After twenty-years of happily-ever-after, a couple must deal with issues that would break up most marriages. Set in Italy, on a romantic island of lush landscape surrounded by the sparkling Mediterranean Sea, Bianca and Joe Lucchese’s life together has been as sturdy and beautiful as the country where they live. Except for their interfering mothers. Joe fears that his relationship with his wife is on the brink of failure. Both their mothers interfere in their lives and cause a wedge between him and his wife. Thinking they need a break from their arguing, he leaves for Africa to work at Vet’s Abroad. Already devastated by her beloved husband Joe’s abandonment, Bianca Lucchese suffers from a series of events that level her. Her mother dies. And from a letter left with her will, Bianca discovers that she’s the daughter of a U.S. president. Then, tragedy strikes their veterinarian practice. While she loves Joe, she turns to a colleague for solace. When Joe returns home broken and battered, he and Bianca experience a loving reunion, until he discovers her betrayal. The ups-and-down of a marriage rocked by infidelity extend to every area of their lives. But as they try to work their way through this, other people, especially their colleague, complicate that. Will their second chance at marriage crumble under the weight of all that has happened? Learn how this plot-twisting novel unfolds and how the Manwarings’ family saga ends.

The Sisters of Fire, a hot new firefighter series, follows the path of six women who trained together and remained friends ten years later. When Battalion Chief Lynn Lucas’ marriage turns cold and she can no longer tolerate the inactivity of a small township firehouse, she decides to change her life. But when she meets Brady Jamison, a younger man with a secret, will she lose sight of her goals once again?

The Gentileschi Sisters are daughters of a king, princesses who come to the U.S. to pursue their careers and fall in love with seemingly unsuitable men.An affair with a married man has driven Detective Sergeant Francesca Marcello Gentileschi to a new task force where she intends to keep her head down and avoid befriending her coworkers. She's determined to build a pristine reputation, even if she has to insult and ignore one fellow cop who is determined to get under her skin.Picking on Francesca becomes a way of life for Tyrell Beauregard Collingsworth, and he enjoys their sparring—probably because he's always gotten his way with women. But eventually he finds himself irresistibly drawn to her. When he proposes a relationship between the two of them, he's confounded when she absolutely refuses!Follow these two likeable people as they navigate new territory for them both. Emotional and tender moments along with sexual tension that's off the charts are...

She wakes up in the hospital with amnesia, petrified because she doesn't know anybody, or anything about herself.He's crushed because the woman he loves doesn't even recognize him.After a critical car accident, Cooking Network host and bestselling cookbook author Clarissa Boneli doesn't remember who she is or what she's done with her life. Worse, she doesn't recognize the man she loves. But piece by piece, she begins to see there were two Clares: one who loved her friends and made time for them. And one who became aloof and sophisticated and didn't seem to care who she hurt.Children's books author and illustrator Brady Langston is heartbroken when Clare doesn't remember him. They've shared their personal and professional lives for years, and he can't believe she could forget all they meant to each other. At least not the old Clare. After all, hadn't the new Clare left him in the dust?Apparently, Jonathan Harris, the show's owner, is the man in Clare's life. He's classy,...

The Casella Cousins Novella 5: Gideon So, crucify him for it. He doesn’t like working with women in the harsh world of police law enforcement. She sees herself as tough as any man. Then she becomes his boss. Hidden Cove Police Officer Gideon Casella is a hard man. A divorce three years ago still has him grumpy and out of sorts. But he’s a top cop, which is why he thinks he’ll get the promotion to sergeant that’s being announced soon. Anabelle Sanders is on her way up the law enforcement ladder right to the commissioner’s office. But she’ll settle for one step at a time, even if she does have to walk all over Gideon Casella’s ego and his barely-concealed chauvinistic attitude. Man, she’s been dealing with men like him all her life. It comes as a shock to Gideon that the brass gives the position to Sanders, a tough-as-nails female in the department. When he’s assigned to work on a special task force with her—under her—he’s furious at the department, at her, and at life in general. With these two hardened-by-life cops be able to find a soulmate in each other? Don’t miss all The Casella Cousins Books: Hayley, Seth, Finn, Alessia, Gideon and Ronan from the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Shay.

She’s too good for this world and he’s her worst nightmare… Sasha Masters moves away from the political limelight to picturesque Upstate New York. She wants to live quietly without all the fanfare of being a president’s daughter. She opens her own dance studio, has a house close to one of her sisters and is finally content and relaxed. Enter Danny Larson. He gets a job at her sister’s farm to save money for a degree in agriculture. But it’s nearly love at first sight when he gets a glimpse of Sasha. They fall for each other, though there’s something not right about him that she can’t quite pinpoint. She’s right. Dan is keeping a secret and it’s a whopper. Can he maintain his dual life or will his love for her make him confess all? If he does tell her, he’ll lose his life-long dream. If he doesn’t tell her, he’ll lose Sasha.

Single parent Nick DiMarco is out to prove something to himself and to the world. His ex-wife abandoned him and his two children to lead the life of a socialite. Now, Nick's working two jobs and attending law school. But when his daughter's counselor, Amanda Carson, tells him his child is suicidal, Nick must make difficult choices to save his family. Further complicating these issues are the feelings both Nick and Amanda, a woman too much like his ex, develop feelings for each other. In WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, Book 4, intense emotional scenes, a frightening look at teenage suicide and a love story that won't be suppressed all combine to make this a powerful, heart-wrenching drama.Don't miss all five books in the Lean On Me Series, heart-wrenching stories of teens in jeopardy and the adults who've dedicated their lives to helping them: PROMISES TO KEEP, MICHAEL'S FAMILY, TRUST IN ME, WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN and A PRICE WORTH PAYING.

Travel from the small town of Hyde Park, New York to the charm, glamor...and danger of Paris and Rome in these sizzling contemporary romance novellas connected by three stormy relationships.In CAUGHT OFF GUARD, Riley Sullivan and Jillian Kimball are on the verge of divorce. When Jill returns home from Paris a changed woman, intending to roadblock the final decree, Riley wants nothing to do with her. But as she perseveres, his defenses diminish and he remembers their sizzling and their softer times together. Will they be able to get past old hurts and betrayals?OPPOSITES ATTRACT picks up with Jillian's sister Molly Sullivan and Riley's best friend, Jase McKay. A free spirit, Molly fell for Jase, a somewhat uptight lawyer, despite the differences in their personalities and outlooks on life. But he broke off their relationship because he couldn't open up, not knowing she was pregnant. When they're miserable apart, he has to come to terms with his past and she has to forgive him for...

When Maggie Marino comes to Stepping Stones Special Needs School for a job interview, Noah Carson has no idea she and her glossy-coated Golden Retriever, Rosie, will change his life. Maggie has had a difficult past, but she’s overcome it with the help her family. She’s a kind-hearted, caring person, but also has a backbone of steel now. Partly because of her own past, she’s dedicated her career to work with Rosie, an emotional-needs dog, in school. Noah is a terrific teacher and loves his students. But when Maggie’s past brings back a traumatic event in his life, he realizes he’s still greatly affected by what happened to him. His new and exciting relationship with Maggie is threatened. The focal point of the story is a group of children who need both Noah and Maggie to navigate their classroom experiences. A bright spot for everyone concerned is Rosie, who provides comfort and calm to the students during difficult times. In a variety of ways, Rosie rescues them all, but is a darling dog enough to bring Noah and Maggie together again? You can find the story of Maggie’s background in COME BACK TO ME, book five of Kathryn Shay’s To Serve and Protect series. Other books where she appears are ABOVE AND BEYOND, SAY YOU’LL STAY, ONLY WITH YOU and NO OTHER LOVE.

She's too good for this world and he's her worst nightmare...Sasha Masters moves away from the political limelight to picturesque Upstate New York. She wants to live quietly without all the fanfare of being a president's daughter. She opens her own dance studio, has a house close to one of her sisters and is finally content and relaxed.Enter Danny Larson. He gets a job at her sister's farm to save money for a degree in agriculture. But it's nearly love at first sight when he gets a glimpse of Sasha. They fall for each other, though there's something not right about him that she can't quite pinpoint.She's right. Dan is keeping a secret and it's a whopper. Can he maintain his dual life or will his love for her make him confess all?If he does tell her, he'll lose his life-long dream.If he doesn't tell her, he'll lose Sasha.

The Casella Cousins Novella 2: SethHe took her for granted in their young life together but now he wants her back. She's having none of his pleas for a second chance, not after he broke her heart in a million different ways.Legal Aid Attorney Seth Casella is a truly good guy. Or so everybody thinks. But he's got a darker side, one that surfaced when he repeatedly betrayed his former girlfriend, Julianne. He tells her he's changed, but she doesn't buy it.Music therapist Julianne Ford is sick of being the forgiving, good girl next door. Not only does she reject Seth's overtures—again!—but she's taking her own walk on the wild side now, and she likes it. Most of the world sees them as defenders of the poor and neglected, and they are, but together they just can't get it right.A heart-breaking legal aid case for Seth and the challenge of helping her dysfunctional students using her beloved music backdrop complicate their search for...

Six years ago, Kate Cassidy broke Rafe Casella's heart by abandoning him a few months before their wedding. Now she's in town with the gut-wrenching news that she had his baby, in secret, and she wants Rafe back. She has to be kidding!But Kate is deadly serious. She made the worst mistake of her life when she left Hidden Cove and she's determined to fix it. She plans to reinstate herself in the fire department and raise her son in a loving family—one that includes his father.A rollercoaster of emotion, devastating fires, a stalker targeting Kate and a sizzling attraction that never diminished, set the two of them on an irrevocable course to reunion. That is if they can all stay alive.If you liked the face-paced events, breathtaking tenderness, uplifting messages of forgiveness, as well as on-the-edge-of-your-seat fire scenes, all characteristic of the Hidden Cove Fire Department Series, then you'll love New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Shay's...

As the illegitimate son of the famous O'Neil clan, Kinley Moran bursts into their lives and it's vengeance he wants—not to be accepted in the family he detests. Now a billionaire entrepreneur/investment broker, he plans to destroy them all with his wealth and power. Little does he know that Bailey and the boys are magnets who could lure him into changing his life's purpose.Jamie Ralston is a single mother and waitress at Bailey's Irish Pub. At thirty, she has one goal—to graduate from college and become a teacher. But when another O'Neil brother shows up, she senses her plan for her future is about to change. Just how much, though, she has control over. She fights Kinley on many issues, but there's one battle she cannot win: she's irrevocably drawn to this wounded man.Will Kinley resist the charm of the O'Neils? Will Jamie resist Kinley's charms? Read THE RECKONING, a heartbreaking story that will make you cry, make you laugh but also make you cheer...

The Sisters of Fire, a hot new firefighter series, follows the path of six women who trained together and remained friends ten years later. At thirty-five, Firefighter Julie “JJ” Jensen runs circles around most firefighters. When her talent leads to a fast-tracked promotion, she loses her boyfriend and gains colleagues who resent her. Enter Dr. Nick Barrows, a surprise suitor who makes her forget her name. Will he support JJ through the complications of her career and merging their very different lives or hold her back from professional success?

The Casella Cousins Novella 3: FinnHe prefers older, sophisticated women who know what they want. Or at least he did, until he begins to see his assistant in a different light.But she's done with her stupid crush on her boss. Done, done, done!Finn Casella was always the shy, reticent one in the midst of the lively, outgoing Casella cousins. When he was young, he liked books and writing more than he liked people. Now a successful independent bookstore owner in the heart of New York City, he's settling into his life and wants to get back to his unfinished novel.Millie Morrison worked her way through a college degree in literature and a Masters' Degree in business by supporting herself with her job in the bookstore. She's generous and sensitive to her friends and customers. But each overture to her boss has been met with cool professionalism. Well, she's overcome harder things in her life than unrequited love.Can these two people, with more...