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Grace Martindale has known more than her share of hardship. After her parents died, raising her two younger sisters became her responsibility. A hasty marriage to a minister who is heading to the untamed West seemed like an opportunity for a fresh start, but a cholera outbreak along the wagon trail has left Grace a widow in a very precarious position. [...]
Snow whirls around an elevated train platform in Chicago. A distracted woman boards the train, takes her seat, and moments later a fiery explosion rips through the frigid air, tearing the car apart in a horrific attack on the cityโs transit system. One life is spared. Twenty-two are lost. [...]
Javier Quintana knows his familyโs struggling restaurant, El Corazon, needs help. But when his interfering siblings hire Molly Abbott, a successful food entrepreneur and his high-school sweetheart, heโs livid. The way their relationship ended wasnโt pretty. And although Molly never married, sheโs the single mom of an eleven-year-old daughter conceived right about the time of the breakup. [...]
Left wounded by a marriage cut short, Suzanna Wilton leaves city life to take up residency in a tiny Nebraska town. Her introduction to her neighbor Paul Rustin is a disaster. Assuming heโs as underhanded as the other local cowboys sheโs already met, Suzanna greets him with sharp hostility. [...]
Itโs time again to peek at a first line and chat books in the comments!!! As always, you can find my blogger buddies at the bottom of the post and I encourage you to go check out their featured books once youโve said hi and dropped off your first line here! [...]
If you love stories by Lori Benton or Laura Frantz, you need to read the Creek Country Saga, including book 3, The Ebony Cloak by April W. Gardner!
Working for her dadโs landscaping business stifles Linnea Ranta. When sheโs invited to design and build a community garden with an intriguing master carpenter, she seizes the chance to unfurl her wings, but at what expense to her heart? Logan Dermott eases back his flirting when he senses Linneaโs fragility, but she has more backbone than he suspected. As they work together, Logan finds heโs falling for her, but it may be too late to win her love. [...]
Just the Way You Are by Pepper Basham is firmly planted on my all-time favorites list and I highly recommend it to all fans of fairy tales and happily ever afters.
Thirteen years ago, Natalie lost a part of herself when her twin sister died. Will traveling back to the family winery finally put the memory to rest, or will it completely destroy her? [...]
Ben Taylor, widower and father of four lively children, enjoys his easy, uncomplicated life. He likes his work and has a competent nanny to manage his household. Everything is good until he decides to seek out his biological parents and discovers a family tree with tangled roots and broken branches. [...]
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