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Coffee and Dessert: Meg - Sweet Matchmaking Series Book 1
Meg Matheson's dating experience was a complete train wreck. She decided it was easier to swear off men altogether than to put herself out there again. Eighteen months later, something deep inside beckons. She tries to act as though everything's fine, but her boss seems to know what's going on and encourages her to check out Key West's new coffee bar and companion service. She scoffs at the idea. Curiosity wins.
Riley Thomas lost his wife to a terminal illness. Before she left, she begged him to make their vision a reality - a coffee bar with sweet hookups. It took five years to conquer his grief and to open Coffee and Dessert. He isn't interested in finding love again, but he's on a mission to help others find it.
Sparks ignite the second Meg and Riley meet. Because of their pasts, they deny the chemistry. Riley helps Meg make connections through his matchmaking service.
Will Meg find her soul mate?
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Wine Sisters Forever - Wine and Sweat Pants Series Book 5
A true friend will be there for you through thick and thin – sometimes at the risk of their own sanity. Elaina, Tawny, Steph, and Grace have found this to be the case, now that they own a bed and breakfast together. The elasticity of their friendship is tested many times over, especially when romantic interests start to pull each woman in a different direction. Life is crazy, chaotic, and filled with unexpected people and circumstances in this final book of the Wine and Sweat Pants Series. Find out what’s in store for these four intelligent, lovable, and sassy women.
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The Great Mistletoe Project
Julie Dwyer's boss, Walter, doled out a secret assignment and also put her on a Christmas committee known as The Great Mistletoe Project. Both undertakings took her out of her comfort zone. Both would change her life forever.
Garrett Turner's wife, along with his personal assistant, walked out. A multi-millionaire, the news media wanted every juicy detail of the divorce, which turned him into a recluse. In isolation, Garrett conducted business and tried to fix the deliberate mess left behind by his assistant. It got to be too much. His close friend, Walter Tennyson, suggested temporary help and sent Julie.
Julie was a hard worker, normally reserved. Something in Garrett caused a different side of her to emerge. Instead of holding back, she teased and sassed him.
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Wine Club Wednesdays - Wine and Sweat Pants Series Book 4
Starting over is tough, scary, makes you doubt your strength, and puts you in precarious situations. Elaina Samuels, Tawny Westerfield, Stephanie Mathews, and Grace Cordray found out firsthand. They also discovered how powerful true friendship can be.
Follow their journey as they continue to grow individually and together as best friends. They now own a bed and breakfast in Maine and they're not quite sure how everything's supposed to go.
Stony, the adorable Siberian Husky and Lula, the black cat also have some surprises in store for them.
The No Sweat Pants Allowed - Wine Club remains, but has expanded to include the Four Sassy Chicks Bed and Breakfast. Four women. Two Pets. A lot of mayhem and humor. Enjoy!
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Tucked Away
Secrets have cloaked Renee Dutten's entire existence. Placed in the New York foster care system as an infant, she was moved from family to family until high school graduation. With a bright future as a hairstylist in a posh salon, fate steps in and pulls the rug out from under her again. An eyewitness to a mob hit, the Federal government becomes her guardian. From foster care to witness protection, with only a semblance of normalcy in between, she now has a higher degree of madness with a new identity as Chloe Barnard, a new address in Ohio, and nothing familiar to cling to. The Feds tuck her away in a campground for the summer, with orders for her to maintain a low profile. Chloe's attempt to be reclusive, falls apart right away when she meets Aidan Gerrod. The attraction is powerful and her willpower is weak. Wanting him with every speck of her being puts both of their lives in jeopardy and becomes the biggest struggle of her life.
Former Air Force Master Sergeant and ex-Intel government contractor, Aidan Gerrod is bitter that physical injuries sidelined his military career and an affair with his boss cost him the Intel job. Thinking a campground is the perfect location to regain his balance and find serenity until he figures out where to go and what to do next, he gets just the opposite. His gorgeous neighbor grabs his attention, but also stirs a lot of drama.
When trouble from their pasts comes knocking, will they face it together? Or will they be forced to go their separate ways to stay alive?
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Two More Miles
Ophthalmologist secretary, Ava Beckenridge goes overboard on the exercise regimen and passes out at the gym. Dr. Keith Miles, OB/GYN stages a rescue when she falls. There's an undercurrent of animosity between them from a spat they had earlier over a treadmill, but now there's something else to go with it - an attraction neither one wants. He's cocky. She's stubborn. Their pasts keep them guarded and causes trust issues. In the midst of all that madness, they both claim to see something that may or may not be there - she says he has severe eye strain, he says he can see she's with child. The humor is plentiful. The path to happiness is rugged. Will two more Miles fix everything?
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Charred Snake for Two
Danger. Survival. Romance.
Unable to get her head and heart back on track after her marriage crumbled, Alexandra Henry signed up to take part in an expensive, radical self-help, self-esteem program that would put her on a secluded island for seven days with someone just as broken. Together they would team-up to survive, renew trust in the opposite sex, and grow mentally stronger through candid conversation, while taking on nature at the same time.
Expecting someone tired and downtrodden, Alexandra was shocked when they delivered energetic, dark-haired, cocky, Adonis - Carson Jack.
How could someone like him know about heartache? Hope fizzled on the spot. She wouldn't come out of the experience any better than when she went in. Or would she?
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Merlot in Maine - Wine and Sweat Pants Series Book 3
Sometimes the only way to truly start over is to move. That’s exactly what Elaina Samuels and her unruly band of cohorts decided to do. Elaina, Tawny, Grace, and Steph bought a bed and breakfast in Maine. The trip from Cherry Ridge, Ohio to Portland is a wild and crazy ride, filled with things they never could have foreseen. In this adventure, there’s laughter, tears, doubt, and a little danger thrown in to keep them on their toes. Will this relocation to the northeast be the key to real happiness? Or will it test their friendship to the breaking point?
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Sipping Sangria - Wine and Sweat Pants Series Book 2
Recently single and trying to make sense of her life, Elaina Samuels could've never imagined such an amazing six months. She'd met Tawny Westerfield, Stephanie Mathews, and Grace Cordray at a cash-for-gold event. They were there to trade in their wedding rings as a way to get a fresh start. Little did they know that fate would step in and put them together - first in the jewelry store and then to share their stories over wine in the bar across the street. They clicked from the get-go and a few weeks later, Elaina made an offer for them to move in to share expenses. Best. Decision. Ever.
Join Elaina, Tawny, Steph, and Grace as they continue their journeys to get life right-side-up with energy, mischief, chaos, fun, and a few tears.
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Wild Goose Chase
Olivia Pence has been a word-nerd and all-around geek forever, which didn’t exactly win her a ton of friends growing up. It did, however, snag the attention of a like-minded geek, Dezz Casey. Instead of becoming fast friends, Dezz became a competitive thorn. The rivalry continued through grade school, high school, college, and now as co-workers for Brilliance magazine.
The most annoying thing – Dezz went from being a homely dork to six-feet-three-inches of hotness that infuriates Olivia to the point of madness. Their boss has had her fill of the chaos and orders a two-week cooling-off period where they’re to travel (separately) and find serendipitous situations to write about.
Will the time away fix their work issues and their hearts? Or will it amount to a wild goose chase that drives them farther apart?
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I'd Rather Be Growing Grapes
Sabrina Kerrigan is a sassy, independent woman whose fiancé ditched her a week before they were to be married. Since then, she gives all her attention to a backyard filled with flowers and a spindly grape arbor. Her meddling twin, Lilith, thinks Sabrina’s had enough time to grieve the relationship that wasn’t meant to be. Lil registers her to be one of twenty-one bachelorettes who will vie for one guy’s heart in an event called Pick Me. Sabrina is furious at Lil for immersing her in what is sure to be three weeks of nonstop chaos. The only reason she agreed to take part is because the entry fee goes to charity. The minute Sabrina arrives at the hotel a case of mistaken identity sets the chaos in motion.
Millionaire winery owner, Beau Reinholt has had the worst luck with women. He seems to pick those interested in his money not him. His best friend, Marco Santaguida, the director for Pick Me, cons Beau into being this year’s bachelor. Beau agrees on one condition - the women aren’t to know his true identity until he either falls in love or finds extreme-like with one of the candidates. Everything goes smoothly until he meets Sabrina Kerrigan. She ticks him off right away. She also turns him on. The more Beau tries to focus on the twenty other women the more he’s drawn to the one who says she doesn’t want any part of him.
Can two wounded people tune out the noise going on around them to listen to their hearts?
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Loving Lindy
Lindy McPherson is a self-proclaimed nerd and animal lover who dreams of owning her own pet store. She’s also pictured herself falling head-over-heels with a like-minded nerd whose passion for fur-creatures is immeasurable. The only progress she’s made toward living-the-dream is to work at a pet store, and the only guy who’s paid her any attention – not for the right reasons – is the handsome stiff-as-a-board schmuck next door. It would take a genie and magic lamp to get the dream. Since neither were real…
Gunther Justin’s life is in chaos. His girlfriend walked away and left him with a troublesome Airedale. At the same time, he was told the job he’s worked his tail off to get comes with a prerequisite – he needs to be married. Panicked, Gunther stalls with a lie by persuading Lindy to pose as his fiancé.
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Not Without Nancy - Texas Boys Falling Fast Book 4
Texas cattleman,Trigg Sinclair works hard but when the day is done he powers down to an easy-going, sometimes-mischievous guy. He's had his eye on Nancy Reeger from the moment they met at Ty Vincent's wedding. She feels like his perfect match even though they couldn't be more opposite. In hot pursuit, Trigg puts himself out there only to have Nancy do everything short of hosing him down to cool things off.
With a lot resting on her shoulders, stressed-out cardiac rehab nurse-manager, Nancy Reeger doesn't have time to relax let alone dally with a well-known player. Trigg Sinclair is a handsome eyeful whose persistence intrigues yet heightens her anxiety. The guy is used to getting what he wants and won't take no for an answer.
Will a woman who takes care of hearts, break Trigg's?
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No Sweat Pants Allowed - Wine Club - Wine and Sweat Pants Series Book 1
Suddenly single, in her forties, and eager to do what it takes to start over, Elaina Samuels meets three women with similar circumstances at a cash-for-gold event. They quickly become friends and form the No Sweat Pants Allowed - Wine Club. This newly found alliance brings about some humorous escapades, a few tears, and a bond so strong no man can break as they try to cling to the past and finally step out of their comfort zones to find a happiness they thought they'd never feel again.
Discover Elaina Samuels, Tawny Westerfield, Stephanie Mathews, and Grace Cordray.
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Big on Christmas - Twelve Brides of Christmas Book 1
Born to free-spirited, convention-shucking parents, Cassie Newman thirsts for normal. Leaving L.A. with a secret, she finds herself in Woodstock, Vermont – a town rich with Christmas tradition. She’s not big on Christmas but Woodstock feels like the perfect fit. Landing a job with Stennett’s Hardware, she tries to forget the world she knew, but Luke’s small-town charm makes her even more aware of the life she never had.
Luke Stennett has his hands full with running the store and caring for his dad. He’s attracted to Cassie but he doesn’t have time for a relationship. Things are starting to go right but he harbors a secret of his own that has the potential to turn everything upside down.
Once their secrets are revealed, will it kill the chemistry and send Cassie back to LA? Or will she fight for her happiness and stay firmly planted in a place big on Christmas?
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Taming Tori - Texas Boys Falling Fast Book 3
Jake Garrison is an all-around nice guy who tries to stay out of the limelight despite being considered one of Dallas’s most eligible and wealthy bachelors. He’s down-to-earth and a quiet people-pleaser until someone pushes his buttons. Tori Caye not only pushes his buttons, she pulls him into her special kind of chaos with tears and those sexy amber eyes. Tori Caye is a mean-girl debutante whose sense of entitlement exhausts even those close to her. After her fiancé of two years calls off their engagement, she throws herself into the arms of Jake Garrison and tries to manipulate him while trying to maintain her uppity disposition. The attraction between Jake and Tori is off-the-charts, but it’s game-on when he thinks he can tame Tori, and when Tori tries to bend him to her will.
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Keeping Kylee - Texas Boys Falling Fast Book 2
Millionaire Quinn Randel is a world-class philanthropist and a world-class ass. He has a perfect life and doesn't want to muck it up with marriage and kids. And then he meets luscious Kylee Steele; barmaid, single mother and college student. Kylee makes him nervous with just a look and her kisses take him completely out of his comfort zone. Can he stop being a jerk to find love? Will the secret he carries close to his heart keep them apart?
Kylee Steele let her guard down once for love and received a broken heart, but also a beautiful daughter. Things are finally starting to go right. She's a hard worker with her eye on the prize -- a PhD in psychology. Smooth-talking Quinn Randel comes at her with intense bedroom eyes and an attitude that he can have her despite her efforts to shut him down. His relentless pursuit puts her heart, head and body at odds. She wants him but he's a risk she can't afford. She wants him but guys like him are not in it for the long haul. She wants him…
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Married to Maggie - Texas Boys Falling Fast Book 1
Texas playboy, Ty Vincent, heir to the Vincent Oil fortune needs a short-term wife to convince his grandfather and the Board of Directors that he's changing his ways so they'll name him CEO. Ditching an environmental conference in Atlanta to play in Reno, Ty suffers razor-sharp chest pains at the airport. The pains were becoming a common occurrence that started showing up after he lost his father in a fiery crash a year earlier. The woman who comes to his aid not only helps him with what she can only assume is a heart attack but she also fibs to keep airport security and paparazzi from descending on him. She's brilliant, unemployed and not his type which makes her the perfect choice for a temporary spouse. If he can ignore her extraordinary blue eyes then everything will go according to plan.
Cardiac rehab nurse, Maggie Gray finds herself the victim of hospital downsizing. When T. Loy Vincent, I, a former patient, offers her a million dollars to get his grandson under control, Maggie is pressured by her father to enter into the wife-for-hire scheme. All she has to do is convince Ty Vincent to marry her. When she tracks Ty down at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport to put things in motion, she finds him in the middle of chest issues. The nurse in her takes over and before she knows it she's eyebrow deep in yet another deal. The second she says yes to both agreements, her life is turned upside down. To top it off, she can't seem to curb an annoying attraction for Dallas's most famous womanizer.
Six months. No Sex. No telling each other what to do. It should be a win-win for them both. Will the mayhem of wealth, media attention, meddlesome friends and chemistry so hot it could melt plastic ruin their lives? Or will it be the catalyst for happily-ever-after?
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Mr. August
Fashion designer Libby Griffin has had the week from hell--terminated from her job and heart-wrenching news from the doctor. Hoping for time alone to regroup, Libby rents a cabin on Grand Lake St. Mary's for five months. Right away she meets the most irritating man on the planet, who also happens to be drop-dead delicious.
Recently divorced author Maxwell August has a book due, and his muse has gone into hiding. With a chip on his shoulder, his writing in stuck-mode, he heads to the lake only to encounter a monumental distraction with blonde hair and hazel eyes.
Will these two right-brainers allow the off-the-charts attraction brewing between them to grow? Or deny it to focus on the things they think are more important and miss a chance at forever?
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The Christmas Contract
Millionaire Dax Dawson is a world-class philanthropist and grandfather. While he's generous with his money, he also makes the community work for it. He's the same with his family. No free handouts. What he gives has strings attached. Dax decides it's time for his fiercely independent, almost-thirty year old granddaughters to settle down. He wants them to find love and give him great-grandchildren before his lights go out. And he knows how to make it happen.
Prompted by love, guilt and a desire to own their own business, the Dawson triplets -- Joy, Noelle and Christi -- enter into a Christmas contract that will change their lives forever.
Finding true love is a unique adventure, so each girl has their own story. The outcome for all three, however, funnels into one giant happily-ever-after.
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Stella in Stilettos
~ Sometimes you have to break the rules; sometimes you have to break them wearing stilettos ~
Stella Matson has had it with handsome guys who schmooze their way into a woman's heart and walk out the door when they get a better offer. As far as she's concerned, she needs to focus on the one thing that won't leave her teary-eyed on a Friday night - her job with the lingerie company. When drop-dead gorgeous, Alex Clay, is assigned to her department, the plan to focus on work is threatened along with her heart.
Alex Clay is restless and trying to find his place in the business world. His boss seems to be grooming him for big things by giving him a taste of everything from the mailroom to the boardroom. When he does a short stint in the advertising department and meets hardheaded but intriguing, Stella Matson, she challenges his convictions and stirs an unwanted desire. He doesn't know whether to kiss her until they're both breathless, or find a new job.
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Three Wise Men
Three Wise Men - A Christmas Anthology! Meet Alex, Nick, and Evan - incredible men who need to wise up to find love!
Alex is a hero right off the bat but his story contains a surprise that will have you grabbing a box of tissues. Nick is an unlikely hero; not so loveable at first but he redeems himself to get his happily-ever-after. And Evan is a likeable hero that you grow to love despite the mistakes he makes along the way.
Warm your heart this Christmas with three wise men!
(Three unique stories told by three unique writing voices - enjoy!)
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Three Days With Molly
Finn Riley is a hard-working country-rock star whose less-than-meager upbringing turned him into a guarded, self-proclaimed heartless bastard. He's about to embark on a summer concert tour and is in need of a personal assistant.
Molly Williams is a stressed-out, over-worked aide to a divorce lawyer. She's dealt with people suffering from heartache and irreconcilable differences for so long that she thinks all relationships are doomed. When her boss takes a sudden leave of absence, she's gifted with three-months to do whatever she wants. A friend talks her into stumping as Finn's assistant.
Can two work-aholics with trust issues lighten up long enough to follow their hearts? Or will they kill each other before the tour is over?
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The Gift of Gray
Alexis Kelly will do anything for her best friends - even work as a masseue at their weekend matchmaking ranch. Besides, she needs the cash and a distraction from the mistakes she made in the name of self-preservation.
Gray Patterson is a grouchy advertising executive with perfectionist tendencies. He's tired of going home to an empty apartment but has little time to date, so he shucks convention in search of a soul mate. The second Alexis and Gray meet, their personalities collide, but there are also some amazing sparks. Over the course of the weekend, they dodge the convoluted attraction until it begs to be acknowledged. Their relationship takes a major hit when another client reveals Alexis's haunting baggage.
Will chemistry and a peek at love be enough to repair the damage?
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Kiss Me
Running late for her spoiled stepsister’s bachelorette party, Lacy Goodlow is forced to speed—snagging a hefty traffic ticket and the interest of Officer Jared Kelly. Their paths collide again in the middle of the bachelorette party when Lacy plays an embarrassing game of Fact or Fun and she hands him a napkin that simply says Kiss Me. A full-blown attraction takes off, but so does conflict once it’s revealed that Jared and Lacy’s stepsister, Angela, had a tumultuous fling and she still claims territorial rights.
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Lucky Ducks
Recently divorced, Claire Stone is off to a fresh start. A new city. A job prospect. Wearing her lucky ducks underwear. Things are going great -- until a clumsy lout barrels into her, sending her to the concrete. Her world takes a tumble too when the handsome klutz who scuffed her up turns out to be her new boss.
Engaged twice. Dumped twice. Kasen Isaak has had his fill of green-eyed women, yet his father insists he hire Claire Stone -- a nail-biting claustrophobic with the greenest eyes he's ever seen.
Will green eyes, a run of bad luck, and a slew of idiosyncrasies keep them from finding the greatest luck of all?
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One Small Fib
Millionaire's Club Allie Blue's dream of buying the old Smithington mansion and turning it into a bed and breakfast is stomped by a mystery real estate developer with a fancy pen and loaded checkbook. With no bed and breakfast, Allie resorts to one small fib which lands her a flight attendant's job and the task of pampering Upward Airlines' most demanding frequent flyer -- Kiptyn Thomas, III. Something raw and potent snaps between them, but Allie fights the attraction for the guy who thinks he's at the top of the food chain. Kiptyn Thomas is used to getting what he wants, when he wants it. Allie Blue both annoys and intrigues him. Will some well-intentioned fibs, a deep dark secret, and similar personalities draw them together or keep them apart?
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Stay Close, Novac!
Jessi Novac leads the quiet life of a romance author until someone leaves a series of explicit notes under her windshield wipers and heavy breathing on her answering machine.
Until NYPD can track down the culprit who's trying to scare the bejesus out of her, Jessi hides out at her grandmother's beach house in Myrtle Beach where she hopes to get her bearings. Instead, her life takes an even bigger tilt toward crazy when she meets her clumsy neighbor. She's suspicious of Ian Alexander, and attracted to him at the same time. Their relationship becomes a calamity of errors until strange things start happening at the beach house. Jessi clings to Ian for protection, but soon discovers her heart may be in more danger than her life.
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