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Charismatic Memphis Mavericks catcher Atticus is used to being pursued. Then he spots Charlotte across the room. Why isn’t she paying him any attention? As a respected sports agent, Brick keeps focused on his clients. Old wounds have blocked the path to his heart. All that changes when January ignites a flash fire that burns away the scars. Bristol is the only Swift who doesn’t give a damn about baseball or its players. After all, she’s a physician not a groupie. Maybe tall Texan pitcher, Sawyer, can convince her to reconsider.

This isn’t a story about a love triangle. There is no triangle involved. This isn’t a story about an accidental pregnancy. Although having a baby with her... I would. This isn’t a story about lies and deception, even though at times I’ve lied to myself. No, this is my story. A story about sacrifice. A story about a man who fell in love with the wrong girl. A story I wish I never had to tell. This is a story about the true meaning of the do

Every time I step on stage, I feel alive. But that doesn't compare to the way I feel when I'm with Evie. She's an angel, so f*cking innocent. My story is written plainly in the lyrics I write; I'm an ex-con with the ghosts of my past everywhere. A man like me will ruin a girl like her. The record deal I dreamt of was just handed to me, the life I should want is mine for the taking. But the only thing I want is the girl I can't have.

I thought I was done with Hollywood. Done with acting. Done with scandal. Done with all the lies this industry thrives on. Then I met him...Jude Fisher. A man who doesn’t accept no and demands more from me than I know how to give. It started out as a way to prepare for the role of a lifetime. But as it gets closer and closer to the audition, I don’t want our scenes to end. He makes me want him when I thought I had built an impenetrable wall around my heart. He makes me trust him when I thought there was no one left in our industry to trust. But it’s all just an act...right? It’s all just for the callback.

I like women, and I like adventure. I always have. The last thing I want to do is settle down with the girl next door and live a boring, domestic life. So I have no idea what I’m doing here, posing as a first-grade teacher. It’s the most ridiculous undercover security job I’ve ever had to work. Corralling a bunch of six-year-olds while I try to do my job and keep anyone from knowing how clueless I really am. I manage to fool everyone. Except Kristin. She’s an actual teacher, and she’s determined to find out what I’m really doing here.

When my cousin Jax bails me out after a bar fight, I head to his middle-of-nowhere cabin. I don't mind - I was made to be a mountain man. I’m not the only person staying at Jax’s place. His wife’s cousin, Honor, is here too. Suddenly this mountain is looking a hell of a lot better. When Honor tells me her life is complicated it’s the understatement of the century. Besides having a tender heart and the face of an angel, she’s a sister-wife, on the run from her ex, desperate to give her children a better life.

Idaho is the last place a man like me would ever expect to find the woman of his dreams. But there she is, running a Bed & Breakfast, with her heart-shaped face and magnetic smile. And she has no idea who I am. Just like me, there is more to Laila than meets the eye - this girl has been broken more times than she can count. She's lost all faith in a man ever helping her piece together her shattered dreams. But she's never met a mountain man like me. The distance between her heart and mine may seem wide, but I refuse to give up because she deserves happiness more than any woman.

I came to this mountain to move on. I’ve been through enough, and so have my six kids. They deserve a Christmas with new memories. When I find a rental house that’s big enough for my brood, that comes with a live-in cook, it feels too good to be true. It’s an undertaking, but the owner Virginia doesn’t flinch. She’s a beautiful woman who has seen hard times. With a gentle ease about her and a depth I long to reach - I know I’ve found more than my equal. I’ve found my Christmas miracle.

It's Grace's turn to find her happily ever after...but she's fallen for the reclusive mountain man named Bear! When a shocking package arrives at the doorstep of her cottage, she knows her world has just turned upside down - times two!

I pull into the diner of this small mountain town, knowing there’s only two things I want: To put down roots and find someone to build a life with. And when I slide into the booth, the woman who pours me a cup of joe is sweet as sugar and warm as apple pie. She serves me up a “Josie Special” and I know she’s made to order - the only woman for me. My past is dark, too dark for a ray of light like her. But she cracks open the clouds and lets the sunshine in...she sees me as the man I can become. Her father wants me gone. He thinks he knows all about me.

A mountain brings us together, but our past is determined to keep us apart. She may have been with another man, but she belongs with me. She was my first, and she’s going to be my last. Cherish is my one true love, and I’m fighting for what’s mine.

Dalton, I loved you once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed could transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my dimwitted, naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know was simply a figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling, I couldn't see what was right in front of my face. So foolishly enamored, I blindly followed my heart into the depths of an emotion that would ravage me.

One night in Monaco, my best friend, Maxence, disappeared from the middle of the Monte Carlo casino like blowing away a breath of smoke. I have no idea what Maxence was doing in Monaco that night. Yeah, he loves the Monte Carlo casino - the stage of British spy movies, billionaires, Russian mafia, and roulette. But too many people in Monaco think he might be a danger to them. He never should have been there. But he was. And so was Simone.

When Catalina walks in the door, my heart stops. She's my best friend's little sister, Etta's babysitter, and hot as hell. The timing is all wrong. She's too young, lost, and doesn't know what she wants. I have a baby and don't need another person to take care of. But then I take her against the wall and she finds her way into my motherf*cking heart. The truth is, I'm the lost cause, and Catalina might be the one person who can save me.

I get what I want. Sex. Money. Fame. But Bexley is the only thing I've ever needed. Problem is, she doesn't think I've changed my wild ways. And f*ck, I haven't. But I will. For her, I will do anything. She was my best friend, but I'm ready to make her my woman. I just need to convince her I'm not the guy I used to be. That I'm more than an actor; I can be her leading man.

The moment I saw her I knew. Knew that we would have a future, a family, a forever. Her father says she's too young, too naive, too innocent. But she is more than he knows. She's the love of my goddamn life. Then she's gone in the blink of an eye. But this mountain was made for miracles, and I'm fighting for ours. I have faith in the impossible. Faith in us.

I’m back in my hometown but not for a friendly visit. The Mafia has set their sights on my uncle’s bakery, and now he’s gone missing. I will do whatever it takes to find my uncle and ensure the bakery never ends up under their control. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it…if I stay focused. That proves difficult with someone like Raf around….

Joe Mitchell and his family have lived in China off and on for a total of seven years beginning in 1993. During three of those years they lived on a one acre property with a minority Nosu family. This true, first person account is alive with stories of their lives there and the friendships they enjoyed.

Joe Mitchell was born in North Idaho in 1963 and lived on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation for 18 years. The humor in the stories may make you willing to learn a little history, and think about life on the rez in a new way.

Love is not a game Brick Swift wants to play again. Heartbreaking memories have a hold on his heart. The respected sport agent’s clients have become the sole recipients of his time and attention. January Jordan is at the top of her game, negotiating the year’s biggest contract for her Memphis Maverick client. Free as a bird, she’s not looking for anyone to fulfill an already satisfying life. One chance meeting changes life’s direction and ignites a fire that lights the way.