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Life was simple for Kaity Jordan, which was just how she liked it. She lived alone in her grandparent's old, rundown house, but working as a barista, she was barely getting by. The peaceful moments for her was the time she spent watching dragonflies at the old Thaxton house and being in church.

To her surprise, Stacy Cauthen, an accountant from Atlanta wins a contest, she didn't even enter, to spend a romantic weekend in the Colorado mountains with Slade Collins, the movie star. What happens when they get to the chalet is both funny and romantic. What will they do when a blizzard hits and the power goes out forcing them to sleep in front of the fire together? Will love find its way in or will they say goodbye on Monday?

Sara secretly had a crush on Wes and had most of her life. Then when Wes rejects her love and moves to Montana, she jumps into her work as an artist and into the arms of another man. It is not until a tragic accident happens that things start to turn around for Sara. Could she finally have true love with the cowboy in her dreams or will her blindness cause her to throw it all away?

In the second book of the Cowen series, adventure and romance fill the narration as Laird Ewan thought he'd be starting his life with Evina, the one woman that stole his breath away, but Laird McKinney had other plans. With Evina kidnapped only moments before the wedding, Laird Ewan, angry and desperate, goes out in search of his love, vowing to bring her back, even if it meant his life. With everything at stake, Ewan and his army search the land for Evina, but when they find her, will it be too late?

Victoria Slaughter was a strong willed young woman. She knew what she wanted in a husband, and it wasn't going to be a prearranged marriage as her parents had. When the Civil War looms near, her father has to take matters into his own hands. In comes Zane Camden, a hard-working, handsome shipping magnate from Boston. Victoria immediately turned her back on him. Could he win her over? Would her father force her hand? Would the Civil War change things forever at Magnolia Hill Plantation?

Chase Cauthen is a passionate man. His dream is to be a champion in the rodeo circuit, but with that dream comes danger. Cara Middleton is the one woman who will try to tame the wildest of the Cauthen Brood. The moment he locks eyes with her in the arena, he has to have her, but having her means giving up his dream. Can he walk away from the life he strives for?

Willa Granger, an antique dealer from Salem, doesn’t know how her life is about to change when she inherits a journal from her great-great-grandmother. The journal has a spell on it. The moment Willa begins to write in it, she’s transported back to medieval Ireland. She finds herself on a grassy hill beside the sea, unsure of what’s just happened.

Rain, a book editor from New York, is taken back to the old west where she meets Sloan Weatherby, a rancher in the 1850s. Ever since childhood, Rain had read western romances and dreamed of living in Texas during the 1800s. She’d always imagined being the wife of a rancher with work-roughened hands and a heart bigger than Texas.

The moment Laird Ewan Cowen looks into Evina McLeod’s emerald green eyes, the sparks fly. He needs a bride, and she needs his protection from the evil Laird McKinney. When Ewan offers marriage in exchange for his protection, Evina has no choice, but the love that unfolds in the days before their wedding is unexpected. Neither of them knew that McKinney had a hidden agenda. Evina was the pawn in McKinney’s plan and after they were wed, he would see his plan accomplished, ending Ewan’s life in the process with the help of a spy within Ewan’s clan.

Her breath caught in her throat as the white sails came into view. She watched The Lady sail into port grandly. Although it was a known Pirate ship she couldn’t help but admire it. He wanted to see her again. He’d only caught site of her quickly on the docks. Who was she? She’d been like a breath of fresh air. Their fates were entwined. Although he was deemed a pirate by most, those that knew him were aware of the truth. He would protect her.

Marina was known as a witch in Boston, but to those that knew her best, she was a healer. From the moment she first went back in time using an ancient journal, she knew that life would never be the same. The man she met was beyond anything she’d ever known. Ryland, a blacksmith living in a little French village in the early 1600s knew from the moment he saw Marina that she was his true love. But the local king also loved Marina and would do anything to have her as his own.

They knew God had brought them together for a reason. But when Bella realizes that Simon might not be what she had thought, will she be able to save herself? When something triggers a violence in him, will their marriage and their faith be able to survive? This is a journey of faith through the dark, dangerous world of domestic violence and how God can heal all wounds.

In this last book of the Cowen Clan Series, Evina finds out she's with child, but Ewan is missing. Will he return or has McKinney had his final revenge? When all hope is lost, Evina turns sick from poisoning. Hildy struggles to keep Evina and her unborn child alive, as the poison Ceana put in Evina's drink threatens to kill them both. Will Ewan return in time, or will the Cowen legacy end?

Tom Breckin knew the moment he saw the masked woman across the dance floor that he'd lost his heart. Then, she disappeared, only to reappear as a stowaway on his ship. What would he do with a woman on a pirate ship? Things are about to get interesting, but very dangerous.

Maggie is the youngest of the Cauthen children, watched very closely by her brothers. When they realize that she has been seeing a man who is much older than her, the brothers grow worried. Maggie resents the overprotective way they manage her love life. When they confront the man, she turns on them. They are forced to realize she’s no longer a child, and they struggle with the relationship between the couple.

After two tours in Iraq, Ridge returns to the Five Oaks Ranch to take his place in the business. But he struggles with nightmares and the memories of everything he's seen in the last seven years. Always the toughest of the siblings, he's turned hard-edged and even harder to get close to. When the new veterinarian comes in and starts to chisel her way through his stone façade, Ridge tries to ignore the electricity that sparks between them.

When Randy lost his wife, he fell apart, his faith tested. She was his soul mate. But he had to start life alone with his two little girls. Things change drastically when Joy moves in to help with the house and the girls. Suddenly he feels alive again. Can he love again? Is she the Christian woman he’d prayed for? His faith is tested and rewarded in this sweet story of loss, new love and test of faith.

He haunts her dreams; She torments his nights! When Lydia returns home for her father's funeral she's forced to face hard reality. She left town two years earlier with a secret and a broken heart. As she sits at the graveside she sees the man that's haunted her dreams for those two years. She realizes it's time to tell him the secret she's carried around for two years, but will he forgive her or turn away? The fire they started that fated New Year's Eve two years ago has smoldered, building in intensity and heat.

When Lacey Dannon gets left at the altar she's stunned. Her best friend acts quickly and puts her on a plane to the destination of her dreams, Switzerland at Christmas time. The destination also includes staying in a chalet with a grieving Cowboy, Drake Tyler. He has his reasons for staying in the Alps alone. When their eyes meet for the first time, they know it's something special, but will their past pull them apart or will the love of Christmas Open the Heart

When Amanda moves to a small town to pursue her career as a Children's Minister, she never expects to find the man God has sent for her. But just as she opens her heart up to him something terrible happens to her causing her to shut the world out, including the love of her life. Will he be able to help her find her faith or will she forever be lost?