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The New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series returns to Hartwell, Delaware—the perfect place to get away from it all, and find what you never knew you needed....Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy.Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for her has grown, his antagonism toward her has only worsened. Every little thing Bailey does seduces him. But when Vaughn’s painful emotional past makes him walk away in fear he will hurt her, it opens an old wound in Bailey, and she uncharacteristically retreats.Once Vaughn begins to realize he’s made the biggest mistake of his life, he has no choice but to fight like he’s never fought before to convince Bailey that the love they’ve found together only comes around once in a lifetime….

Blood and death aside...love is all that should matter. When you love someone, there is nothing you wouldn?t forgive. But what about murder? Ara-Rose will learn that life is fashioned from one tragedy after the next, and that sometimes, the truth people hide from you is nothing you could have imagined. But Ara has secrets of her own, and she?s willing to take the truth to her grave?a place David Knight will fight to keep her from.

A lifetime ago, he was my world. But then I ran, and swore I’d never return. Never is a long time. Growing up, it was never a matter of if when it came to Garrett Finnegan-- but when. From the moment I met him, I knew I’d met my perfect match. My soulmate. In a split second decision, however, I let that perfectly paved future of ours slip away, and I said goodbye with nothing more than a hastily written note, stained with my tears. It’s been eight years since I’ve been back. Eight years since I’ve faced the consequences of that decision.Eight years since I’ve felt his lips on mine.They say everyone deserves a second chance, but how could I seek forgiveness knowing the truth of what happened all those years ago will only destroy us in the end? 

A heart-stopping small-town romance, the next in the Sparrow Falls series, from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Cowles. I came here seeking sanctuary. I never meant to fall for the broody single dad next door. I've spent my life hiding in plain sight, burying my past beneath layers of carefully constructed lies. Moving to Sparrow Falls was supposed to be a fresh start, a place to lay low. But when I end up living next door to the single dad who just happens to be one of my brother's best friends, everything changes. Trace Colson sees too much and asks too many questions, and his protectiveness is as infuriating as it is alluring. And when danger comes calling, it's Trace who stands between me and the darkness. But being close to him is its own kind of risk. Because with every heated glance and every stolen touch, Trace tempts me to open my heart, to dream of a life I'd long since given up on. The only problem? Trace has his own demons, and when they collide with mine, the fallout could destroy us both.

Witemeyer Returns with Her Trademark Blend of Adventure, Romance, and HumorGrace Mallory is tired of running, of hiding. But when an old friend sends an after-hours telegraph transmission warning Grace that the man who has hunted her for nearly a year has discovered her location, she fears she has no choice. She can't let the villain she believes responsible for her father's death release his wrath in Harper's Station, the town that has sheltered her and blessed her with the dearest friends she's ever known.Amos Bledsoe prefers bicycles to horses and private conversations over the telegraph wire to social gatherings with young ladies who see him as nothing more than an oddity. His telegraph companion, the mysterious Miss G, listens eagerly to his ramblings every night and delights him with tales all her own. For months, their friendship--dare he believe, courtship?--has fed his hope that he has finally found the woman God intended for him. Yet when he takes the next step to meet her in person, he discovers her life is in peril, and Amos must decide if he can shed the cocoon of his quiet nature to become the hero Grace requires.

All Lexi Harmon wants is to be married--to her ex-husband. When a tornado traps them together, she prays they have a chance at life and love again. But embittered police officer Colt Ridgeway believes he can't give Lexi what she really wants--children and security. As they work side by side to rebuild High Plains, Lexi holds out hope that their marriage can be rebuilt, too, one piece of his heart at a time.

Last To KnowHe was just a boy. And I was just a girl. But if that's all there was to the story it wouldn't be very interesting, would it?Never Too LateI'd never met anyone quite like Mathias Wade. He was brooding and arrogant, but I loved him anyway. Together we were wild and uncontained--a hurricane raging. Then I had to leave, and words were exchanged that could never be undone. But now I was back, and Mathias better watch out, because this bitch wasn't finished with him. Game. Set. Match. All is fair in love and war, right?In Your HeartI thought I had found love. I thought I had found my forever. I'd never been more wrong in all my life.Take A ChanceI had life all figured out. Married with a baby on the way I stupidly believed that things were perfect. But then the good guy I fell in love with turned out to not be as good as I thought. I was left alone to pick up the pieces of my life and provide for my daughter. And then I met him. Hayes. The bad boy that just might not be so bad.Also includes 26,000 words of EXCLUSIVE bonus material

Are the bonds of our first true love as strong as they feel when we're young, innocent and consumed with the promise of forever?The last time Charlotte Mason saw Simon Wade, he was shoving a paper bag from the pharmacy into her hands with a morning-after pill inside.Even though he literally left her holding the bag, when love is true it's limitless...and sometimes it's blind. She wants more for Simon than the ties that bind him to their dead-end town. He has one shot at a better life, and she'll stand aside so he can take it.Nearly four years later Charlotte is still nowhere to be found, and it's not as if Simon hasn't been looking. How can he forget the girl who still haunts his dreams?When the Night is Over is Book 1 in Lily Foster's Blackbird Series.

Andrew McQuaid wasn’t always the local playboy. Once upon a time, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with one woman-Gia Mancuso. When he made a mistake and lost her, he decided he wasn’t meant to have a happy-ever-after. Now, Gia’s come back to town, with a baby in tow, and it might just mean a second chance at forever, if he can convince her that he never stopped loving her.     Ten years after leaving, Gia finds herself back in Hidden Falls. Between helping her ailing father save the family restaurant and taking care of the baby her sister left on her doorstep, she doesn’t have time for the man who once broke her heart. But Andrew is all grown-up now, in every single way. And the part of her that has always been his can’t quite say no to his tempting kisses.     Just when Gia begins to open her heart, a devastating secret emerges that threatens to destroy her family and any future with Andrew. Are they doomed to repeat the mistakes of their past or can Andrew convince Gia that she’s always been his one and only?

A tortured man finds love in this emotional second-chance romance.My life was adrift...Until I found her.Shattered and lost after an accident that nearly claimed my life, Cora was the nurse who cared for me. She attended not only to my physical injuries, but for a brief moment, I believed she could mend my broken heart as well.But, our lives were headed in two opposite directions and I never thought I’d see her again.Three years later when she moves to my small town, I can’t help but wonder if the universe is trying to tell me something.Now a single mother, Cora is looking for a fresh start. For years, I’ve been wandering the streets of this town, searching for something too.Perhaps it’s been her all along.