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Amy McBride and Jones Quebedeau have been best friends forever. Amy runs the pet sanctuary in Mistletoe Meadows and Jones is the town veterinarian. Amy helps Jones as a vet tech and Jones donates his services for her stray animals. They do pretty much everything together. When Jones's aunt dies and leaves him a large inheritance, with the condition that he must be married to receive it, he enlists Amy's help to find him a suitable bride.

Angela Ruth Strong closes out her hilarious, heartfelt series with a couple who will give listeners a lot of laughs and the hope that God sees and redeems even the most broken stories.

It’s all fun and games until the fake relationship puts their lives on the line. Gage Howard’s last name is a legacy, and not a good one. The Howards and the Pattons have been rivals for half a century, but his sister's actions have branded her a traitor. Now, his own loyalty is divided. Hadley Morgan has no clue how bloody the family feud between the Howards and the Pattons is when she volunteers to help her new roommate get information to Gage. A fake relationship with her roommate’s brother is a simple solution to stay below the radar.

In today's world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? The men and women responsible for keeping the town safe are going to have to learn how to fight crime all over again.

It's three weeks until Christmas, and Lucy Gable is not in the holiday spirit. She’s the assistant to bestselling romance author Brynn Dixon, who’s been suffering from major burnout. Hoping to reduce Brynn’s stress, Lucy’s organized an intimate book tour—one that includes a charming little Christmas tree farm. And they're still hoping that no one discovers that Lucy was the one who finished writing Brynn’s last book…

Avalee Elvis prides herself with being able to fix just about anything. . . except her past. Unable to put the puzzle of her life together, she pours heart and soul into making neglected places whole again. As the owner of Lowcountry Lost, Avalee spends her days in hot-pink Carhartt overalls and a tool belt reclaiming Lowcountry properties. Making them beautiful again releases the deep sigh that soothes the hurt she holds.

When they were seniors in high school, they made a pact. If they weren’t married by the time they were thirty, they would marry each other. But now Adeline is a professional dancer with a career in the big city. And Colton is trying to build his own business in small town, South Dakota. They live in two different worlds. They can’t possibly keep their promise. It hadn’t made sense back then. It definitely doesn’t make sense twelve years later.

Discover thrilling suspense and heartfelt romance in this inspiring series by Publishers Weekly bestselling author Lynn Shannon. The first three books in the Texas Ranger Heroes series together in one set.

Jayla can't catch her breath. The unexpected news of an unwanted pregnancy has come at the worst possible time, especially as rumors swirl of her reproductive rights soon being taken away. Straddling employment at both pro-life and pro-choice centers, Jayla is forced to conceal her pregnancy, slowly drowning in rising deceptions and life-or-death decisions as time threatens to steal her choice from her. Blending real-life stories with compelling fiction, Holding Someday chronicles life in the shadow of Roe v. Wade's overturning with implications that resonate into the future.

Ever since Fern Espinoza and Lily Graden met as teenagers volunteering at a conference center in Costa Rica twenty years ago, they have shared a close friendship, even though they live in different states. They can hardly believe it when their teen dream of traveling to Africa together becomes a reality. It’s the trip of a lifetime—but life sure isn’t what they thought it would be back when they were young.

One book. Five love stories. When three men attempt to abduct Ava, Remi, a courageous stranger, risks his life to give Ava a chance to escape. Will either of them survive? Welcome to a charming Southern cul-de-sac where neighbors are family. Together, they share intimate friendships, abundant laughter, and delicious food. Tragedy strengthens their bonds, and tender, sweet romances develop among them. After four years of dating Santiago, Rosamunde ends the relationship.

Chloe stepped from the school bus into the snowy slush of the sidewalk, flipped her backpack around her shoulders and let loose a string of curse words as her strap broke and books and papers spilled onto the wet ground. "Well now, little child, that's some vocabulary you've got there. But tell me, do you need some help?" The voice boomed in Chloe's ear, and she gazed in wonder into eyes that oddly danced and flashed sparks of white and gold.

Logan Williams's quiet life in Arizona is disrupted when he learns of his estranged father’s terminal illness and mysterious past in Egypt. Drawn back to confront old wounds, Logan uncovers secrets buried beneath the pyramids—artifacts and ancient betrayals that hold the key to forgiveness. Set against the backdrop of Arizona’s desert and Egypt's majestic pyramids, "When Secrets Fall" is a compelling tale of reconciliation, unearthing the transformative power of uncovering the truth.

Banned from their home in the Navajo Nation as a result of their disobedience, Eliza and Alex Trellis build a new life for themselves and their two sons. Although life is a daily struggle, the boys grow up healthy and happy—until the oldest son Cameron starts to become envious of his younger brother and bandmate Austin, who gets everything he wants—fame, fortune and all that goes with it.

Dr. Terry McBride is thrilled to come back to her hometown of Mistletoe Meadows to take over the practice of the town's retiring physician. Unfortunately, the tight housing market has her sharing a duplex with quiet and mysterious Judd Landis. Terry is unsure about the situation, since they'll share a kitchen and bathroom, but Judd turns out to be the perfect roommate, except it's obvious he's hiding something.

Welcome to the Broken & Betrayed series! This is a trilogy series, starting off with Broken & Betrayed I: A Shocking Heartbreak. Listeners will be introduced to Julissa Elrod, the daughter of the honorable Reverend Kenneth Elrod. Julissa lives in a perfect Christian family and is proud of it. That's until she starts discovering some very odd things that are happening. And she begins to dig deeper to find answers, she wishes she could turn back time and erase what her eyes see and what her ears hear. It's a shocking heartbreak for a religious Christian girl like her.

The Bug Man is getting married on Saturday. . . if his fiancée can find him. Forensic entomologist Nick Polchak lives in a world of maggots and blow flies and decomposing bodies. No wonder he's still single. But Nick has finally found a woman as strange as he is—dog trainer Alena Savard, a woman who is odd, reclusive, and can seemingly talk to animals. It was a match made in heaven. Nick and Alena are scheduled to be married on Saturday—but there's one small problem. Nick has disappeared.

Young Analise Marshell has always felt like she straddles two worlds, like Jane Austen’s Fanny Price. Yet, near Thanksgiving, she faces the fact she might soon not belong anywhere at all.

Audrey Needham, Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, is already on thin ice with her impossible-to-please boss when her great-aunt Daisy asks for support as her husband descends into Alzheimer’s. Now Audrey is risking the career she worked hard to build as she returns to Charity Falls, Oregon. Her feelings toward the idyllic small town are … complicated. While she has many good memories of her childhood summers there, Charity Falls is also the place her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago.

Fifteen-year-old Justin Montalvo is utterly bored — bored with life, bored with his family, bored with everything. But his mundane existence takes a sharp turn when he encounters a surprisingly hostile heavenly being. This encounter catapults him into a perilous yet enlightening journey through a mirror and into a spiritual city, where he must retrieve a special gift from God. With the unwavering support of his family, Justin embarks on a quest to discover how to wield the latent power within him, learning to war for his promise using the power that has already been placed inside of him.