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She was moments away from making the worst decision of her life. He was moments away from saving himself when he saw her. Saving her changed the course of both their lives.

Called back to her hometown to get her eccentric mother under control at the retirement home, Emmy just wants to get in and out of Whiskey Ridge as fast as possible. And then there he is. The one man she never thought she’d see again. And he needs her.

He’s trying to start over in a new town, and they don’t like each other one bit. But when he steps in to save her unexpectedly, they both start to regret it. She’s used to being an in-charge attorney, and he’s a Southern guy through and through. When she has to rely on him to save her self-respect, will they be able to work together?

Souvenirs from Another Life, the first full-length collection of short fiction by Leah Browning, features an abundant selection of stories. Relationships are at the forefront: those between friends, siblings, partners, or parents and children, as well as the more tangential relationships between neighbors or coworkers.

Staircases can be fatal, especially on Halloween. After catering a surprise birthday party on the evening of October 30th, Terza returns to the scene of the celebration on the following morning. Instead of being greeted by the happy, party hosts, Terza discovers a dead body at the bottom of the curved staircase. Not again! And this time, Terza’s amateur detective skills are landing her directly into personal danger. She would rather be using her chef’s knife than having one pointed at her face!

The Twentieth Century should have taught humanity how it is the world could spin out of control and be led into two World Wars, when a tyrannical ruler seizes power. But sorry to say the worst is yet to come, and here in the first decades of the Twenty First Century. The current woes of society will lead to an antichrist. The ‘Global Leader’ the Bible speaks of as that’ Man of Sin,’ as it is written in 2nd Thessalonians 2;3, ‘Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition.”

It’s the final days of Earth, and Tessa has made her peace with dying. Her life has never been a fairy tale, so it makes perfect sense she’d perish with most of the people on the planet. Except luck is finally on her side, as is her knight in shining armor, Ty, who puts his own life on the line to make sure she gets to Salvation-1 before zero hour.

Annalise Evans knows a heart doesn't have to be whole to work. After all, Grayson took part of hers with him when he left. Determined to move on, she found a new dream and built a life she's proud of. And if she's a little lonely every now and then, that's the price of keeping your heart safe.

Sixteen-year-old Grayson Desrosiers has never really given much thought to "happy ever after". He always assumed that would come later in life. But when he meets Annalise Evans, a tourist visiting his small hometown, he can't help but want more than just one day with her. And soon, he begins to suspect that he'll never get enough when it comes to Anna.

“Your father is a sociopath.” Her therapist’s words reveal the awful truth. But they also offer Eva the key to breaking free. Convinced that every negative situation—even childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her brother and others—results directly from her choices, Eva rejects any suggestion that she’s a victim of trauma. Her narcissist father has trained her to embrace this mindset as he controls her every decision, including who she marries—a man just like him.

After escaping Earth and creating a new life on Salvation-1, Tessa thought her days of fighting were over. But nothing turned out the way the survivors expected, and now humanity is facing a new threat. One that may destroy them for good. VA-246 was supposed to be humanity’s chance to start over, but making it there was only the beginning.

Dark satire about bullying and school violence.

Dorie Madison has dedicated her young life to helping dogs—whether it’s running a struggling dog spa or volunteering at County Rescue. But when she starts noticing an alarming trend of abandoned animals and shady breeders, she realizes there’s more to the story than bad luck. Someone is profiting from vulnerable dogs, and Dorie won’t stand by and let it happen. Even though her father thinks she needs to grow up and get a real job.

Indy Stone is a well regarded professional therapist with her life all planned out. She's spent her life trying to escape her dysfunctional upbringing in Peach Valley. But when fate intervenes and causes her to return to her hometown with a huge responsibility on her shoulders, she never expects it to change her entire life. Through all of her hard times, there was always one bright spot in Peach Valley, but he disappeared years ago. Or did he?

The toppling of the US Administration by “The Organization” in 2069, left the citizens of New York in a state of shock and helplessness. Maya, a devoted history major, had to quit her studies and divide her time between working at a bar owned by her father and a local florist. The sense of fear surrounding the new reality takes on an authentic meaning when a mysterious suitor persistently courts her.

Silent Winter Solstice is an intriguing mystery full of 1960s small-town nostalgia and memorable characters. It is the night of the winter solstice, 1968. While most of the world is transfixed by the televised images of the first manned lunar orbit, Beth Williams rushes through the eerie quiet of her hometown city park trying to get to work on time. Suddenly, a body rolls down the hill and lands near her feet. She glimpses a shadowy figure at the top of the hill.

SUBLIME examines the journey of two couples who find themselves inside a planned utopian community on the cusp of society’s implosion. Newly engaged Cole and Carly are just setting forth on a getaway when they’re abducted by SUBLIME—an underground group seeking Cole’s engineering skills. Mindy and Kacee, the parents of young children, are also kidnapped while embarking on a weekend camping trip. They’re knowledgeable in the realm of health and fitness, another set of skills desperately needed by SUBLIME.

Pulled into a galaxy on the brink of war, Alexia Harmon finds herself trapped in an impossible decision: save herself and forget about saving the galaxy that is hell-bent on destroying her, dooming all those who call Gatlin home to a brutal death, or pick up her weapons and fight. Easy right? For Alex, the nightmare started before her feet left Earth. Trapped in her life, Alex struggles to find peace within herself to the point where life really doesn't seem worth living.

There’s more than pasta cooking in the Macaroni on Wheels kitchen. Meet Terza Tiepolo, a feisty Italian caterer who fills her free time solving crime. She belongs to a local murder mystery book club, and leads the other participants in their monthly whodunnit contest. Terza also works diligently to grow her catering business. But when a prominent doctor hires Terza’s company to cater a dinner party, she never expects murder to be on the menu.

The story is about David and Hannah's love, passion, and devotion to each other. They were seldom apart. The two of them lived on a family farm in Rose Valley on the Eastern Seaboard in 1900.