A 5-star rating in the Readers’ Favorite International contest!It’s 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, a haven for hardened criminals—and the women who find themselves trapped in a dangerous game…Charlotte LeDoux’s nine-year marriage to bootlegging kingpin, Gus “Lucky” LeDoux, is falling apart. The same day Char learns she’s pregnant, she catches Gus in the act of adultery and it’s clear he has no intention of ending the affair....

Does time really heal all wounds?Libby Cunningham has finally found the daughter her father forced her to give up for adoption nearly sixteen years ago. She has never forgiven herself and now desperately wants to make it up to Amber for the years they’ve lost. However, she has also learned that Cash MacKenzie, Amber’s father, has custody. Libby has never forgotten that Cash broke her teenage heart and deserted her when she needed him the most. Now he holds...

Merry Connor is struggling to feed her two children, pay heating bills and fix her secondhand car.Though she’s barely making it financially, life is good. That is, compared to two years ago when she lost everything—thanks to her lying, deceiving ex-husband. She’s come a long way since then and doesn’t intend to look back. Even so, it’ll be a long time before she trusts anyone with her heart again.Tony Lewis hasn’t had a merry Christmas ...

Lonely and alone...At sixteen, Libby Cunningham’s mother is deceased, her father is constantly away on business and her grandmother rarely speaks a kind word to her. God is always judging her—or so she believes. Feeling unloved and unwanted, she dreads coming home after school to an empty house. The only bright spot in her life is the very thing her father forbids her to have—a boyfriend. Cash MacKenzie fulfills her deepest need when he vows to love her al...

Annika Nilsen is a small-town girl with big-city dreams…At twenty-eight, she's stuck in her hometown of West Loon Bay, Minnesota, population 397, with no boyfriend, no money, and no future. Life is boring and predictable until her best friend convinces her to take a road trip out west to see what they're missing. Everything is going according to the plan until her brother suddenly shows up with his bandmate, Alexander Lange. Annika's attraction to Alex is ...

Jenny Landon doesn’t believe in happy endings…The tragic death of her husband has convinced her that dreams don’t last and she never wants to risk losing her happiness—or her heart ever again. She’s totally unprepared to fall in love a second time, but when she meets Luke McCarran at her sister’s engagement party, his ability to understand her pain suggests he isn’t like other men. Can she bury the past and learn to love again?...

It’s June 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Charlotte LeDoux is determined to reinvent herself.Her late husband, a notorious bootlegger, left her a Summit Avenue mansion, a secret room filled with cash, and a reputation riddled with bullet holes. Char is desperate to rebuild her identity as an honest entrepreneur, but her plans falter when she repeatedly encounters unfair bias. Then she learns that one foolish mistake with her beau has left her in the famil...

It’s 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota and Prohibition is in full swing. A woman can vote, work full time, show her legs in public and cut her hair but she can’t enter a speakeasy without a man by her side…Charlotte LeDoux is struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Her late husband, Gus, has left her a lot to deal with—his sprawling business empire, his enemies, and an ex-mistress who desperately needs a friend. It’s tough for a woman to compete ...

Rock Henderson needs a wife—and fast.His dying mother’s last wish is to leave this world knowing her son is blissfully married…and producing grandchildren. It’s just a small lie to make her eternally happy, one he doesn’t think he’ll have to make good on until Zelda storms his riverfront penthouse the week before Christmas with her nurse and her twenty-pound tabby cat. With his ex-fiancée long gone and his wheelchair-bound mother demanding to meet his wife...

Annika Nilsen is a small-town girl with big-city dreams…At twenty-eight, she’s stuck in her hometown of West Loon Bay, Minnesota, population 397, with no boyfriend, no money, and no future. Life is boring and predictable until her best friend convinces her to take a road trip out west to see what they’re missing. Everything is going according to the plan until her brother suddenly shows up with his bandmate, Alexander Lange. Annika’s attraction to Alex is ...

Stephanie Jones’ relationship with her boyfriend is dead in the water. Literally...Jock Tanner has stood up Stephanie for the last time when he’s a no-show at the community celebration. She’s had it with their on-again, off-again relationship and plans to end itpermanently. That is, if he’d just answer his darn phone! Meanwhile, her girlfriends talk her into visiting a gypsy wagon to have their palms read. When it’s Stephanie’s turn, the gypsy iss...

The worst lies are the ones that you tell yourself…Carly Strand has been holding a secret close to her heart for nearly a decade. In high school, her infatuation with Erik Nilsen had produced a child. Sadly, by the time Rylee was born, Erik was long gone, leaving Carly no choice but to allow a married cousin to adopt her baby. She’s never been able to cope with losing her child or deal with Erik’s abandonment. Now, he’s back in town and wants to make amend...