When Aubrey Burkholder woke from dental surgery on her sixteenth birthday with severe amnesia, she lost valuable memories—including those involving Amish carpenter Jake Brenneman, the boy she loved. Fifteen years later, Jake is back in Virginia with his two orphaned nephews in tow, hoping to star ...

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Wildflowers in Winter follows Edna Pearson through her last years as she confronts bitterness, episodes of dementia, and reunions with loved ones. For Edna family is the bloodline pure and simple. When her son, Larry, dies Edna is left alone. She blames Larry’s second wife and her daughters, for bre ...

Seven children are ripped from their home in the middle of the night – for laboratory experiments. She loses her mother to the insanity of her once beloved father, who destroyed her once happy home. Her mother sacrifices everything for the mysterious children locked in a lab, vowing to return them h ...

Reece Hunnicutt has spent his life helping others—whether pulling climbers from peril or stringing the town’s Christmas lights. But after walking away from the elite search and rescue squad that gave him purpose, he’s adrift, dodging questions about a future that’s taking him ...

In the dawn of a new Ice Age, families everywhere are taking to the road to escape the frigid landscape—but you can’t outrun the cold. No one could have predicted the terrifying impact of human interference in the Arctic. Shifts in the Earth’s crust have led to catastrophe and now the North Pole is ...

Sassy Virgin meets best friend’s grumpy Mafia boss father. A baby on the doorstep leads to a fake marriage for protection. As they play house, stolen glances turn to heated touches. Will she surrender her V-card to the Silver Fox? A steamy romance with danger, wit, and ...

A human, a vampire and a werewolf walked into a bar. Sexy is what happens next. Since getting together with her vampire boyfriend, Ace, Aneesa is enjoying a sex life she could never have with a human. Ace has skill, strength, stamina…and is massively adventurous. Aneesa is checking things off ...

Country singer Jace Diamont has music in his soul and his small Texas town wasn’t big enough to express it. Over the past seven years, his success has kept him on the road traveling between increasingly bigger stages. Until his past catches up when a woman from a weekend tryst a ...

After losing their father and learning local mob boss Caruso wants to collect on their dad’s old gambling debts, Dahlia and Minerva hightail it out of Chicago on a hilarious and sometimes scary journey west. Accompany them on their adventure and be right beside them as they unexpectedly find new fri ...

After finagling a job on board an outer space cruise ship, Sylvia Stryker is ready to explore all that outer space has to offer. With a private room in the staff quarters, her robot cat by her side, and the responsibilities of uniform management, she couldn't be more thrilled--until she discovers th ...

Lieutenant Colin Beckett, US Air Force special ops, lost his wife in childbirth while off on a mission. Two years later, he’s still trying to come to grips with the guilt that tortures him. And to complicate matters, he finds himself undeniably attracted to his wife's sister, Emily. Struggling with ...

Uh Oh! It's Halloween! Will you get treats? Or are Tricks being played on you? What was that creak in the stairs? Can it be the escaped convict? A ghost? or just the old house settling around me... Snuggle in for these NINE frightful tales from your favorite cozy mystery authors! Can these sleuths o ...

Two brothers. One woman. A nation at war.

A compelling story of war, brotherly love, romance and betrayal during World War One. 

Vast in scope and intimate in the portrayal of three lives swept along by circumstances, 'This Time Tomorrow' moves from the drawing ...

At the end of the Gilded Age, the “Golden City” of San Francisco offers everything a man could want—except what August Wolff desperately needs. The Klondike King must solve the mystery of his estranged wife and daughter who have disappeared, before he can give his heart to an up-and-coming artist wh ...

Bishop Nigel smiled at me. ‘Holy water doesn’t harm vampires. Which is just as well, as it would make it impossible to baptise them.’

When I was asked by a dragon to give him the last rites, I never dreamed it would lead to negotiating with his cannibalistic family or running from snail s ...

Out of the spotlight, in the darker corners of the studio backlots, Hollywood hides a remarkable secret. Actor or actress, set designer, electrician, best boy, or grip—in la-la land, it pays not to be human. Vampires, succubae, trolls, elementals, goblins—studios hire anyone and anything that can ta ...

In the space of ten hours, civilization was gone...

Their parents were survivors of World War Last. Children of The Vista have become guardians of the secluded valley they call home. Wanderlust will take them out into a land they know nothing about, where the line between enemy and ally b ...

The point of no return has come! It’s the summer before high school and life is about to change for fourteen-year-old Alyssa McCarthy. A sorcerer hexes her with everlasting powers, requiring her to become an enchantress. If she cannot learn to control her magic pronto, she will forget her loved ones ...

Three men. One destiny. Zeb hasn’t seen his brother since the war, and despite finding a place within the Warren pack and befriending his potential mate, he’s lonely. Josh only wants to live up to the Warren name—to protect his pack and territory to the best of his ability. He keeps the secret that ...

Earth, 2053. Scientist Quinn Buyers discovers that motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. Adding to the sleepless nights, boundless love, and ceaseless worry, Tig, her cyborg husband, is never home. Her AI meerkat has also run away, and her best friend is mysteriousl ...

Israel loves Paula, but they are separated in their struggle to survive World War II Israel and Paula are teens living in Biala Podlaska, Poland, on the eve of World War II. One day Israel tells Paula that he will marry her in a few years. She objects, and their friendship ends. But when the Germans ...

For Ion Frost, justice is cold as ice…

Former Special Forces Operative Ion Frost has one job left before he vanishes off the grid: deliver his dead comrades dog tags to his nephew, Lincoln, in Clear Rock, Wyoming. It should have been a quick, easy stop.

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A stolen diamond, a murdered jewel thief and a sabotaged pickleball tournament can’t possibly have anything in common. But, every event leads back to newly-elected Mayor Charlotte Barklay’s Founders' Day celebration. Who would want to sabotage a Barkview tradition? Cat Wright can think of a few folk ...

This steamy sports romance boxed set includes 3 full-length Carolina Waves novels: On the Mend Waste of Handsome Once Removed *** On the Mend Sabrina Why does my promotion depend on Dan McMullen, of all people? I’ve been working my butt off for years and now all I have to do is get t ...

Recently forced into the underwater city of Atlantis, Emma Harris has managed to avoid marrying the merman who brought her, but her grandfather—the Sea King—insists that joining with the abusive Merrick is inevitable. When Emma discovers a poison that might restore her human lungs, she goes in searc ...

Heidi Murphy has been raised by a religious family and spent the last three years of high school at a private Christian boarding school. At 19 she is living in Pennsylvania, married, bored, directionless, and apathetic. After a devastating personal tragedy, her best friend's invitation to visit San ...

The dead can still talk – as Lawrence Juste is about to find out – and what they have to say is deadly. A tense psychological thriller for fans of Gone Girl and The Girl with No Past. He thought he’d eluded the nemesis from his past - even made some kind of atonement for abandoning ...

Montana rancher Jesse Holt can’t seem to shake his guilt. Blaming himself for his sister’s death, he buries himself in his work while keeping a wall of cold between him and any relationship. But when he saves a stunning woman from drowning, one look thaws his heart. Camille Bloom would gladly surren ...

An elephant statue, a long-lost relative, and a charming native add up to a chase through Thailand! When high school senior Gina Campanello wins a trip for two to Thailand, she isn’t very enthusiastic, especially since the only travel partner she can find is her older sister. Once the siblings re ...

Two friends... One virgin... One week... It was all supposed to be about sex... A bit of fun... No one mentioned love. A BDSM Ménage Erotic Romance This Box Set contains the following episodes from the ‘Mastering the Virgin’ series Part One: Friends Part Two: Partners Part Three: Allies Part Four: C ...

He mated to protect her. She used him for revenge. As their worlds collide, their feelings for each other grow. But, when his dark secret is revealed, it may be more than she can forgive. Lyzander has done many distasteful things in his life. One in particular has haunted him for the past twenty yea ...

This holiday season, comes a heartwarming tale of five interwoven romances, bringing together a cast of unforgettable characters during a Christmas Eve filled with many surprises. Irene McKinlay wants to help her adult children unwrap the mysteries of true love, but her own love life isn’t exactl ...

Exactly whose handfasting is this? Senna feels like naught but an inconvenience at her own wedding.
Lyran’s father seems determined to take over in his pursuit of power, and Senna worries that the man she’s marrying is nothing more than his father’s puppet.
Written as a prequel to the He ...

Detective David Porter had just closed the file on his latest serial killer case when horrific murders with the same MO start happening in and around Houston. A fifteen-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, Porter was one of the best serial killer detectives in the country, his talents know ...

An enslaved enchantress. A magic mirror. Whose match will be made next? Once upon a time… When Queen Briska is accused of treason, she flees to the mountains, building an icy wall around her broken heart. But she cannot flee her punishment – she is forced to help other couples find love. A tough tas ...

WANTED: HOTSHOT P.I. WITH NEAR SUPER-HUMAN SKILLS. Confirmed grump Eddie Valentino placed the ad. Hotshot twenty-something Talba Wallis knew exactly how to answer it. And thus was born the dynamic duo of New Orleans private detectives.

Sam is a ninth grade girl trying to enjoy her first year of high school. Sam knows she has Down syndrome but she doesn't feel different; even though other kids sometimes treat her that way. Sam's new adventure involves a mini family reunion, exploring the interesting spaces of a retired military bas ...

THREE Romantic Suspense BESTSELLING And AWARD-WINNNING Books • In Sheila Kell’s passionate novels of heat, desire, and suspense, prepare to meet the hot-bodied men of Hamilton Investigation & Security (HIS) as they do whatever it takes to protect the women who have stolen their hearts. Box Set inclu ...

You can take the girl out of the force, but you can’t keep her away from the action...

Maggie Doyle moves to Ireland to escape her cheating ex and crumbling career in the San Francisco PD. When the most hated woman on Whisper Island is poisoned at her aunt’s Movie Theat ...

DC bustles, the light from the city fills the night. But in the dark alleys and backstreets, only slivers of light from a full moon dance. In such an alley, a shadowy figure is hunched over a body. She lifts her head to reveal soulless eyes and fangs dripping with blood as she licks her lips with ex ...

Alodeé is a girl with a secret. She’s strong, smart and just a little too different.

After a miraculous crash-landing on the mysterious exoplanet dubbed Resurrection Dawn, the Humanoid colonists quickly discovered a carnivorous ecosystem of gigantic proportions. Most of it rather fancied ...

El Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way, is the fabled path that weaves through French and Spanish countryside for 1,000 miles to its hallowed destination at Santiago de Compostella. Thousands attempt to walk its entirety each year: some succeed, many fail. Keith Foskett thru-hiked the Camino t ...

Nestled below the skyline of Detroit you’ll find Greektown, a few short blocks of colorful bliss, warm people and Greek food. In spite of growing up immersed in the safety of her family and their rich culture, Jill Zannos doesn’t fit in. A Detroit homicide detective, she manages to keep ...

Inspiring historical romance imbued with urban fantasy, a mystery and a search for justice in the sixth novel of the Intertwined Souls Series with Eva and Zoe that asks the question... Will Justice For One Have Life Threatening Repercussions For Many? On the night of November 9, 1938 in Berlin, Germ ...

Shae: Meeting Emmett is like nothing I’ve ever felt before. Nor have I wanted to. Living life out of a suitcase and splashed across social media means no one gets close and that works for me. I plan to keep ticking off my bucket list for as long as I can because that’s what people do when they’ ...

For more than five years police operations in the southeast of England have been failing. Chief Superintendent Knightly, a senior member of the National Crime Agency, suspects that someone is selling police intelligence. When one of his junior officers dies before he can attend clandestine meeting w ...

Will they make it to Billette Hall, or die by the hands of the murderous stalker that hunts them? Southern United States, 1858 Fifteen-year-old Marion knows what happens to slaves who don’t obey the rules, but when an auction ends in the separation of families, she’s forced to break a few rule ...

In an alternate universe where America never declared independence, one young woman finds herself unwittingly becoming the de facto Commander-in-Chief for most of the free world in the aftermath of an apocalypse… Tabloid darling Lady Chelsea Spence lives the extravagant life of the idle rich, coasti ...

Paris – the city of love, lights… and murder? Join tour guide Lana Hansen as she escorts five couples on an unforgettable Valentine-themed vacation to France! Unfortunately it will be the last trip for one passenger… Lana Hansen’s future is looking bright. She has money in her bank account, a babysi ...

When Pinwheel Plant Shop delivery driver, Amos Finch, who is hard of hearing, accidentally mixes up the cards on two Valentine's Day deliveries, he ends up giving wannabe ASL interpreter Petra Dylan a heartleaf philodendron from a secret admirer who isn't admiring her. Which Amos thinks is a shame, ...

After a devastating war forced humans to rely on synths for survival, the two have learned to coexist peacefully. Until now... When detective Dhata Mays is called in to investigate a homicide, what he uncovers threatens the serenity of this futuristic society. The gruesome murder means only one t ...

Forty years after landing on Lida, the colony still isn't finished. Agetha has survived many more battles than she anticipated when she first landed on her new home planet. She's older and wiser, has gained family and lost loved ones. And yet her reward for four decades of service is to be pushed ...

Abracadabra! This word has been used for centuries as a fantastical joke. Plenty of children have waved sticks in the air and shouted this word, claiming they can perform magic. However, for twelve-year-old orphan Toby, the playful word takes on a whole new meaning when he wakes up to find his grand ...

When Ava McKenna left the neighborhood she grew up in, she never planned to look back. And for ten years she didn’t. Not until Mateo Ortega, the handsome and charming boy next door, showed up to ask for her help. Mateo needed a favor, actually he needed a pretend fiancée, and he thought ...

The right consort will unlock her magic. The wrong one will make her a prisoner.

Forty-three. That’s how many frogs Angela McAllister has kissed since she turned twenty-one. And it’s not for fun — she’s searching for the green-eyed man who haunts her dreams, the ...

At the end of my rope and out of options, I’m on my way to Dry Valley, Nevada. To attend the funeral of a father I’ve never met and into a world I could have never imagined.

A world where I’d do anything to survive.

I’d expected the outlaw bikers, the drugs, and even the violence. ...

Lucy is on her own in 1855! Will she survive? Lucy Baxter is at the forefront of this standalone time travel novella. She imagines she is simply going to take up the position of a companion to a young Victorian girl in genteel London but is surprised when she meets the adventurous Sarah. Or is sh ...

A move for a better future becomes a race against the past. Something dark lurks in Shadow Hill House and it is waiting. 
After her husband lost his job Jenny moves her family to the remote and beautiful Shadow Hill House. It is to be a new start. A safe place for daughter Ab ...

One crack of the bat drove us apart, yet also binds us together—forever. I have to quit fighting for her—for us. Before it kIlls me. Wils: I’ve been pretending for so long, it’s become normal. To the average person, I have it all…a multi-million-dollar contract to play baseball, four homes, ...

When Coralie Frazer arrives at Nimbus Station aboard the National Space Research Council starship Triumph, it’s not as the engineer she expected to be. Light-years and several wormhole jumps from Earth, she’s now the prisoner of her former crew, and they want nothing from her but the blood that keep ...

Would you forsake your mother to save the woman you loved? Season Scrimshaw isn't selling the land her parents left her when they died, not even to the gorgeous Rann Brogan who saved her life in the forest. Especially not after she finds out he was in the woods surveying her property. Rann's mother, ...

Justice, courage, loyalty, self-control: these are more than words limited to the study of ancient wars and the martial arts. They are essential to the workplace wars we face daily. So, what if you could use the way of the Samurai in your daily life---especially at work? The martial arts skills of t ...

Bico the bee cannot fly. He wants to smell the orange roses across the field. Find out how this buzzing bumble bee manages to fly without wings. This illustrated children’s book teaches children how to deal with challenges, disability and have the courage to ask for help when needed. It also teaches ...

Hypothesis for Love #5: The more time spent together, the more likely the individuals will experience romantic attraction towards each other. I, Sophie Carson, am done with men. I postponed my PhD for my narcissistic, cheating ex-husband. Now, I'm finally divorced and back on track. Who needs rom ...

Ready to make her great escape, Bailey Russo’s plan to permanently leave Serenity by the Sea is thwarted by her quirky landlord, and she finds herself tied to the town in ways she couldn’t imagine. She never meant to stay as long as sh ...

I’D REACHED MY DREAM CAREER AS AN RN  THEN THE DOUBT OF MY CALLING CHALLENGED MY FAITH. After two years of working in a small city close to my family in Canada, my heart remains unsettled. Now, I find myself at a crossroads, not knowing which way to turn.   My calling seemed certain, ...

I left my billionaire ex high and dry and now I’m back, looking for a second chance. When I left, my ex always kept a humble and low profile. Now I’m back and he looks like a tattooed God. He isn’t just hot and sexy. He’s also a devoted father who always puts his child first. His charisma and ...

Two hearts, one mission: to face the danger and rewrite their stories. Stella McIntyre returns home to a loving family, but danger follows her every move. Pregnant with her attacker's child, she's struggling to rebuild her life and protect herself from the threat that still looms. Army Corporal J ...

The former Force Recon Marine knows that she's off-limits. His teammate's his younger sister-in-law-to-be is trouble.  Not to mention he’s breaking protocol by crossing the line and could lose his new job.     But Sebastian ‘Kodiak’ Beckett can’t seem to stay away from Madeline Rush, and if he’ ...

I’ve always been a player. A football player, that is. In the dating game, though, I only have eyes for one girl. Sydney Porter, team publicist MVP, all-around hottie…and my ex-girlfriend. But Christmas comes early for me and I’m traded back to my home team mid-season. Of course, I run straight into ...

When a pack of werewolves start hunting and killing in Pine View County, Texas, Sheriff Garrett Lambert must end the carnage. This task becomes even more urgent when three people he cares about are bitten and become infected. If Sheriff Lambert cannot find and kill the alpha werewolf that infecte ...

In this sequel to Texas in the Rear View, all is well… until it isn’t.

One phone call from FBI Special Agent Manny Waters disrupts the calm Arena Autry has found among friends.

It’s a familiar danger she has learned to escape… by running. But all those times in the pa ...

He exudes cavalier charm, stunning looks, and embodies the epitome of masculinity. Yet, he’s my new boss and the older brother of my ex-flame. Escaping a toxic relationship, and leaving my home behind, I head to Hawaii to pursue my career. Or so I thought. Finding a job is my number one pri ...

Heroes Dont Cry-#3 Dystopian Thriller HEROES Series is a fast paced, dystopian thriller.

Be the hero. Save the girl. But Ben Jackman is a hunted man. He has killed and that changes a man.

When Ben discovers a plot to kill the King, decimate his Good Samaritan award ceremony wit ...

When life hands you lemons, take tequila shots, forget your cheating fiancé, and sleep with the wealthy single dad. Now restarting in a cozy town, I’m officially done with men. Until he struts into my diner. Aidan Rothschild, the 40-year-old billionaire with piercing green eyes— the one-night fl ...

Although they had always dreamed of having a family, tall, horse-faced Frances and stubby, one-eyed Jack had reconciled themselves to a lifetime of abject loneliness. Then one day, out of nowhere, an infant is dropped into their midst. A fairy tale for adults!

A bad boy billionaire needs a fake fiancee. An angsty ex-lingerie designer needs a job. It’s perfect on paper. But what happens when lines get blurred, feelings develop, and a pregnancy test shows positive?

For Dexter and Anya, is it fake or fate?

A manned, interstellar survey ship has gone missing. A nuclear terror plot is thwarted just outside Washington, D.C. And it’s an election year. Mandisa “Mandi” Nkosi is a young reporter who, while on a trip to Johannesburg to connect with her roots, is contacted by an anonymous sou ...

Adah lives trapped between the life she longed for and the life she chose. She's failed to produce an heir for her once devoted husband. As Lamech becomes increasingly unpredictable and domineering, Adah seeks refuge in legends about the mysterious Wanderer.

Then Lamech takes another wife ...

A Suspenseful Short Story of Survival & Human Connection

When a catastrophic hurricane turns the coast into a wasteland, one man races against time to find the sister he loves — guided only by the last voicemail she ever left. What begins as a desperate search becomes a ...

Predator. Killer. Monster. The words echo in Sunny Martin’s head each time she looks in the mirror. Since the night she was torn from her car and drained of her blood, only one fear rivals that of the hungry beast within her - the fear of exposure. Her lonely struggle to survive on the edge of the h ...

The legend begins. When sea raiders threaten the villages along the Margolan coast, young Jonmarc Vahanian risks everything to save his family.

Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fallen Kings Cycle ...

I waited ten years for the right guy, then four come along at once.

This book is an adult themed second chance romance written as no-cheating funny erotica. It features a sassy strong female protagonist and her exploits with 4 would-be husbands. A sexy mix of romance humor and ...

Ian Fitzwilliam wasn’t supposed to end up an English Lord, but after the title falls in his lap he works hard to secure himself in proper society, and takes a step into improper places as well, following a desire he hardly understands. Jane Stanton is not only an actress at the Cupid’s Bow theater, ...

WANTED: Nanny who will put up with an infuriatingly grumpy Irish billionaire.

If you throw Declan Bryne out of a plane at 40,000 feet, would he fly?
That's the question I ask myself after he told me that it’d be “grand" if I could stop talking.

I can’t help it. I’m a ne ...

ESPIONAGE TECHNOTHRILLER Cold War II has started with a vengeance. Or, as the American president calls it, Cold War 2.0, reflecting the impact technology has in the new age of espionage. The United States is now in the crosshairs of a renewed, unstoppable enemy intelligence operation. At Langley, a ...

Wren accepts the fae king's invitation to live at the castle and join his harem because it's the only way to save her village, but her enemy captures her and takes her to his kingdom first.

Harper Bradley has no idea how to find real love. Half the time, she wonders if she even deserves it. Her mother always said she was a disappointment and given how many people have walked away from Harper, she wonders if her mother isn’t right. Though she’s never told anyone, she often fantasizes ab ...

Wildlife-rehabbing witch Tabitha Tapscott’s life among the mortals of Dove’s Creek, Virginia is just the way she likes it—until she finds a body on her property. Though the mortals write the killing off as a wild animal attack, Tabitha’s convinced there’s foul play at work because the body reeks of ...

"...A must-read for children who aspire to leave their mark in the world in an unforgettable and brilliant way..." - ReadersFavorite.com, 5-Stars

The first in a new series of hilariously funny, early reader sci-fi chapter books perfect for elementary-ag ...

DIESEL I’m a long haul trucker with a full load. I f*ck who I want. When I want. And I always leave them begging for more. I roll into town, take the best piece of ass I can find, and then move on before the sun rolls into the morning clouds. But not Lucy, the sunshine of a girl who works at t ...

After being beaten and left in the desert to die, a young woman is rescued by a bunch of teenagers on ATV’s. It’s unknown who she is, or if she’ll even live long enough to tell wh ...

All I wanted was a big Billionaire story to launch my career.

I didn't expect him to be so infuriatingly HOT.

I just need to focus on the job and ignore these stupid feelings.

He was a GRUMP when I first met him.

Now we have to spend a whole month ...

Sometimes Magic Can Be Complicated… What happens when a beautiful and talented witch refuses to use her powers? Even as a child, Gillian could perform magic far better than most people. Her spells swayed teachers, nabbing boyfriends was a piece of cake, and she had the added ability to foresee event ...

What if one masked encounter could crack open a heart long sealed? Maeve Carter knows the safety of sarcasm and solitude—especially in October, when her little bookstore glows with pumpkin candles and faux cobwebs. But a friend’s insistence drags her to a Halloween masquerade, where a chance meet ...

In this highly rated, briskly paced novella involving far more than America’s pastime, an older man befriends an angry young boy following one of his disastrous practices. The boy is clearly the worst player on his team, yet he is desperate to improve. So the man sets out to give him some pointers a ...

Book 2

John and Lena are hoping for some downtime after their exciting adventure to save the alien disk, named KAD. As they plan their well-deserved holiday, a group of hostile aliens bursts in on the two, imprisoning them and transporting them to a totally different planet. KAD is nowher ...

From Book 1: Read the novel voted Science Fiction Book of the Year*, now in development as a major motion picture. Nomad is the first book in a new four-part epic from million-copy bestseller Matthew Mather.

Humanity only has days to prepare. Can one family surv ...

The half-human daughter of a love god. The fae heir to a powerful destiny. And the aphrodisiac expected to save Underworld from disaster.

Hazel can’t help what she is. Being the daughter of a love god isn’t all fun and games. She wants no part of her father’s world. Other ...