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Rebecca Walker loves searching for lost treasure but puts her plans on hold to fulfill her sister's dying wish of performing on Broadway. She returns home when her father has a severe stroke. While there, she's determined to achieve her father's lifelong quest for hidden Confederate gold, rumored to be buried nearby. Former army ranger Roy Maddox blames the accident that took his fiancee's life on her sister, Rebecca. Now Rebecca is back, pretending to care about the father she left behind to pursue her dreams. Despite their differences, they're drawn to each other. Will they locate and retrieve the gold, or will they be blind-sided by an outside force who is intent on taking the treasure, destroying them both?

When Alice Bennett discovers her older sister, Lou Ella Sutton, has murdered the eleven victims recently shot at a college bar, her life is changed forever. Lou, in a psychotic state, hears voices urging her to kill government agents who are trying to steal her thoughts. This takes her to the bar in Mineral Wells, Oklahoma, where she opens fire on the unsuspecting patrons. As the media vehicles park on their street, Alice's teenage daughters, Flory and Phoebe, must contend with the backlash from their peers. Rodney, Alice's husband, watches his business diminish. Alice, overwhelmed with guilt and shame, wonders what she could have done to stop this tragedy. The struggle to come to terms with what Lou did becomes all-consuming for the family. And then there are the victims of this crime who did not survive. Can the Bennetts help these families move forward with their heartbreaking loss?

A horrific murder in an asylum could've been committed by a mad patient, or so it seemed to Sergeant Michael Dyson of the Jacksonville Police department. Shannon Aubrey the patient who discovered the murder was shielded by hospital staff of any contact with authorities over privacy concerns. What secrets possibly were covered up?

It's the Christmas season at Clarendon, and Genevieve DeClare is determined to provide a joyful holiday for her mother and sister, despite the losses they've endured the past year. The castle is decked with greenery and she's planned a lavish feast. Awaiting her guests, her heart longs for one more thing: the return of her betrothed, Maddox DeVille, who departed on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land a year ago. But when an unexpected guest arrives, he's a stranger. Tomas Monmercy, a knight newly returned from the Crusades, has traveled many weary miles to fulfill a promise and bring Genevieve the talisman she entrusted to Maddox-a mistletoe heart. Tomas considers it a sacred duty. He certainly never intends to fall in love with the beautiful maiden his friend loved so well.

When Elisabeth London travels back in time to the 14th century, she is transported to a world straight out of the pages of a fairy-tale. Swept away by the adventure and romance, Elisabeth follows her heart-and Aquarius-into this whole new world. But Elisabeth soon learns her father has discovered where (or rather when) she is. He's sent a bounty-hunter to bring her home. Although a million questions buzz through her mind, there's one thing she's certain of-her parents will never let her hang out in the 14th century with a guy she met in Ancient Rome. With her heart at stake, can Elisabeth avoid the bounty-hunter and find a way to stay in this fairy-tale world? Or is her love-life about to take a rather grim twist? Find out in Elisabeth London's timeless story of love, danger, and adventure.

Everybody's experienced a rocky start to a new job, but few can top Minka Avery's return to Orlando PD. After almost six years as a stay-at-home mom, Minka's nervous but excited to sit at a detective's desk again. Before she has a chance to break in her badge, however, her career resumes with a bang when someone bombs the county courthouse. With many disillusioned with the justice system, plenty of brow-raising suspects emerge right away. Minka and her new partner, Renee, follow several tips that lead to dead ends, until they zero in on the courthouse's former security guard. Their attempts to apprehend him send the city and police department into chaos. Meanwhile, Minka contends with the lingering suspicion of another party being involved. Could his accomplice be closer than she thinks?

Luna Andersen is reticent to return to her small town of Alton, Minnesota, but she has no choice because the woman who raised her is dying of cancer. Seeing her actual mother alive and well, on the other hand, is one of the reasons she stayed away for so long. When Luna glimpses a photo of a man closely resembling her dead twin sister, she wonders if he could be the father she never knew. And if he is, it throws a wrench in pursuing a romantic relationship with the one person she ever considered loving-her childhood friend Brad. Just as she inches closer to uncovering the mystery, Luna gets scared and does the thing she's always done when things get hard. She packs her bags. Again. Ruining her chances with Brad. But this time Alton has other plans for her.

A year has passed since teen witch, Isis Rivera, teen magician, Zack Galloway, and Isis' Wiccan family survived the war which spanned time and alternate realities. They now live a peaceful existence in the comforts of New Salem, a hidden sanctuary for witches. However, a return trip to the Vegas strip for a Witches of Vegas reunion show leads to more than the family bargained for. Zack is abducted through supernatural means and Isis finds herself the prime suspect of a murder. These events coincide with the arrival of an enemy from a history that no longer exists, who is on a mission that will lead to the end of the world. It will take the combined efforts of The Witches of Vegas and New Salem's Task Force to save every single life on Earth. Luckily, they have a plan. Enter Harry, a boy from the future who will be Earth's last surviving human. He has come back in time to let everyone know that their plan to save the world, and all life on it, won't work. How can The Witches of Vegas win when they are destined to lose?

While training for the D-Day invasion, paratrooper Jeremy's selfish desire to live life to the fullest gets a big push when he falls in love with beautiful, but emotionally battered, war widow Julie. Convinced he is not going to survive the war, and completely "into the moment," Jeremy persuades Julie to marry him. But once he ships overseas he is plagued with the fear he may have endangered his wife's life by failing to warn her that he is more than a simple soldier. Though he is a high-ranking operative in the secret service, he cannot communicate his fears through a web of intense censorship. All he can do is struggle to stay alive and trust his clever Julie to do the same as she deals with an unexpected onslaught of unforeseen Homefront perils.

This paranormal tale heats up when Seattle psychic life coach Rogue Hunter reads infamous playboy Jack Knight, uncovering his dormant power, entangling them and a persistent ghost into the path of a serial killer. Thrills arise when Rogue enlists super-hot yet skeptical and emotionally unavailable Detective Falco for help. They partner up in more ways than one to out the killer before they become his next victims. Will Rogue be fortunate to find love or lust, or will Detective Falco's psychic-blocking abilities push her away as they work together to solve the case?

On a working holiday in Australia's cosmopolitan Outback town of Broome in 1986, Jodie, a young book designer is open to romance and adventure. At the holiday village where she is staying, she meets Joe, a young man who works there. Despite the strong attraction between them, the many unknowns about his earlier life keep them apart. To try to uncover his mysterious past, they travel to Perth and back to Broome and are drawn into not only bizarre but also dangerous situations. Is Joe the person Jodie thinks he is, or is he some alter ego? Can she stop their relationship from developing until she knows whether he is free to love her?

Money can't buy you love... Stressed and burned out, Sierra Scott is coerced by her grandmother into taking a vacation to Harts Valley, Oklahoma for the annual apple festival. Owning and running a multi-million dollar company is a piece of cake compared to deflecting the matchmaking efforts of a determined senior citizen and her sidekick. Before long, Sierra needs a vacation from her vacation. Widowed Sheriff Cade Collins isn't prepared for the naked female hiding by Dooley's pond when he responds to a disturbance call. His days are filled with juggling his job and raising a teenage daughter. No matter how strong the pull of attraction, he simply can't afford to fall for a woman who is out of his league.

All Jenna Langley wanted was a chance to finally marry the man of her dreams. But when the spirit of a dead girl shows up at her wedding that only she can see, it becomes clear Jenna's latest brush with death has caused the heightening of her psychic abilities to reach an unfamiliar and frightening level. Her new husband, Detective Cole Rainwater, vows to do whatever it takes to get to the root of Jenna's disturbing sightings. But before he can investigate this mystery, his bride is taken right under his nose. What started as a romantic honeymoon has turned into a fight for Jenna's life. And the only path to freedom is through the help and guidance of a dead girl who was once the victim of the sex traffickers that have stolen away with Jenna.

Half-daemon Envy Starr is destined to die on Midsummer's Eve, still a virgin, on some crappy cult's live-stream feed. With thirty days left to live, the chance to escape her fate and get some action compels her into her absentee father's world of beautifully cultured cruelty. Once there, she's the object of a deadly game, slated to alter the Fae realm's power structure. Worse, the rules keep changing, and everyone has an ulterior motive, including her dae-licious guide, Brennan. Under a geas he's desperate to break, she can't trust him, or herself. Stupid Stockholm syndrome. But unless she can come to terms with what lies in her heart, her unlikely survival will be a fate worse than death. For her, and the rest of Fae.

Jessa was held prisoner for her first sixteen years until she was freed by Nick Kingson, a young police officer. Now Nick is back to protect her when Jessa's father searches for the daughter he abandoned. There's a lot of money involved and a lot of prestige, and those two elements mean that Jessa may not live to see an inheritance. Jessa and Nick go back to the town where she was once held captive. But she's no longer The Girl in the Tower. Will she get the chance to be the person she was meant to be? Or will an old enemy stop her before she can gain her inheritance?

Atarah is a high school tomboy and a stellar athlete, but of below average height and beauty. This is a problem when everyone's physical attributes and popularity are ranked by an AI computer called Big Social. Atarah has five days before the Crush-it dance to find her secret admirer and become popular or she will have little chance of acceptance to a top university and their romantic reality shows. A cryptic message warns Atarah that Big Social's selfish protocols for human happiness is killing Earth. A plan to subvert the AI will require Atarah to find true love.

Gabrielle is a flame haired, fire hearted French princess who dreams of becoming a Valkyrie warrior queen like her Viking ancestors from Normandy. Sent to Paris to learn the proper etiquette for a future French queen, she is called home to le Château de Beaufort for a forced marriage to a man she loathes when her father the king's precarious health takes a sudden turn for the worse. Chivalrous, solitary knight Sir Bastien de Landuc suffers an impossible love for Gabrielle, the unattainable princess he can never have. Without a title of nobility, he is ineligible to compete in the tournament for her hand in marriage, despite his unparalleled equestrian skills and inimitable swordsmanship. Yet, Yuletide wishes for a wondrous winter solstice in the glorious Crystal Castle might make impossible dreams come true. Can the valiant knight win the coveted hand of his Viking Valkyrie?

Once handsome Rafe Sullivan is left scarred, injured, and with PTSD from his Marine Corps service in Afghanistan, returning to civilian life is far from smooth, and the burn scars on his right side are extensive. Although he lives close to family, he lives a solitary life and changes jobs more often than most people change their socks. A temporary job as Santa at the mall is presented, but Rafe first rebels, then relents. His Santa gig affects his PTSD. Then he meets Sheena Dunmore. When she doesn't run from his scars or issues, she intrigues him. An unmasking by some rowdy children is a test of his stamina and spirit. His greatest fear is fire. Will Rafe conquer the fear so he can move forward into the new life he desires?

Sedona, AZ is a tourist town that lures people from around the world who believe there is more beyond the veil of reality. They come for the whispering pines, Hopi legends, vortices, magic crystals, and healing springs. Enter Cal Novak, a spunky editor from Atlanta, Georgia, who gives up the city life because she is searching for more: more time, more adventure, more meaning. The magic of her new hometown does not disappoint. Behind the curtain of every window there are secrets waiting to be uncovered. For those searching for more, there's no place like Sedona.

Holly Schlivnik dreams of being a writer, but fate has other plans. A family crisis throws her into an improbable situation and her life will never be the same. Determined to make her own luck when things don't happen the way she plans, the irrepressible young woman takes a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling and shatters it to smithereens. The wise-cracking, irreverent transplanted Californian goes on a raucous, rollicking rollercoaster ride of hysterical adventures as a ladies' apparel sales rep traveling in the deep South and finds herself along the way.

Twenty-five years ago, she was the only victim to survive the killing spree of a pedophile. Her life has been frozen in time. Not even relocation or an identity change has healed the wounds that left her emotionally and sexually scarred. Determined to reclaim her life, she returns to High Ridge as multi-published crime novelist, Dana Moretti, with the hope of asking the questions that will lay her nightmares to rest. Sheriff Cole Landry, came to High Ridge to escape the horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan, but soon after the sexy author arrives and starts poking her nose into matters best forgotten, his town once again becomes the hunting ground of a ruthless killer. She's sure it's the same man, and he's not all that convinced she's wrong. Keeping Dana safe means keeping her under his protection...and under him. Between Dana's awakening desire for Cole and the danger lurking behind every stranger's face, her world is spinning out of control.

Olivia Osborne is back. She has a demon to find, a past to uncover, and a future to plan. Dive back into the murky recesses of Olivia's shadowy world as she searches for the truth about life and death, good and evil and the twilight in between. Gran warned against mixing the light with the dark--that magical place where the dark and the light swam together turned everything to grey. The Fruit of the Poison Tree bears it all. Olivia Osborne is many things: a sensitive, an empath, a reader of death. Is she also a demon dealer? Or is she something else?

When two murders strain the police force of a remote Alaskan fishing port, veterinarian Maureen McMurtry is tapped by Dutch Harbor's police chief for forensic assistance. The doctor's got a past she'd rather not discuss, a gun in her closet, and a retired police dog that hasn't lost her chops. All come in handy as she deciphers the cause and time of death of a local drug addict washed ashore with dead sea lions and an environmentalist found in a crab pot hauled from the sea in the net of a fishing vessel. When her romantic relationship with a boat captain is swamped by mounting evidence that he's the prime suspect in one of the murders, McMurtry struggles with her own doubts to prove his innocence. But can she? McMurtry's pals, a manager of the Bering Sea crab fishery and another who tends Alaska's most dangerous bar assist in unraveling the sinister truth.

I always wanted to be invisible, until I was. Being the god of wine and good times, I always envisioned myself larger than life, until I wasn't. The universe had been my playground until Pandora regifted the dreaded Pyxis with me inside, with my final destination landing in the hands of a child. My key to freedom is simple; the child must utter those three little words, something about true love. I have been thoroughly punked. On the eve of her birthday, Ava Gabriel finds a fallen star. After the loss of her family, she needs some good fortune. The moment she cracks the star open fantasy collides with reality. She is now the proud owner of a talking, Jack in the box and a pixy. Could life get any stranger? Waking up on Mt. Olympus surrounded by gods and goddesses, her question had been answered. She fast realized Dionysus isn't the only one in need of saving. Regardless of the consequences, could she save him? If she did nothing could she live with herself?

When Melissa Owens' Aunt Dee tells her the magic in Garland Falls is fading, Mel knows she has to help, but how? Her aunt says business has fallen off and she's contacted a travel agency to come list the B and B and the town. Could the lack of business be tied to the fading magic? Conner Andrews is a no-nonsense owner of a travel business. He doesn't quite know how to react when he opens Dee Warner's letter containing a dying sprig of mistletoe, but he decides he has to go and find out more. Mel believes in magic, and Conner doesn't. Can the Christmas season and his strong feelings for Mel make a believer out of him before the mistletoe magic fades from Garland Falls forever?

Lady Rosalind Chatham journeys with her family to Weston Castle to wed an ancient earl on Christmas day. Yearning for true love, she falls for the duke, her stepfather's cousin, while preparing for her nuptials. Lady Rosalind entrances the Duke of Weston. Concerned for her future with the tempestuous earl, he can't afford to get involved. The fines and scandal will be too great for a man of his wealth and power. When the truth comes to light, and he almost loses her forever, he finds he cannot afford to give less than his whole heart.

When a riot breaks out at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, where Melody O'brien works as a case manager, a prisoner takes Melody hostage. The last person she expected to come to her rescue was her ex-fiance. Police officer Jordan Lakewater is shocked to find his ex-the woman who broke his heart-a hostage during a prison riot. He'll do all he can to protect her, but he's not sure he can protect his heart from a love that never died. And the danger doesn't end once the riot is under control. Gang members who escaped during the riot are coming after Jordan and Melody. In order to survive, they'll have to overcome double danger and deal with the pain of their past.

Sixteen-year-old Nick Dupont has reincarnated memories inhabiting his mind from past lives. Nick is released from the hospital after heart surgery in a deep catatonic depression, and a new soul seems to be sharing his memories. He would like a way to banish him from his mind. Catherine Anne Thomlinson (Cat) knows she's reincarnated and is part of Nick's memories and he's part of hers. But even Nick's girlfriend Emily can't change the dreams and visions Nick begins having about a civil war soldier named Jonathan. And worse still, Cat says she's returning to Laketon and wants to see him.

After the death of her mother, Rynna Dalton comes to live with her imperious great-grandmother and her bookish, disabled cousin Ted at Stonebridge Manor. Almost immediately she is aware of a mysterious presence, which she believes is the spirit of her mother's murdered cousin, Rosalind. Rynna is charmed by Rosalind's lawyer son Jason Wyatt, who courts her, and she agrees to marry him. Meanwhile, Ted and Rynna become good friends. But Stonebridge holds secrets that will profoundly affect her future. Why is Ted so opposed to the match? Why does Rosalind seem to warn Rynna against it? And how far will Jason go to possess Stonebridge-and the woman he professes to love?

Every action has a consequence. And for this mystically enhanced vampire every action is too monstrous to face. To burn in the fires of Hell is his destiny. Rescued by Alana, the woman he loves, Michael Malone consents to a unique, mystical healing, something he doesn't fully trust. He awakens a seventeenth century man who abhors being turned into a vampire. His mystically human son rails against the comfort of a father he desperately needs. Alana remains cautious until all of Michael's memories are restored. After an unnerving, unexpected showdown with Cyril, his sire, he acquiesces to the final request of the Georgian Council. But it is a brutal one: To document in detail every kill, every gruesome act as a vampire-in solitary confinement. Will this shatter his reclaimed soul? Will he request death by silver sword? Or is his true destiny only a breath away?