Twelve all-new stories of women's resilience, empowerment, and fulfillment, by bestselling and award-winning authors. In this engaging anthology of never-before published stories, twelve authors are united by their unique visions of the female experience. A young woman is torn between the security of her fiancé and the excitement of an old flame; a desperate wife is forced into the workplace for the first time in her life; an ambitious professional woman finally finds the courage to take control of her career; and her man; an emotionally fragile divorcee finds resolve in the ethereal visitations of an archangel... These are just some of the women who discover and rediscover their own wonderfully fallible but ultimately strong selves in the shadow of love, romantic love, platonic love, new love, and lost love. Readers will be touched, inspired, charmed, and entertained by these original stories of disparate longings, unsettled lives, and the power of love. Includes 12 stories by New York Times Bestselling Author Lori Foster and Erin McCarthy, Toni Blake, Dianne Castell, Karen Kelley, Rosemary Laurey, Janice Maynard, LuAnn McLane, Lucy Monroe, Patricia Sargeant, Kay Stockham, and J.C. Wilder. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE POWER OF LOVE GOES TO THE BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTER OF CINCINNATI
Warm up with these sweet and sexy holiday tales of love and romance… Sealed With A Kiss Celeste O. Norfleet Small town bad boy Dean Everett has made good in the tech world and now struggling Hayden, Georgia, is ready to welcome him home—along with his corporate headquarters. But Carmen Stiles is less than happy to see him. Dean had no idea he broke her heart when he left town after high school. Now he plans to make up for it—and as old friendship stirs new passion, Carmen just might let him—until she suspects he has no intention of really making things right for Hayden, or for her…. Mistletoe Lane Regina Hart Benjamin Brooks’s marriage ended when he learned his wife was having an affair—with his boss. Now he’s returned to Trinity Falls to start a new job—and ignore Christmas. Too bad his new employee, June Cale, won’t let him. June knows all about bitterness, and she’s determined to help Ben heal—through embracing the holidays. And soon he just might find himself embracing brave and beautiful June as well…. His Christmas Present Deborah Fletcher Mello Bianca Torres is already dreading Christmas with her parents in tiny Boone, North Carolina. But she’s not at all prepared for her father’s golf buddy, the sexy, successful, holiday-loving, aptly named Ethan Christmas. And when she and Ethan find themselves snowbound, Bianca discovers a whole new appreciation for the season…
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2023 for free for easy sampling. The seventeenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Blacke, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Anastasia Hastings, Diane Kelly, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, and Paige Shelton. This editions has THREE cozy series starters for you to enjoy. Set in 1885 London, Of Manners and Murder follows Violet as she discovers that when you represent best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course. In Vinyl Resting Place , three sisters knew there could be some scratches on the track when opening Sip & Spin Records in Texas, but no one was expecting to find a body deader than disco in the supply closet. And in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on Spice Isle Bakery’s menu in Against the Currant . Catch up at what’s happening at your favorite eatery in Muffin But the Truth. Check in to see the latest renovation projects in The Raven Thief and Primer and Punishment . Travel abroad to Edinburgh and Brittany in Fateful Words and The Body by the Sea . Or visit New York at the turn of the century with the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan in All That is Hidden .
Looking for a new cozy series? In the latest edition of Cozy Case Files , Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2024 for free for easy sampling. The twentieth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Olivia Blacke, Jennifer Chow, Anastasia Hastings, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, Mindy Quigley, and Paige Shelton. Cook up some delicious treats with a variety of culinary cozies! On the menu, you'll find killer West Indian pastries in Coconut Drop Dead, deadly deep dish pizzas in Public Anchovy #1, fatal fortune cookies in Ill-Fated Fortune, and suspicious spiced curry buns in A Smoking Bun. Get with the groove and catch a killer while you're at it with Rhythm and Clues . Solve your way out of a deadly booby trap while racing against time in A Midnight Puzzle . Discover the mystery behind an antique Crusader Sword in The Poison Pen . Getaway to the Catskills with In Sunshine or in Shadow. And infiltrate a scandalous cult in historical Britain as you read Of Hoaxes and Homicide .