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A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 38 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... -
![The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale]()
The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.Categorized as:
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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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![The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain]()
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is... -
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![A Time Traveler’s Masquerade by Sian Ann Bessey]()
A Time Traveler’s Masquerade by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRomance blossoms when Isla Crawford steps into McQuivey’s Costume Shop in London and is swept back in time to 1605, where she and Lord Bancroft attempt to thwart Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot...Categorized as:
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![The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison]()
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
A hilarious and heartfelt novel about how loves and lives are never truly lost, for fans of Rebecca Serle and Taylor Jenkins Reid. With a leading role on a hit TV show and a relationship with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Meg Bryan appears to have everything she ever wanted. But underneath the layers of makeup and hairspray, her happiness is as fake as her stage name, Lana Lord...Categorized as:
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![I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale]()
I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale
If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now? Margot is lost. Her career is in tatters, her dating life is hell, her friendship group broken. Until one day, when Margot—a determinedly rational meteorologist—has a vision. Of her future self. And the visions keep coming. Margot sees how, and when, she’ll find her soulmate... -
![Heart of Stone by David James Warren]()
Heart of Stone by David James Warren
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRembrandt Stone has nothing left to lose…or does he? Detective Rembrandt Stone doesn’t recognize himself in the mirror. Doesn’t recognize the world he’s returned to. Doesn’t even know his own name. But he knows one thing…living in this world is impossible. Good thing he has an ally—an unexpected friend from the past. And together, they just might be able to unravel the entire mess... -
![Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale]()
Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale
The Rifter: Volume Six. When he was ordained as the Kahlil of the Payshmura Church,. Ushiri Ravishan left behind his name and home. In the foreign. world of Nayeshi, he watched over the destroyer incarnation of. the god Parfir, though the young man—John Toffler—had no idea. of his own deadly potential. Only once in ten years does Kahlil desert his duty. One night...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... -
![Black Blades by Ginn Hale]()
Black Blades by Ginn Hale
Volume Three. Once Kahlil had been entrusted with a holy duty: to watch. over the Rifter and protect him in the world of Nayeshi until the. Issusha’im Oracles decided whether to summon the destroyer. god or kill him while he remained a mortal in Nayeshi. But. Kahlil failed his duty, slipping away to rescue his sister from. a fire and in that moment allowing the Rifter to cross into the...Categorized as:
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![Intersect by Elizabeth O'Roark]()
Intersect by Elizabeth O'Roark
The stunning conclusion to Parallel. Someone has torn them apart in the past, and she plans to do it again…. As Nick and Quinn piece together the truth about the life they once shared, they discover it was much deeper and darker than they ever imagined... -
![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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![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... -
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![Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee]()
Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA mysterious Druid book and Helen’s sixth sense send her to Scotland in search of a missing boy. After being attacked by strange men dressed in medieval garb, a handsome, desirable hero answering to the boy’s name rescues her. No one is more surprised than she to find herself in sixteenth century Scotland... -
![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... -
![The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards]()
The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, Dr. Charlie Stone must prove the innocence of a dangerously sexy condemned man, or lose her one chance at true love. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large... -
![The Broken Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan]()
The Broken Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA fish out of water love story with a twist! When a brooch is broken, some of its magic is lost. .. **While this is not a time travel romance, the hero and heroine are taken out of their comfort zones and face many of the same challenges MacKlenna Family time travelers have confronted in previous brooch books. **...Categorized as:
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![Redeeming Vows by Catherine Bybee]()
Redeeming Vows by Catherine Bybee
For her own safety, modern day, single mom, Lizzy McAllister is forced to bow to the medieval men who surround her when she's thrust back in time to the sixteenth century against her will. When Lizzie finds herself trapped in time with Fin, the one man she finds both irresistible and maddening, she agrees to combine forces with him to rid Scotland of the evil witch, Grainna... -
![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... -
![Wait for Me by Jody Hedlund]()
Wait for Me by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the darkness closes all around,. Beauty is still there just waiting to be found. Dawson Huxham blames himself for his sister’s death . . . until he briefly crosses time and discovers she’s alive in the Middle Ages. Hoping to reconnect with her, he searches for the holy water that will help him visit the past for a longer duration... -
![Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance by Kate Robb]()
Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance by Kate Robb
When a young woman is bequeathed a shuttered dance hall, she begins to dream of its heyday—and learns to see her present-day entanglements in a new light. Jules is stunned when eccentric and glamorous retiree Kitty St. Clair passes away and leaves her a dilapidated dance hall in their quaint lakeside community...Categorized as:
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![Timeless Moments by Michele Kidd]()
Timeless Moments by Michele Kidd
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKindle Scout Winner - Jack Vines has the Victorian home of his dreams--or so it seems until he discovers an intriguing beauty lurking in the shadows. Stunned, he finds they share the house but live a century apart. The realization leads him to questions so disturbing it changes both their lives forever. She is a prisoner of the past, shrouded in a world of dark mysteries...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Barbarian by Jayla Jasso]()
Sweet Barbarian by Jayla Jasso
Look what the Chihuahua dragged in. When Karly wanders outside her mountain cabin into the snowstorm to see why her dog is going nuts, she’s expecting an injured animal, not a muscular mammoth of a man who’s unconscious and about to freeze to death if she doesn’t drag him inside and try to tend his wounds...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... -
![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... -
![The Draig's Woman by Lisa Dawn Wadler]()
The Draig's Woman by Lisa Dawn Wadler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*Night Owl Reviews Top Pick - 5 Stars* Rescuing the man tied to a tree seemed like a rational decision. Claire is a smart, capable bookkeeper who happens to work at a martial arts academy. She has no idea the door she walked through to save the bound man would leave her trapped in 13th century Scotland... -
![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... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney]()
Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
A 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... -
![The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner]()
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
In this unforgettable story full of charm, wit—and just a bit of magic—a woman down on her luck is given a second chance at fixing her life and trying one year all over again. Perfect for readers of Josie Silver and Rebecca Serle. Sadie Thatcher’s life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion... -
![The Presence by Heather Graham]()
The Presence by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRevisit the misty hills of Scotland, where there might be ghosts and there’s certainly a killer, in this thrilling tale of romantic suspense from. New York Times. bestselling author Heather Graham. It seemed like the ultimate moneymaking plan—buy an ancient, run-down Scottish castle and turn it into a tourist destination... -
![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... -
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![The Very First Night by Nicole Ryan]()
The Very First Night by Nicole Ryan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave you ever looked back on a choice or a relationship and thought to yourself “if only I could go back, I’d do it all differently”? To Kat Marritt's amazement, she does exactly that. .. and it actually works...Categorized as:
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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... -
![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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![Draycott Everlasting: An Anthology (Hqn) by Christina Skye]()
Draycott Everlasting: An Anthology (Hqn) by Christina Skye
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas Knight. As Christmas approaches, Hope O'Hara is in desperate straits: unless she can find paying guests for the house she has lovingly restored, she'll lose it to creditors. Enter one literal knight in shining armor�valiant and virile Ronan MacLeod, who is swept 700 years through time to save Hope from a potentially fatal accident and to discover a passion for the ages. Moonrise... -
![A Double-Edged Blade by Julie Moffett]()
A Double-Edged Blade by Julie Moffett
Lovely British agent Faith Worthington is sent on a mission to expose a ruthless IRA terrorist. But a bullet to the thigh knocks her back to seventeenth-century Ireland. .. and into the arms of rebel leader Miles O'Bruaidar. Known as the Irish Lion, Miles immediately suspects the modern-day beauty of being a spy...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... -
![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. Waking up confused and shocked in 1816, all Emma wants is to return to her cozy home with flushing toilets and disposable razors... -
![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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![Time for You by Elizabeth Davis]()
Time for You by Elizabeth Davis
What happens when a twenty-first-century woman falls for a nineteenth-century man? It’s up to destiny in a witty, captivating, and totally unexpected time-travel romance. Daphne Griffin is a first-year Minnesota resident in emergency medicine when she rides her bike into a man who appears out of thin air. Physically, he’s fine. Confused? Very...Categorized as:
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Always and Forever by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is an alternate-cover edition for ASIN B009CBG4DK. Archaeologist Quinn Shaughnessy loves to dig, loves the act of finding lost treasures, but more she loves understanding how "what was" affects "what is". When she stumbles onto a forgotten castle in the middle of the English countryside, she is determined to learn all that she can about the place...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... -
![A Highlander for Christmas by Christina Skye, Debbie Macomber]()
A Highlander for Christmas by Christina Skye, Debbie Macomber
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Hauntingly Beautiful English Christmas Romance. Includes a bonus Shirley, Goodness and Mercy mini tale by Debbie Macomber. ONE STRONG WOMAN. When American jewelry expert Maggie Kincade arrives at Draycott Abbey, she's stunned to feel as if the abbey's weathered stone walls are somehow…familiar. To her surprise, the hauntingly beautiful English manor soothes her troubled soul...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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... -
![Knot That Kind of Girl by Belle Kent]()
Knot That Kind of Girl by Belle Kent
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s not a witch, so there’s no way I can ever truly claim her. When Harper Booth moves to Mystic Springs, the first thing I do is insult her. The next thing I do is deny my alpha warlock’s desire to claim her. My body wants to possess her, but there’s just one problem. She’s a human and I’m a warlock. Warlocks can’t claim humans like they can witches. And I need to claim her. Possess her... -
![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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