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From BookTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas comes a riveting companion novel to Bully. This is Jared’s story....Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or numb to all emotions? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between. Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me. But none of them can hurt me, because I don't care about anything or anyone.Except Tatum.I love her so much that I hate her. I hate that I can't let her go. We used to be friends, but I found out that I couldn't trust her—or anyone else. So I hurt her. I pushed her away. But I still need her. She centers me. Engaging her, challenging her, pushing her—it’s the one last part of me that feels anything anymore.But then she went and screwed everything up. She left for a year and came back a different girl. Now, when I push, she pushes back...and I’m not sure either one of us will ever be the same.

Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. After serving as the artist-in-residence, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home in which to grow up.Former Marine Callum Shaw always knew he would someday join his family's construction business in Gossamer Falls. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. The beautiful artist who has hired him to build her new house is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. He's loved--and lost--someone like her before.When Landry's pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire, it becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger--but from whom? Cal will have to risk his heart again if he has any hope of protecting them.

Struggling in his role as a newly single father, former army medic Kevin O'Brien moves home to Chesapeake Shores. He wants a haven for himself and his toddler son, surrounded by the family he knows he can count on, and a future that's nothing like his past. But Kevin is suddenly facing a risk he hadn't anticipated, in the form of Main Street bookseller Shanna Carlyle.Shanna immediately recognizes Kevin as a wounded soul—she's had way too much experience with the type. Still, this charming O'Brien man and his son are almost impossible to resist.Then, just when the barriers are toppling, someone from Shanna's past appears. Confronted with a threat to their hard-won serenity, Kevin and Shanna face their toughest challenge—learning to trust again.

Her Past. His Secrets. They Have More In Common Than She Knows. Maisy Is Happily Content With The Life She’s Built For Herself And Her Young Son In Small-town Prescott, Montana. Her Child Is Thriving, Her Business Is Growing, And Her Family Is As Close As They’ve Ever Been. But When A Handsome Stranger Walks Into The Lobby Of Her Motel, Her Simple Life Is Swept Up In A Wave Of Affection For His Gentle Heart. None Of Those Feelings Can Be Trusted, Though. She Made That Mistake Before With Another Man. The Man She Murdered. Hunter Was A Different Man When He First Saw Maisy Holt From Afar. He Took One Look At Her And Ran In The Opposite Direction. But Years Later, He’s Back In Montana And Unable To Keep His Distance. He Shouldn’t Have Tried To Find Her But He Never Was Good At Rejecting Temptation. The Promise Of The Good She Could Bring Into His Life Is Too Hard To Resist. Maybe If He Can Disguise The Lies And Hide The Deceit, He Can Keep Her From Learning The Truth. Because His Only Chance At A Future With Her Is By Burying His Past.

The only way to get what she wants is to let go of everything she thinks she knows.I never planned to live my life in a trailer in a tiny mountain town. Funny how divorce changes your plans for you.And I never planned to fall in love again. After Jack, I figured I was better off alone.But Connor Charles, with his dark red hair and glowering good looks, was as compelling as he was frightening, and I knew I should stay away from him. Especially if the rumors were true.The police were interested in Connor ... but the more I got to know him, the more I realized ...So was I.

When Will Wright, the eighteen year old son of a small-town Arkansas sheep herder in 1905, begins reading his mother’s journal, he is inspired by its startling content to start putting his own experiences to paper for posterity. An unsophisticated but principled young man, Will is becoming increasingly aware of the hatred that exists in the world. When he begins his own journal, Will can’t know what events are to take place in the next five years – from his mother’s battle with a life threatening illness, to his embarrassments of learning how to be in love for the first time, to witnessing Charlie’s fate at the hands of the bigoted townspeople. While part of him wishes the pain in those pages didn’t exist, he knows that the original purpose for keeping the journal has been realized - to show his kin how he became the man he is. He will probably never go back through and read again the pages he’s written, but someday, someone will, and they will see that along with the hurt, Will’s life had been one that knew true joy, absolute love, and undying friendship

A woman 7600 miles from home. A sexy stranger. And the promise of a pleasure she'll never forget. All they have to do is get past their secrets...It started with one week away from the pressures of a bedridden father and addict sister, and a chance to change lives- to change her life. Independent. Focused. Driven. Grace Matthews is determined to make a difference. Confident. Powerful. Intense. Callan Fontaine is a force of nature. Because he has to be. As the lead mercenary on his team, it's how he keeps his men alive. A wounded man. A compassionate doctor. And a chance meeting that makes their two worlds collide. Now Grace's future hangs in the balance while Callan's past lingers in the background. Will she be enough to show him the world is still beautiful? Or will he walk away from the one woman that can be the light in his darkness? What do you do when the one thing that can put you back together is very thing that threatens to rip you apart for good?

Join New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas in Harmony, Texas—a small town where love blooms and secrets of the past threaten to alter the future… Millanie McAllen is always logical. But after returning to her childhood home, she learns that some things are beyond explanation—like her undeniable passion for Drew Cunningham... After finding success as a singer on the road, Beau Yates returns to Harmony to make peace with his dying father—only to find the woman he’s been dreaming of for years. But the secrets they discover might be too much for him to bear... When Johnny Wheeler is charged with his wife’s murder, he turns to the only person who believes he’s innocent. Fortune teller Kare Cunningham’s life has always danced around reality—but Johnny is able to ground her like no other. As their paths cross in new, captivating directions, the townspeople of Harmony need to learn to love and let go in order to live together in their little slice of heaven.

Audrey Carlan has created a gem of a story about sisterhood, love, and second chances.” —Lexi Ryan on What the Heart WantsA heartwarming, wry and deeply emotional story of the power of sisterhood, trusting your heart and finding forever.“Think big. Live out loud.”When their mother passed away a decade ago, Evie Ross and her sister, Suda Kaye, were each left a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthday. While the letters encouraged Suda Kaye’s wanderlust, taking her away from Evie for years, their free-spirited mother’s wish for her more cautious daughter was to discover what her heart truly desires. But steadfast Evie discovered long ago that wishes rarely come true. A successful life stems from planning, building a stable career—and keeping your heart guarded at all costs.Now, with her sister home again, Evie’s life can finally return to normal, until the one person she’s been avoiding is suddenly everywhere. Milo Chavis is the only man Evie’s ever wanted with all her heart, her desire for him matched only by the shock that he might want her, too. But if Evie’s learned anything over the years, it’s that you can’t count on people to stick around.Overwhelmed, Evie retreats to the security she’s worked hard to build, but when a monumental family secret upends her whole world, Evie is forced to follow her heart and trust it will lead her right where she belongs.Don’t miss On the Sweet Side,the next book in Audrey Carlan's The Wish series! With the emotional pull of Susan Wiggs' and Robyn Carr’s engaging family dramas, On the Sweet Side is a sassy and emotional strangers-to-sisters story about the enduring power of family-both the one you're born with and the one you choose.The Wish SeriesBook 1: What the Heart WantsBook 2: To Catch a DreamBook 3: On the Sweet Side

At eighteen Hannah Kauffman made a terrible mistake. Her parents and members of her Jamesport Amish community say they’ve forgiven her. But she feels their eyes following her everywhere she goes with eighteen-month-old Evie. Thaddeus, Evie’s father, escaped this fate by running away from Jamesport. Now that Thaddeus is gone, Hannah’s old friend Phillip is stepping up to be by her side. He has waited patiently for Hannah to realize just how much he cares for her. But when Thaddeus returns after two years, Hannah can’t deny the love she feels for him. Does the fact that Phillip has waited patiently for her all this time mean that she owes him something? Can she trust either one of them? Can she trust herself? She has repented and been forgiven by the One who is most important—her heavenly Father. But is she willing to risk making more mistakes by opening herself up to love?