Recommendations based on "After Care"

Family | Autism | Single Dad | StandaloneA feelgood novel about finally applying comfort to the hurt, about finding that one place where you belong.The day I stepped off the bus in Seattle, I hoped with every fiber of my being that my Philadelphia past was left behind me. I couldn’t guarantee I’d be off the streets yet; in fact, I was sure I had more nights on park benches and behind Dumpsters ahead of me. But at least I’d get see my little girl again. I’d get to make new memories with her.It was on my way to my daughter that I met Adrian. A straitlaced history teacher who, according to his brother, had a habit of rescuing strays. Not that I bought the nice-guy act. Well, at first. His kind grins made me react weirdly. I felt it in my chest.This story takes place in Cara Dee’s Camassia Cove Universe, a fictional town where all books stand on their own, unless otherwise stated, and the reader can jump in wherever they want.

Full of grief and jaded by love, corporate philanthropist Egan MacGuire is given two options by his boss: take a leave of absence or kiss his job goodbye. A road trip with a friend is just the distraction Egan needs to figure out how to get his life back on track.Celeste St. Angelo left the bright lights and big city for the mountains of North Carolina to open the next phase of her flourishing Angel Therapy business, a healing and wellness center. With the grand opening looming she has no time for distractions, especially love.When divine timing sparks an unexpected romance, will Egan and Celeste be able to leave their troubled pasts behind and find the courage to have a little faith in love?

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak welcomes readers to the town of Silver Springs, where surprises wait around every corner! The search for her birth mother brought Cora Kelly to the New Horizons Boys Ranch. Getting a job there was easy enough, but confiding in Aiyana, the ranch's owner, that she's really her daughter? Cora's not sure she can do that, not unless she's confident the news will be welcomed. And once she gets to know Elijah Turner--Aiyana's adopted son and ranch manager--that decision becomes even more difficult. Although Elijah can't deny his deep attraction to Cora, he's always struggled with trust. Anyone with his past would, and there's something about the ranch's newest employee that isn't exactly as it seems. But if the feelings she awakes in his guarded heart are any indication, she might be just what he's long been waiting for.

Small-Town Daddy  Jackson Daughtry's jobs as a paramedic and part-owner of a local café keep him busy—but the single dad's number one priority is raising his little girl with love and small-town values. And when his business partner's hotshot lawyer niece comes to town planning to disrupt their lives by moving her aunt away, Jackson has to set Melanie Harper straight. When circumstances force them to work side by side in the coffee shop, Jackson slowly discovers what put the sadness in Melanie's pretty brown eyes. Now it'll take all his faith—and a hopeful five-year-old—to show the city gal that she's already home.

Intended for audiences over the age of 18 due to adult language and sexual content. This book is part of the Reed Brothers series, but it can be read as a stand alone without missing anything from prior books. However, if you want to start at the beginning: 1. Tall, Tatted, and Tempting 2. Smart, Sexy, and Secretive 3. Calmly, Carefully, Completely 4. Just Jellybeans and Jealousy (Free) 5. Finally Finding Faith 6. Reagan's Revenge and Ending Emily's Engagement 7. Maybe Matt's Miracle From the back cover: What he needed was a miracle... Matthew Reed has seen his share of problems. But he's a Reed and Reeds can overcome anything. Matt is content working in his family's tattoo parlor with his brothers surrounding him. The only thing he's lacking is the ability to have a family of his own. Then his battle with cancer leads him to meet a woman who just might need him as much as he needs her. She didn't need anything... Skylar Morgan is happy. She has a boyfriend. Sure, he doesn't make her heart pound faster and he really doesn't support her when she needs it. But she doesn't need much. Does she? She's happy to be self-sufficient and she's happy that she doesn't have a tremendous amount of responsibility. She's educated, has a great job, and she has enough money for a lifetime. But what she lacks, she doesn't even realize until she meets him. And them. The ones who change her life forever.

Discover a new leash on love with Debbie Burns's adorable contemporary romance where everyone is given a second chance, whether they're... A single father searching for a way to connect with his children A determined woman desperate to save the animals she loves Or a sweet-eyed puppy who longs to be adopted With her no-kill animal shelter at risk of losing funding, Megan Anderson is working doggedly to save the animals in her care. She'll do anything for them--even go toe-to-toe with a handsome man who's in way over his head. Craig Williams has had his share of heartache recently, and he's not in the mood to get the guilt trip from a spirited (and beautiful) animal shelter owner. But the more time they spend together, the more he realizes it's not just animals Megan is adept at saving--she could be the one to rescue his heart. Soon, Craig and Megan find that the magic of unconditional love can do anything...even lead to their forever home.

Dacey Happa-Hewitt had no idea that traveling to India with her fiancé would end in their break-up. Worst of all, her scumbag ex left her while she was suffering from a serious illness. Now recovered and back in Moonrise Beach, Dacey needs to muster up the courage to not only face her ex again but to also explain her newly single status to her overprotective father. Just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, her childhood crush, Greyson Blackbourn, comes back into her life, stirring up all kinds of emotions and desires she thought she'd long outgrown.Tasked with rebuilding the deck at the Happa-Hewitt's beach house, Greyson can't seem to help his sidelong glances at Dacey. It's obvious that he still holds a flame for her, but given their family pasts and her broken heart, he worries acting on his desires will damage their friendship forever.A quick romp in the sheets might just be what Dacey needs to get over her heartbreak. But will a hot night in the arms of her childhood best friend be a mistake? Or will everlasting love finally be within reach?

We longed. We lost. We loved. Desperately. I thought I had my life all figured out. But after a college football accident leaves me deaf, I was learning how to live all over again.I expected the anger, the frustration, and the struggle to readjust, but what I didn't expect to happen amongst the chaos, was to fall in love.Especially not with two men. Rough-edged puzzle pieces, Rhys, Samuel, and I were nothing but aching memories, painful realities, and hidden scars.We were products of our pasts, abandoned and unloved, messy and complicated. Individually we had baggage; together we had mountains to climb.But when the three of us were tangled up in one another, spilling secrets in the dark, hearts beating in sync, nothing else mattered but them.We needed to break the cycle, because they deserved love... And who knows, maybe I finally did too.

They always say the past can come back to haunt you — I just didn't expect it to look so good.Ten years ago I met the love of my life the summer after high school. He was supposed to be my forever… Then he disappeared.Now, in some cruel twist of fate, Luke Reyes just walked into the firehouse where I work as a paramedic. The man was supposed to become a cop, but somehow he’s the new firefighter on my shift.And he's almost hot enough to douse the flames of my fury.When I refuse to acknowledge Luke’s existence, our Lieutenant decides to throw us together in some death defying stunts, forcing a new bond with the man that shattered my heart.But I like the safe option. I always have. And whatever’s smoldering deep inside me doesn’t feel safe at all — because there’s no smoke without fire.Memories With Fire is a dual first person POV, steamy, workplace, second chance romance — with a dash of suspense.

2 Full-Length Novels, 1 Novella + Bonus Secret Scenes by international bestselling author MJ SummersBREAKING HEARTSThree years have passed since handsome, devil-may-care Trey Johnson betrayed his cousin, Cole, and left the family ranch in Colorado behind. Guilt-ridden, a reformed Trey has kept his nose to the grindstone and has done his best to distance himself from his reckless past. Now he’s shocked to discover that he is about to become a full-time father to his son, a child he barely knows.Travelling to Brazil, Trey embarks on the fight of his life in order to bring his little boy home. Broke and very much alone, the last thing he expects is to find himself falling for Alessandra Santos, his son's nanny. The sparks between them fly, but is there too much at stake?Alessandra, obedient daughter and top law student, always does what others expect. Whether trying to meet the expectations of her hard-nosed mother or the unreasonable demands of her employer, Alessandra finds it almost impossible to reach for what she really wants. But now that Trey Johnson has sauntered into her life, she will have to find her true voice or lose him forever.Joined by the fate of a little boy, Alessandra and Trey must decide if they can find a way to open their hearts to each other or turn away from a chance at love.LETTING GO (A Full Hearts Prequel)The touching & hilarious short story prequel to Breaking Clear & The Break-upReaders of Breaking Love (Full Hearts Book 2) fell in love with Harper Young, as Megan Sullivan’s feisty, fun, and foul-mouthed best friend. Now is your chance to travel back in time to meet the two best friends as gawky teenagers trying to navigate the choppy waters of adolescence, betrayal and heartache.It’s 1994 and Harper Young is a typical fifteen-year-old girl in love with two things: fashion and the boy next door, Evan Donovan. Counting down the days until summer vacation, she plans to spend the next three months laying out in her backyard in her bikini, just in case Evan happens to come outside.Little does she know that her mother is about to cause a shocking scandal that will rock the entire state of Colorado and change the course of Harper’s life forever. Now instead of trying to get noticed, Harper needs to hide.Join Harper as she learns that the best way to protect herself is to run from her past and never fall in love.THE BREAK-UP (BOOK 5)What if Mr. Right showed up at exactly the wrong time?When America’s sweetheart, Courtney Bennett, finds out her husband, Brock McCain, America’s heartthrob, is leaving her, she’s sure her life is over. Thirty-nine in Hollywood is tough on any woman, but not as hard as being hunted by the relentless paparazzi. Finding herself holed up in a cabin in Colorado under the care of Wes Young, her new bodyguard, she starts to see that maybe there is life after Hollywood.Wes Young spent more than twenty years in the Marines and the past two years in protection services. The only thing he guards more carefully than his clients is his heart. When he becomes Courtney Bennett’s bodyguard, he’s certain he’s about to spend his days and nights with a spoiled, self-involved actress. But before long, Wes realizes that she is not at all what he thought. For the first time in his life, he finds himself navigating the minefield of love, trying to avoid a broken heart.Will they risk it all to be together or return to the lives they knew before The Break Up?