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'Pure magic' ELSIE SILVER 'Had me breathless until I turned the last page' ELENA ARMAS 'I've never read romance like this before' RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON This time they'll get it right . . . Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only teenagers, and built a life together in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for one another . . . until they fell apart. Now divorced and in their 30s, Wren runs the bakery in town, while Ellis works as a firefighter. They live separate lives, though they are hardly off each other's minds. When Sam gets accepted into college and the pair agree to help him move in together, Ellis convinces Wren to take an extended road trip back to Spunes with him to see if they can give their relationship one last chance. Amid the gorgeous scenery of the California coastline, dreamy destinations, and a great deal of long-yearned-for proximity, Wren starts to think it just might be possible. But the two still have to contend with their tumultuous past in order to move forward. And when spoken words fail, sometimes the written word must bridge the gap. Will they make the most of what's left of forever? Or will they let each other go for good? 💕Readers have fallen in love with LEFT OF FOREVER . . . 💕 'A truly heartfelt read, brimming with wit and charm' K.A. TUCKER 'Packs such an emotional punch . . . I would know a Tarah DeWitt romance anywhere' ALICIA THOMPSON 'Gorgeous, tender, and filled with adorable, lovable, smoldering hope . . . Five stars!' SIERRA SIMONE Don't miss Tarah's other hit rom-coms, Funny Feelings, Rootbound, The Co-op and Savor It - out now!

A Sexy Beauty And The Beast Romance From The Author Of Summer Again And Hearts On Fire “next To You Is A Bittersweet Story About Perseverance And Adversity. Burdened With Emotional And Physical Scars, Phlox And Jared Have To Learn To Deal With These Drastic Changes To Their Appearance And Soul. Julia Gabriel Does An Amazing Job Of Conveying The Characters’ Feelings. The Writing Style Is Flawless, And The Characters Are Both Multifaceted And Dynamic.” —rt Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, Top Pick A Scarred And Lonely Billionaire Hiding From His Past ... Jared Connor Lost His Innocence At The Age Of Ten When His Father Poured Gasoline Around The Family Home And Left His Two Young Sons To Die In The Flames. Now An Adult, He’s Carefully Crafted A Pretend Life Where He Can Hide His Scars And His Death Row Father Behind The Disguise Of A Caretaker’s Pickup Truck And A Pair Of Gardening Shears. But When A Beautiful Woman With Scars Of Her Own Barges Into His Quiet, Solitary Life, Jared Finds It Increasingly Difficult To Hide From What He Really Wants. A Successful Young Businesswoman Ill At Ease In Her Newfound Beauty ... Phlox Miller Was Never The Pretty Girl And No Magic Mascara Or Secret Serum Was Ever Going To Change That—not Even One Manufactured By Her Own Company. When An Accident At Her Country Home Burns Her Face And Body, She Spares No Expense On Her Recovery And Plastic Surgery. Now She Turns Heads On The Street, But Can’t Recognize Herself In The Mirror—and Can’t Convince The Man She Loves That He’s Beautiful, Too. Can Two People See Beyond Their Physical And Emotional Scars To Find True Love And Lasting Acceptance?

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 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?

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.

Bear McKinley's past refuses to let go. Ten years ago, Bear gave up everything-his freedom and his reputation-for his mess of a family. But after years of distance and too many attempts at starting over, he finally has a new life doing noble work in Brazil . . . until his past catches up to him once again. Suddenly he finds himself back in Maple Valley, charged with the care of his missing brother's children, convinced he's out of second chances to make his life count. And yet, with every day that passes, these kids, this quirky town and the woman he never stopped missing help patch the holes in his heart. Maybe this is the fresh start he's been longing for all along. But as his newfound hope grows, so does the mystery surrounding his brother's activities-and when the threat reaches into the lives of those he loves, it's clear he can't run away this time. Fear holds Raegan's future captive. Raegan Walker is fine. She's happy working a slew of part-time jobs, still living in her childhood bedroom and rarely venturing from her hometown. At least, that's what she tells everyone . . . and herself. But she can't help wondering what might've happened if she hadn't abandoned her art so many years ago-and if Bear McKinley had never left. When Bear returns and she's commissioned for a painting that just might revive her artistic ambition all in one week, it's time to finally reach for more than fine. But doing so means facing the fears that have held her back all this time, including admitting the secret she's kept from Bear and her family. With her dream and her heart on the line, how much will Raegan have to risk to finally chase her happy ending?

New York Times Bestselling Author In Shelley Shepard Gray’s third book in her Charmed Amish Life series, a respectable young woman finds herself falling for an Amish man from the wrong side of the tracks.Amelia Kinsinger is the perfect Amish woman—at least according to her neighbors. And while Amelia takes pride in her role as homemaker, she’s also harboring a secret: She’s been in love with bad boy Simon Hochstetler for as long as she can remember. Too bad he’s about as far from “perfect” as an Amish man could get… but that’s exactly why she’s so drawn to him. Life hasn’t been kind to Simon. He ran away from an abusive home at fifteen and things went downhill from there. Eventually, Simon landed in prison. But the experience changed him. Now back in Charm as a grown man, he’s determined to make a new life for himself and not think too much about his wild past…unless it pertains to Amelia. He’s loved Amelia for years. To him, she represents everything good and kind in the world. When he realizes that she returns his affections, he starts calling on her in secret, even though her older brother Lukas—who just happens to be Simon’s best friend—has made it perfectly clear that Amelia deserves better. Simon disagrees and believes he’s the only one who can truly make her happy. But when Amelia gets hurt, it sets off a chain of events that forces them to consider their future together—and face their past mistakes. There’s a chance for love… but only if Simon dares to trust Amelia with the secrets of his past.

Can star-crossed lovers Drew and Fable find their way back to each other after past demons tore them apart? The exhilarating sequel to One Week Girlfriend from the New York Times bestselling author of Lonely for Only You and A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime Lost. Everything in my life can be summed up by that one sickening word. My football coach blames me for our season-ending losses. So does the rest of the team. I wasted two whole months drowning in my own despair, like a complete loser. And I lost my girlfriend—Fable Maguire, the only girl who ever mattered—because I was afraid that being with me would only hurt her.But now I realize that I’m the one who’s truly lost without her. And even though she acts like she’s moved on and everything’s fine, I know she still thinks about me just as much as I think about her. I know her too well. She’s so damn vulnerable, all I want to do is be there to help her . . . to hold her . . . to love her.I just need her to give me one more chance. We may be lost without each other, but together, we’re destined to find a love that lasts forever.Don’t miss any of Monica Murphy’s steamy One Week Girlfriend series:ONE WEEK GIRLFRIEND • SECOND CHANCE BOYFRIEND • THREE BROKEN PROMISES • FOUR YEARS LATER

The car accident was Hannah Price's fault--a few seconds of inattention that changed Gabe Holbrook's life forever, destroying everything he'd been or ever wanted to be. He was a man who'd had it all. Intelligent, handsome, talented, rich, he'd been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Now he's come home to Dundee, the small town where he was raised, but he's a stranger to the people who once knew him. Folks think he's bitter and withdrawn; he knows he's just focused on recovering. But thanks to Hannah Price, there are some things that can't be fixed. Hannah has been struggling to recover from that fateful night, too. Unlike Gabe, she sustained only minor injuries. But she's not sure she'll ever be able to forgive herself for making a mistake with such far-reaching consequences. Especially when Gabe becomes her older son's football coach, and she begins to fall in love with the man she nearly destroyed... Look for all eight books in Brenda Novak's Dundee, Idaho series, available now. And don't miss her new romantic Whiskey Creek trilogy, available from Harlequin MIRA!

A touching modern fairy tale that won't let go of your heart, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances! Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of family betrayal, he moves to Happily Inc., California--the wedding destination town supplies a steady stream of bridesmaids, perfect for his "no promises, no pain" lifestyle. Yet he can't stop watching for his beautiful, elusive neighbor on the animal preserve behind their homes. Gamekeeper Carol Lund knows she's not special enough to attract an alpha male like Mathias, so his offer to help her adopt a herd for her lonely giraffe is surprising--and his determined seduction, even more so. But just as she finally welcomes him into her bed, his careless actions crush her heart. Will she give him a second chance to prove she'll always come first in his heart? Read more in the reader-favorite Happily Inc series: Book 1: You Say It First Book 2: Second Chance Girl Book 3: Why Not Tonight Book 4: Not Quite Over You Book 5: Meant to Be Yours Book 6: Happily This Christmas