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Eleven years ago Alexa Hamilton left the South behind, fleeing the pain of her ex-husband's betrayal and the cruelty of his prominent Charleston family. Now an assistant D.A. in Manhattan, she's made a name for herself as a top prosecutor while juggling her role as devoted single mom to a teenage daughter. But everything changes when Alexa is handed her latest case: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Facing a high-stakes trial, her private...

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions … The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone...

Shelby Sparks and Max Berkman are hiking above the Colorado Bend River when the night sky is filled with the aurora borealis. A beautiful sight, Shelby realizes that it also signals the end of life as they know it. A major solar flare is the only thing that would cause the aurora to be seen so far south, and such an event would destroy all modern technology--including electricity. What follows is a fight for survival as the town of Abney comes to...

Hope Harbor police chief Lexie Graham has plenty on her plate raising her son alone and dealing with a sudden rash of petty theft and vandalism in her coastal Oregon hometown. As a result, she has zero time for extracurricular activities-- including romance. Ex-con Adam Stone isn't looking for love either-- but how ironic is it that the first woman to catch his eye is a police chief? Yet wishing for things that can never be is foolish. Nevertheless,...

"Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Then Julia, his young widowed neighbor, asks for his help with a Christmas project, and suddenly Levi finds a sense of purpose again. Friendship grows into attraction, yet Levi can't help having doubts. There's something about Julia that doesn't ring quite true. Julia Kemp has survived her fair share of hardships--but only by hiding the truth of her past. After meeting Levi,...

"After a disastrous marriage, widow Mandy McClellen Gray is doing just fine in her remote mountain home. She's got her three children to keep her company and gold in the bank to keep her solvent. The last thing she needs right now is a cantankerous cowboy encroaching on her life. Rancher Tom Linscott is as tough and cranky as his unruly stallion. When he finds outlaws have trapped Mandy on her mountain, he's determined to rescue her, whether she wants...

"Single mom Lizzie Bea Carpenter knows no white knight will save her. A hardworking waitress at the local diner, she's raising her daughter to be like the independent women in her 'Enemy Club'--high school rivals turned best friends, who always tell each other the whole truth and nothing but! Yet part of Lizzie wishes she did have a man's help, just for things like fixing up the house. Enter Dante 'Tay' Giovanni: sexy, kind, and offering assistance--no...