A determined widow faces the challenge of a new life to regain the confidence and independence of her youth, but finds that life, unlike knitting, doesn't always follow a pattern.After twenty-five years of being the perfect wife and mother, Martha LeBeau finds herself unexpectedly widowed and shocked to discover her husband had been living a double life, leaving her penniless and in debt. Determined to regain her lost confidence and independence, she sells her suburban Chi...

Cara Olson is forced to put aside her struggling art career in Chicago to care for her ailing grandmother in Wisconsin. While journeying with her beloved Gram through the diagnosis of possible Alzheimer's disease, she loses and then rediscovers her passion for art and experiences the resurrection of a past love.Struggling artist Cara Olson is called home to Wisconsin to care for her ailing grandmother who is showing signs of Alzheimer's disease. Leaving behind her mentor//...

A sweet, lighthearted contemporary romance, set in Chicago, Illinois, about family and friendship, work and play, independence and connection, and in the middle of it all, a lovable mutt named Mac.Lani O'Donnell, a fiercely independent engineer, wants to prove to her four over-protective brothers that she is capable of running both her personal and professional life. She refuses to work for the family construction company and instead takes a job with the fledgling Flaherty...

Graceland "Grace" Braun is a self-reliant, dedicated high school counselor. She spent her youth moving around as her mother, Maybelle, a Dolly Parton-wannabe and Elvis groupie, worked her way through several marriages while desperately searching for her "one true love." Their relationship was more like sisters than mother/daughter, with Grace becoming the practical one who worried about paying for food and rent.When her mother abandoned Grace at the age of fourteen in Pine Falls, W...

If you open your heart, magic can happen.Life has been tough for Carol Schneider, an elementary school teacher and mom to three sons, but she keeps rebounding. First it was the divorce that thrust her into single parenthood and left her to cope with her sons' emotional fallout. Then it was breast cancer. Just when things seem to be smoothing out, Carol must confront her ex-husband who disagrees with her strategy to get their rebellious teenage son back on the straight and ...

Widower Tobias Cole has done a decent job raising his daughter Lindsey. Until now. On the cusp of adolescence, Lindsey is a bubbling cauldron of emotion—moody, dreamy, and rebellious. Toby feels guilt not only over his inadequacy in guiding his daughter through puberty but also over his wife’s death from cancer. He’s a medical doctor, and medicine failed to keep his wife alive.His quiet life in Arlington, Connecticut takes a dramatic turn when Susannah Dawson moves into the house n...

For the first time ever, four of Elizabeth Kelly’s popular holiday novellas are available in one holiday collection!Sordid GamesDaisy Morrison’s plan for a quiet and perfectly dull Christmas isn’t working out. Her roommate has a secret boyfriend and, terrified her family will find out, convinces Daisy to be her pretend lesbian lover during the holidays. Sleeping with a handsome and sexy stranger the night before she meets her “girlfriend’s”...

When you come undone, sometimes the only way to find yourself is to go back home…AvaI was about to land my dream writing job when I hit a plot twist.See, I inherited a fixer-upper inn in my small hometown. Where my first love—the guy who broke my heart—still lives.I wish I could say our chemistry had disappeared. But it hasn’t.So now, I have to figure out how to walk down memory lane without repeating histor...

Do you like realistic romance with a side of angst?Do you crave books where characters learn to love after loss?Do you inhale a fast-paced book that grips you from the first page?Then you'll swoon for the Stag brothers series.Forbidden romance, fake fiancés, and hot-head athletes...this emotional series will curl your toes and tug at your heartstrings.Readers are calling these brooding brothers from Pittsbu...

The Proposal Laughbox contains THREE full-length novels and TWO novellas - ONE ALL NEW! - from New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Julia Kent’s series.Who doesn’t love a funny, heartwarming proposal? Diamond engagement rings, flowers, candy, romantic dinners — it’s all in here in rom com style.Julia Kent’s madcap style, that is.Future brides swallow engagement rings, paparazzi crash tender moments when...

There’s no place like Whiskey River for the holidays…Nico Rossi isn’t someone that people usually say no to—especially at Christmas time. Women have always been easy come, easy go for the branding expert, but he’s been off his game lately—especially when a beautiful small business owner turns his offer down. Coming home for his brother’s wedding offers him a chance to prove that he still has his legendary charm and business mojo.Cressida Cormac avoids Chris...

She’s an A-list Hollywood starlet. He’s a gossip reporter. Sleeping with the enemy has never been sweeter…Kimberleigh Cress didn’t get to be one of the one of the hottest young actresses in Hollywood without learning how to protect herself. Rule number one? Don’t show weakness. Ever. Especially not in front of the press.So when a sleazy tabloid reporter comes upon her during a vulnerable moment, the last thing she expects is kindness.Sexy, charming,...