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Snowy Mountains Daughter by Alissa CallenThe road home isn't for the faint-hearted... Peony flower farmer Clancy Parker was born and bred in the Australian high country. Small-town Bundilla is the only place she will ever truly belong, even if staying means remaining alone. The man she'd loved is long gone and single men are as rare as a summer snowfall. As soon as he could, street artist Heath MacBride escaped his complicated family and traded mountain peaks for city concrete. Now a commission to paint a mural on Bundilla's water tower brings him home. It doesn't matter how long he's been away, the animosity of his cattleman father hasn't waned. As soon as the water tower is painted, he will be gone. But between steadfast Clancy, who'd once been his muse, a free-spirited kelpie who becomes his shadow and a corrosive family secret, his best laid plans disintegrate. When life again backs him into a corner, will he have no choice but to leave or will he and Clancy have the second chance they'd each thought would forever remain out of reach?
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Feels like family
by Sherryl Woods
Forty-two-year-old matrimonial attorney Helen Decatur's decision to take charge of her own destiny complicates things with her two best friends and sets sparks flying with a man who does not want a family.
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Portrait of a forbidden love
by Bronwyn Scott
"Artist Artemisia Stansfield has four months to prove herself to the Royal Academy of Arts. When she finds out that aristocratic art critic Darius Rutherford has been snooping in her studio, she's furious! Sparks of anger turn into flames of desire, but one lapse in judgment could give Darius all the fuel he needs to ruin her, as a lady and as an artist! Unless she trusts him enough to take the risk..."
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Bookshop by the sea
by Denise Hunter
Revisiting her dream of opening a bookshop when her younger siblings grow up, Sophie finds her ambitions challenged by an advancing storm and a still-alluring ex who broke her heart.
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An Irish wish
by Nora Roberts
In Irish rose "Thorny, stubborn and strong, Erin McKinnon is as tough and beautiful as an Irish rose. Horse rancher Burke Logan is intrigued by his neighbors' cousin when he meets her on a trip to Ireland, but Erin thinks Burke is nothing but a brutish American. Impressed by her cleverness, and determined to win her over, Burke offers Erin a job at his farm in Maryland. It's a big change from her small Irish hometown, but she decides to take a chance. Even though it's clear that Burke is falling for Erin, this practical woman is determined to resist his smooth-talking flattery and bold kisses...no matter how weak-kneed they make her feel. In Irish rebel "As soon as he laid eyes on her, Brian Donnelly knew that Keeley Grant was off-limits. Hired on as a horse trainer at the Grant family's farm, Brian tries to keep his distance, dismissing Keeley as the boss's spoiled daughter. He soon learns that she's much more than that. Though Keeley continuously brushes Brian off, something about his intensity draws her in. Maybe it's his cocky grin, or his gentle way with animals, but strangely, Keeley finds herself dreaming about the Irish rogue. Working together is complicated, as are Keeley's new feelings, and trying to avoid each other could prove to be useless when there are so many reasons to give in to the promise of first love"
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| This Earl of Mine by Kate BatemanThe plan: To secure her inheritance, which is contingent upon marriage, Georgiana Caversteed heads to Newgate Prison and weds inmate Ben Wylde, who's about to be transported to Australia. Problem solved!
Or is it? Georgiana discovers that Ben, an earl's son, was only posing as a felon to gather intelligence for the Crown. Now legally married, they decide to make their relationship real -- starting with a public courtship.
Why you might like it: This 1st book in the Bow Street Bachelors series playfully subverts aspects of both the "marriage of convenience" and "fake relationship" tropes. |
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One night in Texas
by Charlene Sands
"Gracie Diaz is no longer a young girl watching the Wingate family from afar. She's a woman of means after a lucky lottery win. And she's pregnant with Sebastian Wingate's child, thanks to a red-hot night after a Texas Cattleman's Club ball. But his family has nearly lost everything. Is he seducing her just to use her newfound wealth?"
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A midnight kiss to seal the deal
by Sophie Pembroke
"TV heartthrob Theo Montgomery and historian Celeste Hunter are complete opposites. Yet--suddenly!--they have one thing in common... They're at the center of a media disaster! Could a fake relationship save their reputations? With the world watching, they must convince the public they're the real deal. But if their relationship is just pretend, why do they never want it to end...?"
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Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne EnochColl MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is a big, brawny Highlander who doesn't like being told what to do - not even by his exasperated English mother, who is determined to see her eldest son wedded and bedded. However, when he comes to the rescue of an irresistibly beautiful woman, Coll discovers that he may have found his perfect match. The challenge isn't that Persephone Jones is famous, wealthy, independent, and smarter than anyone he knows. The problem is that she isn't interested in marrying any man - especially not a hot-headed Scot - even if he is the only man who seems to understand who she really is, even when she's not sure herself.
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