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  • Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A six-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in Tennessee's oldest town. The ransom note demands millions. In this fifth installment of the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to represent the parents of a child who has gone missing...
  • The Asheville Christmas Gift by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Asheville Christmas Gift by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The charming, heartwarming holiday trilogy continues, whisking you away to a dreamy winter in the mountains...
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  • All We Want by J. Daniels

    All We Want by J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Luke and Tessa Evans are solid. They’re crazy in love and in this forever, and now, they’re anxiously awaiting the next step. Children. But when month after month ticks by with nothing but disappointing news, and the stress gets too much to take, their relationship will be tested in ways it’s never been tested before...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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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  • 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...
  • Snowflakes & Stockings by Marianne Rice

    Snowflakes & Stockings by Marianne Rice

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It might not be the story of the century, but it’s her biggest headline yet. Investigative reporter Liberty Johnson has one more case to crack before being guaranteed her own weekly feature on the local nightly news. The only thing coming between her and the promotion is figuring out the identity of Maine’s Secret Santa...
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  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • 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...
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    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...
  • 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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  • 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...
  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Tender Mercies: A Blueberry Beach Novel by Jessie Gussman

    Tender Mercies: A Blueberry Beach Novel by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can someone over fifty still find their soulmate?Bev became a successful business woman, designing her own line of spandex undergarments for plus sized women and amassing a fortune as the company grew to a multibillion dollar international conglomerate...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • The Dance by Mia Kent

    The Dance by Mia Kent

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The only thing harder than learning to love… is learning when to say goodbye.For over two decades, Owen Kennedy has tried to make Brooke Nelson see the truth: that she loves him, and always has. As the years ticked on, he lost hope for their happily ever after, and now finds himself at a crossroads...
  • Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Damien Prescott by Sandi Lynn

    Damien Prescott by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Damien Prescott, and I had the kind of life most men only dream of. I ran a successful company, had millions of dollars to my name, and had the company of beautiful women at my disposal any time I snapped my fingers. My work and money were the only things that mattered to me. I was a shark in the advertising world and people often told me I was impatient, rude, and arrogant...
  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • A Discovery of Hope by T.I. Lowe

    A Discovery of Hope by T.I. Lowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you believe in angels? Willow Carter certainly did not, until Hope showed up and refused to leave. This insistent angel opens Willow’s eyes to a world filled with incredible people in many forms—a purpled-headed artist with a heart lined in pure gold, an autistic young man who sees the world through different eyes, a homeless woman trying to survive...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Reaching Her Heart: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Reaching Her Heart: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will her heart ever be free to love again? Does she even want it to be? He had been the love of Shayna Caron’s life. Her husband. Her protector. Her world. But then he was tragically taken from her. As a single parent, her focus is completely on raising their son and trying to provide the best possible life for him...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Edge of Forever by Jacob Chance

    Edge of Forever by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After suffering an unexpected and devastating loss, I return to my job with the FBI and focus on finding the answers I need.Now, forced to live without the person I've come to love the most, I feel more alone than ever.And if missing Belfast and trying to navigate my life without him isn't difficult enough, every direction I turn danger lurks--waiting for me...
  • Once Upon a Silent Night: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Once Upon a Silent Night: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unwilling to fulfill her parents' expectations for her, she left behind a comfortable life in pursuit of her dream.Alessia Talbot had been raised with the expectation that she'd go to law school and join the family law firm, but that isn't what she wants for her life. Determined to achieve her dream of a career in music, she strikes out on her own...
  • A Barefoot Tide by Grace Greene

    A Barefoot Tide by Grace Greene

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lilliane Moore leaves the forests and rolling hills of her rural hometown, Cub Creek, to accept a temporary assignment as a companion to an elderly man who lives at the beach. It’s a risky move that’s out of character for her, but her thirties are passing quickly – she feels like she's closing in on forty fast - plus she’s got a hole in her roof and no AC...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • A Return to the Keys by Hope Holloway

    A Return to the Keys by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A lost love comes home in search of answers…and love.An unimaginable change is in the air when a long lost love reappears on the sands of Coconut Key to complicate lives and open old wounds. With shocking news that changes history and the family dynamic, the new arrival brings hope, love, and the answers some have been searching for years to find...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary  m-f
  • Double Date Disaster by Hope Callaghan

    Double Date Disaster by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Cozy Christian Mystery and Suspense NovelGarden Girls - The Golden Years is the brand new spin-off series of the Garden Girls Mystery series. The last few years have been a roller coaster of life changing events for “Garden Girl” Margaret Hansen - the death of her husband, the shocking discovery of what led to his death, and a big move designed to give her a fresh start...
  • Finding Refuge: A Bluebird Bay Novel by Christine Gael

    Finding Refuge: A Bluebird Bay Novel by Christine Gael

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cee-cee and Mick are madly in love, but have been putting their wedding on the back burner because life keeps getting in the way. Well, no more! She is going to get her man down that aisle, come hell OR high water. But when the fates throw both at them all at once, she starts to wonder if they're ever going to get their happily ever after...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Finding Comfort by Christine Gael

    Finding Comfort by Christine Gael

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stephanie Ketterman's only daughter, Sarah, thought her days living in Bluebird Bay were over. Married only two years, living in Washington DC, and on the cusp of an amazing career in law, she had the next decade planned out to a T. When she suddenly realizes she is bitterly unhappy and may have left Bluebird Bay in order to escape the pain of losing her father at such a young age, she returns...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Starting Over by Christine Gael

    Starting Over by Christine Gael

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a terrible skiing accident leaves Sadie’s son Wyatt struggling to walk, she puts everything else aside to care for him. She knows she needs to let the experts do their jobs, but mother knows best. And when Wyatt’s new physical therapist takes a tough love approach, she nearly loses it...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Necessary Peril by Lynn Shannon

    Necessary Peril by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His scars are hidden.  Kyle Stewart always envisioned marriage and children in his future, but being deployed changed him in every possible way. All he wants now is to take care of his aging parents and live a quiet life of bachelorhood. Then a woman from Kyle’s past blasts back into his life with hired hitmen on her tail. She’s not who she claims to be. Sierra Lyons isn’t her real name...
  • Wedding Fever at the Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Wedding Fever at the Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Come & join us in beautiful Penworth Bay, CornwallVolunteer at The Cornish Bay Bakery in exchange for a cosy room with views across the bay, new friends and the chance to explore the magical Cornish coast...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Strategic Plan by Lynn Shannon

    Strategic Plan by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He swore an oath. Tucker Colburn is haunted by his comrade’s death. He promised to deliver the man’s personal effects to his sister, but before he can, the woman disappears. No forwarding address, no telephone number, and no way to contact her. The case is at a standstill until Tucker rescues another woman from a deadly attack.  She’s a target...
  • Secrets & Surprises at the Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Secrets & Surprises at the Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Second Chance with the Hero: A Christian Medic Christmas Romance by Liwen Y. Ho

    Second Chance with the Hero: A Christian Medic Christmas Romance by Liwen Y. Ho

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two high school sweethearts. One broken marriage. And an unexpected reunion that offers the perfect opportunity for redemption.Retired midwife Josephine Gilbert is all about her children and grandchildren these days. That’s why she’s moved back to Freedom to be close to her loved ones and to help with her daughter’s upcoming delivery...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary  clean
  • Inspired by the Hero by Elle E. Kay

    Inspired by the Hero by Elle E. Kay

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a blizzard be a blessing?Casey Crawford knows how the town of Freedom, Colorado feels about her and her family. She’s heard the whispers and knows they have no more use for her than they have for AC in December.So, when she gets trapped in a chalet in the woods with the object of her secret crush and he shows interest in her, she knows it can’t lead to happily-ever-after...
  • Hope for the Hero by Mandi Blake

    Hope for the Hero by Mandi Blake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s his opposite, and opposites don’t attract. So why is she impossible to resist?Tessa Mitchell is finally getting a chance to work at her brother’s private security firm, and after one hundred other jobs that didn’t work out, this one needs to stick. Headquarters could use a makeover anyway. Oh, and she’s working for up-tight Adam. Ruffling his meticulous feathers should be fun...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary  clean
  • 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...
  • Blind Date with the Hero: A Christian Search and Rescue Christmas Romance by Tara Grace Ericson

    Blind Date with the Hero: A Christian Search and Rescue Christmas Romance by Tara Grace Ericson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s on a series of blind dates, but all she can think about is her Secret Santa…Alexis would rather skinny dip in a snowbank than make good on the bet she lost. Ten blind dates? As though the holidays weren’t hard enough, now she has to sit at awkward Christmas parties with men who were more likely to be intimidated by her military experience than infatuated...
  • Jump Start by Christine Gael

    Jump Start by Christine Gael

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrea Phillips lost her father and nearly lost her son to the elements after an ill-fated backpacking trip to the mountains. Wyatt Merrill and his father Jack had risked their own lives to help, and she could never thank them enough...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary
  • Christmas on Crumcarey by Beth Rain

    Christmas on Crumcarey by Beth Rain

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ivy Evans is looking forward to the perfect, most romantic Christmas she’s ever had…She’s being whisked off to a cosy cottage in Scotland…She’s pretty sure Gareth is planning to propose…And to celebrate, they’ll be taking a flight to Crumcarey Island on Christmas Eve.Ivy can already taste the mulled wine, feel the tartan blanket under her fingers and smell the soft woodsmoke from the open fire...
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    christian  length-short  contemporary  humor
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