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...

Liam’s a single dad of twins and my best friend, so sleeping with him probably wasn’t a good idea.From Marie Johnston comes a small town, single dad, friends to lovers romance.After my husband’s funeral, I had a breakdown that lasted for a month…or twelve. But now I’m reemerging, healing, and finding my way. It’s time to learn who I am, and whether or not I can fix a leaky sink.By my side the entire time is my husband’s best friend....

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...

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,...

This story starts with a theft.Iris Maeve has always had a penchant for things from the past. It's why she studied art history in college and why she opened her own antique store in Destiny Falls.She prefers the simpler things, the slower pace of life in her hometown. She has her shop, her friends, and her little cabin in the woods.Her life is going according to plan.Until, one night, her store is broken into.The thieves got away wit...

They’ve found exactly what they weren’t looking for…Archaeologist Rosalinda Morales is focused more on what’s in the soil and caves of the famed Legacy Ranch, rather than what’s on it—the sexy and charismatic cowboy heir. As a single mom to her special needs son, she knows what it’s like to struggle, so even though Toby Dixon has charm pulsing through his veins, she’s determined to resist.Despite trying to mend bridges, Toby Dixon’s brothers have no interes...

WyattI'm no hero. Don't much care that the Navy disagrees with me. My years as a SEAL left me with a ledger full of blood, a permanent limp, and a complete inability to function in polite society. Up in the mountains, no one bothers me. Hell, no one even knows I exist. It's better that way.So why did I bring the beaten and bloodied woman back to my cabin?Because when I found her trapped in an SUV hanging upside down at the edge of the cliff...