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Her brother stole away his intended bride. Amidst the chaos, she seized the moment and declared, "Let the wedding proceed. I'll marry you."He was the man of her dreams, and their journey after the wedding marks her pursuit of her newfound husband.Through countless trials and tribulations, she realized that she couldn't thaw the icy exterior of this man. Eventually, it was her turn to take a stand. The one who had always been subservient to him finally uttered one day, "I want a divorce."He asked, "What's the matter?""Loving someone is so draining," she replied."And what about being loved by someone?""I don't know. You've never loved me," she retorted, her voice tinged with sorrow."Then, from tomorrow, I will love you."Unbeknownst to her, everyone knew he treated her like a precious gem. He just never said the words 'I love you' out loud.

She’s the one who got away, but now that this cowboy’s home for Christmas, does he have a second chance with his first love? After years in special forces, soldier Rohan Telford has exchanged his helmet and flak jacket for his Stetson and heads home to Marietta, Montana to try to regain his place working his family’s thriving cattle ranch. He has one final task to carry out for his fallen team leader. Unfortunately, it involves facing the woman he loved but left. Rohan’s never forgotten Ginny, but she’s never forgiven him. Following the death of her father, single mother and teacher Virginia ‘Ginny’ Lane has never felt less like celebrating the holidays. Still grieving, she’s determined to fulfill her father’s legacy and corral local volunteers to help her open the Harry’s House Annex, a teen center. She’s short on Christmas spirit and that’s before her ex–high school sweetheart Rohan Telford saunters up like twelve years and a messy break up never happened. Virginia only remembers the bad, but Rohan’s determined to remind her of how good they still are.

She was once infatuated with him, but after marrying into his wealthy family as she wished, she was utterly shattered and fled to the United States. "Spend the night with me, and I'll agree to the divorce." When they met again three years later, he made a humiliating demand... As the truth gradually came to light, he suddenly realized that... "No one can take my woman and child away." He was heartbroken, and his grandmother ordered him to remarry her within a time limit. He began the difficult road of winning over his wife, but could everything return to how it was before?

Empty vessels make the most noise, and men who fit that description to a tee hardly make for suitable partners. When Corinne had to go on a blind date with someone like that, she did the unthinkable simply to show her disinterest in him—she kissed a handsome older man whom she had never met before. "I hereby pledge myself to you," the older man vowed. If a single kiss from her was all it took for him to devote himself to her, would a second kiss entail much more? There was only one way for Corinne to find out…

Bad-boy hockey player Hayden Harrington always lands on his feet. Or skates, in this case. After a scandalous fling with the coach’s daughter comes to light, this good-looking hotshot forward is swiftly traded to the Atlanta Thunder—an up-and-coming new hockey team. It’s not all bad, though. This could be his big chance to play center on the top line. So yeah, maybe it’s fortuitous that the pesky team marketing intern, Addison Knight, let his secret out. Still, though she’s hot as sin, he’s happy he’ll never have to see her again. Or will he? What Hayden doesn’t know is Addison just landed a job with the Thunder too. And what it involves is spending an exorbitant amount of time with him working on rehabilitating his image. Ha, like that’ll go well. Hayden is an enemies-to-friends love story and the first book in the new Breakaway Hockey romance series.

From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the second book in the Decker Brother’s duet, Time Bomb, a fire fighter romance. Tick. Tick. Tick. It’s the sound I hear when I look in the mirror, or when my mother reminds me of a certain internal clock too. It’s all I hear when I go on these blind dates my friend–Laken Decker–keeps setting me up on. Date one was a banker, all about numbers. Kind of boring. Date two was nice, maybe too nice. Date three was WHOA! A hot firefighter–Torque Decker–who kissed me like he was trying to steal my soul. Date four was not the hot firefighter from date number three. I wasn’t looking for another date from anyone–except maybe, the firefighter. Let alone seeing one of them again when a small kitchen fire ignites my coffee shop, The Perfect Cup. Now I’m burning up with my attraction for the sexy firefighter who saved me and the desire to overcome my past, the abandonment I feel from the one man I should have trusted most. Tick. Tick. Tick. Was all I heard after a bomb nearly derailed my career in a warehouse fire. I was only looking for some fun when my brother’s girl sets me up on this blind date with some chick I don’t know. But Ophelia Montgomery is way more than I bargained for. She speaks her mind, goes for what she wants, and man can the girl kiss. Her mouth says she doesn’t want more, but her body spoke volumes. She wants me. But she won’t call me. Until the fire that sets her life ablaze. There’s isn’t much I won’t do for her after she clung to me in the aftermath of an inferno neither of us were prepared for. Tick. Tick. Tick. Love is a Time Bomb but we have a lifetime to explore and ignite our flames. We hope.

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells is the first biography of one of the “lost ladies” of detective fiction who wrote more than eighty mysteries and hundreds of other works between the 1890s and the 1940s. Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) excelled at writing country house and locked-room mysteries for a decade before Agatha Christie entered the scene. In the 1920s, when she was churning out three or more books annually, she was dubbed “about the biggest thing in mystery novels in the US.” On top of that, Wells wielded her pen in just about every literary genre, producing several immensely popular children’s books and young adult novels; beloved anthologies; and countless stories, prose, and poetry for magazines such as Thrilling Detective, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, and The New Yorker. All told, Wells wrote over 180 books. Some were adapted into silent films, and some became bestsellers. Yet a hundred years later, she has been all but erased from literary history. Why? How? This investigation takes us on a journey to Rahway, New Jersey, where Wells was born and is buried; to New York City’s Upper West Side, where she spent her final twenty-five years; to the Library of Congress, where Carolyn’s world-class collection of rare books now resides; and to many other public and private collections where exciting discoveries unfolded. Part biography and part sleuthing narrative, The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells recovers the life and work of a brilliant writer who was considered one of the funniest, most talented women of her time.

THE CLUE is the first book in the Fleming Stone Mystery series by famed New Jersey mystery writer Carolyn Wells (1862-1942). Librarian, author, poet, journalist Wells wrote a total of 170 books, including poetry, humor, and children’s books, but she is best remembered for her mystery novels, the most successful being her Fleming Stone series. Madeleine Van Norman is found stabbed to death on the night before her wedding. The heiress is found in the library of her sprawling country mansion stabbed with her own Venetian letter-opener. Though a suicide note is found, the list of potential suspects grows. Who would benefit from the rich woman’s death? There is her groom who was having an affair. There are family members who might not want her to marry to save their inheritance. There is the groom’s secret lover. Or could it have been the secretary? Rediscover one of the great American mystery writers and her finest work. THE CLUE is a closed-environment traditional mystery that will remind you of the other greats, including Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen.

The book everyone is talking about — you’ll never see the ending coming. Never question a mother’s intuition. My water isn’t supposed to break while there’s a storm raging, when my husband isn’t on the island, and as the power flickers out. Darkness covers the cabin as I cling to my belly. I never imagined it happening like this. Trained as a midwife, I know I can deliver my daughter. * * * I look at her, and I see her — I’ve always known her. She’s perfect. Sweat and tears streak down my face as I kiss her over and over again. Reaching for my bag of midwifery supplies, I wipe her nose and press her tiny body to my chest. I fall asleep with her in my arms. * * * When I wake, my husband is home, the lights are back on — but the baby he’s holding — it’s not mine. I’m not crazy. I gave birth to a girl, and that baby in his arms is a boy. He’s not my baby. You won’t want to put this down until you find the shocking truth about what happened. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Jeneva Rose, Colleen Hoover and Keri Beevis. Please note this is a revised edition of The Midwife’s Mistake. It contains themes of baby loss that some readers may find upsetting.