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In with the Tide (Cape Cod Shore Book 1) (affiliate link)
Lindsey Hunter never imagined she’d be returning to her Cape Cod home pregnant and divorced, but she’s determined to build a new life for her and her unborn baby. When car trouble leaves her stranded on the side of the road, ex-Marine Damien Trent rides to the rescue on his motorbike. Once upon a time, they’d been friends and briefly, they’d been something more…until he enlisted and left her behind. As Lindsey and Damien reconnect, the attraction is still as strong as ever. But Lindsey’s knows Damien’s not the staying kind.
Damien would rather do anything than come home to deal with his father’s estate. After years of abuse, he was more than ready to leave town the moment he graduated. With Lindsey back in his life, everything is complicated. He’s used to being a lone wolf – until Lindsey and her newborn baby give him a glimpse of the kind of family and future he’s always dreamed of. Can he be brave enough to reach out and grab it?
SEAL It With A Kiss (Love In Uniform Book 1) (affiliate link)
When World War III strikes, Dr. Craig Emilson is sent to take out a powerful artificial intelligence. Unexpectedly, he becomes the greatest hope for humanity. He must choose between saving mankind or saving himself as he faces impossible odds and an army of super soldiers on a mission to destroy him.
You and No Other (Crowns & Kilts Book 1) (affiliate link)
Thomas Mardouet, Seigneur de St. Briac, is a man with a perfect life – bold, witty, and splendid to behold, he is the King of France’s trusted knight.
But the day that captivating Aimée de Fleurance appears in the woods to interrupt a hunt, St. Briac’s life is turned on end. When she takes her sister’s place and joins the royal court to avoid an arranged marriage, St. Briac is drawn unwillingly into her impetuous scheme.
To save Aimée from the king’s bed, St. Briac shocks them both by declaring that they are betrothed. After all, marriage is the last thing he wants, especially to this infuriating maiden…
The Ash Moon (The Ariane Trilogy Book 1) (affiliate link)
A kept secret. A life altered. A new journey.
Ariane lived her life one book at a time. She would never have guessed those books were about to change everything.
They led her to Orion.
Tall, dark, with eyes only for her. The rest of the world ceased to exist when Orion was around. But during a fateful ash moon, he shifted into a wolf. Ari thought she was dreaming, but she’d recognize those eyes anywhere.
Fiction became reality. Fantasy was actually history. And soon, Ari would learn her role in it.
A pack war was on the horizon, and she was the only one who could stop it.
Sapphires & Secrets: From the Magical Papillon Mysteries Series (affiliate link)
A magical dog. A ghost with an agenda. A sapphire that can change lives.
Welcome to Rosewood Hollow, where nothing is quite as it seems.
When the priceless Royal Veritas Sapphire vanishes from the local museum, Sarah Anderson’s world turns upside down. With her friend wrongly accused and dangerous art thieves on the loose, Sarah must solve the mystery before it’s too late.
But in Rosewood Hollow, every secret unraveled leads to another mystery:
Why can Sarah communicate with her Papillon, Pixie?
What’s behind her children’s emerging supernatural abilities?
And can she trust the mischievous ghost, Amelia, who seems determined to help?
As Sarah races against time, she discovers that the sapphire’s power is more than just legend. With each step, she risks not only her family’s safety but also unleashes forces that could change their lives forever.
Depraved: A Dark Billionaire Romance (The Devil’s Due Book 1) (affiliate link)
Smoke and mirrors. A web of lies. He’s come for the devil’s ultimate prize.
J.D. Wilder strides into my hotel bringing the dark musky scent of sin with him. Arrogant and powerful, he’s the president’s eldest son. Even after all these years, I can still taste him on my lips. But when he speaks, there’s not a glimmer of the boy I once loved.
He struck a deal with my parents. That’s what he claims. Loaned my mother the money she desperately needs to stay alive. Now he’s here to collect.
What does he want?
The one thing I will never give him.
The Dog Share (affiliate link)
Suzy Medley is having the worst day of her life when a shaggy terrier suddenly turns up at her door.
Just like Suzy, Scout has been abandoned, although only Suzy has been left with a financial mess and a business in tatters thanks to her ex.
Suzy takes Scout in and her chaotic world changes in unexpected ways: strangers have never been more welcoming and her teenage kids can’t wait to come home to visit.
Then a chance encounter on a windy Hebridean beach makes things more complicated, because Suzy isn’t the only one who needs a friend.
Scout has plenty of love to go round… but does Suzy?
The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep, Sex Drive and Vitality Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol (affiliate link)
The New York Times bestselling guide to hormone balance that helps women of all ages achieve increased energy, resilience, vitality, and sensuality through science-based natural therapies.
All too often women are told that feeling moody, asexual, tapped out, dried up, stressed out, and sleep deprived is just a part of being female. Or they’re led to believe that the answer can be found only at the bottom of a bottle of prescription pills. Dr. Sara Gottfried, a Harvard-educated physician and nationally recognized, board-certified gynecologist, refuses to accept that being a woman means feeling overwhelmed or that popping pills is the new normal. In The Hormone Cure, she shares the unique hormone-balancing program that she has used to help thousands of women reclaim wellness, verve, and optimal health.
The Protector’s Temptation (Shadow Team Six Book 1) (affiliate link)
Giving in to temptation has never been so dangerous.
Fresh out of witness protection, Cherry Brimble thought she’d finally escaped the clutches of the violent biker club that stole the last eight years of her life.
She couldn’t be more wrong.
Tasked with protecting Cherry as she flees to a new life across the globe, former Special Forces soldier Sam Taberner has his own dark past. Like all men in the covert Shadow Team, he’s haunted by a tragedy he won’t discuss – and can’t escape. Sam simply takes on the assignments the military and police can’t… or won’t.
But Sam soon realizes there’s nothing simple about posing as Cherry’s fiancé. Red-hot sparks fly as they fake an engagement to keep her safe. But it doesn’t take long before their act begins to feel deliciously real.
As danger draws closer, giving into temptation won’t just risk their hearts… it will risk their lives.
In Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor, find:
Tutorials detailing each step so that you can paint the projects in the book
Subjects to suit all tastes, from backyard birds to a whimsical whale, mountains to the moon
Complete tools and materials section so you can ensure you have everything to paint the projects
Outlines you can download from a QR code in the book and then trace onto your watercolor paper
Watercolor painting techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering, blooms, and more
Video tutorials linked via QR codes included within the book
Fields of Fire (Matthew Redd Thrillers Book 1) (affiliate link)
Waiting to be deployed on a critical mission, elite Marine Raider Matthew Redd stops to help a stranger and wakes up hours later to learn his team was wiped out in an ambush. Unable to remember anything, Redd can’t deny the possibility that he’s somehow responsible for the information leak that led to the massacre. He’s given a deal to avoid a charge of treason, but it means walking away from the Corps and the life he loved.
As he faces his loss, Matty gets a cryptic message from his adoptive father, J. B.: “Trouble’s come knocking. . . . Might need your help.” He points his truck home to rural Montana, only to discover that J. B. is dead and the explanation for his death is far from satisfying. Determined to dig up the truth, Redd uncovers a dark global conspiracy with his hometown at the center and no team at his back—except one he might find among past friends, old enemies, and new allies, if he can figure out who to trust.
My Evil Mother: A Short Story (affiliate link)
Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed. But as the daughter of this bewitching homemaker comes of age and her mother’s claims become more and more outlandish, she begins to question everything she once took for granted.
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