In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune.Sampson Coulter is determined to undo his disastrous mistake that is jeopardizing his family’s future. Now he’s deeply embedded in the corrupt mining empire of the ruthless Mick McPharland, and has earned the trust of Jedidiah, the brutal right-hand man. The threat reaches much farther than his own family, and he knows he must dismantle the operation from within…or die trying.Grieving the loss of her mother, Grace Hampton is shocked to discover a newborn baby on her doorstep. When she seeks help from her father, Jedidiah, she never imagines he’ll force her to marry Sampson Coulter, the kind man who only gave her a ride to town. Though her father has always been willing to pass her off, at least she has Sampson’s promise to protect her and the baby. It doesn’t hurt that he’s the most handsome man she’s ever seen.Marrying Jedidiah’s daughter adds an impossible complication to Sampson’s mission. It seems he can’t have it all—redemption for himself, justice for the victims of the corruption, protection for the innocent…and a life with the woman and babe he’s coming to love.From a USA Today bestselling author comes the gripping series finale filled with high-stakes danger, a marriage of convenience, an instant family, and love that heals wounded hearts.Tropes/themes: *marriage of convenience*ready-made family*adorable newborn baby*Christmas*high-stakes danger*family saga*Rocky Mountain wilderness setting*frontier time period Read more

She might’ve said yes, but happily ever after is harder than you think.Kenna is determined to root out the mysterious “company” in the US, which means following the money trail to its source. With her team on the case in Denver, she’s got more to lose than ever before. When the investigation takes a break for wedding planning things don’t go smoothly, but is anyone really all that surprised? Having an FBI Special Agent in Charge for a fiancé should help…Especially when things get messy.The Banbury Investigations team tangles with local detectives in a missing persons’ case, runs into a criminal organization with a deadly agenda, and gets mixed up in the high society crowd at the heart of it. Kenna lands in a not-so-happy reunion with someone who is supposed to be dead in the middle of trying to reconcile the loss in her past with her plans for the future. Things always get worse before they get better, even when Jax shows up to help out.This time her team is bringing their brand of justice. Read more

Seven Christian romantic suspense novels from seven bestselling writers in the industry. Windigo Twilight by Colleen Coble: Becca Baxter suspects her parents' fatal mishap was no accident, especially since her estranged relatives profited handsomely. Taking a position as research assistant to her late cousin's husband, Max Duncan, enables Becca to investigate secretly on the family island. Yet Windigo Manor hides more than just the handsome widower. Someone, or something, seems eager to drive Becca away, raising fears that a creature known only through Ojibwa legends stalks the island. As events spiral out of control, Becca's faith sustains her, but can she trust Max with her life and her love?Grave Pursuits by Elle E. Kay:When Ranger Emily Davis uncovers a skull in the Pennsylvania wilderness, she exposes a decades-old crime and a serial killer’s dumping ground. Teaming up with State Police Sergeant Wade Brunner, her former love, they uncover chilling connections to cold cases, including Emily’s missing sister. As the killer watches their every move, Emily and Wade must confront their past and stop a predator before she becomes the next victim.Inheritance of Secrets by Robin Patchen: After her father's deathbed confession, Aspen Kincaid inherits a house in New Hampshire, determined to find her missing mother. Contractor Garrett McCarthy, hired to renovate the house, finds himself caught between his attraction to Aspen and pressure from townspeople to monitor her activities. Together, they must unravel a thirty-year-old mystery while avoiding those who want the truth to stay hidden.Point of Impact by Lisa Phillips: Fifteen years after a serial killer shattered their lives, FBI profiler Addie and reclusive artist Jacob are forced to confront their shared past. Returning home, Addie faces a wave of eerily familiar crimes. Are they the work of an old ally or a hidden mastermind? Jacob, content in isolation, can no longer avoid the past when Addie walks back into his life. Together, they must unravel the mystery threatening to destroy them once again.Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon: When Sheriff Claire Wilson is attacked, she calls Texas Ranger Gavin Sterling for help with the investigation. Pursuing justice pits Gavin and Claire against a murderer determined to keep his secrets hidden. When Claire is attacked a second time, Gavin vows to protect her and her son. But capturing this killer may cost them everything.Cast the First Stone by Susan May Warren: Ex-Detective Rembrandt Stone gave up his career to protect his family, but one unsolved case still haunts him. When his mentor leaves him a box of cold cases and a mysterious watch, Rembrandt is thrust 20 years into the past—into the very case that torments him. Solving it could bring justice, but at what cost? Caught between fixing the past and preserving his future, one mistake could destroy everything he holds dear.Burned by Jennifer Youngblood:Sydney Lassiter trades her glamorous life for Stoney Creek, Alabama, to uncover the truth about her father’s suspicious death at the local sawmill. But in a town full of secrets, her questions make her a target. Caught in a tangled love quadrangle and uncovering ties between her father’s death and those she’s grown close to, Sydney realizes the truth could destroy her—and the town she’s come to care for. Some secrets are worth killing for.Seven page-turning suspense, seven heart-warming romances... You're going to love this anthology! Read more

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There's Trouble Up North...Meet Doyle, who finds peril in paradise in this rivals romance, book 3 in the Minnesota Kingston series by USA Today bestselling author Susan May WarrenWhen love and danger collide, paradise plays by its own rules.When Tiana Pepper lands on the lush island of Mariposa, she just wants to put her sad past behind her. Her goal is a new beginning as fundraiser and director of Hope House, a local orphanage.Except she’s not the director. She’s co-director, and nobody told her she’d have to work with an impulsive, out-of-bounds, depend on his charm, annoying disaster rescuer, named Doyle Kingston.She can run this show on her own, thanks.Doyle Kingston, bearing the weight of his own grief, arrives at Hope House ready to leave behind a history of loss. He hopes to find forever homes for these orphans, and the last thing he expects is to have to work with a woman who thinks she’s the boss of this island paradise.And yet…they have problems.Like becoming the target of a local gang.And boss, Billionaire Declan Stone has invited his fancy friends to the island to see Hope House up close, in hopes they’ll donate and get the orphanage on its feet. So…please, could they work together?And wouldn’t you know it but among the donors is a treasure hunter who believes a pirate left a stash under Hope House. What-ever.Then an earthquake rocks the island, kids go missing and Tia and Doyle have no choice but trust each other if they hope to save the children and each other.Doyle is a pulse-pounding romantic suspense featuring rivals turned rescuers, where opposites attract amidst peril in paradise, are two hearts scarred by tragedy just might find a second chance at true love.The Minnesota KingstonsBook1: JackBook 2: ConradBook 3: DoyleBook 4: AustenBook 5: Steinbeck Read more

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The missing daughter of a Medal of Honor recipient shows up at a small Texas diner — hundreds of miles from where she was last seen — and is shocked and devastated to discover what year it is. Lonestar Security steps in to help her piece together five years of lost memories.When Ella Lawton arrives in Heart Lake, Texas, she’s sure about one thing only. She’s looking for a man whose name and face she can’t get out of her mind. She doesn’t know why. She can only hope he’ll fill in the blanks when she finds him.As Lonestar Security’s newest recruit, Army Ranger Gage Hefner is simply doing his good deed for the day when he steps between a local hothead and the stunning blonde enduring his unwanted attention. The last thing he expects her to do is thank him by launching herself into his embrace. He’s never laid eyes on her in his life.But she knows things about him that no other living person knows. Things that someone has clearly gone to great lengths to silence. He fears it’s only a matter of time before they return to finish the job.If you enjoy clean romance, cowboys who’ll make you laugh and swoon, and page-turning suspense you never want to end, then the COWBOY BRAND OF JUSTICE SERIES is perfect for YOU!!! Read more

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden fortune. Jericho Coulter, the eldest of six fiercely devoted brothers, is entrusted with safeguarding his family and the secret that binds them together: the Sapphire mine. To keep tragedy from striking again, he allows no outsiders on their land. When two women stumble upon their ranch, claiming Jericho himself sent for one of them as a mail-order bride, he aims to send them straight back where they came from.Dinah Wyatt, a talented and determined doctor, wasn’t about to let her twin sister travel to Montana alone and marry a stranger. Dinah’s skills are immediately put to the test when one of the younger Coulter brothers is gravely injured, forcing the family to trust his life to her.As Dinah and her sister become entwined in the Coulter family's life, sparks fly between the enigmatic Jericho and the captivating doctor. In a world where trust is hard to come by and secrets hold the power to change lives, Jericho and Dinah must learn that sometimes, the most precious secrets are those buried within our own hearts.From a USA Today bestselling author comes a mountain family saga filled with a mail-order bride, hidden treasure, and love that heals wounded hearts. Read more

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Maddie Fairfax may be young, but on this Oregon-bound wagon train, the pioneers welcome help from the self-trained nurse. Until Dr. Jason Goodwin joins up with their company. The doctor portrays a frosty exterior, but Maddie may be the only one who sees the profound loneliness that haunts him.After losing his wife and children in a terrible accident, Jason has vowed not to open his heart again. But when Maddie takes on the care of three young orphans, Jason finds himself entangled in the lives of the makeshift family. And as their journey west continues, Maddie's radiant compassion begins to light up the darkest corners of his heart.Until the unthinkable happens. Will Jason's guarded heart and Maddie's untamed spirit pull them apart?Tropes/themes:*May/December*ready-made family / adopted orphans*grumpy/sunshine*love on the journey*emotional scars Read more

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden fortune. Two Stones has lived most of his life as an outsider, shifting between two different worlds—the orderly village of his Salish family and wild mining towns. Though he’s not fully accepted anywhere, he’s made a name for himself trading between the tribes and the miners, even making a trusted friend or two along the way.When he arrives in Virginia City a week before Christmas, the last thing he expects is to be summoned to the bedside of one such friend, whose dying request is that Two Stones marry his daughter. Two Stones knows she’ll never accept him as a true husband, but she needs his protection. At least she’ll be safe in the Salish village with his parents while he continues doing the one thing he's good at, locating specialty trade items. Staying always on the trail—alone.After escaping the controlling clutches of her deceased husband’s family, all Heidi wants is to rebuild her life her way. Yet when she reaches the Montana Territory to reunite with her father, she doesn’t know what’s worse—arriving mere days before his death or hearing his dying wish that she marry a Salish brave he trusts. Two Stones may be a good man…but to marry him? Yet when she barely escapes an assault, it’s clear her father was right. She’s not safe alone in Virginia City. She’ll have to make the best of things as the wife of a native.The journey to Two Stones’s village proves far more perilous than he anticipates, yet Heidi’s resilience reveals a depth of character he didn’t expect. As they near the end of their trail, Two Stones begins to realize this inconvenient marriage might really be a Christmas gift he’ll always treasure.From a USA Today bestselling author comes a mountain novella filled with a marriage of convenience, desperate escape from danger, and the Christmas miracle of love that heals wounded hearts.This novella is also published as part of Christmas Bells and Wedding Vows: A Marriage of Convenience Anthology. Read more

There's Trouble in the North...Meet Conrad, a hockey star meets celebrity romance in the Minnesota Kingston series by USA Today bestselling author Susan May Warren.He’s an unlikely bodyguard, but someone has to keep this woman alive…Meet Penelope Pepper: billionaire heiress, mystery podcaster, and magnet for trouble. If only she wasn’t so determined to unravel the mystery of “who killed her sister’s fiancé.” Because clearly, given her recent kidnapping, with each episode, she’s closer to the truth.And someone wants to silence her.Probably she needs a protector, right?Enter Conrad Kingston, power Center for the Minnesota Blue Ox hockey team and a Guy with a Secret. Namely, the panic attacks that haunt him every time he steps into the limelight. Hanging out with Celebrity Penny is exactly NOT what he needs…Except, Blue Ox need ticket sales and when a mix-up ropes him into playing Penelope's fake boyfriend, he’s suddenly the social media darling, driving in fans to the home ice. Only problem…one of them doesn’t know the dating is fake.As Penelope's stalker draws nearer with every juicy episode, Conrad finds himself sliding from fake kisses to real protective instincts, and on thin ice with his heart. But can he find his footing before the killer catches up to Penelope?Fake dating meets real danger, in this clean, sweet but suspenseful romance in book 2 of the Minnesota Kingstons series.The Minnesota KingstonsBook1: JackBook 2: ConradBook 3: DoyleBook 4: AustenBook 5: Steinbeck Read more

USA TODAY Bestseller | ECPA BestsellerCombining the heart-wrenching emotion of Nicholas Sparks with the edge-of-your-seat tension of John Grisham, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love in this second book in the Murphy Shepherd series.Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could--survivors of human trafficking. His life's mission is helping others find freedom . . . but then the nightmare strikes too close to home.When his new wife, her daughter, and two other teenage girls are stolen, Murphy is left questioning all he has thought to be true. With more dead ends than leads, he has no idea how to find his loved ones. After everything is stripped away, love is what remains.Hope feels lost, but Murphy is willing to expend his last breath trying to bring them home.With Charles Martin's trademark lyricism and poignant prose, the Murphy Shepherd series is at once a tender love story, a heartrending search for freedom, an exploration of the terrible cost of human trafficking, and an anthem to the power of love to create change when it shows up regardless of the cost.The Murphy Shepherd series: Book 1: The Water Keeper, Book 2: The Letter Keeper, Book 3: The Record Keeper, Book 4: The Keeper (coming April 2025!) Read more

Sometimes, coming home is beautiful. Other times, it's fatal.Private investigator Olive Sterling never thought she would return to Oasis, Texas. But when an old flame asks her to investigate a beloved local teacher who claims to have terminal cancer, she reluctantly agrees to help.While the community rallies around Rebecca Hansen with prayers and financial support, Olive realizes something about her story doesn’t add up. Is Rebecca really fighting for her life? Or is she scamming people out of their hard-earned money? For Olive, whose own father was a master of deception, this case hits dangerously close to home.As Olive digs deeper for answers, disturbing patterns emerge. Plus, a mysterious man seems to watch her every move. When threatening messages start arriving and the danger turns deadly, Olive realizes this investigation has stirred up secrets someone would kill to keep buried. Read more

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This novella is part of the Extreme Measures series and comes after Life Flight.Flight Nurse Practitioner, Holly Cooper, has an enemy who wants her gone from the hospital one way or another. She and her fiancé, Detective Andy McKittrick are “taking a break”, and a patient has died under mysterious circumstances. Life is complicated at the moment so when she’s attacked, her friends—and “on hold” fiancé come to the rescue. Andy may have his issues, but he’s never stopped loving Holly. When he hears someone is out to get her, he races to her side. Can they find a killer before the killer succeeds in sending Holly six feet under? Read more

USA TODAY Bestseller | ECPA BestsellerWith heart-stopping clarity, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin continues to combine the heart-wrenching emotion of Nicholas Sparks with the edge-of-your-seat tension of John Grisham in this third book in the Murphy Shepherd series--exploring the true cost of leaving the ninety-nine to find the one.Murphy Shepherd's last rescue mission very nearly cost him his life. He'd like nothing more than to stay close to his wife and daughters for a while. But Bones's nemesis must be stopped, and there are so many who still need to know they are worth rescuing.As the cat-and-mouse game moves into the open, Murphy is tested at every turn--both physically and mentally. Then the unthinkable happens: his beloved mentor and friend is taken. Gone without a trace.Murphy lives by the mantra that love always shows up. But how can he rescue Bones when he has no leads?With Charles Martin's trademark lyricism and poignant prose, the Murphy Shepherd series is at once a tender love story, a heartrending search for freedom, an exploration of the terrible cost of human trafficking, and an anthem to the power of love to create change when it shows up regardless of the cost.The Murphy Shepherd series: Book 1: The Water Keeper, Book 2: The Letter Keeper, Book 3: The Record Keeper, Book 4: The Keeper (coming April 2025!) Read more

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. Determined to find his missing brother and stop the elusive mastermind behind the theft of his family's sapphires, Gil Coulter embarks on a solo mission to the remote town near where the criminal is rumored to reside. As Gil scours the surrounding wilderness for the thief's hidden lair, the last thing he expects to find is a captivating and vulnerable young woman.Confined to a remote catacomb of caves and the mountain wilderness around it, Jess McPharland is surrounded by brutal men employed in her father’s illicit mining operation. Her last attempt to escape only made things worse and confirmed a secret she can’t hide much longer. She’ll soon be forced into a life more horrific than what she’s known. Jess will do anything to break free before her fears come true.When she encounters Gil on the hidden mountain trail—and he’s seeking the very criminal she calls Father—she must convince this stranger to pose as her husband and help her escape. And she has one card to play—she knows where his brother is.As Gil and Jess navigate the treacherous landscape—and people—they find themselves caught in a web of danger, deception, and unexpected attraction. With each passing moment, the stakes grow higher, and the line between pretense and truth blurs. Will the love growing between them be enough to survive Jess's secret and lead them to the justice Gil seeks, or will her father’s greed destroy everything they've risked their lives to protect?From a USA Today bestselling author comes a mountain saga filled with high-stakes adventure, a pretend marriage, a secret baby, and love that heals wounded hearts. Read more

From a USA Today bestselling author...Sam never understood why Eliza left him five years ago, ghosting him without explanation. He’s avoided romance ever since, focusing on building his business. Money might not keep him warm at night, but it can sure buy a lot of blankets.Then Eliza shows up on his doorstep and throws herself into his arms. She can’t explain her bruises or the head injury that’s left her with no memories of the past five years, including their breakup. No matter how good it feels to hold her, though, there’s no way he’s getting sucked into romance again.He’ll deliver Eliza to her mother, and that will be that. But instead of finding her mom, they’re met by two attackers and barely escape alive. Despite the danger to his life and his heart, he can’t leave Eliza to fend for herself.Together, they embark on a journey to reconstruct her past while evading the men chasing her. As Sam and Eliza close in on the truth, their romance reignites, but her secret threatens to destroy them both.Prepare to be enthralled by this gripping story of amnesia, a second chance at love, and a secret baby. Running to You is an edge-of-your-seat Christian romantic suspense set in Maine that will keep you reading all night long. Read more

Secrets can kill…Ten years sober, Megan Ingles has dedicated her life to helping others conquer their addictions, hoping to atone for her past. But when she receives a series of menacing notes, it becomes clear that someone hasn't forgotten—or forgiven—her role in the tragic death of Oliver Taylor, her former friend and the brother of police officer Jax Taylor.Jax blames Megan for his brother's death. When she’s viciously assaulted, he’s forced to consider she might’ve been telling the truth all along. Despite their fraught past, Jax is determined to protect Megan, even as his family pressures him to stay away.As they work together to uncover who is behind the threats, old secrets come to light, and long-standing animosities flare up. The closer Jax gets to the truth, the more he realizes that his feelings for Megan are anything but simple. As the line between duty and desire blurs, Jax must decide if he can trust Megan—and if he's willing to risk everything to save her.In a town filled with dangerous lies, only the truth can set them free. But will Megan and Jax find it before it's too late?Dangerous Lies is the second novel in the Badge of Honor series, but each book can be read as a standalone. Expect heart-pounding action, a gripping mystery, and tender romance with every turn of the page. If you love stories of resilience and faith in the face of danger, you won’t want to miss this series! Read more