A California Christmas

A California Christmas

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Spend the holidays in Silver Springs, where the greatest gift of all is the love you never expected. Up-and-coming TV anchor Emery Bliss can't imagine anything more humiliating than the sex tape her ex revenge-posted online. That is, until it causes her to lose her job on top of her self-esteem. Seeking solace—and anonymity—in Silver Springs, Emery isn't looking to get involved with another man any time soon. But when she's thrown back into contact with Dallas Turner, she sees something that his many detractors have missed.Being home for the holidays and his adoptive mother's wedding isn't where mountain climber Dallas feels most comfortable. Thanks to his troubled childhood, he'd rather be on a rock face alone than trying to connect with people. Emery, however, makes him want to overcome his past...somehow.Both Emery and Dallas had been planning on a quiet, solitary Christmas, but the sparks between them are lighting a fire strong enough...
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Hunting Memories

Hunting Memories

Barb Hendee

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance/suspense / Dark Fantasy

The co-author of the bestselling Noble Dead novels continues her “exhilarating”(SF Revu) new vampire series. Eleisha Clevon has begun a correspondence with fellow vampire Rose de Spenser. Both reluctant predators, they venture outside only when the hunger becomes unbearable, trying not to draw attention to themselves—and feel guilty when ending human lives. But Eleisha has learned a way to draw blood from her victims without killing them. She wants to share this knowledge with like-minded vampires and create a haven where they can exist together—and forge a united front against Julian Ashton, a vampire who has been hunting down and destroying his own kind…
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Meant for You

Meant for You

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Old grudges become new loves in this enchanting contemporary romance originally published as Stranger in TownThe car accident was Hannah Price's fault—a tragic mistake 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. He's bitter and withdrawn and entirely 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 what happened. Especially when Gabe becomes her son's football coach, and she begins to fall in love with the...
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Unforgettable You

Unforgettable You

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs, where no past mistake is so big the heart can't find a way to fix it.Jada Brooks couldn't have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn't have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled. Or that she'd be forced to shun Maddox completely—only to discover she was carrying his child.Although Maddox was devastated by the events that transpired that fateful night, losing Jada was the worst of it. He's back in Silver Springs, ready to make amends and provide the kind of youth outreach that once saved him. If he'd known Jada was in town, too, he would never have come. Jada's returned to Silver Springs to be with family after her father's death. But when she sees Maddox, every tough decision she's made concerning their now twelve-year-old daughter begins to haunt...
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The Bookstore on the Beach

The Bookstore on the Beach

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

"A page-turner with a deep heart."—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of SummerHow do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven't closed the book on the previous one?Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac's husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can't imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try.Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband's return? She can only trust her...
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When I Found You

When I Found You

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Sometimes the biggest emotional risk can reap the best romantic reward...After everything she worked for is destroyed, pediatrician Natasha Gray is determined to build a new life. Divorced, bankrupt and suddenly a single mom, she's ready to start over in Silver Springs—on her own. She certainly doesn't need help from Mack Amos, the man who's already broken her heart twice.Although Mack has had feelings for Tash since they first met, too many things have stood in the way. He's always given her the support she needs, though, and he'll do the same now. Even if the desire he wrestles with threatens to undermine his intentions...But her heart is not the only reason Natasha wants to keep Mack at bay. More time in her life means getting closer to her son, which could lead to a revelation neither of them is ready to face.Silver SpringsBook 1: Finding Our ForeverBook 2: No One but YouBook 3: Until You Loved MeBook 4: Right Where We...
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Falling For You

Falling For You

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Join Brenda Novak in Dundee, Idaho, for a delightful story about two rivals who can't fight their growing attraction in this contemporary romance originally published as A Husband of her Own in 2003Rebecca Wells desperately wants to overcome her reputation. She's finally trying to put an end to her twenty-four-year rivalry with the perfect Josh Hill, a rivalry that began when she was a kid and the Hills moved in across the street. Great-looking, popular, a successful horse rancher, Josh is Dundee's golden boy—and the son her father always wanted.But even when her father insists they call a truce, it's hard for Rebecca to drop her resentment of Josh. She refuses to acknowledge that she feels more for him than she's ever let on. The man she loves to hate is also the man she'd hate to love...
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Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak brings you a captivating story of two sisters who have to escape their hometown to change their future. Hope Tanner escaped her polygamous community in Superior, Utah, ten years ago—pregnant and alone. She ended up at The Birth Place in Enchantment, New Mexico, where Lydia Kane, the clinic's founder, handled the private adoption of her baby. A baby Hope never held...and never stopped thinking about. Now Hope briefly returns to her hometown to help her pregnant younger sister, Faith, escape, too. They flee to The Birth Place for sanctuary, but Parker, the center's administrator and a widowed single father, isn't pleased to see Hope back in Enchantment. She doesn't understand his animosity. In fact, she almost wonders if he has something to hide...
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Coulda Been a Cowboy

Coulda Been a Cowboy

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Originally published as Coulda Been A Cowboy, this refreshing story shows that even the bumpiest roads are worth traveling for the right person. Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride.If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal—and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no-nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate.Dakota doesn't care for football—or for a man who doesn't seem to want his own son. But she needs this job, and that precious little baby needs her.Dakota isn't Tyson's kind of woman. But the more he sees of her—and the more he sees of his son—the harder he wants to hang on.Originally published in 2007 under the title Coulda...
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Blind Spot

Blind Spot

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

New York Times bestseller Brenda Novak's Evelyn Talbot series returns, with a heavily pregnant Evelyn being held hostage.With Jasper Moore, the privileged boy who attacked her when she was only sixteen, finally caught and in prison, Dr. Evelyn Talbot, founder and head psychiatrist at Hanover House (a prison/research facility for psychopaths in remote Alaska), believes she can finally quit looking over her shoulder. She's safe, happier than she's ever been and expecting her first child. She's also planning to marry Amarok, her Alaska State Trooper love interest and the town's only police presence. But before the wedding can take place, a psychopath from the much more recent past comes out of nowhere and kidnaps her in broad daylight. Instead of planning her wedding, Evelyn finds herself doing everything she can to survive, save her baby and devise some way to escape while Amarok races the clock to find her - before it's too late.
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The Best Christmas Surprise

The Best Christmas Surprise

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Your Christmas wish come true! Enjoy this touching classic by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak, originally published under the title Just Like the Ones We Used to Know in the 2006 anthology Once Upon a Christmas.Angela Forrester's foster child Kayla has just one wish for Christmas...to meet her real dad. Angela is determined to ensure Kayla gets her wish, even though Matt Jackson has no idea he has a child at all. When Angela meets Matt, she doesn't have a chance to tell him about his little girl before sparks instantly fly between them, complicating matters. Will he turn tail and run when he learns the truth, or will he be the man and father they always dreamed of?
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To Kill a Kettle Witch

To Kill a Kettle Witch

Barb Hendee

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance/suspense / Dark Fantasy

National bestselling author Barb Hendee returns to the world of the Mist-Torn witches, as two sisters who can see the secrets of the past and the mysteries of the future begin a quest to save the family they never knew existed.... Powerful prince Malcolm is facing ruin in the wake of a curse that has destroyed his harvest. He blames the band nomadic Móndyalítko who summer in the meadow below his castle—and he is determined to root out the people who caused the blight by any means necessary. When Céline and Amelie Fawe, descended from the Móndyalítko, learn that their mother's people are under suspicion of sabotage and treason, they set out to use their magical gifts to save their estranged relatives and learn about their own origins. Now it's up to the sisters—along with their motley escort, including a prince's lieutenant, a shape-shifter, and an old woman with a murky past—to discover the...
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To Win Her Heart

To Win Her Heart

Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance / Romance/suspense / Historical Romance

Abby Ashton's roommate-from-hell...her mother. If she doesn't get her parents back together, she'll go crazy. So Abby schemes to get them to Mexico with her, hoping the vacation will lead to romance. And it does—for Abby and race-car driver "Gunner" Stevens.Tall, dark and charming Jason Lawrence keeps visiting Mel Anders's veterinary clinic—with everything from a drooling St. Bernard to a potbelly pig. And the man doesn't even seem to like animals. Hmm...Mel is mighty suspicious—but she never suspects her mom....Originally published in 2004
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