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Courtship of the RecluseCindy accepts a housekeeping job at a remote west Texas ranch. The stoic and reclusive rancher has offered her access to a horse and 3000 plus acres in her spare time. Eventually, respect and admiration for him spawns a much deeper emotion – one that gets out of control in fuzzy stages that blend into each other.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Western Romance
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Fateby Gillian Gai Hollingsworth
FateEthan Holt is literally swept off his feet when a beauty saves him from death. The next two weeks sees a hot/cold relationship develop between Ethan and his amnesiac rescuer. He feels beholden; she's fearful of her past. Facing a crisis from her past Zoe finds herself and Ethan and Zoe find each other.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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A Dangerous LoveAfter the death of her family in an auto/train accident, Lisa returns to the wild mountains of her youth. There she meets a man who employs her as a companion for his mother - which includes babysitting his daughter. At his secluded home, nothing is as it first appeared. The young man's volatile moods are nothing compared to her suspicions about the source of his wealth. She is determined to solve the mystery - if she lives long enough!
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Follow Your Heartby Candia Renee Murphy
Follow Your HeartLisa Stevens runs to a quiet mountain retreat after being made a laughing stock in the gossip columns at home. As she drives back to her home and life, her car breaks down during an ice storm, forcing her to seek refuge with a local, the handsome rock star Michael Joyce.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Second Chance RomanceTwelve years ago Kip Turner let the girl of his dreams go to pursue his dream of playing hockey. She is now an unmarried mother in a nearby town. Can they rekindle their relationship?
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Love Like ThisAngered that his wife would sleep with his brother, Ethan swore revenge. To his surprise, he becomes involved with the one person his wife never wanted him to get close to...her daughter, Nicole. Once Ethan leaves his wife penniless and then breaks Nicole's heart his revenge will be complete.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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A Tutelarius LoveMegan is ready to take control of her destiny, even if she has to fly to another state to escape an overprotective father. From the elite in California to a rustic cabin in Arkansas is culture shock enough, but what she finds in Arkansas isn’t at all what she expects.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Breaking the Routine Can Have ConsequencesSamantha Peters is the quiet good girl type. Her best friend convinces her to go to New York for the weekend where she has her first one night stand. No big deal right since she lives in a little no name town until she finds out the man she spent the night with is her new co-worker.
Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance
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Music of SoulsJackson and Sarah are best friends and vampires extraordinaire. He is a hedonistic philanderer whose only emotional involvement is a passion for music. His carefree existence is derailed when he meets Elisabeth.Relationships between the living and the undead are the least of the obstacles they face.
Categories: Contemporary Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance, Vampire Romance
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The Iron in BloodBook 1 in The Iron Trilogy. Rebecca is an ordinary teenager whose DNA hides an extraordinary secret. A routine blood test after an accident turns her peaceful and rather mundane life upside-down, as she becomes the focus of three powerful brothers with exceptional skills and an age-old secret.
Categories: Contemporary Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance, Vampire Romance
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The dramas and challenges of life are woven through the basic romantic themes in a contemporary romance novel. The hero and heroine attempt to build and sustain their romantic relationship, while they live and love in a contemporary setting.
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Free Air
Perhaps the original American road trip novel, Free Air follows Claire Boltwood as she travels from New York City to the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century. If Claire can leave behind her upper-class background, she may find herself gaining the love of a down-to-earth man in her new home.
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