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The Wedding Dare by Katherine Garbera

Posted May 13, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

“I dare you…”

When exes reconnect at a weekend wedding getaway…it’s game on.

For TV producer Quinn Murray, hooking up with her ex at a beach wedding spells trouble.

But Logan Bisset is her weakness, and she’s up for facing him again.

She knows that for the hard-driving CEO, winning has always been everything.

But when Logan’s family secrets are exposed, Quinn is the only one he can turn to.

Will she also be the one to convince the competitive bachelor that winning means nothing without daring to risk his heart?

Titles in the Destination Wedding series include — (Her One Night Proposal) a prequel – The Wedding Dare – The One from the Wedding – Secrets of a Wedding Crasher –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Her One Night Proposal by Katherine Garbera

Posted May 12, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Series Revisit, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

The perfect wedding date…

but at what cost?

She’s about to get way more than she bargained for…Iris Collins needs a wedding date, fast. And the billionaire who saved her from public shaming is the best candidate yet.

She’ll invest in Zac Bisset’s yacht-racing team in exchange for four days in paradise. After all, Zac is adventurous, sexy…perfect for a straitlaced heiress to show off on her arm.

Until they land in her bed. Now their real connection—and the backlash of a family scandal—threatens their perfect facade…

Her One Night Proposal is part of the One Night mini-series and those titles include — One Night with His Ex – One Night, Two Secrets – One Night to Risk It All – Her One Night Proposal

… but.

It is also the real beginning of the Destination Wedding series and those titles include — (Her One Night Proposal) -The Wedding Dare – The One From The Wedding – Secrets of a Wedding Crasher –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Staking a Claim by Janice Maynard

Posted May 1, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Series Connection, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

It’s a Lone Star matchmaking twin swap!

As a favor to his identical twin, Joshua Banks agrees to pose as his brother. The switch is supposed to last for just one “date” with Layla Grandin, their childhood friend.

But dinner soon leads to much, much more.

Trust is everything to Layla—she’s been burned before and secrets are destroying her ranching family.

If Joshua stands any chance of staking a claim on relationship-wary Layla, the Texan has to confess so much more than his true identity. And risk losing more than he ever imagined…

Titles in the multi-author Texas Cattleman’s Club: Ranchers and Rivals series include — Staking a Claim by Janice MaynardBoyfriend Lessons by Sophia Singh SassonOn Opposite Sides by Cat SchieldRivalry at Play by Nadine Gonzalez

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Anyone But A Fortune by Judy Duarte

Posted May 1, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

“You say my name like it’s a dirty word.”

Self-made woman, Sofia De Leon has heard enough about the old money Fortune family to know that Beau Fortune is not to be trusted.

He might be tall, dark, handsome, and rich, but he’s so not her type.

And now that they are competing for the same business award, he is also her rival.

It is just a hot Texas minute, though, before ambition begins warring with attraction…

Titles in The Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift multi-author series include — Their New Year’s Beginning by Michelle Majors – A Soldier’s Dare by Jo McNally – Anyone But A Fortune by Judy Duarte – Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson – A Fortune in the Family by Kathy Douglass – Finding Fortune’s Secret by Allison Leigh –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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A Soldier’s Dare by Jo McNally

Posted April 30, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

“You said you’re not scared. Prove it.”

When Jack Radcliffe dares Belle Fortune to kiss him at the Hotel Fortune’s Valentine’s Ball, he thinks he’s just having fun.

She’s a pampered Southern princess newly moved to Texas, and she’s interested in someone else. In other words, she’s “safe.”

From the moment their lips touch, however, the former military man is in trouble.

The woman he shouldn’t want challenges him to confront his painful past—and face his future head-on…

Titles in The Fortunes of Texas multi-author series include — Their New Year’s Beginning by Michelle Majors – A Soldier’s Dare by Jo McNally – Anyone But A Fortune by Judy Duarte – Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson – A Fortune in the Family by Kathy Douglass – Finding Fortune’s Secret by Allison Leigh –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Their New Year’s Beginning by Michelle Major

Posted April 30, 2022 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Series Connection, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

At the stroke of midnight,

A stranger’s kiss changes everything

Brian Fortune doesn’t think he will ever find the woman he kissed at his brother’s New Year’s wedding. So when the search for the provenance of a mysterious gift leads him into a local antique store a few days later, he’s stunned to find Emmaline Lewis, proprietor—and mystery kisser!

Surprise turns to shock when he realizes that she’s also six months pregnant. Brian has never been the type to commit—and he’s really not ready to become a family man in one fell swoop! But suddenly he knows he’ll do anything to stay at Emmaline’s side—for good…

Titles in The Fortunes of Texas multi-author series include — Their New Year’s Beginning by Michelle Majors – A Soldier’s Dare by Jo McNally – Anyone But A Fortune by Judy Duarte – Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson – A Fortune in the Family by Kathy Douglass – Finding Fortune’s Secret by Allison Leigh –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Wrong Brother, Right Kiss by Joss Wood

Posted April 30, 2022 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

This was her former brother-in-law.

The last person who should make her feel hot…and alive.

Events guru Cody Gallant is off-limits to Tinsley Ryder-White. Why? Cody is the brother of her unreliable ex-husband.

Sure, there’s a major spark between them. But she won’t risk falling in love again. Even if Cody is sexy and considerate—everything his brother isn’t.

Business pushes them together, but she can’t blame that for kissing him on New Year’s! Is it a future together she sees in Cody’s smoldering gaze? Or the promise of another Gallant-brother heartbreak?

Titles in the Dynasties: DNA Dilemma series include — Secrets of a Bad Reputation – Wrong Brother, Right Kiss – Lost and Found Heir – The Secret Heir Returns – 

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Secrets of a Bad Reputation by Joss Wood

Posted April 29, 2022 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

He uses his bad-boy persona as a shield

until she gets past his defenses…

After years in seclusion, music megastar Griff O’Hare is about to reboot his career. Performing at Ryder International’s elite charity ball will rehabilitate his tattered reputation. 

But Kinga Ryder-White, who’s managing the ball, is wary of risking its success on a charismatic, but unreliable, hell-raiser. She’s the most uptight woman he’s ever met—and the only one who makes him lose control.

After a searing night of passion, will Griff risk revealing the secrets of his bad reputation?

Titles in the Dynasties: DNA Dilemma series include — Secrets of a Bad ReputationWrong Brother, Right Kiss – Lost and Found Heir – The Secret Heir Returns – 

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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In Bloom by Fern Michaels, Carolyn Brown and Lori Foster

Posted April 28, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series Connection, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Women's Fiction / 0 Comments

AMAZING GRACIE * Fern Michaels

After years spent traveling the world as a flight attendant, Gracie Walden is ready to stay a little closer to her roots, starting with two weeks at home in Amarillo, Texas. But there’s unexpected turbulence between her mother, Ella, and her older sister, Hope—and it will lead to a revelation that changes Gracie’s life in amazing ways . . .

THE MOTHER’S DAY CROWN * Carolyn Brown

Monica Allen still hasn’t forgiven Tyler Magee for breaking her heart when they were teenagers. Ten years on, they’re back in Luella, Texas, visiting their respective grandmothers. and there’s just a white picket fence and a whole lot of awkwardness between them. Will two weeks be long enough for Monica to learn to stop holding a grudge—and hold on to love?

MEANT TO BE * Lori Foster

When Cory Creed was just a little girl, she knew she’d grow up to marry Austin Winston—and she made the mistake of telling him so. Tired of watching him avoid her ever since, Cory has decided it’s time to leave Visitation, North Carolina, and Austin, behind. But Austin has finally realized what Cory was once so sure of, and now it’s his turn to prove they belong together . . . with a little help from their mothers.

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Colton’s Pursuit of Justice by Marie Ferrarella

Posted April 27, 2022 by Marsha in Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Determined to redeem the Coltons’ reputation

He’ll help with even the unlikeliest case…

His family name is being dragged through the mud, but Caleb Colton is about righting wrongs.

So when he believes that activist Nadine Sutherland’s father has been duped by a shady oil company, Caleb vows to help her—and protect her.

Someone doesn’t want Nadine poking into the deal, and the threats are escalating.

But as Caleb works overtime with passionate Nadine, guarding his heart gets harder and harder…and so does staying alive!

Titles in the multi-author Coltons of Colorado series include — Colton’s Pursuit of Justice by Marie Ferrarella –Snowed In With a Colton by Lisa Childs – Colton’s Dangerous Reunion by Justine Davis – Stalking Colton’s Family by Geri Krotow – Undercover Colton by Addison Fox – Colton Countdown by Tara Taylor Quinn – Colton’s Secret Sabotage by Deborah Fletcher Mello –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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His Lost and Found Family by Tara Taylor Quinn

Posted April 24, 2022 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Owned or Purchased, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Is he ready…

to be a father to this little girl?

Learning he’s guardian to his orphaned niece sends child-averse architect Michael O’Connell’s life into a tailspin.

He’s floored by the responsibility, so when child life specialist Mariah Anderson agrees to pitch in at home, Michael thinks she’s heaven-sent.

Michael is shocked at the depth of his own connection to Mariah, and when she moves in, he opens his heart to her in ways he never could have imagined.

But can an instant family turn into a forever one?

Titles in the Sierra’s Web series include — His Lost and Found Family – Reluctant Roommates – Tracking His Secret Child – (November 2022 possible release) – (December 2022 possible release) –

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Worth the Risk by Anna J. Stewart

Posted March 17, 2022 by Marsha in Closed Bedroom Doors, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Heartwarming, Owned or Purchased, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

She’s playing it safe…

He’s anything but!

Famous race car driver Declan Cartwright is only in Butterfly Harbor to recuperate from a devastating crash.

But when food truck operator Alethea Costas literally falls into his arms, he realizes the sleepy seaside town has more to offer than he imagined.

Alethea is drawn to the charming daredevil despite her cautious nature.

Can he show her that taking a chance on life—and love—is worth the risk?

Titles in the Butterfly Harbor series include – The Bad Boy of Butterfly Harbor – Recipe for Redemption – A Dad for Charlie – Always the Hero – Holiday Kisses – Safe in His Arms – The Firefighter’s Thanksgiving Wish – A Match Made Perfect – Bride on the Run – Building a Surprise Family  Worth the Risk – The Mayor’s Baby Surprise –

This is a romance that includes no swearing, no violence, and no sexual content (beyond a few light kisses).

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K-9 Hideout by Elizabeth Heiter

Posted March 15, 2022 by Marsha in Harlequin, Harlequin Intrigue, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

 

Dirty cops, hidden identities, and a deadly stalker…

Police handler Tate Emory is thankful that Sabrina Jones saved his trusty K-9 companion, Sitka, but he didn’t sign up for national media exposure.

That publicity unveils his true identity to the dirty Boston cops he took down…and brings Sabrina’s murderous stalker even closer to his target.

With their covers blown, Tate will risk his life—and his guarded heart—to save Sabrina from a fatal end.

Titles in the K-9 Alaska series include – K-9 Defense – Alaska Mountain Rescue –  K-9 Cold Case – K-9 Hideout

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Desert Rescue by Lisa Phillips

Posted March 13, 2022 by Marsha in Closed Bedroom Doors, Contemporary Romance, Little to No Sexual Content (kissing), Love Inspired (Harlequin), Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin), Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Series Multi-Author / 0 Comments

With his K-9’s help,

can he save the son he didn’t know existed?

Rescuing a kidnapped child is part of the job for search-and-rescue K-9 handler Patrick Sanders—but this time it’s his son.

Now Patrick and his furry partner must work with his high school love, Jennie Wilcox, to shield the little boy he just learned about.

But with someone targeting them, will Patrick and Jennie survive to face their painful past and become a family?

Titles in the K-9 Search & Rescue multi-author series include — Desert Rescue by Lisa Phillips – Trailing a Killer by Carol J. Post – Mountain Survival by Christy Barritt – Search and Defend by Heather Woodhaven – Following the Trail by Lynette Eason – Dangerous Mountain Rescue by Christy Barritt –

This is a romance that includes no swearing, little if any violence, and no sexual content (beyond a few light kisses).

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The Rebel Cowboy’s Baby by Sasha Summers

Posted March 6, 2022 by Marsha in Closed Bedroom Doors, Harlequin, Harlequin Heartwarming, Modern Western Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

 

 

Can a wild cowboy prove…

He’s daddy material?

Rodeo cowboy Audy Briscoe loves getting into trouble.

If he can’t charm his way into beautiful and straitlaced Brooke Young’s heart, then he’ll settle for rilin’ her up but good!

When a terrible tragedy leaves them co-guardians of a baby girl, Audy finds himself in over his head.

Is it too late to turn this restless rebel cowboy into the kind of man—and father—Brooke could love?

Titles in The Cowboys of Garrison, Texas series include — The Rebel Cowboy’s Baby – The Wrong Cowboy – To Trust A Cowboy – 

This is a romance that includes no swearing, no violence, and no sexual content (beyond a few light kisses).

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