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His promise will cost him far more than he imagined. Guilt has
defined Luke Dempsey's life, but it was self-destructiveness that
landed him in prison. When his friend and fellow inmate lay dying
shortly before Luke's release, the older man revealed he left a
string of clues for his daughter, Finley, that will lead her to the
treasure he's hidden. Worried that she won't be the only one
pursuing the treasure, he gains Luke's promise to protect her until
the end of her search. Spunky and idealistic, Finley Sutherland is
the owner of an animal rescue center and a defender of lost causes.
She accepts Luke's help on the treasure hunt while secretly
planning to help him in return--by coaxing him to embrace the
forgiveness he's long denied himself. As they draw closer to the
final clue, their reasons for resisting each other begin to
crumble, and Luke realizes his promise will push him to the limit
in more ways than one. He'll do his best to shield Finley from
unseen threats, but who's going to shield him from losing his
heart?
Winner of the 2018 Christy Award Book of the Year After a
devastating heartbreak three years ago, genealogist and historical
village owner Nora Bradford has decided that burying her nose in
her work and her books is far safer than romance in the here and
now. Unlike Nora, former Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient
John Lawson is a modern-day man, usually 100 percent focused on the
present. But when he's diagnosed with an inherited condition, he's
forced to dig into the secrets of his past and his adoption as an
infant, enlisting Nora to help him uncover the identity of his
birth mother. The more time they spend together, the more this pair
of opposites suspects they just might be a perfect match. However,
John's already dating someone and Nora's not sure she's ready to
trade her crushes on fictional heroes for the risks of a real
relationship. Finding the answers they're seeking will test the
limits of their identity, their faith, and their devotion to one
another.
The one woman he wants is the one he cannot have. Former foster kid
Sebastian Grant has leveraged his intelligence and hard work to
become a pediatric heart surgeon. But not even his career success
can erase the void he's tried so hard to fill. Then he meets high
school teacher Leah Montgomery and his fast-spinning world comes to
a sudden stop. He falls hard, only to make a devastating
discovery--Leah is the woman his best friend set his heart on
months before. Leah's a math prodigy who's only ever had one big
dream--to earn her PhD. Raising her little brother put that dream
on hold. Now that her brother will soon be college bound, she's not
going to let anything stand in her way. Especially romance . . .
which is far less dependable than algebra. When Leah receives
surprising results from the DNA test she submitted to a genealogy
site, she solicits Sebastian's help. Together, they comb through
hospital records to uncover the secrets of her history. The more
powerfully they're drawn to each other, the more strongly Sebastian
must resist, and the more Leah must admit that some things in
life--like love--can't be explained with numbers.
Winner of the Contemporary Romance category of the Christy Award
Winner of the Romance Category of the Kipp Book Award Loving her is
a risk he can't afford . . . and can't resist. When acclaimed Bible
study author Genevieve Woodward receives an anonymous letter
referencing her parents' past, she returns to her hometown in the
Blue Ridge Mountains to chase down her family's secret. However,
it's Genevieve's own secret that catches up to her when Sam Turner,
owner of a historic farm, uncovers the source of shame she's worked
so hard to hide. Sam has embraced his sorrow, his isolation, and
his identity as an outsider. He's spent years carving out both
career success and peace of mind. The last thing he wants is to
rent the cottage on his property to a woman whose struggles stir
his worst failure back to life. Yet can he bear to turn her away
right when she needs him most? "Wade launches the Misty River
Romance series with this crafty mix of tragedy, intrigue, and
romance. . . . Wade's endearing love story will appeal to readers
of Susan May Warren."--Publishers Weekly
Winner of the Contemporary Romance category of the Christy Award
Winner of the Romance category of the INSPY Award Famously
beautiful model Willow Bradford is reveling in the peace and quiet
of her hometown right up until the moment she comes face-to-face
with her ex-boyfriend, Corbin Stewart. Former NFL quarterback
Corbin is forceful, charming, and accustomed to getting what he
wants . . . except where Willow is concerned. He's never been able
to forget her, but Willow makes it crystal clear she's unwilling to
risk her heart again. When a decades-old mystery in Corbin's family
brings them together, will the heartbreak in their past and the
complications in their present keep them from falling for one
another all over again? Becky Wade is a native of California who
attended Baylor University, met and married a Texan, and now lives
in Dallas. A favorite among readers of Christian contemporary
romance, Becky has won a Carol Award, an Inspirational Reader's
Choice Award, and an INSPY Award. Learn more at www.beckywade.com.
"This contemporary romance novel is full of love, happiness, and
second chances. A lovely story of the dynamics of sibling
relationships that are centered around faith and family with a
decades old mystery that needs solving, and a chance to rekindle
with an old flame all wrapped up in a remarkable love story that is
sure to touch your heart. . . . Falling for You is a love story
with a mysterious twist that makes this a page turner you do not
want to miss!" --Fresh Fiction "The moderate pace and suspense of
the second installment of the Bradford Sisters series keeps you
reading to discover what happens next. . . . We encounter and
sympathize with both characters as they work out their personal
internal struggles. This book will stay with you for a long
time."--RT Book Reviews
From three bestselling authors come sweet stories about love,
friendship, and happily ever after. A Brush with Love by Rachel
Hauck (also published in A Season to Wed) Ginger emerges from the
pain of a childhood tragedy with a gift for bringing out the beauty
in others. Despite her prestigious partnerships and clients, Ginger
can't help feeling like she's on the outside looking in. But Ginger
will have to rally her confidence when she's asked to be the
"beauty-maker" for the Alabama society wedding of the decade. Then
her high-school crush Tom Wells Jr. also returns to town and asks
her for a haircut, Ginger's thinly veiled insecurities threaten to
keep her locked away from love. Despite Tom's best efforts, Ginger
can't forget how he disappeared on her twelve years ago and broke
her heart. Can she ever trust him again? Love in the Details by
Becky Wade (also published in To Have and to Hold) Eight years have
passed since Holly last saw her high school sweetheart, Josh. Now
his best friend's wedding has brought Josh back to Martinsburg,
Texas. His duties as best man and Holly's as the church's volunteer
wedding coordinator link them together. She never told him the true
reason for their breakup all those years ago, but it's hard to keep
the secret as feelings reemerge. And with those feelings comes the
fear that held her back the last time. Not a day's gone by since
Josh parted from Holly that he hasn't thought about her. He doesn't
want to make himself vulnerable to her again, but the more time he
spends with her, the harder it is to deny the love he still has for
her. As the wedding approaches, both Holly and Josh will have to
decide if they want to risk everything for love. An October Bride
by Katie Ganshert (also published in Autumn Brides) Emma Tate has
just ended an engagement. So when she suddenly announces that she's
engaged-again-this time to her lifelong buddy Jake Sawyer, every
busybody in town is talking about it. Of course, no one but Jake
and Emma know the real reason they're getting married: so Emma's
dying father will have a chance to walk her down the aisle. But
while Jake and Emma move forward with their plan and frantically
organize an October wedding, it becomes clear that their agreement
has a few complications-the biggest being their true feelings for
each other. With dubious friends, ecstatic parents, and nosy
neighbors, Emma and Jake have a lot to contend with if they're
going to pull this off. The real question is who wants this wedding
more, Emma's dad or Emma?
2014 Carol Award Winner for Romance 2014 Inspirational Reader's
Choice Award Winner for Long Contemporary When Meg Cole's father
dies unexpectedly, she's forced to return home to Texas and to
Whispering Creek Ranch to take up the reins of his empire. The last
thing she has the patience or the sanity to deal with? Her father's
Thoroughbred racehorse farm. She gives its manager, Bo Porter, six
months to close the place down. Bo knows he ought to resent the
woman who's determined to take from him the only job he ever
wanted. But instead of anger, Meg evokes within him a profound
desire to protect. The more time he spends with her, the more he
longs to overcome every obstacle that separates them and earn her
love. Just when Meg realizes she can no longer deny the depth of
her feelings for Bo, their fragile bond is broken by a force from
Meg's past. Can their relationship--and their belief that God can
work through every circumstance--survive? "Definitely one for the
keeper shelf!"--USA Today HEA Blog "Wade does a wonderful job of
creating relatable characters as she explores the forces that shape
a life." "Wade does a wonderful job of creating relatable
characters as she explores the forces that shape a life."--Booklist
"Wade's series starter is an enthralling story of overcoming
challenges and trusting God... [Meg and Cole] are a couple you'll
be rooting for to have a Texas fairy-tale ending."--RT Book Reviews
They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples.
Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding
spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection. Love
Takes the Cake: A September Wedding Story by Betsy St. Amant
Charlotte Cantrell is always the baker; never the bride. When Will,
a regular at Charlotte's bakery, catches her attention, she can
only hope that he is the reliable man this single mother has always
hoped to find. The problem is that he's regularly stopping in to
buy cookies for another girl. But when Charlotte is hired to bake a
host of wedding goodies for a difficult bride and finds out Will is
the best man, she has the perfect opportunity to get to know him
better-and find out how serious Will is about this other girl in
his life. The Perfect Arrangement: An October Wedding Story by
Katie Ganshert Amelia Woods is a small-town wallflower and the
proud owner of Forget-Me-Nots, a quaint flower shop. Her love life
has always been a bit lackluster-until she ends up in an
embarrassing fender-bender with handsome Nate Gallagher. Meanwhile,
Amelia's younger brother, William, has proposed to his girlfriend.
Amelia would be excited except she has evidence that the fiancee is
not who she says she is. It seems Nate is the only one available
for any advice-giving, and he's good at it-and pretty fun to talk
to too. As Amelia works to craft the perfect flower arrangements
for other people, she begins to wonder if real love is better than
the dream. And if it is, will Nate still be interested when he
learns who she is? Love in the Details: A November Wedding Story by
Becky Wade When Josh returns to his hometown of Martinsburg, Texas,
to help his best friend get married, he didn't intend to run into
church wedding coordinator-and ex-girlfriend-Holly. He can't help
but pine after the girl he never got over. Holly broke up with Josh
years ago in an attempt to ensure his future success. But she loved
him then and still loves him now. As she helps him plan his best
friend's wedding, she longs to be with Josh but doesn't feel worthy
of his big-time lifestyle when she is more comfortable in her
smalltown world. Will Josh and Holly be able to keep things as they
are when their true feelings threaten to surface at every turn?
Kate Donovan is burned out on work, worn down by her dating relationships, and in need of an adventure. When her grandmother asks Kate to accompany her to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to restore the grand old house she grew up in, Kate jumps at the chance.
Upon her arrival, Kate meets Matt Jarreau, the man hired to renovate the house. Kate can't help being drawn by both his good looks and something else she can't quite put her finger on. He's clearly wounded, yet Kate sets her stubborn heart on bringing him out of the dark and back into the light . . . whether he likes it or not.
When the stilted, uncomfortable interactions between Kate and Matt slowly shift into something more, is God finally answering the longing of her heart--or asking her to give up more than she ever dreamed?
Finalist in the Contemporary Romance category of the Christy Award
Finalist in the Romance category of the INSPY Award Britt Bradford
and Zander Ford have been the best of friends since they met
thirteen years ago. Unbeknown to Britt, Zander has been in love
with her for just as long. Independent and adventurous Britt
channels her talent into creating chocolates at her hometown shop.
Zander is a bestselling author who has spent the past eighteen
months traveling the world. He's achieved a great deal but still
lacks the only thing that ever truly mattered to him--Britt's
heart. When Zander's uncle dies under mysterious circumstances, he
returns to Merryweather, Washington, to investigate, and Britt is
immediately there to help. Although this throws them into close
proximity, both understand that an attempt at romance could
jeopardize their once-in-a-lifetime friendship. Britt is determined
to resist any change in their relationship, but Zander finds it
increasingly difficult to keep his feelings hidden. As they work
together to uncover his uncle's tangled past, will the truth of
what lies between them also finally come to light? "Wade's pleasing
finale to the Bradford Sisters series follows Britt, the youngest
sister. . . . Britt's sisters return as strong support characters.
Wade will delight readers with mouthwatering descriptions of
chocolate and cozy scenes of friendship. Series fans will find this
a fitting conclusion."--Publishers Weekly
From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the
story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running
communities from England to Ethiopia-9 countries, 72 host families,
and over 3,500 miles of running-investigating unique cultural
approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of
runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate
running career-with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two
Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name-Becky Wade was no
stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely
sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about
how her counterparts in other countries approached the sport to
which she'd dedicated over half of her life. So in 2012, as a
recipient of the Watson Fellowship, she packed four pairs of
running shoes, cleared her schedule for the year, and took off on a
journey to infiltrate diverse running communities around the world.
What she encountered far exceeded her expectations and changed her
outlook into the sport she loved. Over the next twelve
months-visiting 9 countries with unique and storied running
histories, logging over 3,500 miles running over trails, tracks,
sidewalks, and dirt roads-Becky explored the varied approaches of
runners across the globe. Whether riding shotgun around the streets
of London with Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, climbing for
an hour at daybreak to the top of Ethiopia's Mount Entoto just to
start her daily run, or getting lost jogging through the bustling
streets of Tokyo, Becky's unexpected adventures, keen insights, and
landscape descriptions take the reader into the heartbeat of
distance running around the world. Upon her return to the United
States, she incorporated elements of the training styles she'd
sampled into her own program, and her competitive career
skyrocketed. When she made her marathon debut in 2013, winning the
race in a blazing 2:30, she became the third-fastest woman
marathoner under the age of 25 in U.S. history, qualifying for the
2016 Olympic Trials and landing a professional sponsorship from
Asics. From the feel-based approach to running that she learned
from the Kenyans, to the grueling uphill workouts she adopted from
the Swiss, to the injury-recovery methods she learned from the
Japanese, Becky shares the secrets to success from runners and
coaches around the world. The story of one athlete's fascinating
journey, Run the World is also a call to change the way we approach
the world's most natural and inclusive sport.
2016 RITA Award Finalist Former Marine Jake Porter has far deeper
scars than the one that marks his face. He struggles with symptoms
of PTSD, lives a solitary life, and avoids relationships. When
Lyndie James, Jake's childhood best friend, lands back in Holley,
Texas, Jake cautiously hires her to exercise his Thoroughbreds.
Lyndie is tender-hearted, fiercely determined, and afraid of
nothing, just like she was as a child. Jake pairs her with Silver
Leaf, a horse full of promise but lacking in results, hoping she
can solve the mystery of the stallion's reluctance to run. Though
Jake and Lyndie have grown into very different adults, the bond
that existed during their childhood still ties them together.
Against Jake's will, Lyndie's sparkling, optimistic personality
begins to tear down the walls he's built around his heart. A
glimmer of the hope he'd thought he'd lost returns, but fears and
regrets still plague him. Will Jake ever be able to love Lyndie
like she deserves, or is his heart too shattered to mend? Praise
for Becky Wade "I wasn't ready for this story to end, but when it
did, I sighed the happy/longing sort of sigh that romance readers
know so well..."--USA Today on Undeniably Yours "They are a couple
you'll be rooting for to have their Texas fairy-tale
ending."--Romantic Times on Undeniably Yours "I adored this book.
It was hilariously funny, heartwarming, and too cute! I laughed. I
cried. It made me smile countless times."--Will Bake for Books blog
on Meant to Be Mine
In Kristi Ann Hunter's "Legacy of Love," Sarah Gooding never
suspected returning a brooch to an elderly woman would lead to a
job . . . and introduce her to the woman's grandson, a man far
above her station. In Karen Witemeyer's "Gift of the Heart," widow
Ruth Albright uses the family brooch as collateral for a loan from
the local banker. But the more she comes to know the man behind the
stern businessman, the more she hopes for a second chance at love.
In Sarah Loudin Thomas's "A Shot at Love," Fleeta Brady's
rough-and-tumble childhood means she prefers hunting to more
feminine activities. She never expected her family's brooch might
be how a fellow hunter turns her attention from competition to
romance. In Becky Wade's "Because of You," Maddie Winslow has spent
years in love with a man whose heart was already spoken for. When a
church Christmas project brings them together and she stumbles upon
an old family brooch, might it finally be her turn for love?
2015 INSPY Award Winner 2015 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award
Winner (Now Known as Faith, Hope, & Love Reader's Choice Award)
Ty Porter has always been irresistible to Celia Park. All through
high school--irresistible. When their paths cross again after
college--still irresistible. This time, though, Ty seems to feel
exactly the same way about Celia. Their whirlwind romance deposits
them at a street-corner Las Vegas wedding chapel. The next morning
they wake to a marriage certificate and a dose of cold reality.
Celia's ready to be Ty's wife, but Ty's not ready to be her
husband. He's a professional bull rider, he lives on the road, and
he's long planned to settle down with the hometown girl he's known
since childhood. Five and a half years pass. Celia's buried her
dreams so that she can afford to raise her daughter. Ty's achieved
all of his goals. Or thought he had, until he looks again into the
eyes of the woman he couldn't forget and into the face of the child
he never knew he had. How much will Ty sacrifice to win back
Celia's trust and prove to her that their spontaneous marriage can
still become the love of a lifetime? Praise for Becky Wade
"Definitely one for the keeper shelf!"--USA Today on Undeniably
Yours "A sweet contemporary romance that will make for the perfect
summer read."--Novel Crossing on Undeniably Yours "A feisty
heroine, romance, and comedy make this a fabulous debut and Wade an
author to follow."--Library Journal on My Stubborn Heart "A perfect
5 out of 5 stars...can't wait to find more from Becky in the near
future. This is a must-read for your summer love stories!"--Reviews
from the Heart blog on My Stubborn Heart
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