The Duchess Egg Hunt
Havilland Smythe doesn’t know what’s shocked her more: The instant attraction she feels for handsome Detective Roman Fairfax or his admission she’s the top suspect in the theft of a historic artifact. She’s immediately intrigued, possessing a legitimate interest in the stolen work of art. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Egg is part of a collection of four jewel-encrusted eggs gifted to the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia. Finding and reuniting them in an exhibit for public enjoyment and preserving them for future generations is a professional passion. Despite Roman’s ardent objections, she joins him in his search for the perpetrator and the missing egg. And in the process, she lands smackdab into an adventure of a lifetime, solving a mystery that’s baffled the art community for decades and falling hopelessly in love with Roman Fairfax.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Food & Romance Go Together, Vol. 2
Miss Evergreen’s Plum Pudding Surprise
Miss Evergreen Cunning fell in love with Captain Pershing Ganville the day they contrived a prank involving flaming plum pudding and firecrackers. Now, she’s a woman dreaming of marriage and he’s a wounded soldier. Evergreen’s plan: bake plum pudding to unleash memories of their childhood, unlocking and healing Pershing’s heart.
Publisher: Satin Romance, an imprint of Melange Books.
Love in the Land of Lakes
Lira & Gavril
A dilapidated riverboat brings together a passionate historic preservationist and a man who called it home during the Victorian era when it sailed the Mississippi River.
The Romantic Times gives the Love in the Land of Lakes anthology a 4 out of 5 star rating!
“…the entire collection individually gives fans of romance a message of hope, a whisper of a kiss and just enough spice to keep it interesting.”
Publisher: The Midwest Fiction Writers
Pandora’s Passion
Rora is the Pandora of Greek legend who released evil onto the world, but kept hopelessness from escaping. For centuries she protected The Box, but now Prometheus has appeared and issued a warning that Eris, goddess of discord, and Nemesis, god of revenge, have sent the infamous Gorgons after The Box. Seeing him again sets Rora’s emotions into a tailspin and dredges up memories of a painful and passionate past. The Titan and she share centuries of relationship baggage. And she loves him, but he’s never confessed to loving her. The tension is thick between them, the energy electric. In no time they’ve surrendered to their passion, but the arrival of the Gorgons puts them, The Box, and mankind in danger.
Publisher: Satin Romance, an imprint of Melange Books.
The Ice Carousel
She may have forgotten him but her heart hasn’t…
Dulcie Thorton returns to Harrison to write a story about the town’s famous Ice Carousel. Not only is it a 100-year tradition at the February Frost Festival, it’s also inspired love among many locals. She’s unaware that she has a history with its mysterious creator though she feels drawn to him when they meet.
Rankin, the carousel’s sculptor, has loved Dulcie for many years. Now she’s finally coming back, just when he, and his magical carousel, will be leaving town forever. Unless he can win her over and ignite her memories, he can’t stay with her.
Dulcie isn’t sure that magic really exists. Yet how could human hands carve such a wondrous carousel? If she doesn’t remember her connection to Rankin and believe in magic, she will lose the only man she has ever truly loved. And time is running out…
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Knight of the Amulet
Claire Johnson no longer believes in love and happy endings, being left at the altar tends to tarnish a woman’s heart. However, her views change when a handsome knight steps from the depths of an antique amulet. He proclaims to be Sir Dimitry, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. It is impossible, but she has to believe it. After all, she saw him appear out of the purple stone. It doesn’t take Claire long to fall in love with the attentive, gallant and attractive knight. She tries to force aside her feelings because she doesn’t want to be abandoned again, and before they can have their happy ending they must break the amulet’s hold over Dimitry. The wicked Morgan le Fay cursed him into the necklace centuries ago and he’ll die in fourteen days if her maleficent spell is not broken.
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Dr. Anderson’s Nanny
Magical Nanny University graduate Wednesday is excited about her first assignment at Dr. Thomas Anderson’s home. Since the death of his wife, Tom has buried himself in his work. He has little time for his three daughters. Wednesday’s first goal is to make Tom see how important it is to spend time with his little girls. Secondly, she needs to get rid of his girlfriend (with a little magic of course!) who hasn’t a shred of compassion or love for his children. Third, she wants to bring laughter and fun into his life. But Wednesday never plans on falling head over heels in love with Tom. It’s forbidden for her kind to love a mortal. How will she ever explain she’s a cauldron-boiling witch to the scientific doctor and that she has to leave him and his girls forever when all her goals are achieved?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Courting His Royal Highness
Chloe Tanner hopes to launch her career by being the hostess of a reality show about a prince’s quest to find his bride. Things get complicated when she shares a passionate night with a man she later discovers is Prince Maximilian Radborne, the star of Courting His Royal Highness. She’s fallen in love with the world’s most famous bachelor and can’t have him. She isn\’t one of the 15 women vying for his affection and she’s signed a contract; breaking it could destroy her fledgling career. She doesn’t know if he loves her and can’t risk sabotaging her career. After all, desire doesn’t equal happily-ever-after. But Max can’t forget the night they shared and is determined to make Chloe see they have a future. He devises a plan, using the surprising twists of reality TV to convince her his love is a forever love worth all the risks.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Mr. Jack Frost
Once upon a wintry evening she made a wish on Christmas snow… Reagan Thorton never expected her wish to come true, even when Jack Frost appears on her doorstep. She doesn’t believe such nonsense or in happy endings, not since her husband died and she was left to raise two children. Reagan assumes Jack answered her ad for a handyman. Jack has until Christmas Eve to make her rediscover happiness in life and joy in the holiday season. Reagan feels emotions she hasn’t felt since her husband died. She soon realizes she’s falling in love, but she can’t tell him because she’s afraid of opening up her heart. Jack returns her feelings, yet knows that once Christmas Eve arrives he’ll vanish forever in a swirl of snow. Or will he? After all, he has become the reason for her happiness.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press