Last Chance Cowboys

Last Chance Cowboys

Anna Schmidt

Fiction / Historical Fiction / Contemporary

"A feisty heroine and a hero eager to make everything right. What more could a reader want?" —LEIGH GREENWOOD, USA Today bestselling author for The Drifter"You can't be sure we're doing the right thing," she said.He drew closer to the barbed wire separating them. "It's impossible to know what's right. But it doesn't stop me from wanting you."The world is changing, and the West isn't as wild as it used to be. Trey Porterfield welcomes a new era of law and order—and the influx of settlers coming to the Arizona territory. But not everyone is willing to see the old ways change, and as the cattlemen and the herders take sides, a full-blown range war may be inevitable. There's only one way Trey can see to bring peace to his feuding neighbors. Marry the enemy.Nell Stokes is a young widow fighting just to stay alive. In Trey, she sees a chance to heal old wounds and start over. Love was never in the cards, yet as Trey and Nell fight to...
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Octavia's War

Octavia's War

Beryl Kingston

Historical / Historical Fiction / European Literature / British Literature

It is 1936 and the headmistress at Roehampton Secondary School, pioneer and suffragette Octavia Smith, is steering her pupils towards success as her exemplary girls' school moves from strength to strength. But as Europe rumbles towards war, Octavia's drive to change the world burns as bright as ever and she finds herself caught up in covert plans to rescue Jewish families from the Nazi advance in mainland Europe.Meanwhile, talk of an evacuation of schoolchildren is increasing and Octavia will have to uproot if she wants to continue her students' education. Furthermore, Octavia's prize student Lizzie has quite an interesting father – Octavia's old flame Tommy Meriton is back on the scene, and once again Octavia finds herself torn between love and duty...As a new World War strikes closer and closer to home, bringing challenges and tragedies along the way, Octavia's war is only just beginning
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The Trouble with Andrew

The Trouble with Andrew

Heather Graham

Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Historical Fiction

For single mother Katie Wells, there are two Hurricane Andrews wreaking havoc on her heart Hurricane Andrew rages through Southern Florida with the force of God's wrath. In the blink of an eye, Katie Wells's Miami home is destroyed, her former life gone. All she wants now is to make sure her young son stays safe. Rescue arrives in the form of Andrew Cunningham, the architect who built her house. As neighbors work together to rebuild, Katie realizes she's starting to fall for Drew. But something doesn't add up. With devastation all around them, why did a few houses—including his—remain standing? Her quest for answers uncovers a twisting trail of sabotage and cover-up that conceals the shocking truth about Andrew. Heather Graham uses her firsthand knowledge of one of the last century's worst natural disasters to weave an unforgettable love story that's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. This ebook features an...
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Tombstone

Tombstone

Jay Allan

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Historical Fiction

In the 23rd Century, the Superpowers of Earth vie for control of occupied space and the vast resources of the colony worlds. Darius Jax is a senior officer and hero of the Marine Corps, veteran of countless battles fought throughout occupied space. But once he was a raw private fighting his first battle on a planet so deadly, so hellish, its own occupants called it Tombstone. This is his story, before fame, before glory. The fighting on Tombstone is brutal and deadly, and Jax must find his inner strength if he is to survive. As he struggles through an unwinnable war he learns to rely on himself as he never has before, and he begins to understand just what he is – and is not – fighting for.Tombstone is a novella of approximately 24,000 words, and prequel to the best-selling Crimson Worlds series, set in the years just before the Third Frontier War and the events described in Crimson Worlds Book I: Marines. The Crimson Worlds Series:Tombstone (Crimson Worlds Prequel) - Available now.Marines (Crimson Worlds I) – Available now.The Cost of Victory (Crimson Worlds II) – Available now.A Little Rebellion (Crimson Worlds III) – December 2012The First Imperium (Crimson Worlds IV) – March 2013
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0373298811 (R)

0373298811 (R)

Ann Lethbridge

Regency Romance / Historical Fiction

Will he unlace all of her secrets? Former captain Bladen Read knows respectable Caroline Falkner would never look twice at an illegitimate ruffian like him. But when he's suddenly thrown into the role of her protector he discovers the undercurrent of tension runs both ways... At first Caro tries to resist the pull of attraction, for Blade is a link to the scandalous past she buried long ago to protect her son. Although when the opportunity to explore this rake's expertise in the bedroom presents itself, temptation proves too much to resist!
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Catching the Rose

Catching the Rose

Belinda Kroll

Children's / Historical Fiction / Young Adult

Sixteen-year-old Veronica is a southern belle desperate to break free of an arranged marriage to her childhood bully. After cannons are fired over Charleston, Veronica accepts an invitation to Washington, D.C. from her new friend Amy, not revealing her secret mission: To find her childhood friend Jack and convince him to marry her instead.When Brad, Amy's handsome cousin, saves Veronica from being trampled at Bull Run, Veronica questions her southern assumptions and childish plans. Shaken by the battle, Veronica and Amy return to Richmond. Following them is a masked man who claims to be Jack...Catching the Rose is a historical drama for readers who enjoy living history through quirky characters, entertaining dialogue, and rich description.
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Nurse in a Million

Nurse in a Million

Jennifer Taylor

Historical Fiction / Romance / Thriller

The perfect nurse... Dr. Michael Rafferty will do anything to convince nurse Natalie Palmer to bring her nursing talents back to the Worlds Together team. The longer he spends persuading her to return to their medical ranks, the more he wonders why he ever let this woman go from his life. The perfect partner To the self-made surgeon, Natalie's wealthy background makes him feel they are worlds apart. Their happiness depends on whether Rafferty can look beyond their backgrounds and realize that she's not just a nurse in a million, but his woman in a million.
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