Was it a glitch in time or was it fate? As a quiet, studious young lady loved by her students, being a college professor suited Brielle Riley perfectly. She prefers to live her adventures through the pages of a book. With a strict mother and a distant father, she bonded mostly with her grandparents and her younger brother. Going along perfectly fine, until summoned by her grandmother to the family's estate in Louisiana, Brielle Riley, has no idea that everything she knows about herself is about to change. A businessman from the north, Greyson Hunter feels like a fish out of water while visiting his mother's family in the south. With talk of secession at every turn, he walks with care. Growing up believing he has an arranged fiancé in France does not really concern him until he unexpectedly meets her. Although they had never actually officially met, he had seen her before. The thing was, he had always thought she was a ghost. Can two people, one out of place and one out of time, find a common ground? A place where roses grow in winter and love blooms across the boundaries of time? An emotional and touching romance with a happily-ever-after that spans the centuries. The first in a gripping new time travel series by the author of The Becquerels including best selling time travel romance Twist of Fate.
The bestselling author of the Mithgar novels presents a new version of a fable that fires the imagination and touches the heart... Once upon a winter's night, a poor crofter trades his daughter Camille to wed Prince Alain of the Summerwood in exchange for a lifetime of riches. Though love blossoms between Camille and the prince, he is haunted by sadness and will not allow her to see his unmasked face. Believing she can lift whatever curse has been bestowed upon him, Camille acts on her own—with devastating results, as all she loves is swept away. Now, to regain what she has lost, she must embark on a desperate quest through the hinterlands of Faery, seeking a mysterious place lycing somewhere east of the sun and west of the moon...
Wintertime at the orchard has Peter learning some important lessons about speaking up in this second novel of a sweet series about the bonds of friendship. Blanketed in snow, the orchard looks like a magical wonderland. But Peter is not so charmed by his new life. He just can’t ignore how he’s always ignored any longer. Sarah, Lizzie, and Olive are always talking over him and bossing him around. And on top of that, it’s really cold outside. One January day, Peter reluctantly agrees to join the girls on a carriage ride through the freshly fallen snow. But things go terribly wrong when a dog incident has the horses running away in fear, with Peter and the carriage trailing dangerously behind them. Then, Peter hits his head on a passing branch and is thrown to the ground. Woozy, Peter wakes up alone in the snow but he makes his way to a cozy cottage. Kai, the cool new kid, opens the door and welcomes Peter inside. Kai shows him a magical mirror that brings the two new friends to another world. A world where people listen to Peter and need his help to defeat dragons, warlocks, and other scary things. Then Peter wakes up in the hospital with a bandage around his head. Everyone is so happy to see him awake. Peter tries to tell them all about the mirror but they dismiss his experience as a wild dream. When Peter goes back to school, it seems like Kai knows what Peter’s talking about. Could the dream have been real? Is there really a magic portal deep in the woods behind the orchard? Even if everyone thinks he’s crazy, Peter is determined to find out.
The national bestselling author of the beloved Mithgar fantasies, Dennis L. McKiernan continues his enchanting seasonal fairytale cycle with a spellbinding story of love and legend. Once upon an autumn eve, a wounded knight named Sieur Luc rides into the Autumnwood—and into the heart of Liaze, Princess of that demesne. Liaze soon discovers that Sieur Luc is not an ordinary knight, but a man with a secret past—a past not even he knows, filled with enemies he does not suspect and allies he has not seen. And even as love blooms between Luc and Liaze, dark forces snatch him away. The Fates themselves intervene—but the Fates are bound by rules of their own, and can only give guidance in riddles and spoken enigmas. Even so, alone and grimly determined, Liaze sets out on a desperate quest to follow the trail of her true love. But no tracks whatsoever mark the way, and for guidance, she has only arcane words and the way of her heart. “Dennis L. McKiernan always manages to enchant his readers with his fabulous fantasy novels . . . Readers will not be disappointed with this beautiful adult fairy tale.”—Midwest Book Review
A cold night's silent majesty hides a BITTER secret… Though she is deeply loved by her parents, the fact that Lydia Brand is adopted has always made her different from her close-knit Amish community. But as Christmas approaches and she begins to search for answers about her biological parents, more questions surface. Soon it seems that the deaths of two women in her small town may not be coincidences, after all. And her pursuit of the truth has left her only with hints of a dark secret—and threats from an unseen adversary. While she does her best to stave off advances from her parents' preferred suitor, Lydia discovers that her heart truly belongs to the man who's been there all along: her friend Josh Yoder. It's only with his help that Lydia can ensure that the stillness of a winter's night means peace…and not danger.
Join USA Today best-selling author Susan May Warren, award-winning author, Rachel D. Russell, and best-selling Minnesota authors Michelle Sass Aleckson and Andrea Christenson in this delightful twist on Bing Crosby’s holiday favorite song, Winter Wonderland. A Deep Haven wedding at Christmas? With snow glistening in the lane, sleigh bells ringing, and all the world a winter wonderland—magical, right? Or maybe not, because the snowstorm of the century has buried their small town, and as Vivien Calhoun and Boone Buckam fight the sleet, snow, and ice, just about everything can—and does—happen to skid their big day into the ditch. It’ll take all their friends—and a few strangers—to turn this Christmas wedding from a blizzard to a beautiful sight in this charming collection of novellas. Discover four enchanting stories featuring old friends, and new, who discover that there just might be a happy ending waiting in this winter wonderland—if only they can shovel their way out of trouble. Book 1: A Beautiful Sight Vivien Calhoun has planned the perfect wedding—and it had better be perfect, because the prewedding day jitters have hit her like a snowplow. Boone’s recent call-outs with the Deep Haven Crisis Team haven’t helped. She just needs a perfect day—and that starts with the perfect dress. The perfect, custom-made dress that she designed, herself. The dress that she left with her seamstress…that has now gone AWOL. It’s a race to find it before their date at the altar…but is the dress just an omen for a wedding day disaster? Book 2: We’re Happy Tonight Detective Duke Lowry hates Christmas, and a wedding at Christmas is simply a double whammy. But he’ll show up as Boone’s best man, and he’ll take charge of Boone’s beloved Mustang, getting it detailed and ready for Vivien’s crazy picture idea. He’ll even put up with Vivien’s quirky, somewhat annoying friend, Zuri, from New York City. And then the Mustang goes missing, and Zuri’s the last one to see it. Suddenly, it’s up to Duke and Zuri to save the day. And along the way, Zuri just might change the Grinch into a guy with a heart of gold. Maybe. Book 3: The Snow is Glistening “Keep the guests happy and don’t burn down anything.” These are Owen Christiansen’s parting words to his cousin, Romeo Young, before leaving him in charge of the Evergreen Resort—and the Wilder wedding venue—while the family vacations in Florida. But when the blizzard hits, Romeo will have to keep the resort running and the wedding on track. The last thing he needs is a tag-along in the form of a guest. But Owen did say to keep the guests happy… Stella Brown can’t believe that she’s third-wheeling on her parents’ second honeymoon, but what’s a girl to do when her life is derailed? Helping Romeo add some Christmas cheer to the resort seems the right answer. But when her “help” turns into horror, has she destroyed yet another bright future? Book 4: Sleigh Bells Ring Pastor Bob Brown feels frozen over. And not just from the Minnesota cold. He’s numb from the never-ending problems in his parish. He just needs a break, okay? A getaway with his wife seems the perfect Christmas holiday. And he’s delighted to have his daughter, Stella, along. Maybe he’ll even get some peace and quiet, and hear, deep in his soul, his now-silent calling. With their best friends recently divorced, and Bob acting, well, weird, Margaret Brown fears the worst. But with this getaway, she intends to put some heat back into her chilly marriage. Thank goodness their daughter seems to have gotten the hint. The only one who remains clueless is Bob. Maybe their love has turned icy, no longer able to hear the love song from the past. But she’s not going to give up… Spend your Christmas in Deep Haven, where the sleigh bells ring and love is listening, in Once Upon a Winter Wonderland.
The mist holds secrets of time itself... A newly minted architect born in the twenty-first century, Sophia Becquerel, steps in to help her father build a new house. But the building site appears to be haunted by ghosts from the past. A businessman born in the nineteenth century, Nathan Laurent, sets out to start an unprecedented venture in a new part of the country. But he finds more than he bargained for. A secret that haunts his dreams. Unbeknownst to her, Sophia carries the blood of a time travel spell. They had no problem falling in love. They only had trouble staying together. Will they forge a love that spans the centuries? An emotional and touching time travel novel with a happily-ever-after that spans the centuries.
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY contains FIVE full-length sweet contemporary romances featuring the Worthington family—each one leading to a heartwarming happily-ever-after. THE LADY IN THE RED DRESS When Airplane Maintenance Engineer Supervisor Chloé Lewis meets her boss's grandson, he mistakes her for someone else. Certainly, not the maintenance engineer. He mistakes her for a socialite. Perhaps she should tell him. Maybe she will. Maybe after just one night of pretending to be someone who belonged in his world... ON THE EDGE OF CHANCE Flight attendant Brooklyn Johnson made her own way in the world. She had her reasons for striking out on her own, avoiding the family business—the very successful family business. Nonetheless, she does not stray far from her family business—aviation. SEALED WITH A KISS Bailey Winters unexpectedly inherited a house from her maiden aunt on Mackinac Island. Since Bailey worked from home, she was unable to come up with a good reason why she should not just live there. At least for now. When an old friend of her aunt's calls looking to book a room for an employee, Bailey feels obligated to help out. Her aunt, after all, would have done it. And it was only six months. But when Cody, her old boyfriend from college turns out to be that friend, six months suddenly seems like a very long time. KISS ME AT MIDNIGHT Kendal Johnson visits New York for her best friend's wedding only to find that her best friend's fiance's brother—who just so happened to be Charlotte's ex-boyfriend cannot make the wedding. Not that she did not want to see him. Not that at all. A long time ago and nothing had changed. THE HEART KNOWS The granddaughter of multi-billionaire Noah Worthington, Alexandria Johnson never thought she would see her secret college crush again. Maybe she would see him at her brother's wedding. They were best friends after all. When she happens to land in Daniel's hometown, he picks her up at the airport. She never knew he had been crushing on her, too.
The granddaughter of multi-billionaire Noah Worthington, Alexandria Johnson never thought she would see her secret college crush again. Maybe she would see him at her brother's wedding. They were best friends after all. When she happens to land in Daniel's hometown, he picks her up at the airport. She never knew he had been crushing on her, too. Family obligations bring Daniel Foster back to his hometown and threaten his way of life. He had made mistakes in his past that he regretted. When Alexandria lands—literally—in his hometown, he finds his feelings rekindled. And not only that, but Alexandria seems to be the very one who can fix him. Can Alexandria and Daniel, both held by family loyalty and obligations find a way to be together? A sweet story of secret crushes and unexpected second chances.
