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  • Christmas at Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    Christmas at Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with best friends Michelle, Reggie, Nina and Erin for a second chance at all life has to offer.It’s Christmas at the Sugar Sand Inn, and Michelle and her friends have replaced the Welcome sign with one that reads Closed for the Holidays...
  • Over the Verdant Hills by Jessie Gussman

    Over the Verdant Hills by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Once, Claire had the life others dreamed about—but now she’s drowning in debt, loss, and loneliness. At thirty-five, Claire never imagined herself divorced, a single mom, unemployed, and moving back to her grandmother’s ramshackle farmhouse in the quiet countryside of Raspberry Ridge...
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  • Wynn Harbor Inn by Hope Callaghan

    Wynn Harbor Inn by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “A moving novel about coming home, uncovering painful truths, and rediscovering the people—and the place—that truly matter...
  • A Vineyard Thanksgiving by Katie Winters

    A Vineyard Thanksgiving by Katie Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A Martha’s Vineyard fisherman’s widow gets a second chance at love over a snow-capped Thanksgiving weekend. Charlotte Montgomery Hamner wakes up every morning to the same thoughts.Jason died. Jason isn’t coming back. Rachel and I must go through this alone.Since Jason drowned over a year and a half ago, Charlotte has struggled moving forward...
  • Sweet Tea & Wedding Rings by Rachel Hanna

    Sweet Tea & Wedding Rings by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In book 4 of this USA Today bestselling series. Mia and Kate are still working on building their new honey business while Travis and Cooper are keeping a big secret that could wreak havoc in both of their relationships.Meanwhile, a former guest of the B&B shows up in the dead of night, and she needs a place to hide...
  • Return to Captiva by Annie Cabot

    Return to Captiva by Annie Cabot

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Key Lime Garden Inn has a mysterious guest, and everyone wants to know his story.Matteo Benedetti comes to Captiva Island and the Key Lime Garden Inn to confront the demons that have haunted him for many years. In doing so, he changes the lives of many on the island...
  • The Asheville Christmas Cabin by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Asheville Christmas Cabin by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The first of a charming, heartwarming holiday trilogy that will whisk you away to a dreamy winter in the mountains...
  • Retrouvailles sur la Côte du Golfe by Maggie Miller

    Retrouvailles sur la Côte du Golfe by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Évadez-vous sur la côte du Golfe de Floride avec Georgia Carpenter alors qu'elle obtient une seconde chance pour sa vie, son amour et son bonheur.Georgia Carpenter travaille d'arrache-pied à la rénovation de l'auberge dont elle a hérité, avec l'objectif de rouvrir dès que possible. Un objectif qui semble tout à fait atteignable avec l'aide du séduisant bricoleur Travis Taylor et de sa famille...
  • Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Izzy's life is about to change soon in the biggest way possible. She is excited and nervous and torn about whether or not to give her ex, Rick Savage another chance. Rick has tried to be a better man. He's gone through anger management classes and really seems to be making an effort...
  • Scent of Peril by Laura Scott

    Scent of Peril by Laura Scott

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Laura Scott Search and rescue and love...A perilous mission...When Jessica Sullivan's K9 Teddy alerts on the scent of drugs in the plane of her high school friend, Logan Fletcher, her old suspicions of him rise to the surface. Eight years ago, Logan dated her best friend Ella, who died of a drug overdose...
  • Burning Escape by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Burning Escape by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION. THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.She was born to fight fires...When Tori Mitchell said goodbye to the handsome stranger after their heart-stopping dance on her last night of freedom, she never expected him to wind up on the same Midnight Sun elite smokejumper team...
  • Burning Secrets by Susan May Warren

    Burning Secrets by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION. THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.Wrong place, wrong time…Wildlife biologist JoJo Butcher isn’t just a smokejumper for the Midnight Sun crew—she’s also in Alaska to finish up her wolf research…until, oops, she finds herself face-to-face with a wolf with nowhere to go…And then she’s rescued by a hero from the woods...
  • Burning Truth by Kelly Underwood

    Burning Truth by Kelly Underwood

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION. THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.She’s on a mission to revive her career...Dani Barlowe, disgraced journalist, has been given one last chance to redeem herself—follow a tip about a secret militia compound in the Alaskan wilderness and get the scoop that will put her back on top...
  • Under the Rising Moon by Jessie Gussman

    Under the Rising Moon by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She thought she was going on a romantic getaway with her boyfriend, but he dropped her off and drove out of town, leaving Skyler Montgomery scared, penniless and alone.She thought it was fate when she saw the woman in the garden who said she needed a caretaker. But then the woman’s grumpy son informs her that his mother has Alheizmer’s and he’s taking care of her - no help needed...
  • Sleigh Bell Dreams by Jessie Gussman

    Sleigh Bell Dreams by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Terry McBride is thrilled to come back to her hometown of Mistletoe Meadows to take over the practice of the town's retiring physician. Unfortunately the tight housing market has her sharing a duplex with quiet and mysterious Judd Landis...
  • A Vineyard Celebration by Katie Winters

    A Vineyard Celebration by Katie Winters

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A secret room beneath the Sunrise Cove Inn unlocks a history far more dramatic than the Sheridans could have ever imagined.Amanda and Sam welcome their gorgeous baby girl the same week a construction crew discovers a sealed-up room in the basement of the Sunrise Cove. Historians must be called to ensure everything is handled the right way...
  • Beyond the Setting Sun by Jessie Gussman

    Beyond the Setting Sun by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Birdie Pollock just rented a beach house for the summer. She needed to get away from the noise and the lights and the pressure…okay, she’s burnt out and can’t let anyone know. She has to be back to full speed by fall when her big American tour kicks off.Wesley Moffett is burnt out...
  • A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury

    A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In this mass market edition, #1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a powerful story of a young couple whose love must face the ultimate challenge. Cody Gunner has no use for real love. Abandoned as a child by the person he needed the most, he swears he will never allow himself to love again. Ali Daniels denies love as well...
  • Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson

    Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Our love had to live in the past… The first time we met I knew. She was perfection. I needed to know everything about her—what made her smile, what her lips tasted like, what her body felt like under my skin… But our love was fatal. The purest venom that seeped through my veins and embedded deep into my soul. Emilia was My love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul...
  • Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm by Jo Bartlett

    Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Pre-order the next instalment in Jo Bartlett's wonderful Seabreeze Farm series!Another wonderful new series from the top 10 bestselling author of The Cornish Midwife, Jo Bartlett. Welcome to Seabreeze Farm.Freya Halliwell is looking forward to marrying the man of her dreams and starting their new life together...
  • Icicle Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows sweet Christmas romance) book 2 by Jessie Gussman

    Icicle Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows sweet Christmas romance) book 2 by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Amy McBride and Jones Quebedeau have been best friends forever. Amy runs the pet sanctuary in Mistletoe Meadows and Jones is the town veterinarian. Amy helps Jones as a vet tech and Jones donates his services for her stray animals. They do pretty much everything together...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • The Promise by Mia Kent

    The Promise by Mia Kent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A dashing pilot. A young nurse. And a wartime love story left unwritten.It’s the winter of 1943, and nineteen-year-old Helen Moore spends her days at the bedsides of the broken boys who are fighting gallantly to protect the land and people they love...
  • Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    While Marina and Jack contemplate their future, her sister Kai and her new fiance Axe are planning their wedding. When disagreements threaten to derail the wedding, the sisters' grandmother, the indomitable Ginger Delavie, doles out unusual advice. Soon, an unforgettable event unfolds...
  • Sugarplum Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows Christmas romance) book 3 by Jessie Gussman

    Sugarplum Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows Christmas romance) book 3 by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wilson McBride has been working with Judd Landis to make the lives of the residents of Mistletoe Meadows better through their Secret Saint escapades. But there is one woman who needs more than a few little presents and a Christmas tree. She needs a husband...
  • Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HE HADN’T KNOWN ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED SISTER’S LITTLE GIRL. NOW HE’S ON THE RUN TO KEEP HER ALIVE.DEA Agent Zach Forrester’s troubled sister refused all contact for years. Now she’s at his door, frantically claiming she and her daughter witnessed a murder. Begging him to keep Katie safe, she shoves the child into his arms and vanishes...
  • Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story by Dee Henderson

    Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    It’s a summer of change for Jennifer O’Malley. The busy physician has a pediatrics practice in Dallas, and meeting Tom Peterson, and falling in love, is adding a rich layer to her life. She’s sorting out how to introduce him to her family–she’s the youngest of seven–and thinking about marriage. She’s falling in love with Jesus too, and knows God is good...
  • THE BRIDGE: ADRON & HARMONY: An Inspirational Romance by M. Monique

    THE BRIDGE: ADRON & HARMONY: An Inspirational Romance by M. Monique

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Harmony is a gentle soul whose life was seemingly perfect until it wasn't. Being married to her best friend should've been happiness and bliss. Instead, Harmony is dealt a devastating blow that threatens to uproot everything she's believed in. Insecurities plague Harmony as she wades through what lies ahead.Adron is a man whose life isn't so far different from Harmony's...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Seasons of Memories by Jennifer Rodewald

    Seasons of Memories by Jennifer Rodewald

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "There had been grace. Great grace . . . The kind of grace that changed a life. His life."Kevin and Helen Murphy have seen good times, and they’ve gone through dark valleys. In their nearly forty years of marriage, they’ve raised seven boys, built two thriving businesses, and witnessed time and again the wonder of God’s faithful love...
  • Maggie's Miracle: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Maggie's Miracle: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Alternate cover edition can be found here at Maggie's Miracle.Megan Wright spent just a week with him the summer of their 14th year. But despite a lifetime of heartache and bad choices, she never let go of young Kade's magical definition of love. After college Megan settled for a relationship of convenience...
  • Their Unlikely Protector by Meghann Whistler

    Their Unlikely Protector by Meghann Whistler

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To give two little boys a home… She must take a chance on forgiveness.The last person Valerie Williams expects to rescue her and her toddler twin brothers from a fiery blaze is Brett Richardson, her high school nemesis. But with her house burned down, Valerie is forced to stay at the same inn as Brett and work with him on the town festival...
  • Wynn Harbor Inn: Birdie by the Bay by Hope Callaghan

    Wynn Harbor Inn: Birdie by the Bay by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “A moving novel about coming home, uncovering painful truths, and rediscovering the people—and the places—that truly matter...
  • Burning Rivals by Voni Harris

    Burning Rivals by Voni Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION. THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.He lost the one person who meant the most to him—and she let it happen.Vince hasn’t forgiven Cadee for abandoning his father in the fire that took his life, but he’s going to find out why. When he discovers the Feds have a warrant out for his arrest, he knows he’s being framed for crimes he didn’t commit...
  • Dangerous Secrets by Roxanne Rustand

    Dangerous Secrets by Roxanne Rustand

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last thing she'd expected was to see her husband back in town.He'd wanted to start a family. Jill wanted to wait. Just for a while, while she established her medical practice in this small town. But in the midst of that uncertainty, he'd simply walked out. Or was it really that simple?Forgiveness is hard...
  • Saltwater Studios by Amelia Addler

    Saltwater Studios by Amelia Addler

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The truth can set you free… or completely destroy you… Morgan Allen has neither the time nor the patience for shenanigans. Running her wedding photography business by day and searching for new evidence in the cold-case death of her mother by night leaves no room in her life for much else...
  • Christmas Magic at The Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Christmas Magic at The Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Come & join us in beautiful Penworth Bay, CornwallVolunteer at The Cornish Bay Bakery in exchange for a cosy roomwith views across the bay, new friends and the chance to explore the magical Cornish coast...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • A Memory So Sweet by Olivia Miles

    A Memory So Sweet by Olivia Miles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of the Blue Harbor series comes a new sweet romance trilogy. The sisters of Sunrise Bakery may have all the ingredients for their grandmother’s famous strawberry pie, but they’re still in search of the perfect recipe for love and happiness...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Return To Me by Katie Winters

    Return To Me by Katie Winters

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Manhattan socialite who loses everything. The mother she's resented for over twenty years. A return to Martha's Vineyard, where healing can finally begin.Janine Potter grew up on the other side of the tracks. Her mother, Nancy, struggled with just about everything: alcohol, men, money -- and Janine made a pledge to herself that she would never be like her...
  • Coral Memories by Jan Moran

    Coral Memories by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don't miss the final chapter of the Coral Cottage: The Indomitable Ginger Delavie In the final chapter of the beloved Coral Cottage series, Ginger Delavie takes center stage as the family unravels her grandmother's extraordinary life. Ginger is a woman whose brilliance in mathematics and codebreaking has taken her around the globe, through corridors of power, and into the heart of high society...
  • The Meaning in Mistletoe by Rachael Bloome

    The Meaning in Mistletoe by Rachael Bloome

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Return to Poppy Creek in the fourth book in the beloved small-town series by Rachael Bloome...
  • Coral Holiday by Jan Moran

    Coral Holiday by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming holiday special in Summer Beach.*A USA Today Bestselling Series*Marina Moore's new Coral Cafe is a favorite of locals and visitors alike. When her sister Kai throws her energy into creating a Summer Beach performing arts theater, the entire family gets involved. Soon they are in a race to open by the holiday season...
  • Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Bay’s life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives...
  • A Big Day at The Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    A Big Day at The Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Come & join us in beautiful Penworth Bay, CornwallVolunteer at The Cornish Bay Bakery in exchange for a cosy roomwith views across the bay, new friends and the chance to explore the magical Cornish coast...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Sanibel Dreams by Hope Holloway

    Sanibel Dreams by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's too young to retire and too old to start over...or is she?When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she’s uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father’s widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs...
  • Bark! The Herald Angels Sing by Roxanne St. Claire

    Bark! The Herald Angels Sing by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With Christmas and a family wedding fast approaching, there’s happy chaos in the air at Waterford Farm. However, not everyone in the Kilcannon clan is caught up in the magic of the moment...
  • When He Returns: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    When He Returns: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years away, Dalton Callaghan has returned home to face the loved ones he left behind. She’d loved him as a teen, but he’d only had time for his music. Sierra Collins knows that Dalton’s return means nothing where her heart is concerned. As she’s watched him live his life from a distance, any of the young love she once harbored for him has mellowed into affection and concern...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Not Until This Day by Valerie M. Bodden

    Not Until This Day by Valerie M. Bodden

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three kids. Two broken hearts. One chance to become a family.Isabel has three simple rules: Keep moving. No friends. No men. It's the only way to keep herself and her daughter safe. But when she arrives in the small town of Hope Springs, she finds that she suddenly wants to break all the rules. Especially when it comes to a certain sweet single dad...
    Categorized as:
    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • The Gift by Mia Kent

    The Gift by Mia Kent

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the ashes of war emerges a hero, and a tale of bravery eighty years in the making…A young boy and his mother in mourning. A handsome fighter pilot who arrives on their doorstep. And a story of heroism and sacrifice that helped change the course of history...
  • Running to the Hero: A Christian Doctor Christmas Romance by Hannah Jo Abbott

    Running to the Hero: A Christian Doctor Christmas Romance by Hannah Jo Abbott

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spending Christmas with a reclusive grinch isn’t exactly what this runaway bride had in mind for her honeymoon. Felicity Keaton didn't even bother to shed her wedding dress when she left her hometown in the rearview mirror. As if it weren't already the worst day of her life, an accident lands her in the ER in an unknown town - where the handsome doctor is as mysterious as she is...
  • No Marriage of Convenience for a Cowboy by Alexa Verde

    No Marriage of Convenience for a Cowboy by Alexa Verde

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Small-town romance with faith, humor, and more than a dash of danger!An elusive woman with secrets, a quiet cowboy, a precocious child and a rebellious teenager, and a marriage of convenience that hides real feelings...Arianna Montemayor is so far from her comfort zone that it’s not even on the same planet when this eternal nomad and former runaway considers becoming an instant mom...
  • On the Sandy Beach by Jessie Gussman

    On the Sandy Beach by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vera Miller, a talented garden designer, comes to Raspberry Ridge with a heavy heart, planning a garden in memory of her son.Dominic, her estranged husband, joins her to help.Working together, they reminisce about their youth spent by Lake Michigan's shores...
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