Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Game of Hearts

Synopsis ~ Game of Hearts

Kyla Summers has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime to get her cosplay business off the ground, and only one thing stands in her way. She needs someone to take over the auto shop, and there’s only one person she can think of to call…

Jericho Salomon hasn’t been back in his home town since he joined a biker gang and rode off nine years ago. When his best friend’s kid sister calls begging for help, he knows that he owes the family a debt and he intends to pay. This is easier said than done once he finds that the kid is all grown up…

She needs a pair of skillful hands. He needs to keep his hands off. When sparks begin to fly, can they keep things strictly business, or will their hearts get hopelessly tangled? No more games, it’s time to play for keeps.

 

Chapter 1 

Kyla Summers was dreaming about silk but working with metal.

After putting the final touches on the timing belt for the 2015 Subaru Forester she’d been struggling with since that morning, she glanced at the clock. Six in the evening. Time to start shutting down. I’ll finish up the head gasket stuff tomorrow, she thought with a nod. For now, it was time to switch gears. She’d go upstairs from the shop to her apartment. Take a nice hot shower and ensure she got all the grease off before she started working with that new material she’d splurged on.

 

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Teasers

How the hell did she sleep through that?

“Asshole,” she repeated, squirming.

He shook his head, feeling the adrenaline start to wear off. “I can’t believe you’re still sleeping,” he said. “Kyla? Honey? You fell out of bed.”

“Hmmm?”

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“Baby, you fell out of bed.”

“No I didn’t.”

He smiled. “Yeah you did.”

“No, you did.” She sounded petulant, and rolled, presenting her back to him.

“You can’t sleep on the floor,” he said, trying for patience. “Your back will get all jacked up. Trust me.”

“Go ‘way,” she muttered.

“Kyla,” he said, more firmly, “I’m not letting you sleep on the floor.”

She blew a raspberry at him.

 

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: One True Pairing

Synopsis ~ One True Pairing

They couldn’t be more opposite, the Hollywood actor and the hometown girl, but all they need is a little convention magic to become the perfect ship.

Jake Reese needs a decoy girlfriend. Fast. The lead actor of the popular TV show, Mystics, is tired of losing his shirt to overeager fans. Literally. Which is why a chance meeting with gothabilly bookworm-slash-barista Hailey Frost seems almost too perfect to be true. Hailey is not impressed with his TV fame and is desperate to save her family’s bookstore. It’s a match made in Hollywood, but as the two pretend to date, fan fiction becomes reality. Can this OTP become canon?

 

Chapter 1 

Just hang in there, Jake. You can do this. 

Jake Reese sat in a crowded restaurant in Issaquah, Washington, surrounded by women. Many men would consider this ideal – hell, some would consider it a dream come true. For Jake, it was the job.

“These women have paid hundreds of dollars to have a sit-down meal with one of the stars of Mystics,” his agent, Susie, had said when explaining the gig. “So you’ll glad hand, you’ll answer questions, you’ll take selfies, you’ll eat something. No big deal.”

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Teasers

The door opened quickly, and she glanced up, ready to tease Stan for his burger habit. But it wasn’t Stan. It was a gorgeous, dark-haired guy, with a strong jaw and a leather jacket.

“Hide me,” the guy said, in a breathless, raspy tone.

“Excuse me?”

Before she could say anything else, he glanced behind him, then – unbelievably – he dashed behind the counter, hiding on the floor.

“Hey!” she yelped.

He held a finger to his lips, then pointed at the door.

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Saturdays at Sweeney’s

Synopsis ~ Saturdays at Sweeney’s

Members of the Sweeney family, young and old, chart their courses for the future in this final installment of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series.

When the seafood business Lovie Sweeney established sixty years ago is destroyed by fire, she finds herself at the center of an arson investigation. What really happened that night? Is Lovie responsible for starting the fire or is her family under attack from a sworn enemy?

The loss of their family business leaves the Sweeney clan in flux. Samantha faces the challenges of rebuilding the market while her son, Jamie, on track to graduate from college in six months, must decide whether to make his permanent home in Prospect or move to Charleston where a new special someone resides. At age forty-five, Faith, who has never fully recovered from an abusive marriage, is on a quest to find her true passion? Jackie is distraught when her son, Sean, flunks out of college and struggles to find direction in his life without his twin brother to guide him. A medical diagnosis brings the sisters closer together and threatens to change family dynamics forever.

 

Chapter 1 

Sam

The shrill ringing of Sam’s cell phone jolted her upright in bed a few minutes before twelve on a stormy Wednesday night in early May. Blinking his eyes open, Eli propped himself up on one elbow beside hr. She snatched the phone up from her nightstand. Sam could barely hear the man’s voice over the wall of sirens in the background.

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Teasers

A young reporter with a microphone stood behind Donna.

“I’m not buying whatever you’re selling,” Sam said and returned her attention to the rubble.

Several years ago, Donna had published a scalding review in her family’s tabloid newspaper, Prospect Weekly, that referred to the recent renovations at Sweeney’s as “Too Uptown for Small Town.” The article had brought a screeching halt to their business a week after the grand reopening.

 

 

“Just because the district attorney is dropping the charges doesn’t necessarily mean I’m ready to give you your car back. I thought you’d be relieved to hear you won’t have to go to jail.”

“What do you mean? I’m already in jail, living in this house with the two of you.”

Bill smoothed out the little bit of hair he had left on top of his head. Jackie recognized the gesture. Her husband was stalling while he gathered his composure.

“You’re mistaken, son. You’ve been living in a detention center since you got home from school. Congratulations, your lousy attitude has earned you a transfer to cell block C.”

Jackie admired the patient but firm way her husband responded to their son.

“If you’d like to continue living under our roof here at Moss Creek Penitentiary, you will abide by our rules…”

 

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: The Christmas Cowboy Hero

Synopsis ~ The Christmas Cowboy Hero

’Tis the season for ex-Navy SEAL Clayton East to come home for the holidays―even if the mood at home is anything but festive. His father is ill. The East Ranch is in financial trouble. And now it’s on Clayton, the prodigal son, to make sure his family doesn’t lose everything.

Headstrong Abby Harper is like a mother to her younger brothers, who she’s helped raise since she was a teenager. Keeping them in line is no small task while she’s also working toward her college degree. And now that one of her brothers has been arrested for stealing cattle at the East Ranch, Abby is at her wit’s end. But there is a silver lining: Clayton East. He believes in second chances, and is willing to give one to her brother this Christmas. Letting beautiful Abby―and the inescapable longing in his heart―off the hook, however, is a whole ’nother story. Could it be that the woman of this local hero’s dreams has been back at home all along?

 

Prologue

South Africa

Home.

The word flashed across the screen of Clayton’s cell for the fourth time in three days. He turned the phone over as his way of ignoring it.

It had been over six months since he last spoke to his parents. They hadn’t exactly been thrilled when he didn’t return home after resigning his commission in the Navy.

 

Chapter 1 

Clearview, Texas

Three weeks before Christmas

This should couldn’t be happening. Abby Harper’s heart thumped against her ribs as she turned into the parking lot of the sheriff’s department. She parked and opened her car door, only to have her keys drop from her shaking hand. It took her three tries to pick them up because she couldn’t get her fingers to listen to what her brain was telling them.

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Teasers

“Sometimes boys don’t listen to reason no matter who says the words.”

 

“Nothing illegal is good. Remember that. Abby just wants you safe, happy, and loved. She doesn’t strike me as the kind of woman who wants things.”

Brice shrugged. “Everyone wants things. Abby keeps it hidden, but I wanted her to be able to open a present this Christmas that wasn’t something from around the house we wrapped just so she’d have something to open.”

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Hope at Christmas

Synopsis ~ Hope at Christmas

A recently divorced woman and her daughter look for a fresh start by moving to a small town that embraces them in ways that only fate and the magic of Christmas can explain.

Sydney Ragsdale is divorced, but her husband is still calling the shots. In an attempt to shake free from his hold, she and her daughter, Ray Anne, head for tiny Hopewell, NC to the only asset her ex has no control over – a decaying farmhouse that once belonged to her grandparents. She finds solace at The Book Bea, the bookstore she’d loved as a child during her summer stays.

Kevin MacAlea, Mac to his friends, is the local high school history teacher and baseball coach. Father of a twelve-year-old son, he’s Hopewell, North Carolina’s most sought after bachelor. His young bride abandoned him and his son just before Christmas and has never come back. It has left his son bitter about Christmas which is hard for Mac who loves the magic of the season. He’s been the Santa here in Hopewell since the year Seth was born.

But when a catastrophe forces The Book Bea to close before the end of the year, everyone in the small town is feeling the loss. While Sydney is already off-balance by the bad news, her ex-husband breaks a promise to their daughter that sends Ray Anne running away. As Sydney tries to figure out what her next steps are she discovers all of the answers are right here in Hopewell.

 

Chapter 1 

Sydney Ragsdale pulled her car along the curb in front of the elementary school and faced her daughter with a go-get-em-kiddo smile. “Have a wonderful day, RayAnne.”

“It’s just school, Mom.”

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Teasers

She’d make a plan. It’s what she’d always done to make sure she and Jon met his goals. Why was she treating her life any differently?

 

“When a customer buys a book, fiction or non-fiction, it usually ties to something going on in their lives. It’s like getting a puzzle piece. Not a nice edge or corner piece, tough. One of the murky middle ones that takes a while to figure out.”

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: No Place Like You

Synopsis ~ No Place Like You

Leah Santelli always knew that Zach Harper, son of a rock legend and her best friend’s brother, was painfully out of reach. Then, on the night of her eighteenth birthday, Leah shocked herself by asking for–and receiving–the gift she wanted: one night of passion with Zach before he left town to pursue his rock star dreams. Now, years later, Zach is back in Cloud Bay to record his first solo album. His return could also be Leah’s big chance to step up her own music career. But getting the producing credit she needs means spending long hours with Zach in the recording studio…and falling back into the habit of longing for him, for better or worse.

Zach used to believe that a man must put his past behind him. But coming back home for Cloud Bay’s famed music festival has allowed him to finally make amends with his family and, much to his surprise, reunite with Leah. He might have left her once but now it seems he can’t stay away. Trouble is, even though the heat between them burns hotter than ever, Leah has old wounds in need of healing before she can give Zach a real chance. Can he find a way to convince her that they can make more than just great music together–and that she’s the one that he wants for all time?

 

Chapter 1 

Oce upon our time 

You remembered me 

Yet somehow I forgot you, baby

But now you’re all I see

From “Me After You,” Track 3, Lost in the Undertow, Blacklight 1995

 

“Now there’s a sight for sore eyes,” Billy Lawler said, sounding for once, completely sincere.

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Teasers

As a kid, Grey’s studio had been sacred ground to Zach.

 

Zach turned his attention back to the coffee, producing two coffees strong enough to dissolve steel. Eli took one sip then put his down and shoveled a few spoons of sugar into it. “Dude, are you trying to give us ulcers?”

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Chocolate Kisses and Love Filled Wishes

 

Synopsis ~ Chocolate Kisses and Love Filled Wishes

Summer and Brad are slated to get married but things go awry in Kissing Bridge! Brad’s younger sister, snowboarding champion, Kacey Anderson is forced to come home to heal from a bad accident. After being told she can no longer compete she begins to train at her home while still missing her beloved Olympic gold medalist Brody Jenkins. Against doctor’s orders, she begins to regain her strength in the hopes of competing in the 2016 Olympics. When a young Climate Change activist enlists her help to bring awareness to the cause, Kacey begins to think that her future may be much different then she imagined. Summer is forced back to LA to finish off a contract when the worst blizzard in decades hits her hometown. Unable to return she can only suffer as she here’s a fate worse than she can ever imagine is unfolding back home in Kissing Bridge Mountain. Against all odds, love always seems to bring miracles to Kissing Bridge and this story will leave you believing and having faith in the power of true love.

 

Chapter 1 

Olympic Snowboarding Qualification Grand Prix

Kacey Anderson, a 22-year-old all-American cutie, eyed the scoreboard. The bright February sun shone off the white snow and lit up her beautiful sweet face sprinkled with a dusting of freckles across her nose and cheeks. Her strawberry blonde pigtails hung out on either side of her white knit hat, which was splashed with her sponsor’s name, O’Neil. Her soft gray eyes shot up the mountain watching the next rider get in place.

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Teasers

“There are only two types of people in this world – those who care about making it a better planet, and those who only care about themselves. Which one are you?”

 

She had been such a hopeful for the 2018 Olympics but now all those dreams seemed to be going up in smoke.

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: A Season of You

Synopsis ~ A Season of You

It’s Christmastime in the quaint island town of Cloud Bay, where love is always in season…Will Fraser has believed in love at first sight since the day he first laid eyes on Mina Harper five years ago. There was only one problem: She was happily married. Then, when Mina’s husband was killed by a drunk driver, Will figured she’d want nothing to do with a guy who owns a whiskey distillery. So he’s kept his feelings locked away, knowing that not even a Christmas miracle would be enough to melt Mina’s heart. . . Mina believes her days of true love are behind her. Since losing her husband she’s kept to herself, content to do her own painting and stay out of the limelight that comes with her famous family. But when, after a freak accident, Will comes to her rescue, Mina can’t quite get him out of her mind. As curiosity turns into a fling during Cloud Bay’s first Christmas Festival, she finds it harder to convince herself that her feelings for Will are just mistletoe-inspired. Could Mina be ready to lay the past to rest and finally admit that what she really wants for Christmas–and forever–is Will?

 

Chapter 1 

“Not to misquote Monty Python or anything, but that is an ex-tire.” Mina Harper stared at the back of her Jeep and fought the urge to kick the offending wheel. No point making it any flatter. It was already doing an annoyingly good imitation of a squished and melted doughnut as it was.

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Teasers

“Yep, I’m definitely okay with a cookie payment plan.”

Was he the first man she’d kissed since her husband? The stupid-ass, too-much-testosterone, Neanderthal part of his brain wanted that to be true.

 

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Deck the Halls

Synopsis ~ Deck the Halls

In the last year, George’s life has drastically changed. The formerly homeless veteran now has a job he likes, a family in the residents of Darling, VT, and for the first time in years, a home. But while his presence is good, he’s still haunted by the past, a past that appears shortly before Christmas when the older sister of his brother-in-arms hunts him down and finds him in Darling, working at the Ladybug Garden Center.

Amy’s looking for closure for her family after her brother’s death in the Middle East, but the serious man she finds working in Vermont doesn’t resemble the soldier she remembers from years before. This man is hardened and yet somehow fragile, too, and in her desire to find out what really happened to her brother, she learns more about George than she ever expected.

With a little Christmas magic and the whole town supporting them, can these two bruised hearts make a future together?

 

Chapter 1 

George Reilly twisted the wire on the back of the red velvet bow, anchoring it to the wreath frame. He frowned, looked at the bow, and adjusted it so it was even on the front of the cedar-and-spruce wreath.

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Teasers

It was like looking at an older, female version of the man he’d failed so horribly. The man he still thought of every day – George’s best friend.

 

Pain made people do all sorts of things they never imagined.

 

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Tuesday Teaser & Intro: Christmas at Two Love Lane

 

Synopsis ~ Christmas at Two Love Lane

From the moment he strode through the iron gate and into the offices of Two Love Lane on a crisp December day, it was obvious that Deacon Banks was something different. He wasn’t a Charleston native, not with that adorable Yankee accent. And unlike the usual client at the elegant matchmaking agency, he had no interest in finding a woman to marry–just a few no-strings dates while he was in town.

Macy Frost takes her professional services very seriously–how could she not, when she’s rumored to be a direct descendant of Cupid? Tech entrepreneur Deacon says he’s just trying to make his social-climbing aunt happy by being seen out and about with a few prominent beauties, but Macy insists she can make her client fall in love…for real. And Deacon can’t help but think she might be right. As charming as the palmetto trees and magnificent harbor may be, it’s the beautiful, breath-of-fresh-air Macy who’s become Deacon’s favorite part of the scenery. But can the hopelessly romantic Southern belle stop trying to fix him up and just let Cupid do his work on her own heart?

 

Chapter 1

Macy Frost was a sixth-generation Southern belle, a hard-working business owner, and an avid college basketball fan – and she wasn’t fond of pears. But she liked what pears meant on that sunny, cold afternoon in December, when the sound of Mariah Carey singing her famous Christmas anthem drifted in from Roastbusters, the tiny coffeehouse at the top of Love Lane.

Pears meant success!

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Teasers

One of us broke someone’s heart really badly. Matchmaking relieves the guilt. Another one of us had her heart broken, and it derailed her professionally. Connecting other people for a living makes her feel empowered again. And the third one of us has never truly been in love because she holds back. She immerses herself in the love business to live vicariously.

 

She was a wild thing. He saw it in her eyes – a barefoot girl who marched to her own drummer.

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