A dead husband with secrets. An unexpected inheritance. Will she play it safe? Or take a chance on happiness and second-chance love? Kelly Richards is forced to return to the tiny town of Promise Cove, Montana to handle an expected inheritance. She's determined to sell the place quickly and go back to the life she knows. But a chance encounter with a first love makes her question everything she believes is true. After a grueling career in the New York City police force, Ryan Svoboda came home to Promise Cove. Kelly's unexpected return upsets his carefully constructed life. Can he tell her how he feel—how he's always felt—before it's too late? Can Kelly break out of her rut to find real happiness? Will Ryan let her slip away from his life again? Or will they find the courage to reach for a second chance at love? Return to Promise Cove is the first book in a later-in-life contemporary romance...

Fleeing Salt Lake City as a twenty­four­year old failure, Laurie takes the long way home.Her rest stop should have been routine, but curiosity gets the better of her and changes her plans.Now she has to fight for her life in the middle of Nevada’s lonely high desert plains.

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With majestic mountains, quiet vineyards, charming coasts, and Hollywood glitz, the Golden State offers the perfect backdrop for love. Romance blossoms under the California sun in this heartwarming collection:California Sunset: Annie Gerhard is struggling to keep her Silicon Valley techie job during a recession, while John Johnson is trying to make a go of his bookstore. Neither has time for romance, but fate is taking care of business.California Wine: Italian Marcos Gamari has one goal in life: to create the world's finest wine from the best vineyards in the world. Then he meets single mother Elizabeth Ladina, who shows him that his real dream just may reside in the mountains of Santa Cruz.California Homecoming: After returning from duty in the Middle East wounded in both body and spirit, Hunter Evans volunteers to help Sarah Ladina fix up a run-down Victorian in Costanoa's beach town. Can they get beyond their painful past and...

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’Tis the season for second chances, in this heartwarming story of star-crossed lovers reuniting.Findley Callahan has until Christmas, a scant six months away, to prove to the court she can provide a loving and safe home for her learning-disabled child. So she retreats to the only haven she’s known: her mother’s house in Missoula, Montana, where she can make a new start and find a good job. Reese Moore can’t believe it when his teenage love arrives to work at his father’s company. But there’s bad blood between their families, dating back to a business partnership that drove Findley’s father to suicide. When Findley is targeted by someone trying to pin corporate fraud on her, Reese is determined to save her—but will their broken hearts be able to forge a new future amid old hurts and new threats during this season of love and goodwill? Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors

When former tennis pro Logan Collins's uncle dies, the injured athlete inherits a cabin in rural Phillipsburg, Montana. But there are a few stipulations to this inheritance: He's not allowed to sell the place for six months, he must ask a girl to a Grizzlies' football game, and he must order chocolates for the funeral. Aspiring artist and temporary chocolatier Julie Thompson is curious about the good-looking New Yorker who walks into her sweet shop. She's more than happy to share some advice on coping with life in the country with the new guy - and they're soon sharing kisses as well. Before long, Logan finds himself with all the trappings of permanence: a dog, a horse, and a woman who brings light into his dark life, yet he's still torn. There's a great gig teaching children and maybe even the chance to revive his tennis career waitingback in New YorkCan he persuade Julie that Christmas in Manhattan is just as inspiring? Or will the holidays be the final...

Leaving behind her stifling Texas roots, Sue Anne Devereaux plans to open a chocolate shop in her new hometown of Missoula, Montana. She's busy as a bee, joining the women's business league and drumming up new customers. But there's one big distraction: Zach Crippen—the kind of good-looking devil who makes her question if chocolate alone can give her life the sweetness it needs.Security guard Zach can't wait to finish his penance at Missoula's tiny airport, where he was banished after he made a mistake at a larger airport. He'll do anything it takes to get back his reputation and move on to a metropolitan assignment. A casual fling—no strings attached—would be fine with him, but the quirky woman who makes the best chocolate he's ever tasted deserves more than he can give her.Will their dreams cost them a chance at the future, or can they find a way to have their chocolate and eat it, too?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors

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