What if you heard a voice whispering warnings while you coped with a frightening pregnancy? Knowing the future has its advances... or does it? Can love survive the reflections and memories lost? Welcome to Maia's world. Gerry has loved Maia from the very first moment he laid eyes on her and now that she's pregnant with his child, he's over the moon with happiness. Likewise, Maia is overjoyed about having Gerry's baby, except when she begins seeing and hearing an old woman who warns Maia about the pregnancy, Maia starts to think she is losing her mind. But Maia's nightmare has only just begun... A most sought after beautiful woman, the talented lead singer in an up and coming rock band, sets her sights on Gerry determined to rekindle an old flame. But murder befalls the sleepy town of Whisper Cape once again, creating suspicion and betrayal, and a love once considered invincible, begins to crumble and fall apart. Views: 8
"That's how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found."Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at the foreboding Mawton Hall, only wants to marry her childhood sweetheart and set up her own tavern. But when her elderly master marries the young Lady Carinna, Biddy is unwittingly swept up in a world of scheming, secrets, and lies. Forced to accompany her new mistress to Italy, she documents her adventures and culinary discoveries in an old household book of recipes, The Cook's Jewel. Biddy grows intrigued by her fellow travelers, but her secretive and unconventional mistress is the most intriguing of all. In London Biddy finds herself attracted to her mistress's younger brother. In France she discovers her mistress's dark secret. At last in Italy, Biddy becomes embroiled in a murderous... Views: 8
When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.Wounded soldier William Barnett returns to his home only to discover that his family's ranch has been seized. Though angry and bitter at this turn of events, he's surprised to discover that it is a beautiful young woman with amazing fortitude who is struggling to keep the place running. Hannah, desperate for help, and William, desperate to regain his family's land, form an uneasy truce. But nearby Comanche tribes, the arrival of Confederate soldiers, and a persistent suitor all threaten the growing attraction that builds between them. Will they be able to set aside their own dreams and embrace the promise of a future together? Views: 8
Former US Army JAG specialist, Faith Hunter, returns to her West Virginia home to work in her grandmothers' scrapbooking store determined to lead an unassuming life after her adventure abroad turned disaster. But her quiet life unravels when her friend is charged with murder - and Faith inadvertently supplied the evidence. So Faith decides to cut through the scrap and piece together what really happened. With a sexy prosecutor, a determined homicide detective, a handful of sticky suspects and a crop contest gone bad, Faith quickly realizes if she's not careful, she'll be the next one cropped. Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all! CROPPED TO DEATH is the first book in the Faith Hunter Scrap This cozy mystery series. Bonus: Includes book club discussion questions. Views: 8
Get HEART'S DESIRE now before this special price ends!A sensual, delightful Victorian-era romance!"Jacquie D'Alessandro writes romance at its enchanting best!" --New York Times Bestselling author Teresa Medeiros One unexpected turn in the road can change everything... On her way to London to announce her engagement, a young woman's unplanned stop in the village where she spent her childhood brings her in contact with a man and an antique mirror--and both will change her destiny. If you love Julia Quinn, Teresa Medeiros or Stephanie Laurens, check out HEART'S DESIRE!More Praise for Jacquie D'Alessandro's books:"...on par with some of the best works from seasoned authors like Julia Quinn and Stephanie Laurens." --Publishers Weekly"Ms. D'Alessandro's books are not only keepers - they are treasures." --Affaire de Coeur Magazine"...classic D'Alessandro - witty, sexy, and full to the rim with love and romance."--Romance Novel TV"An Excellent Regency Author."--Publishers Weekly"Ms. D'Alessandro has the nimbleness of a thief when it comes to crafting relationship dynamics."--Heartstrings Reviews"Trotting at the heels of Julia Quinn and catching up fast"--Publishers Weekly"Something special."--New York Times Bestselling author Carly Phillips"Smart, funny..."--New York Times Bestselling author Susan Mallery"Great characters, sizzling sex and deep emotional conflict."--Romantic Times BOOKreviews"If it has the name Jacquie D'Alessandro on it, it's guaranteed to please!"--Huntress Book Reviews"...marvelous characters whose dialogue is fresh and filled with passion, this delicious tale is a definite keeper."--Rendezvous Magazine"Jacquie D'Alessandro is always a solid read for me."--Night Owl ReviewsOther ebooks by New York Times best-selling author Jacquie D'Alessandro:HISTORICAL ROMANCEAT LAST--* A scandal from her past could cost her everything...*CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC COMEDIESMINE AT MIDNIGHT--A professional relationship turns into a pleasurable pastime...KISS THE COOK--A caterer turns up the heat and finds herself in hot water...* ROMANCE BUNDLEJACQUIE D'ALESSANDRO ROMANCE BUNDLE VOL. I--A money-saving collection of contemporary romantic comedies and historical romances.*About the AuthorNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jacquie D'Alessandro has written more than thirty books spanning the historical, contemporary romantic comedy and women's fiction genres. She is a four-time RITA finalist, four-time Maggie Award of Excellence finalist, two-time Daphne du Maurier Award finalist, and both a PRISM Award and National Readers' Choice Award finalist. She's the recipient of three Orange Rose Awards, two Golden Quill Awards as well as a Booksellers' Best Award, a Barclay Gold Award, and a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for "Best Historical Love and Laughter." Her books have been published in over 21 languages. Jacquie grew up on Long Island, New York, graduated from Hofstra University and now lives in Georgia with her husband and son.Jacquie loves to hear from readers! You can contact her through her website at jacquied.com or join her on Facebook at facebook.com/JacquieDAlessandroReaderPage or follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/jacquiedbooks. Jacquie also blogs with the Whine Sisters at whinesisters.com. She is currently working on a new series of ebooks in a joint venture with other bestselling authors. Visit WeDazzleU.com for more details. No matter what genre she's writing in, all of Jacquie's books are filled with two of her favorite things--love and laughter. Views: 8
Until Morning Comes (
The Mississippi McGills, book 2), spun off from the popular Donovans of the
Delta, is a #1 romantic comedy bestseller that stars Colter Gray Wolf from Any Thursday.
When Jo Beth McGill goes on a photo shoot, her aging parents
in tow, she gets more than she bargained for. Her father, under the delusion
that he is a famous figure from the Wild West, captures a “savage.” The enigmatic captive is none other than
Colter Gray Wolf, known as Dr. Gray in San
Francisco, who had come to Arizona to reconnect with his Apache soul.
In the desert, he woos Jo Beth with Native American rituals of such passion and
beauty she can almost forget her family responsibility. As the only daughter in
the McGill family, she must take care of her father, who is caught up in the
long goodbye of Alzheimer’s.
Jo Beth, his Yellow Bird of the desert, almost makes Colter
forget a past that haunts him. Can he merge his past with the present and still
be true to his profession and his Native American heritage? Follow Colter and
Jo Beth on a journey that is lively, poignant and poetic.
Saturday Mornings, book 3, continues the Mississippi McGills series.
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Tom Fielding rides headlong into trouble when he helps some small ranchers stand up to the big cattlemen who are trying to push them around. Views: 8
One of only two survivors of a plane crash, Nell Slattery wakes in the hospital with no memory of the horrific experience-or who she is, or was. Now she must piece together both body and mind, with the help of family and friends, who have their own agendas. She filters through photos, art, music, and stories, hoping something will jog her memory, and soon, in tiny bits and pieces, Nell starts remembering. . . .
It isn't long before she learns to question the stories presented by her mother, her sister and business partner, and her husband. In the end, she will discover that forgiving betrayals small and large will be the only true path to healing herself-and to finding happiness.
### Amazon.com Review
**Emily Giffin, best-selling author of *Something Borrowed*, interviews Allison Winn Scotch about *The Song Remains the Same***
**Emily Giffin:** Like me, you had a different career before you started writing novels. What made you take the leap into writing full-time?
**Allison Winn Scotch:** To be honest, I’m not sure that I had an actionable plan… I always loved writing in school, and I guess I was always decent at it, but whenever anyone told me to pursue it as a profession, I just thought, “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. How does one even begin to make a living as a writer?!?” In my early twenties, I muddled through a variety of jobs, trying to figure out what would make me happy. I dabbled in PR, and while that didn’t make me happy (at all), it did lead to an Internet job doing some copyediting and article writing that eventually led me to other clients and then to a pretty healthy career as a magazine writer. Again, as I said, none of this was particularly well mapped-out. After about seven years writing for magazines, I wanted to flex a new muscle, so I tried fiction. And I wrote a terribly, terribly bad book. It never sold to a publisher (thank goodness!), but it lit a spark inside me, and from there, I kept going, tried again, and wrote the manuscript that eventually became my debut. But what about you? You’re a former lawyer--how did you make this leap?
**EG:** I discovered that supreme misery can be motivating. Although I loved law school (I think I could be happy being a student forever), I knew virtually from my first day as an attorney at a large New York City firm that I had chosen the wrong career. I made a five-year plan to pay back my loans and get out. In the meantime, I wrote a young adult novel (on the weekends and while I should have been billing GE!). Like your first book, mine was pretty lame, but also like yours, it gave me the courage to write the next one. Secretly, writing fiction was always my dream, ever since I was a little girl.
**AWS: ** I think my love of writing and books also started when I was little. My mom was a teacher, and a love of reading was always encouraged in our house. My parents moved a few years ago and dumped all of my old journals on my doorstep (figuratively, of course!), and I could see how I was actually a writer my whole life, even if I didn’t realize it. (Granted, my journals filled with tales of fifth-grade woe weren’t exactly Pulitzer-ready.)
**EG:** Speaking of childhoods: Also like me, you are a mom to young children. How do you juggle your time?
**AWS: ** I don’t think my life is probably much different from any other working mom’s. My mornings are spent getting the kids out the door, usually with a few missteps and forgotten items and lost gloves and left-behind homework. My little one is still in pre-K, so I run her to school while my husband takes my son. From there, I dash home, try to squeeze in a workout, and then head upstairs to my office. I write (or procrastinate) for most of the rest of the day, breaking to walk our entitled dog, Pedro, and then wrap up when the kids get home. Pretty mundane, really. Again, I think that like most moms, I try to be organized and on a pretty strict schedule, and if I stick to that, things run fairly smoothly. By that I mean you have to expect the unexpected. People believe that being an author is glamorous, but at least for me, it’s sweatpants and coffee. Is it glamorous for you? And trick question: What’s more exhausting, being a mom or being a writer?
**EG:** I don’t know what you’re talking about. It is 5:30 a.m., I have one hour before the kids get up for school, and I’m writing in full makeup and gold-glitter Jimmy Choos. . . . Ha. Being a mother and being a writer are both exhausting, and worse, much of the time, I feel mediocre at both. But I think writing is more terrifying, because it’s more public. You make a bad parenting decision, and it’s really only your husband who rubs it in your face. You write a bad book, and it’s really only your husband who will pretend not to notice.
**AWS: ** Ha! Though I will disagree on the parenting decision, I’ve found that grandparents are happy to weigh in, too. (I kid, I kid.)
**EG:** This book kicks off with the aftermath of a plane crash. Why start there?
**AWS: ** Because I am deathly afraid of plane crashes. I actually have plane-crash dreams when something is bothering me subconsciously. I wake up in the middle of the night and try to assess what I might be freaking out about. The dreams are almost always a sign that I’m stressed over something I’m not dealing with. It’s funny: I didn’t used to be scared of flying at all, and to be sure, I travel a lot. A lot of this is probably tied into motherhood and parenting and mortality, and the idea that life isn’t always in our control. So I guess writing a book in which my heroine survives a crash was my way of taking back some of that control, even if it’s only in my imagination! Where does your initial inspiration come from? How often are you asked if you draw from your real life?
**EG:** Although I’ve yet to write an autobiographical work, I can definitely see myself in all my protagonists, and of course, like all writers, I draw from my own life experiences. I was an unhappy lawyer like Rachel in *Something Borrowed*. I had twins like Darcy in *Something Blue*. Et cetera, et cetera. I probably had the most questions about Ellen in *Love the One You’re With*, as I had recently moved to Atlanta from London (and New York before that), just as Ellen had. Because Ellen had a difficult time adjusting to the South and was fairly critical of Atlanta, many people (including the local media) assumed that I, too, was a disgruntled transplant. That sort of thing is more likely to happen when you write in the first person.
**AWS: ** Absolutely. I’ve had a very similar experience with Jillian, my protagonist in *Time of My Life*. I always tell people that while I understand her on an emotional level—and of course, I’ve entertained the question of “what if”--I’m not her and she’s not me. As an author, you try to tap into the well of universal experience and feeling, but you hope you don’t replicate your own life too much.
**EG:** Again like me, I know that you love all things pop culture. What is it about celebrities that makes us unable to look away?
**AWS: ** Oh man, I don’t know. For me, because I am so exhausted a lot of the time, reading junky magazines or trashy websites is a way to turn off my brain. I will read some gossip site at night in bed on my iPad and have no recollection of it the next day, but evidently it did the trick, because it helped me fall asleep! I also adore quality TV. There’s an escapism to it, sure, but great TV--something like *Friday Night Lights*--can resonate with you as both a person and a writer. When I was younger, I adored *Felicity*, and when I started writing, I hoped to convey some of the same themes that the show had explored. And then, of course, there’s the judgment that we make of celebrities, which is maybe the most fun. :) Of course I’d never advocate that same level of judgment in real life, but hey, I’m not above reading *US Weekly* and turning up my nose at someone’s outfit or romantic entanglement. I’m curious: What do you think makes your own love of pop culture tick? What would you do if you ever met Jennifer Aniston?
**EG:** Oh my goodness- I loved *Felicity*, too! What a great show. I was obsessed with whether she should choose Noel or Ben--and my publicist actually gave me the whole series on DVD for my birthday one year. I make no apologies about loving pop culture, either, and Jennifer Aniston is my absolute favorite. I like to think I’d play it cool if I ever had the chance to meet her. I also like to think that I’d have my hair recently highlighted, my nails done, and a great outfit on. That girl is honed to perfection.
**AWS: ** I own the series on DVD, too! And I should tell you that I’ve since interviewed many of the actors from the show, and they are as fantastic as you’d have hoped. Though since both Ben and Noel are equally dreamy in real life, I’ve come no closer to resolving the debate. (Okay, back then, I was fully Team Ben, but now I am older and wiser, and admit that either would do in a pinch.)
**EG:** Last question: What’s on your bucket list?
**AWS: ** This sounds so masochistic, but I would really love to run a marathon. Every year, we go watch the New York City race, and I say, “I’m definitely going to run it next year.” And then time passes, and naturally, I don’t. Right now, my excuse is that it’s too hard to train with young kids, but maybe once they’re older… I don’t know. We’ll see what my excuse is in another decade. What’s on yours?
**EG:** To never, ever run a marathon. Finally we differ on something!
Photo Emily Giffin © Deborah Feingold
Photo Allison Winn Scotch © Debbie Winn
### Review
"Bestseller Winn Scotch sparkles in her captivating fourth novel. Readers will love Nell and won't be able to put the book down until they know how much of her past she wants to bring into her future." - *Publishers Weekly*
"Scotch has drawn a fully three-dimensional heroine in Nell, and the story's pacing perfectly mirrors the protagonist's increasing rate of self-discovery. Scotch peppers her chapters with a number of pop-culture and musical references, giving the story a modern and lively feel. With shades of Sophie Kinsella's Remember Me? (2008) and Liane Moriarty's What Alice Forgot (2011), this novel is a breezy yet introspective examination of one woman's newfound history." -*Booklist*
"Winn Scotch's novel will cause any reader to daydream about the possibility of starting over and breaking free from the identity we present to the world . . . Allison Winn Scotch shows how sometimes you need to forget the past to remember who you are." - *Shelf Awareness*
"Scotch (Time of My Life, 2009, etc.) crafts a plausible story, complete with a capable and prickly protagonist, that doesn't resort to any movie-of-the-week amnesia clichés. A dry-eyed modern take on healing and forgiveness." - *Kirkus Reviews*
"Readers who appreciate women's fiction that investigates serious themes will enjoy Scotch's fine novel. Reading groups will find much to discuss as well." - *Library Journal* Views: 8
Neferet's true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they'll need it, because Neferet's not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night . Views: 8
