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Rowan Harper has traveled the American Extreme Bull Riders tour circuit with her stock-contractor father since she was four years old. She's seen the best rides and the worst wrecks. And then there's T.J., who impressed her most when he didn't ride at all. T.J. Casey walked away from his rightful place in last year's bull riding finals in order to bury his father. His sponsors are gone, but he's back to stake his claim. He wants the buckle, sure, but he also wants the woman who treats her bucking bulls like lambs. Can T.J. score the championship and the girl? Or will he have to choose?

When Savannah and her best friend Charlotte decide to flip a foreclosed property in nearby Columbia, they talk Savannah’s sister Darcy into putting up the money for the renovations. But no sooner have they ripped up the carpet and torn out the kitchen cabinets than the previous owner shows up and invokes his statutory right of redemption. After four years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, he’s back in town to clear his name, and he wants his house back. And there’s nothing anyone can do to stop him. Until someone drops him in his tracks.

Josie Marcus mystery-shops scarves. Mystery shopper Josie Marcus knows her job isn’t always glamorous. Like when she has to sample greasy fast food. Now her best friend’s husband is accused of murder. Someone has killed Halley Hardwicke, the hot new designer of thousand-dollar scarves. Halley and Jake were just a little too neighborly. Josie goes undercover for clues to help Jake, and learns that Halley’s scarves were to die for.

Undercover retail spy and single mom Josie has to mystery shop a shoe store with a salesman called Mel Poulaine, who’s just a little too interested in women’s bare feet. Josie is caught in a web of blackmail, gambling, and truly desperate housewives.

Savannah is delighted to be back in her hometown of Sweetwater, surrounded by family and friends, even if it’s only temporarily. The house in Nashville is in the process of being repaired after the fire. Baby Caroline is alive and well and getting bigger every day. And Rafe is all recovered and working for Tamara Grimaldi and the Columbia PD, at least for the time being. That probably won’t last, but for now, Savannah’s content. There are flies in the ointment, however.

In the seaside city of San Marco, Florida, Lise Norwood spends her days serving papers and her nights spying on cheating spouses. But before she became a PI, she was an art major at San Marco University. So when the local police ask her to consult on a murder case in which the victim was posed to resemble a classic Greek sculpture, Lise dusts off her art history degree and joins the task force.

Prominent heart surgeon, Sierra Norton, performed minor miracles on a daily basis, but never in her wildest dreams had she imagined she would live one. From the first moment she opened the tiny chest of three-year-old Brooklyn MacArthur, she'd felt an inexplicable connection. So when the child's father called three years later, panicked about his daughter's infection, it took a little persuasion to convince Sierra to drop everything and fly 4,500 miles from Atlanta to Hawaii.

From USA Today best-selling author Casi McLean, five award-winning novelettes with supernatural twists grab you on minute one and hold you spellbound long after you listen.

Sabrina Wentworth's life ran like a fine tuned clock, precise, calculated, and completely predictable. With shrewd instincts, gifted intellect, and an inquisitive nature, she landed a prime position in the Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange, where the pulse of the stock market endlessly spins billions of dollars through cyberspace. Her fast-paced profession left little time for superfluous relationships that would probably end in disaster anyway. Aside from occasional carnal trysts, she had written off men completely - until she received a bewildering gift.

When New York Times best-selling author Katlyn Harris discovers a timeworn painting in the attic of the isolated home she mysteriously inherits, she feels a surge of déjà vu that spins her into a mysterious fantasy. Can dreams pierce the realm of reality, or is Katlyn's mystic connection to the antique painting the fulfillment of a promise torn from the pages of history?

Fletcher is the “World’s Worst Boyfriend”, and I have the trophy to prove it - along with the consolation gift card I’ve already spent. Entering him into the anonymous contest was cathartic and eye-opening. It’s obvious I need to end this farce of a relationship...so, I do.

When Savannah’s husband Rafe loses his position with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, Savannah gets excited about the prospect of them taking their new baby and moving back to their hometown of Sweetwater. Rafe has already received a job offer from the Columbia Police Department, and although he doesn’t seem terribly interested in accepting, Savannah would enjoy having her family around, not to mention Rafe’s grandmother Mrs. Jenkins.

Lyla Whitney managed to escape her hometown. Since then, she's been avoiding certain things at all costs - like small-town setbacks, her family’s farm, and suffocating under too many expectations. Oh, and love, of course. Aside from that, things are wonderful for her in Boston. That is, until her heartbroken little sister beckons her back to the very place she ran from: Whitney Farms. Lyla braces herself to be there again - but only temporarily. Only through her sister's impending divorce. What she doesn't expect is the newest - and hottest - resident at the farm.

If any American fictional character of the 20th century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lorelei Lee of Little Rock, Arkansas, the not-so-dumb blonde who knew that diamonds are a girl's best friend. Outrageous, charming, and unforgettable, she's been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe and has become the archetype of the footloose, good-hearted gold digger, with an insatiable appetite for orchids, champagne, and precious stones.

With blood dripping from her wrists, 17-year-old Tabitha hopes to find peace in death. Instead, the Gray Man sucks her into his kingdom, where she must obey him to die. The Gray Man sends suicide victims to steal enchanted items he needs for his return to his homeland. Tabitha must cheat and steal – even commit murder – or face physical pain and mental torment. When the Gray Man reveals her mother’s suffering, Tabitha realizes the life she left is the only thing she desires.

I never thought I would be spending Christmas alone. My boyfriend - now ex - had other plans. And by other plans, I meant plans to sleep with one of my best friends. Now, I'm home for the holidays, dreading the questions sure to be thrown my way about Dave. Lucky for me, however, a blast from my past is also spending the holidays alone back home. Could Greg by the one I'm supposed to be with, after all?

A short story about falling for someone unexpectedly while studying abroad.

After graduating from Princeton and spending a whirlwind summer in Europe with Ashley, Alex starts her new job in New York City. Her apartment is tiny and the neighborhood is seamy, but it doesn’t dampen her determination to keep reaching for her dreams. The one bright spot is Oscar’s visit. They have a fantastic time, but it’s clear she and Oscar will never be lovers again - that chapter of their lives is forever closed. For the first time in years, Alex goes home for Christmas and spends the holidays with her family.

Alex Heron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast. Enter Mark Simmons, the new math teacher. With a body to die for and a face that makes every girl swoon, Alex is no exception...until she realizes she opens up to him more than anyone else in her life. Even her best friend, Claire.

In 1600, Alven took revenge on her neglectful family through the dark arts. Her village burned her as a witch, but she immortalized herself as a Wittewijven, the Dutch spirit of a healer, and sought the English god who’d taught her his evil magic. He created a world for her, but she had to populate it by kidnapping people from Earth. Death haunts the living.