Recommendations based on "Declan"

Gunnar Bond is broken.Three years ago, he lived through the car crash that took his wife and twins away from him—though “lived” barely describes his current state. Giving up professional hockey, going off grid, and drinking himself into oblivion are his coping mechanisms. Another is texting his dead wife about his days without her. Therapeutic? Doubtful. Crazy? Definitely. But those messages into the ether are virtually the only thing stopping him from spiraling to even darker places. Until someone texts back … Sadie Yates is losing it.Suddenly guardian to a little sister she doesn’t know and a misbehaving hound she’d rather not know at all, she’s had to upend her (sort of) glamorous life in LA and move back to Chicago. The nanny has quit, the money’s running out, and her job is on the line. The last thing she needs is her sister’s hockey camp counselor, a judgmental Viking type, telling her she sucks at this parenting lark. Thank the goddess for her sweet, sensitive, and—fingers crossed—sexy text buddy who always knows the right thing to say. In the same city at last, they can finally see if their online chemistry is mirrored in real life. She just needs to set up a meeting …A ruined man who claims to have used up all his love is surely a bad bet, but Sadie’s never been afraid of a challenge … even if this one might shatter her heart into a million pieces.

Bestselling author Melody Carlson captures hearts with a beautifully written romance set just after World War II. It's almost New Year's 1946, a perfect time for Caroline Marshall to start a new chapter in her life. Widowed three years ago when she lost her husband in the war, she has decided to move with her nine-year-old son to join her sister's family in sunny California. Her sister's new house has a basement apartment for Caroline to rent, and though jobs for women are scarce with so many veterans returning from the war, it seems the local chocolate factory is hiring. The apartment turns out to be rather dingy, and the job may be working the assembly line -- a step down from Caroline's office job as a secretary back in Minnesota. But Caroline is determined to make a great new life for herself and her son. As she goes about making that happen, she keeps running into a handsome stranger -- at the diner, at church, and he even works for M.G. Chocolates. With a New Year, a new home, and a new job, is Caroline ready to find new love?

This powerful series follows Amy Fleming through the loss of her mother and her struggle to continue the work at Heartland-a refuge for abused and abandoned horses.

From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a brand-new small town, older-brother’s best friend standalone romance.“I’ll take them!”That’s what I tell the social worker when my pre-k student and his baby brother need an emergency foster placement. I’ll do anything to keep the brothers from being split up. But my apartment’s flooded and there’s only one house I can take them to on such short notice…his.Knox Daniels, my older brother’s best friend, offers his new place without hesitation. He’s not moving back to our tiny town until next month—that’s when all our hotshot firefighters are returning for their one and only chance to rebuild our fathers’ fallen, iconic crew.It doesn’t matter that I’ve been silently in love with Knox since we were kids.It can’t matter that we pretend that reckless prom night kiss never happened.It won’t matter that my feelings for him could destroy his lifelong friendship with my brother and threaten the certification of their hotshot crew.Because I’ll be out of his house long before he gets back.Except Knox just walked in…a month early.And the icing on this awkward cake?He’s gorgeous as always and I’m covered in baby puke.He takes one look at the boys and tells me we can make this work—We can temporarily fake a relationship to keep them from being separated by the system.Suddenly, everything matters.

A Gripping, Exquisitely Romantic New Standalone By New York Times Bestselling Author Mia Sheridan. Dane Was Her First Kiss And The Only Man She Ever Loved . . . Until Their Marriage Crashed And Burned. Now Audra Has Built A Quiet Life For Herself Running A Flower Shop She's Put Her Whole Heart Into. But Audra Is Left Reeling When An Unexpected Circumstance Brings Dane Back Into Her World. He's Still As Breathtaking As He Ever Was, And He Still Affects Her More Than Any Man She's Ever Known. Yet Learning To Trust Him Again Could Be A Matter Of Life And Death . . . When Dane Offers To Fly His Ex-wife From California To Colorado To Help Correct A Wrong, He Never Imagined The Harrowing Twist Of Fate Awaiting Them. When Their Plane Goes Down In The Snowy Mountain Wilderness, Dane And Audra Are Stranded With No One To Turn To But Each Other. Will Their Second Crash End Their Lives—or Save Their Souls? This Is A Stand-alone Sign Of Love Novel, Inspired By Cancer. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due To Strong Language And Sexual Content, This Book Is Not Intended For Readers Under The Age Of 18.

1865Windmill Point, MichiganCan She Forgive the Hurting Man Who Costs Her the Role She Loves?After her father's death, Caroline Taylor has grown confident running the Windmill Point Lighthouse. But in 1865 Michigan, women aren't supposed to have such roles, so it's only a matter of time before the lighthouse inspector appoints a new keeper--even though Caroline has nowhere else to go and no other job available to her.Ryan Chambers is a Civil War veteran still haunted by the horrors of battle. He's secured the position of lighthouse keeper mostly for the isolation--the chance to hide from his past is appealing. He's not expecting the current keeper to be a feisty and beautiful woman who's angry with him for taking her job and for his inability to properly run the light. When his failings endanger others, he and Caroline realize he's in no shape to run the lighthouse, but he's unwilling to let anyone close enough to help. Caroline feels drawn to this wounded soul, but with both of them relying on that single position, can they look past their loss to a future filled with hope...and possibly love?

Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future in this unforgettable debut novel sure to entice fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer E. SmithEighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded. So when Amelia and Jenna get the opportunity to attend a book festival with Endsley in attendance, Amelia is ecstatic. It’s the perfect way to start off their last summer before college.In a heartbeat, everything goes horribly wrong. When Jenna gets a chance to meet the author and Amelia doesn’t, the two have a blowout fight like they’ve never experienced. And before Amelia has a chance to mend things, Jenna is killed in a freak car accident. Grief-stricken, and without her best friend to guide her, Amelia questions everything she had planned for the future.When a mysterious, rare edition of the Orman Chronicles arrives, Amelia is convinced that it somehow came from Jenna. Tracking the book to an obscure but enchanting bookstore in Michigan, Amelia is shocked to find herself face-to-face with the enigmatic and handsome N. E. Endsley himself, the reason for Amelia’s and Jenna’s fight and perhaps the clue to what Jenna wanted to tell her all along.Ashley Schumacher's devastating and beautiful debut, Amelia Unabridged, is about finding hope and strength within yourself, and maybe, just maybe, falling in love while you do it.

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.

I gave everything to my job. Untiring hard work. Dedication unmatched by anything else. My entire life revolved around my career.Despite all that, I didn’t get the promotion I was hoping for.  I got the boot. They say the best revenge is a life well-lived, and I’m determined to show them by landing on my feet.The last place I ever expected to land was in the small town of Billingsley, Texas. I long ago vowed never to return to the memories it holds of the worst one-night stand ever. Unfortunately, skipping your best friend’s wedding is not an option. Neither is avoiding Billy, the one man who managed to turn my world upside down in a single evening. The man I’ve been burying myself in work to stop thinking about.But all I have is time now. And he’s not as easy to run from as I thought...There are four stand-alone books in the Billingsley series:♥Redeeming Lottie - Tucker & Lottie♥Chasing Hannah - Billy & Hannah♥Taming Wes - Wes & Devin♥Tempting Tim - Tim & Conley

The Confidence of Wildflowers My future is a big 'what if' at the moment and I'm fine with that.For the most part.When Thayer Holmes moves in next door, the grumpy landscaper both fascinates and amuses me.When he asks me to nanny his kid, it's a great way to make some extra money.It's impossible not to fall in love with Thayer and his adorable son.There's a big problem though.I'm eighteen. He's thirty-one.Falling for someone almost fifteen years older than me wasn't part of my plans, but sometimes things happen when you least expect them.The Resurrection of WildflowersHis heart was shattered beyond repair. My life was irrevocably changed.And so I left him.I started over.I married someone else.But I never forgot him.It's been six years since I last saw Thayer Holmes. Being forced to return to my hometown means confronting our past head on and dealing with the fallout of my divorce. I'm now in the same spot he was when we met.Starting over.There are no secrets we can keep anymore.Not all love gets a second chance, but maybe we'll be the exception.Then again, maybe not.