No matter how far and how fast you run, the truth is never far behind. CIA counter-terrorism expert Manual Ramirez has spent the last three years looking for the woman he loves, who disappeared without a trace while on a post-graduate trip to France. Then, as suddenly as she disappeared, Jules Trehan turns up in a small-town Colorado hospital bed, injured in an explosion that killed her parents. Manny is shocked by the change in the woman he once knew. Kidnapped by a shadowy organization, Jules has been forced to become the very thing he’s pledged his life to defeat—a terrorist assassin. Knowing her testimony will finally bring down the organization, Manny races to get her to Washington, D.C. in one piece. Just when there’s a glimmer of hope of overcoming her past, Jules must pull off one last job or Manny’s life will be forfeit. It’s a mission she must complete…even if it means betraying the only man she has ever loved. Warning, this title contains the following: Explicit sex, adult language, violence.

Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving. It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life. But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness. Caught in the crosshairs between loyalty and freedom, Violet must decide whether old friends can be trusted—and if she’s strong enough to be the one person to save them all.

Trapped in another dimension on a primitive version of Earth with a ship that needs major repairs. Meanwhile, the crew are at each other's throats, there's a murderer on board, and an alien super race is breathing down their necks. Just another day in Corps!'We obey the same laws of mathematics' is a chapbook of thirteen poems by author Sarah Grace Logan. This debut collection features a baker’s dozen of ocean-going poems, riddled with syphilitic beauty and speculative horrors. From lonesome shores to the mid-Atlantic refuse sprawl, Sarah Grace Logan imagines the world dissolving in front of us, and the ocean claiming back the world we've clawed from its depths. Her poetry discusses love, feminism, extinction and climate change, and challenges human privilege over nature. The author lives and works in Manchester, and is fascinated with exploring gender and identity in her writing. She started writing poetry in 2013 and recently won the Prole Laureate Poetry Prize 2014 with her poem 'Not all bees make honey'. She has also published a chapbook of flash fiction called 'Humping the Boonies'.Praise for Humping the Boonies (flash fiction chapbook):“Haunting and sexy in equal measures. Every story is a little mystery that left me wanting more.”“Her characters are always interesting and deeply layered, and real.”

What if? That's the question on Kate's mind, a woman unsettled in life. Will she find the balance between her current life and the one she wants?What-if questions plaque Kate's mind. She wanted to fulfill her dreams, but feels saddled down with home life. A car accident, a spirit guide, and a trip down memory lane and into the future help to guide her down the path and to the road back home.

This is the third in the series "A Long Lonely Road" about the efforts of an older man to get home to Texas after an EMP strands him in Montana.

"She can't be dead!" the young pastor cried as he looked down at the still, white face of his new bride. Blinded by bitterness, Paul Cameron leaves his church and flees to a logging camp deep in the north woods of Wisconsin. There he wrestles with his loss-unable to get Corrine out of his mind and unwilling to make peace with God. When a falling tree crushes his legs, Paul can run no further. Broken now in body as well as spirit, he must face his own heart as he encounters the love of God in the patient care of his nurse, Abigail Finlayson. The Long Road Home touches shattered dreams with God's faithfulness and the possibility of new love in this turn-of-the-century romance.

From a leading scholar on the politics of race comes a work of family history, memoir, and insight gained from a unique journey across the continent, on what it is to be Black in North America.When Debra Thompson moved to the United States in 2010, she felt like she was returning to the land of her ancestors, those who had escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad. But her decade-long journey across Canada and the US transformed her relationship to both countries, and to the very idea of home. In The Long Road Home, Thompson follows the roots of Black identities in North America and the routes taken by those who have crisscrossed the world's longest undefended border in search of freedom and belonging. She begins in Shrewsbury, Ontario, one of the termini of the Underground Railroad and the place where members of her own family found freedom. More than a century later, Thompson still feels the echoes and intergenerational trauma of...

Home is where the heart is... unless you have nothing to go home to. When Jaxson Adams is forced out of the service on a medical discharge, he returns to his hometown to find that very little has changed. The problem is, he has. He's no longer the carefree, wild child he'd once been. He's seen and done things most people couldn't imagine. Not in their dreams… and not in their worst nightmares. Even worse, he's lost his sense of purpose. He doesn't belong anymore. And no one understands. Then he finds the letters. Letters that change everything he thought he knew about his family and provide a new mission—to discover the truth and right decades-old wrongs in the process. Penny Hoffmeier is a romantic at heart, even if the only romance she sees is the stuff she makes herself. She takes great pleasure in creating the perfect bouquets for every occasion from her family's florist shop in Sumneyville, PA. She's a lover, not a fighter, but she likes scuttlebutt as much as the next girl, and the hot, former SEALs who set up a place for returning service men and women nearby are providing plenty of fodder these days. So far, she's managed to stay neutral in the escalating tensions between some locals and the Sanctuary guys. However, when the brooding, sexy stranger comes to town with a shocking secret about one of their own, remaining quietly on the sidelines proves impossible. Will Jaxson be able to achieve his objective and move on with a clear conscience? Or will he make Penny his next mission?

Crying into an iced coffee in front of a stranger isn't high on anyone's priority list but ... Gracen Briggs has history in this valley—deep roots, dead dreams, and an ex whose smiling face she sees plastered all over town, every single day. Wonderful, right? Malachi Anders left things unfinished here, too. All his trouble and traumas … God knows he already spent too much time trying to leave it behind. He never wanted to come back.She can't find a way out. Welcome to the valley.It's a long road home. * Somewhere along the foggy Acadian Peninsula of northern New Brunswick sits a small valley town with more than one secret being whispered up and down its sleepy streets. These Valley Days features standalone couples, and every book brings someone—new or old—back home where they belong. With a HEA, of course.

There are many ways to heal a broken heart. Some more sensible than others. Riding solo across the US on a Harley presents unforeseen challenges for Camden Burns–but none as troubling as Dean Wester, the sheriff of small town Enbridge. When Camden's bike develops a worrying vibration, she pulls to the side of a Kansas cornfield to call for help. Unfortunately, the sheriff finds her first and makes it clear there's no room in his small town for her. Fine with Camden. Get the bike fixed and she'll be happily on her way. Of course nothing is that simple. The universe has other ideas, and she has no choice but to play along. Wester knows his young daughter Sophie needs a mother and he has just the woman in mind. Nice and proper and the perfect role model for his little girl. The complete opposite, in fact, of the irritating Camden Burns. An enemies to lovers romance.

There are a lot of things a person can discover about themselves on the open road.They can discover that...You can forget your past.Find happiness and peace.Maybe even a little love along the way.Author's Note - I wanted to do something nice for all the wonderful, loyal and supportive fans of mine who have been patiently waiting for my books. You have no idea how much I appreciate your devotion. Thanks so much. Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart ~Lauren Hammond~*Inspired by true events*There are a lot of things a person can discover about themselves on the open road.They can discover that...You can forget your past.Find happiness and peace.Maybe even a little love along the way.I’ve got a ten hour drive ahead of me.I’ve got a lot on my mind to keep me occupied.I’ve got a full tank of gas. A caramel macchiato from Starbucks. A bottle of water for later. Some snacks. An iPod full of sweet tunes. A few twisted thoughts. Not to mention a broken heart. All of which will accompany me while I drive.All of which will accompany me while I travel on the long road home.

You can't find where you truly belong until you discover who you really are... Alice Hamilton is enjoying her new life in Ballarat with the freedom to explore her future now she's stepped away from the constraints of her upbringing. She's learnt the hard way that knowledge is power, and is looking forward to her legal studies, then making a difference as a lawyer with heart.But whilst Alice's life is looking up, back in Hope Springs the world of her former husband Rick Peterson is unravelling. After a chance meeting a few months earlier, Rick and Alice have reconnected. And it's fortunate they have, because Rick is about to need Alice's friendship like he's never needed it before.Rick has always felt a bit lost - as a farmer, he could never admit he didn't feel the deep connection to the land that the only son and third generation farmer should. And now he's suddenly being forced to come to terms with just why his heart isn't in it and...

Wyatt Locke believes in second chances. Sure, meeting his half brother last year was a complete disaster--but blood is blood, right? Now Wyatt is returning to the Last Chance Ranch to try to make peace with a family he hardly knows....Then he comes across beautician Olivia Sedgewick stranded on the side of the road.As it turns out, most of the Chance clan is away for the weekend, and Olivia proves to be a very delicious and sexy distraction. But as his brother's return draws closer, Wyatt has to decide. Can he leave this cowboy life--and Olivia--behind? Or would the ranch be the setting of Wyatt's last stand?

Welcome to River’s Bend — Oregon’s most western town where spurs have a job to do and cowboy hats aren’t a fashion accessory.New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross returns to her Oregon ranching country roots with a poignant, emotional story about friendship, loss, and the redemptive power of love that binds us together through the worst of storms. Growing up on neighboring ranches, Sawyer Murphy and Austin Merrill were always best friends. As teens, each secretly wondered if they could become more to each other. When the grown-up Sawyer returns to River’s Bend from deployment as a Marine Special Forces Ranger, Austin’s ready to move their relationship out of the friend zone while Sawyer remains stuck in the war zone.  She still holds his heart, but he needs to be alone. Something that becomes impossible when, after a heart-shattering accident, they’re left to care for their best friends’ children. Despite concerns about their ability to take on such a monumental responsibility, together they embark on a shared journey where they’ll encounter challenges, joys, and, ultimately, a perilous event that takes them to the very heart of what it means to be a family. 

Travel across the country with her old lover, John McDonnell--and his girlfriend? Impossible. But Clarisse Madison is desperate. Terrified of flying and unable to drive long stretches because of a knee surgery, she sees no other way to get from New York to San Diego and her sister’s wedding. Three years ago, a plane crash disfigured her leg and destroyed her career as a model. Self-esteem crushed and fearful of rejection, Clarisse severed her relationship with John. Now, forced to travel across the country with him and his girlfriend, Vivian, she is determined to hide her disfigurement. Driving through state after state and mile after mile, though, she begins to fall in love all over again. But can anything come of it? Can she overcome her pride for the sake of love?

In the wake of the Solar Union’s stunning victory over the Tokomak - the masters of the galactic community - humanity has been invited to send a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Harmonious Order, one of the oldest and most significant races in known space. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed, a chance to forge ties with a powerful ally. And so a lone starship is dispatched to the galactic core to open discussions ... ... But when that starship runs into a deadly trap, she and her crew must battle their way home before they are merely the first casualties in a renewed war. **

The war might be over, but trying to get life back on track is anything but easy for Alice Watts. Follow Alice's journey back to post-Blitz Bristol where she searches for family, friends, and one particular loved one, in a world where it's expected to mend and make do....and where it's sometimes impossible to put your heart before your head.....A tale of true courage and the power of sheer determination, this un-put-downable post-WWII set saga is filled with warmth, humour and heart-wrenching emotion.Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Katie Flynn and Dilly Court.Previous books in the Home Land Farm Girls series: Book 1 – Letters to Alice

An ice storm strands Gwen at the airport on Christmas Eve, four hours from home and half a country away from her family. Downtrodden and sad, she debates what to do when she literally bumps into an old college crush. Logan intends to spend the holidays alone, still adapting to the loss of his left foot courtesy of a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Looking at a permanent disability, military discharge, along with pitiful looks and limited opportunities, he feels anything but the holiday spirit. Then he finds Gwen and can't resist assisting the pretty little damsel in distress by offering to allow her to stay with him until the roads are safe for travel once more. She sees past his prosthesis to the man within, the same man she fell in love with four years ago in dance class. His emotional toll weighs on her, spurring her to step up, show him that his physical changes didn't make him less than a whole man. He's a hero, and a man she couldn't get enough of.

I left home ten years ago, promising myself I'd never return to the place where I had never been accepted. I was despised and ridiculed for circumstances completely beyond my control. But when my grandmother passes away, I'm forced to return to Kansas. I will have to face everyone who hated me. But they're not who I'm most afraid of. My biggest fear? Facing him. Jordan Marx. The boy I once loved more than life itself. The boy who defended me from them. The boy I'd disappeared on, leaving him nothing more than a horrible nasty lie and hastily scribbled note. When Jordan finds out the secret I have carried for so long, I'm in for the battle of my life. Or so I thought. I might have wandered for years on a path riddled with thorns but with Jordan by my side, taking the long road home means more than reuniting with the only man I've ever loved. It might just mean finding myself, and the family...

Chloe Powell is a woman on the run. She’s constantly looking over her shoulder, trying to escape the demons of her past. All she wants is to live in peace, and she decides that there’s no better way to do that than to take a job driving across the frozen ice roads of Northern Canada. She wants to get as far away from her Alaskan home as she can, and find a new home where no one knows her name. Everything is going as planned, until she meets Seth: a sexy, scarred shifter who knows exactly where she came from and who she is—or so he thinks.Seth Evans is the last bachelor in his clan of polar bear shifters. Watching all of his closest friends pair up has been hard on him. After losing nearly everyone in his clan to a rival clan’s attack, he isn’t sure if he’ll ever feel truly happy and loved again. He’s pushed away restless feelings of loneliness for too long, and he decides that a winter of ice road trucking will give him just the break he needs. But his plans for a peaceful season of solitude are thwarted when he comes face to face with a dark piece of his past—a face he inexplicably finds himself falling for. And when he finds more hiding behind Chloe’s dark eyes than he bargained for, he’ll have to decide whether pursuing her is worth the risk.Can Chloe convince Seth that she’s more than the product of her past? And will Seth be able to love Chloe despite her connection to the scars of yesterday? Find out in this heartwarming finale to the Ice Bear Shifters series.

All she's ever wanted is a place to call home 1948: Daisy Driscoll is working as a qualified Sister in Brighton. The war may be over, but Daisy's heart is in turmoil. Abandoned in childhood and haunted by the experience of her first marriage, Daisy no longer trusts anyone. Convinced the roots of her identity lie in India, and desperate to find the truth, Daisy leaps at the chance to leave her lonely life behind when her friend Grayson Harte travels to the East on business. As she uncovers long-hidden secrets about the family she never knew, will she be able to put the past behind her and find happiness after all? The heart-warming final book in the bestselling Daisy's War series – perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Kitty Neale and Nadine Dorries.

Four beautiful stories of finding a home for the heart along the Western trail. Mandy didn't expect to be left alone in the wilds of Indiana after taking the wagon train west. Bess, the "mistake" of a prostitute in the largely unsettled West, knows no other life than growing up in a brothel. Deidre, a runaway slave, dreams of reuniting with her beloved husband, Jeremiah, who was sold away from her. The last thing Frederika wanted was to leave her beautiful home in Germany for the rugged Texas frontier. Through surprising revelations and new chances, all will discover the kind of love that transcends boundaries.

Romance/Mainstream. 87613 words long.

Sometimes getting lost is the only way to find your way home . . .I'm grateful for many things-my work, my apartment, my amazing friends. But after that night years ago, I'm left with an aching weight I can't escape. And it's keeping me from living and loving the way I desperately want. So when a ruggedly handsome cop pulls me over, I'm shocked by what just the sight of him does to me-stirring up feelings I didn't think were possible again.Cayden Sinclair is undoubtedly one of the good guys. A former Marine who's so sexy I can't seem to keep my hands to myself. But there are things I'm not ready to share, things that could change everything between us. Cayden deserves to have the life he's always wanted-which means walking away from him. But I don't know if I'll ever find the strength to let him go . . .

Wyatt Locke believes in second chances. Sure, meeting his half brother last year was a complete disaster--but blood is blood, right? Now Wyatt is returning to the Last Chance Ranch to try to make peace with a family he hardly knows....Then he comes across beautician Olivia Sedgewick stranded on the side of the road.As it turns out, most of the Chance clan is away for the weekend, and Olivia proves to be a very delicious and sexy distraction. But as his brother's return draws closer, Wyatt has to decide. Can he leave this cowboy life--and Olivia--behind? Or would the ranch be the setting of Wyatt's last stand?