

Just in Time for Christmas: Tales of Romance

with stories by

Shay Lacy, Constance Phillips, Denise Lynn, Mila Winters

Genre: Holiday Romance Anthology 

A Fiery Flamingo Christmass by Shay Lacy

What will ignite when a protected witness with a flamethrower meets the hunk next door?

The mob located Gina Weston two days before Christmas, but she refuses to run any more. Except maybe into the arms of her next-door neighbor after he extinguishes her burning flamingo Christmas tree. But are her gun and flamethrower enough to protect her from the lure of this sport hero playboy?

Former home run king Stone "Sledge" Hammer had been bored in the baseball off-season. Meeting Gianna has given him the chance to be a hero again, if she lets him in. While he's showing her the true spirit of Christmas, can he get inside her defenses to show her the importance of home?

It's no game they're playing, and it's a must-win against the mob.

Christmas Memories by Denise Lynn

When Kelly's missing husband unexpectedly shows up with amnesia right before the holidays, will the miracle of the Christmas season help restore his memories and what they once shared?

Family Reclaimed by Constance Phillips

Is their new fragile love strong enough for these first tests?

Kayson and Jack swore eternal love to each other. Now all they want is some time alone to explore the meaning of Christmas as a new family. But the hustle of the holidays while building their dreams at once is testing the strength of that vow. Everybody wants a piece of them.

If they give all their time and love away to others, will they have enough left for one another and their young son?

What She Wants for Christmas by Mila Winters

When Leann's hopes for spending Christmas with her daughter are dashed, she licks her wounds by indulging in a fling with Ben, the cute guy she meets at a bar.

All Ben wants for Christmas is to romance the beautiful woman he's had a crush on for years. If Leanne learns all his secrets, she might not give him a chance to prove they can be great together.

Now, only Leanne can decide if Ben is really what she wants for Christmas.

 

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Shay Lacy lives in Ohio with her husband and cat GG.

She writes romantic suspense and erotic fantasy romance. Shay sees story ideas everywhere. Even something as simple as a sequin can spark a new romantic suspense. Many times a story has emerged from her musing, “You know, somebody could die from that.”

When not writing, she loves to bake, people watch, and shop flea markets and estate sales.

Shay enjoys hearing how couples met and what they love about each other. You can find more information about Shay, her books, and how to contact her at her website, www.shaylacy.com.

 

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Denise Lynn lives in NW Ohio with her husband, son and an ever-changing number of 4-legged kids.

She writes medieval romance for Harlequin/Mills and Boon Historical and whatever she feels like writing for herself. Having read romance novels since she was far too young to do so, she enjoys having the opportunity to share her own stories with readers.

In her spare time, she gardens, sews, and basically putzes around with any craft project she can get her hands on. 

Visit website at www.denise-lynn.com for more information on her books. Links to her social media pages, to the Denise Lynn Newsletter and contact information are on her site.

 

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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, and three canine kids.

She writes contemporary and paranormal romance novels.

When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance loves spending time in the garden, with her pups, or cooking with her fresh from the garden produce.

If she leaves the house, it’s to spend time with good friends or family…or go to an eighties pop concert.

 

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Mila Winters loves romance. Be it written between the pages of a book, larger than life on the big screen or residing in her home. So, of course, she writes it too. That is, when

she’s not working with teenagers or hanging out with her wife and their dog Toby.

 

Creating likeable (and sometimes unlikeable) characters makes her do a happy dance and she hopes her readers enjoy them too. To learn more about Mila, her other stories and how her writing brain works, visit her at www.milawinters.com.

 

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Liar by Nora Roberts

Liar

by Nora Roberts

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I really like Nora Roberts' romantic suspense books.  I am reading this one.  It is an older book, from 2015, but it is very good.  I think this book is just right for a rainy day where you snuggle in a chair by a fire and read all afternoon.

Book Blurb

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions…
 
The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.
 
Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning...

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A Garland at Bitterbark Creek by Tammy Mannersly

 

 

 

His Secret Holds the Key to Her Lost Memory

 

A Garland at Bitterbark Creek

By Tammy Mannersly

Genre: Rural Romance 

He’s found a new home with her family while his own holds secrets to her past…This heart-wrenching 300+ page rural romance novel will have you gasping and keep you guessing as mysteries unravel, and as Jack and Sophie discover whether their love for one another can survive the deepest of wounds and darkest of betrayals.

Had it not been for her cousin’s wedding, Sophie Wendall would never have returned to Bitterbark Creek—her aunt and uncle’s idyllic farm-stay on the outskirts of town. Twenty years ago, tragedy stole everything from her including her memory, leaving only secrets and lies. Now that she’s back, there are just two things on her mind: to find out the truth of what really happened to her that day at the dam and to steer clear of the wicked Garland family and their charismatic son—the boy who broke her heart.

Jackson Garland is one of the few people who know what really happened to Sophie all those years ago, but he’s terrified of sharing the truth. To do so would jeopardize his happy sanctuary and newfound home at Bitterbark Creek. Upon reconnecting with Sophie, he realizes that while her extended family may have accepted him as one of their own, she’s going to take a little more convincing. Although he tries to charm and distract her to keep his secrets safe, it isn’t long before he’s at risk of falling under her own tantalizing spell.

As children, their love for one another kept them close until a car accident took one life and hatred tried to steal another. But dark truths can’t be hidden forever when ghosts from the past step into the light. Might the revelations be too daunting for them to handle? Or will Jack and Sophie finally put aside their family history and let love guide them into a future together?

A GARLAND AT BITTERBARK CREEK is about heartbreaking loss, rediscovering love and the healing ability of forgiveness and acceptance. If you love reading the novels of Mandy Magro, Alissa Callen, and Rachael Johns, then you will adore this heartfelt, second chance love story by award-winning author, Tammy Mannersly.

 

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“I’m fine.” Sophie winced. “But don’t expect me to make conversation.” 

“Don’t be antisocial.” Laura hugged Sophie’s narrow waist. “I know he’d love to catch up. He’s always asking about you.” 

Sophie pushed out of her cousin’s embrace. She knew Laura meant well, but Jack’s opinion of her hadn’t meant anything for a very long time. “Well, he can just keep on asking. I’m not walking down memory lane with that jerk anytime soon.” She thrust a hand towards her mother. “Please just give me my bags.” 

Frowning, Angelica opened the trunk with a click of a button and handed her daughter a hefty duffle bag and a wheeled suitcase. As Sophie lifted the sliver handle free from the luggage case and turned on her heel, she collided with a damp, rigid wall of masculine muscles. Recoiling in horror, she stumbled backwards until the heels of her boots hit the side of her suitcase. As she wobbled, a solid arm slid around her waist, keeping her upright. 

“Whoa, there. I’ve had women fall for me before, but not usually this quickly.” 

The smooth male voice dragged Sophie’s attention to a familiar gaze. Jack’s cool blue eyes, like the winter sky at dawn, held her captive. The memory of a gentle, secret kiss beneath the shelter of a weeping willow played across her mind, until the beat of his pulse shook her to her senses. 

“Hey there, Soph.” 

Embarrassed that she’d allowed herself to linger in his embrace, Sophie swiftly withdrew. His hand stayed on her hip, emanating an unsettling but strangely pleasurable tingling, so she smacked it away. “I can stand by myself, Jackson.” 

“Just trying to help, Soph.” His stubborn square jaw tightened around the words.  

 

Tammy Mannersly is an award-winning Australian author frequently praised for her heart-warming stories full of romance, dedicated friendships, and stunning Australian locations. All her books ensure a great Happily Ever After and a love story that will sweep you off your feet. Tammy has a Bachelor Degree in Creative Industries majoring in Creative Writing from Queensland University of Technology. She lives on the coast near Brisbane, Queensland and loves to write about her favorite Australian destinations.

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