

Wants and Wishes
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Korrie Karssen is the top-ranked realtor of the Southeast. The need to remain at the top means sacrificing everything—including friends, family, and faith. But the race to keep in step with her extravagant spending causes Korrie to take dangerous risks.Brayden Cambridge has returned home from Afghanistan following an extended deployment to find his girlfriend has moved on to another man. Now, he wants nothing more than to stay away from women and pursue his dream of becoming a sheriff's patrol officer. But Brayden's plan for a quiet life is dashed when his path crosses with Korrie's. The two are as opposite as sandpaper and cotton, yet Brayden can't seem to keep his distance. Can he teach Korrie to trust again, and that there's more to life than fancy cars and designer clothes?
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Love Notions
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Jami Mitchell has come home to Heart's Haven to open a bookshop with the inheritance Grandma left to her. Nana's Novel Notions is the business of her dreams until she realizes who the tenant next door is: ruthless Riley Hunter. Growing up in the small town together, she's watched him dance through women while she's hidden her feelings with a concrete exterior. How will she cope, when she can't bear being in the same town with him, let alone neighbors? Riley Hunter has sacrificed everything to shed the poverty of his childhood. While others held Sweet-sixteen parties, he cleaned up after them. But his hard work has paid off, and he's opened an architecture firm in the growing town. He's had a thing for Jami since high school, but she was the privileged girl who never gave him the time of day. Now she's come home with a wad of cash and has set up a book store in the business complex he plans to buy out. Can the two put the past behind them, or will his dream shatter hers?
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Designed by Love
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Traci Stanton's dream is to own a cake shop. The cramped kitchen at her Heart's Haven apartment isn't exactly an ideal space for creating her masterpieces. Plus her new neighbor, Dylan, has become a constant distraction with his DJ business and the ever-present explosion of event music as he tweaks playlists. Dylan Jones blew into Angel Falls like a hurricane desperate to leave the memories of a mission gone awry. A former Navy SEAL, he's got no desire to live with deadlines and boundaries or to take orders from anyone—ever again. If only Traci would quit distracting him with the aroma of her sweet confections and lilting voice singing hymns as she works. Dylan has no place for the God who let him down and claimed the life of his fellow SEALs. Will Dylan ever leave the past—and his anorexic faith—behind and allow God to calm the raging storm in his soul?
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Whispers at Willow Lake
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
With a father known as the town drunk and a mother who fled when he was only six, Ryder learned early on that the world can be a cold, unforgiving place. Only two people in his life ever understood him "Mama" Stallings and sweet Ali Maclaren. But after a tragic accident, guilt chases Ryder from the town that's labeled him trouble, and from Ali. Seven years later Ryder returns after Mama Stallings's death and finds that Ali is considering marriage to a man with a mean streak he masterfully hides from all but Ryder, a man who'll do whatever's necessary to remove Ryder from Willow Lake, and Ali's life, forever. Can Ali find a way to forgive Ryder and can Ryder forgive himself before another tragedy occurs?
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Wisdom Tree
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Sometimes the last thing we think we need is exactly what God has planned After the death of his parents, Jake Samuels has enough on his plate - including a fledgling church to lead and a mischievous younger brother to raise. The last thing he needs is a rambunctious woman to contend with. Carin O'Malley is dealing with the death of her brother and a new job as an English teacher at East Ridge Middle School where Corey Samuels reigns as King of Chaos. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with a man...especially a handsome and complicated preacher like Corey's brother Jake. But when Corey's antics toss Carin and Jake together, the two must draw from God's wisdom to find refuge in His perfect plan for them.
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A Boulder Creek Christmas
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Alani O'Dwyer offered her heart to Ryan Connolly years ago, and he tossed it aside without so much as a backward glance. Though the town of Boulder Creek dubs him a hero,she vows she'll never again fall victim to his charms. Ryan Connolly captains a raucous crew of firefighters at the Boulder Creek Fire Department, yet he's unprepared for the adventure of falling in love with beautiful and headstrong Alani O'Dwyer. But when a meddling angel at the annual Fighters for Hire charity auction brings Ryan and Alani together, even regrets from the past can't thwart Ryan's plans to make her his own.
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Stolen Miracles
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Rebecca Gillespie is lucky to be alive following a devastating car accident that claimed her husband's life and put her in a coma with little hope of recovery. Her heart still aches for the loss of her precious daughter given up for adoption by her wealthy, dying mother-in-law to a couple in Mills Landing. Now, fully recovered, Rebecca struggles to rebuild her life - alone. She soothes the emptiness in her heart with laughter of children who fill her local preschool, Precious Miracles. Cole Seibert clings to his daughter, Kimmy, following the death of his wife. They'd adopted the child as an infant, and Cole never imagined he'd be left to raise her alone. When he drops by to register Kimmy at Precious Miracles, he's confident the center is the best place for Kimmy... Until Rebecca steals his breath and casts his heart into a firestorm with her revelation— "I think you have my daughter..."
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Tender Mercies
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
When Lexi Taylor resorts to hosting an online auction to raise money for her fledgling youth center, the last thing she expects is to be matched for a date with Cooper Jackson. Lured by the promise of a lucrative NFL career, the hometown hero and former University of Tennessee quarterback broke off their engagement without so much as a backward glance. Now, six years later, he’s come home.
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Mended Heart
Mary Manners
Mary Manners
Jade McAllister returns home to Pineyville, Tennessee to help nurse her estranged mother back to health. She's grateful her friend found her a job as an administrative assistant at Pineyville Church. That is, until she runs into Shane Calkin-the bad-boy-wannabe who broke her heart. Shane's job as Youth Director at the church is a far cry from his high school days as the town's privileged rich kid. The death of his sister has left him with a young niece to raise and a rambunctious puppy to tame. He's not the self-centered person who once hurt Jade, and all he wants now is a second chance to love her. But how can he prove it to her?
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