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But when a tornado traps them in a laundromat, one night together just isn’t enough. Hard-working Laura Turner dotes on her family but she has little life of her own. After a loveless marriage and a bitter divorce, a dominant man is the last thing she wants. James Black has worked hard to establish his construction business. Divorced for three years, he knows what he wants, and it isn’t the too-young and too-demanding submissives who throw themselves at him at Club Indigo.

Charlie gives the cop who pulls her over for speeding and reckless driving the performance of a lifetime, telling him that her mother is in the hospital on the edge of death. Trooper Vin Loveanu wants nothing more than to pull her out of the vehicle and comfort her but has to settle for sending flowers to the hospital, only to find out that the mother is not a patient. Further investigation turns up an obituary for Charlene's mother from four years before!

Buck lost his wife to pneumonia and his father to murder, within a few short months of each other. When he decides to crawl out of his mourning, he stops by to visit his friend, Dr. Elliott Larkin, and is introduced to Callie Mae Weathers and her friend, Lilac Indigo Preston. Buck had no idea his life would change so drastically within four short days! When he hires the Snow Detective Agency to help find his father's killer, Reed and Deacon Snow uncover information that could change all their lives.

In the eyes of the community, Birdie Miller is a loyal daughter and a church member in good standing. Birdie knows this is a lie. Soured to the faith by an unhappy childhood, she made the difficult decision to leave her home. But when a terrible accident injures her mother, Birdie is forced to return home. Caleb Troyer is as certain in his commitment to the Amish path as any young man can be. Can a man of faith reach the heart of a spiritually wounded young woman with a reputation for rebellion?

It is February of 1865; the Civil War has been going on for five years now. Flaxen-haired and blue-eyed Miriam Hanner Clarke is widowed at age 28 after her husband, Burton, went to serve in the war and was killed in battle. She fills her days of dealing with his loss by working in the dormitory, which has been turned into a hospital. No longer the quiet, shy, stuttering girl she was when she arrived, Miri is now a competent young woman who is determined to ease suffering in any way she can.

Forced into a marriage arranged by the orphanage where she lived, Sadie escapes the clutches of an abusive older man: her betrothed. She needs to stay hidden, where no one knows her or cares that she has broken the law. Dr. Elliott Larkin is still reeling over the loss of his young family. His brother in Big Rock has convinced him to come back home to visit, and he decides a change would do him good. Who would have thought a mine collapse on the outskirts of town would be just what the doctor ordered?

Gracie Kennedy first came across “Billy the Bully” Becker in the woods, when she was seven. He had frightened her terribly that day but ended up taking her home. As a little girl, lost in the woods, that was what made her believe in him. Now called “William,” Billy is a deputy in the sheriff’s department who is given some of the most challenging cases to solve. Yes, he has grown up; but he’s not at all sure that Gracie has. She has come back full of disrespect and quite unladylike language, something he is not at all inclined to put up with.

Megan is an unexpected mail-order bride with a secret. Mike has a ranch to run, rustlers to capture, and a fondness for the truth. "Never fish in troubled water", the old proverb cautions. But if Megan and Michael hope to untangle the strings of the past from the promise of the future, they will need to dive right in. Was his bride a mistake or a surprise? Can an Irish rose bloom in the wicked Texas heat? Will they sink, or will they swim?

Dr. Hart adores his wife and is known to gently push Meg’s boundaries when he knows it is for her own good. Keeping her safe is his priority. When their friends go missing and it seems as if she is the next target, will he be able to save her when the killer strikes again?

The colonel, Maxim, is the ruler of the ruins in what used to be New York. After a post-apocalyptic event, nothing is, and will never be, the same. He rules with an iron fist and has the final say in all things. He takes what he wants when he wants. Now is the time for him to take Iolanthe. He’s watched her from afar for years; now she will belong to him.

Cara Hart is getting married. But there’s a slight problem with the upcoming nuptials. Cara is in love with two men. She loves her fiancé, Caleb, but can’t get over Nick, the one who broke her heart. To make things even more complicated, Caleb and Nick are best friends. Deciding not to waste her life pining for what might have been, Cara goes ahead with the wedding to Caleb. Determined to make the marriage work, she hides her feelings for Nick in the deepest corner of her heart, and moves forward.

Nadine Scott, a high-powered attorney from Manhattan, returns to her childhood home in the small town of Maxon to settle her great aunt Molly's estate. Aunt Molly was her only relative and had lived in the same home for her entire 105 years. Nadine knows that the task of preparing the property to be sold, after disbursing all of its contents, is going to be an emotional task requiring at least a month or two of her time. She discovers that David Maxon, her high school sweetheart, has also suffered a recent loss.

I was stripped and put in a cell with a huge alien. He has been driven over the edge. He wants to kill me, but first he wants to destroy my mind. I can't give him a reason not to, but I won’t go down without a fight. He invades every part of me, forces me to call him Master, and subjects me to his mind control. I have nothing left to lose. He thinks he can break me. Can you break something that’s as wrecked as I am?

Jeanne St. Amant returned to her home town ready to regroup after a failed musical career. Officer Daniel Wright welcomed her home with a lecture about speeding. Suddenly her boring home town does not seem so awful after all. After a rocky start, the couple start a committed relationship. Jeanne learns the hard way that Daniel does not have a problem putting a stop to any behavior he finds irresponsible or dangerous.

Autumn has a mischievous way about her which often lands her in hot water with her husband, a doctor. They long for a child, but when all seems perfect in their world, tragedy strikes, leaving her loved ones to wonder if she or her unborn child will survive. Will their love overcome a smallpox epidemic, the illness of her beloved mother-in-law, and Autumn’s own tragic, freak accident?

Rosa Collins was only 16 when she received a vision telling her of her future husband. Knowing that her husband would be Lucas, the bishop's son and future bishop of Green Valley, both thrilled and terrified her. They were a match made in heaven, she knew - perfect for each other. But becoming the bishop's wife is harder than Rosa anticipated. She struggles to transform herself into the perfect bishop's wife that her husband needs.

When Colleen, one of the healers in Wolf's keep, is threatened, she tries to convey her fears to the lairds. Assuming that the threat is coming from someone in his clan, Rolland sends his trusted elite guard, Michael, to protect her. No one will believe that Michael doesn't have Colleen’s best interests at heart until he savagely beats her in public and attempts to have her burned at the stake, labeling her a witch.

Imagine 150 young girls, and only one parent! A group of artificially grown female settlers arrives on a strange planet after a series of disasters. The hormone inhibitor given to all children until the day of their marriage as part of a policy of zero population growth also keeps them immature. They are spoiled, undisciplined, unruly young women. And now it is up to their husbands to tame them.

When Dane met Ann Slade, Annie to all who know her, he fell head over heels...so much so that he ignored what his brother and his friends said about being her rebound lover. He married her after three months of dating, giving up the lifestyle without even telling her he was a part of it. But once the couple starts having trouble, Dax suggests that maybe it's time things change if Dane wants to stay married.

Mellie Anne can’t seem to get rid of FBI Agent Max Lemons. He wants to protect her. She just wants to be left alone. While visiting her late husband’s grave, Mellie is the target of an attack. Max demands she follow his orders or face the consequences. When they’re thrown together in spite of their vexation with each other, Mellie realizes that maybe Max isn’t the enemy after all.