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What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything… Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time... -
![A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil]()
A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWhat if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared?Annie Beyers has everything—a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed... -
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![Tempting the Highlander by Janet Chapman]()
Tempting the Highlander by Janet Chapman
She has the power to tempt him beyond all reason.... Catherine Daniels arrives in Pine Creek, Maine, at just the right time for Robbie MacBain. She is on the run from her ex-husband, and Robbie is a sexy, single foster parent who needs a housekeeper while he travels back in time to medieval Scotland...Categorized as:
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Dragon Warrior by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe steamy second book in Janet Chapman’s dazzling Midnight Bay series seduces readers with an enticing tale of a fiery independent woman and an irresistible immortal warrior with a dragon’s courageous heart. Maddy Kimble has no time for a suitor—not with caring for her spunky nursing home patients, her shy nine-year-old daughter, her widowed mother, and her rebellious teenage brother... -
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![Heart of a Hero by Janet Chapman]()
Heart of a Hero by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRead Pink Edition New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman welcomes her fans back to Spellbound Falls, where no one is immune to the magical powers of love… Originally from the ancient mythical island of Atlantis, Nicholas has spent the last year deep in the mountains of Maine, serving as Director of Security for the Nova Mare and Inglenook resorts...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Prince Charmings by Blue Saffire, Tiya Rayne]()
Wicked Prince Charmings by Blue Saffire, Tiya Rayne
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAward-winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Wicked Prince Charming Six fairy tales reimagined by four talented authors. Enjoy Blue Saffire and the rest of the Perceptive Illusions Publishing, Inc. authors as they breathe new life into some old favorites. Four perceptions and six illusions of stories that will tug the heart... -
![King of Knights by Blue Saffire]()
King of Knights by Blue Saffire
Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presentsThe Immortal Iron Brothers SeriesKendrickMy brothers and I are unique. We were born with a Power so enormous it has to be harnessed and locked away. Our demi blood both defines and drives us.I’ve lived century after century, running from a curse that blood has inflicted upon us... -
![The Love Token : A delightful story of a love that defies time by Cindy Kirk]()
The Love Token : A delightful story of a love that defies time by Cindy Kirk
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the outside, the tent looks like any you might see at a county fair: Tall poles support crisp white canvas that ripples gently in the breeze. But inside, the tent is a different world, one GraceTown hasn’t seen for a century. Only, no one can see this tent—no one but Sophie Jessup.Sophie Jessup has a good life... -
![Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker]()
Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker
Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love...Categorized as:
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![Silent Vows by Catherine Bybee]()
Silent Vows by Catherine Bybee
Myra, a medieval virgin druidess, flees five hundred years into the future to escape death at the hands of a cursed witch and lands in the arms of a handsome but cynical twenty-first century cop. Officer Todd Blakely knows Myra is hiding something, but can't resist her innocent charms. Destiny throws them both into a world of intrigue and mysticism...Categorized as:
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![Loving the Highlander by Janet Chapman]()
Loving the Highlander by Janet Chapman
A tempestuous passion begins with a battle of wills... When Sadie Quill comes upon an unbelievably gorgeous man lying naked beside a lake, she can't resist taking his photo -- and is quickly trapped in a passionate confrontation with the fierce stranger. Discovering the identity of this irresistible warrior will complicate Sadie's search for a legendary gold mine... -
![A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams]()
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them... -
![Gwen by Calliope Stewart]()
Gwen by Calliope Stewart
London, 2023Guinevere “Gwen” Ramos is starting her life over. After her mother passes away she accepts a job in London and flees from all of the sad memories still lingering in the states...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Knight's Sword by Mary Morgan]()
Dragon Knight's Sword by Mary Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOrder of the Dragon Knights Duncan Mackay will do anything to lift the curse from his family — even forfeit his own life. But his plans change when he encounters the woman from his dreams, literally. She is from the future, somehow has his lost sword, and can talk to the Dragon that is able to lift his family’s curse...Categorized as:
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![Shifter's Paradox by Lisa Ladew]()
Shifter's Paradox by Lisa Ladew
Harlan Mundelein, the Knotted Wolf, the soldier at heart who used to be the guy who got things done, is fading. It's been a long and pointless battle, and he can finally see the day coming...the day that he'll be eternally reunited with his Eventine. He's ready and his mind is made up: he is not getting a One True Mate. His mate is gone...Categorized as:
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![Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney]()
Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bloodthirsty evil stalks the Connor Clan…Brave, beautiful, and haunted by her past, demon hunter Anna MacKinley will do anything to help the Connors. Under divine orders, the headstrong warrior travels the world, slaying demons and vampires... -
![Prince of Seduction by Donna Grant]()
Prince of Seduction by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSeduction has always come easy for Elric, one of four Drahcir princes. When he finds his mate he intends to convince her to return with him by using his famed seduction. His mate, however, isn’t like any woman he’s ever encountered, and its going to take Elric using his heart to win his mate. Marin takes a trip to Scotland to heal her broken heart after being left at the alter... -
![Yellowstone Redemption by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Yellowstone Redemption by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCity boy Chase Russell is on the fast track to self-destruction. A star athlete, he gets into trouble with drugs and alcohol. Fulfilling a community service sentence in Yellowstone National Park is the last thing he wants to do. After a night of drinking in the park, he wakes up to find his new friends gone, and everything around him has changed... -
![The Last Viking by Sandra Hill]()
The Last Viking by Sandra Hill
He was six feet, four inches of pure, unadulterated male. He wore nothing but a leather tunic, spoke in an ancient tongue, and he was standing in Professor Meredith Foster's living room. The medieval historian told herself he was part of a practical joke, but with his wide gold belt, callused hands, and the rabbit roasting in her fireplace, the brawny stranger seemed so...authentic... -
![Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis]()
Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYears ago while vacationing in Scotland, Katherine St. Claire believed she’d found the love of her life. She shared a night of passion with a stranger, in a hotel castle called Duncreag. But come morning, her lover had disappeared. And she has spent the last eight years trying to convince herself it was all a dream.. -
![Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor]()
Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor
The third steamy interracial romance in the 50 Loving States series from the author of Amazon Bestsellers, THE OWNER OF HIS HEART and HER RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE! When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road... -
![And Shatter by Reese Rivers]()
And Shatter by Reese Rivers
A love so great and tragic that even erased completely, it causes echoes in Time that can't be denied.Eden Kelly made the ultimate sacrifice to Shatter the mirror and save her men from the pain and suffering that their love caused by erasing it all...Categorized as:
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![Touch of Enchantment by Teresa Medeiros]()
Touch of Enchantment by Teresa Medeiros
From the bestselling author of Breath of Magic and Shadows and Lace comes a beguiling new time-travel love story in the hilarious, magical voice that has made Teresa Medeiros one of the nation's most beloved romance writers. Heiress Tabitha Lennox considered her paranormal talents more a curse than a gift. So she dedicated her life to the cold, rational world of science... -
![Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson]()
Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson
Once upon a time… Recent college grad Emma Damon knows the Rose Room in Hartley Hall is off limits, which is exactly why she can’t wait to get inside. Once she enters the forbidden room, Emma learns more about the history of the museum than she ever intended to know... -
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![The Good Part by Sophie Cousens]()
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year-old wakes up to the life she’s always wanted, but is it really a dream come true?At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet roll... -
![In Every Life by Rea Frey]()
In Every Life by Rea Frey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a husband's dying wish is for his wife to find a new love... before he's even gone?Ben and Harper started off their marriage with a cancer diagnosis, but they eventually celebrated as Ben went into remission. Now they know what matters. Now they won't waste a second. But the cancer comes back, and this time, the doctors insist there's no viable treatment option... -
![For All The Evers by Debra Anastasia]()
For All The Evers by Debra Anastasia
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFallen Billow should be in college like most of her friends, but instead she’s raising her brother and working as a housekeeper at a vintage local hotel. It’s back-breaking work, but not nearly as challenging as fending off unwanted advances from the hotel’s owner. Thomas McHugh is fighting for our country, across the globe and decades before Fallen Billow was even born... -
![A Witch in Time: A Magical Time Travel Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance by Allie McCormack]()
A Witch in Time: A Magical Time Travel Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance by Allie McCormack
"Witchcraft!" It was an ugly accusation in 1692 Salem. In the Hudson Valley in the 21st century, not so much... Living in 17th century Salem, Rebecca Castellano finds herself on the brink of being accused of witchcraft...Categorized as:
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![A Time & Place for Every Laird by Angeline Fortin]()
A Time & Place for Every Laird by Angeline Fortin
Surely, she’d gone completely mad. Claire Manning can’t imagine what she was thinking when she decided to help the escapee from her company’s lab but after seeing him caged like an animal, her humanitarian compulsion cannot be overridden – even by the arrogant, scowling eighteenth-century Highlander Hugh Urquhart turns out to be...Categorized as:
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![A Laird for All Time by Angeline Fortin]()
A Laird for All Time by Angeline Fortin
After ten long years of education and residency, Dr. Emmy MacKenzie feels the time is long overdue for a vacation. A little “me” time. A little alone time... -
![Stolen Heat by Elisabeth Naughton]()
Stolen Heat by Elisabeth Naughton
Antiquities dealer Peter Kauffman walked a fine line between clean and corrupt for years. And then he met the woman who changed his life - Egyptologist Katherine Meyer. Their love affair burned white-hot in Egypt, until the day Pete's lies and half-truths caught up with him...Categorized as:
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![Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains]()
Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfect for readers of One Day in December by Josie Silver, this enchanting new novel with touches of It’s a Wonderful Life and Groundhog Day follows a woman dangerously close to losing it all as she receives an unexpected Christmas gift that prompts a surprising journey of self-discovery...and another chance at happiness."Annie Rains is a gifted storyteller... -
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Distraction by Tess Oliver
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs false accusations of witchcraft consume Salem Village, eighteen-year-old Poppy Seabrooke, a true witch, is content to stay away from the hysteria and more importantly from the relentless advances of Angus Wolfe, a powerful warlock masquerading as Salem’s pastor. When Poppy uses her magic to help a young boy, she is arrested... -
![Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio]()
Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio comes an escapist novel following a young woman stuck in a “time loop” of one-day relationships with romantic partners from her past.“An ingenious and heartfelt love story... -
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![Ghosted by Sarah Ready]()
Ghosted by Sarah Ready
Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied...Categorized as:
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![Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio]()
Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio
From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio comes an escapist novel following a young woman stuck in a “time loop” of one-day relationships with romantic partners from her past.“An ingenious and heartfelt love story... -
![Binding Vows by Catherine Bybee]()
Binding Vows by Catherine Bybee
Duncan MacCoinnich's task... Travel to the twenty-first century Renaissance Faire, deflower the Druid virgins, and go home. Only his job is not so easily accomplished with the virgin in question, Tara McAllister. Time is running out. The evil is closing in on them both. Tara finds Duncan irresistible after what was supposed to be a mock Hand-fasting binds them... -
![Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye]()
Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe first book in the classic Draycott Abbey series from bestselling Christina Skye, now in a beautiful new package Secrets gather in the shadows of Britain' s Draycott Abbey-intrigues of evil, unscrupulous men...and the astonishing mysteries of a star-crossed romance from centuries past. Dashing ex-Royal Marine Michael Burke has come to Draycott to unmask a treacherous conspiracy... -
![Never Ever You by Sarah Echavarre]()
Never Ever You by Sarah Echavarre
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA happily married woman wakes up to an astonishingly different life in a funny, emotional, and twisty romantic comedy in reverse by the author of Three More Months.It’s Riley Ricci-Chase’s first wedding anniversary, and she’s living a perfect life in London with her utterly devoted husband, Tristan. So what if his parents and insufferable cousin Milo work Riley’s last nerve? She has Tristan...Categorized as:
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![The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux]()
The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
What if a woman could go back to the beginning and rethink her choices for love and life? When Leslie Headrick, Madison Appleby, and Ellie Abbott first met, they were in their early 20s and the world lay before them with its infinite possibilities... -
![Enemy of Mine by Red L. Jameson]()
Enemy of Mine by Red L. Jameson
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKidnapping mortals to different eras is such fun. Trickster muse sisters, Clio and Erato, call it a glimpse, but military historian Minerva Ferguson, Erva, is fairly certain she’s gone nuts when she wakes two hundred miles from her apartment. And two hundred years in the past to Brooklyn, 1776... -
![Illegal Affair by Sienna Mynx]()
Illegal Affair by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Raelynn's birthday and she plans to celebrate with a personal dare. Namely find a guy, kiss a guy, take a guy home and give him the time of his life, with plenty of pleasure of her own. So she and her friends take the party to a popular bar spot. It proves to be the right social mix to bring "Mr. Right Now" forth... -
![An Invocation of Monsters by Cate Corvin]()
An Invocation of Monsters by Cate Corvin
The lake is lovely, dark, and deep…And with my monsters I will sleep. When a secret society offers me an invitation to stay in their isolated forest retreat, I can’t possibly refuse. Not if I want to find out what my mother was hiding before she died.But it’s not just any forest. The noises in the woods at night aren’t animals—they’re monsters...Categorized as:
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![Three More Months by Sarah Echavarre]()
Three More Months by Sarah Echavarre
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat if you woke up one day and the loved one you’d lost was suddenly, inexplicably alive again?Chloe Howard’s devotion to her job has come at a cost: spending time with the most important person in her life—her mother. Vowing to change, she plans a trip home. Sadly, hours before she arrives, her mother passes away, leaving Chloe without a goodbye and riddled with grief and regret... -
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![An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward]()
An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ancient witch explores the thrills—and perils—of online dating with hilarity and heart in a charming rom-com perfect for fans of cozy fantasy and witchy romance.Meet Thorn Scarhart, a thirty-nine-year-old witch who’s having trouble finding love in the 17th century. Despite the local matchmaker’s efforts and Thorn’s arsenal of powerful love potions, she has yet to fall in love... -
![Defended by Love by Keri Lane]()
Defended by Love by Keri Lane
If it wasn’t for the superhero, the Garnet Defender, I’d be dead.Late one stormy night, I snuck into my work building just before it was set to be fumigated. While I’d always been told that my workaholic tendencies would be the death of me, I assumed that it would be in a stress-induced heart attack sort of way, and not because the building would collapse with me inside... -
![Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao]()
Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao
Finding true love is only a matter of time in this heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, starring Zoë Chao (The Afterparty), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), and a full cast!Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future... -
![Highlander's Challenge by Jo Barrett]()
Highlander's Challenge by Jo Barrett
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAmelia Tucker, or Tuck as she prefers to be called, latest personal bodyguard assignment turns into one she'll never forget, thanks to a crazed kidnapper, one enchanted fountain, and a sixteenth century Highland Warrior determined to keep her under lock and key... -
![Defiant Surrender by Tamara Gill]()
Defiant Surrender by Tamara Gill
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnlucky in love, Maddie St. Clair hides behind an antique store and her mudlarking hobby. That is until she finds a medieval ring that throws her back to 1102 Cumberland and into the life of Lady Madeline Vincent, heiress to Norman lands and about to be married to an autocratic Baron, William Dowell, nine hundred years her senior. Lord William Dowell protects his own... -
![Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux]()
Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
With her shining gift for "exquisite and enchanting" (BookPage) storytelling, Jude Deveraux sweeps readers away in a breathtaking follow-up to her beloved New York Times bestseller, The Summerhouse where a marvelous new adventure awaits. Magic most definitely resides in the Maine summerhouse where the mysterious Madame Zoya has granted the innermost wishes of its visitors...
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