Gretchen Galway

OAKLAND HILLS ROMANCE, BOOK #1 When a couch potato inherits a fitnesswear company in San Francisco, sparks fly with her arrogant, Olympic medalist vice president. Read the whole series! LOVE HANDLES (Oakland Hills 1) THIS TIME NEXT DOOR (Oakland Hills 2) NOT QUITE PERFECT (Oakland Hills 3 THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING (Oakland Hills 4) GOING BROKE (Oakland Hills 5) GOING WILD (Oakland Hills 6) OAKLAND HILLS ROMANTIC COMEDY BOXED SET (Books 1-3) QUICK TAKES (Oakland Hills Stories) The world of fitness apparel isn't ready for Beverly Lewis. She hates the gym, is nice to everybody, and shops at Ross Dress for Less. When she's not teaching preschool, she's wearing yoga pants . . . to nap in. So when she inherits her estranged grandfather's fitnesswear company in San Francisco, nobody expects her to keep it. Fite Fitness needs a heartless suit to save it from bankruptcy, not a thirty-year-old woman who cries when her students leave for kindergarten. Someone like Liam Johnson. A former Olympic swimmer, Liam is Fite's executive vice president. Unlike Bev, he's devoted his life to Fite's success. Managing one little preschool teacher—and his attraction to her—shouldn't be an issue. Right? But Bev's tired of being underpaid and underrated, and refuses to step aside as an obedient figurehead. To everyone's shock and horror, she moves up to San Francisco, sets up an office, and dives into the business. Nothing—not mockery, not exercise, not sabotage, not a disastrously hot night with her aggravating VP—is going to scare her away. As Liam realizes she's tougher than she looks, he discovers that losing Fite might not be nearly as bad as losing her . . . A story about the pursuit of love, happiness, and the perfect yoga pants, Love Handles will speak to anyone who's ever had to face what scares her most. Warning: contains at least two loves scenes and a happy ending.

Oakland Hills #1

Love Handles (FREE BBW romance, FREE First in Series, Romantic Comedy)

The world of fitness apparel isn't ready for Beverly Lewis. She hates the gym, is nice to everybody, and shops at Ross Dress for Less. When she's not teaching preschool, she's wearing yoga pants . . . to nap in. So when she inherits her estranged grandfather's fitnesswear company in San Francisco, nobody expects her to keep it. Fite Fitness needs a heartless suit to save it from bankruptcy, not a thirty-year-old woman who cries when her students leave for kindergarten. Someone like Liam Johnson. A former Olympic swimmer, Liam is Fite's executive vice president. Unlike Bev, he's devoted his life to Fite's success. Managing one little preschool teacher--and his attraction to her--shouldn't be an issue. Right? But Bev's tired of being underpaid and underrated, and refuses to step aside as an obedient figurehead. To everyone's shock and horror, she moves up to San Francisco, sets up an office, and dives into the business. Nothing--not mockery, not exercise, not sabotage, not a disastrously hot night with her aggravating VP--is going to scare her away. As Liam realizes she's tougher than she looks, he discovers that losing Fite might not be nearly as bad as losing her . . .

This Time Next Door

Serial temp worker April Johnson is nothing like her wildly successful brothers. She doesn't have an Olympic gold medal. She doesn't have millions in the bank from a tech company she founded as a teenager. She doesn't even have a place to live, not since her boyfriend sneaked off in the middle of the night-skipping out on the rent, his three-legged dog, and her. Now forced to move back home with her mother and grovel for a job from one of her brothers, April decides it's past time she got serious about her life. Zack Fain, on the other hand, has been too serious for years. After losing his wife to cancer at the age of twenty-six, he's done nothing but work on his consulting business. But when he meets April at a new job, he forgets he's a humorless suit who never gets emotionally involved. She makes him laugh, she turns him on, and he begins to wonder if it's time he broke a few rules. Although April refuses to get stuck in yet another dead-end relationship, Zack isn't like any of the guys she's dated before. This could be the real deal. This could be "serious." But is either of them ready for the kind of serious that lasts a lifetime?

Not Quite Perfect

Is her magic strong enough to stop a killer? On her first assignment as a demon-hunting witch, Alma was unable to kill. Now broke and unemployed at twenty-six, she lives in Silverpool, a remote town in a redwood forest north of San Francisco, where she sells magic-infused jewelry and tries to live a drama-free life. When fairies draw her to the dead body of her ex-boyfriend, she must defend herself and the hidden power in Silverpool from an influx of supernatural trouble. The only way to make peace—and stay alive—is to find the killer. Drawing upon years of formal magical training she’d rather forget, and using other abilities she’d like to keep secret, Alma goes up against bloodthirsty fae, a dangerously charming demon, her infamous father, and other ambitious witches with agendas of their own. This time, an inability to kill might be not just the end of her job, but of her life... DEAD WITCH ON A BRIDGE is the first book in a new paranormal mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Gretchen Galway.

(Witch Mystery, Paranormal Cozy Mystery, Urban Fantasy)

Dead Witch on a Bridge

There's more than one way to ruin a beautiful friendship. Tech entrepreneur Sly has a portfolio of lucrative San Francisco Bay Area start-ups, but while his financial options are unlimited, his romantic options are anything but. Bored with the same old, same old, he finds himself spending more and more time with Cleo, his former piano teacher and current pizza-eating, binge-TV-watching partner. Already divorced at only twenty-nine, Cleo's not looking for love. Certainly not with a gorgeous workaholic who usually dates high-powered, MBA-toting supermodels. Although, come to think of it, Sly hasn't dated anyone in a long time. And Cleo isn’t the only one to notice he seems lonely… An unexpected road trip to Las Vegas forces Cleo to confront her past while Sly slams into his own demons and realizes he's his own worst enemy. What happens when they cross the line? And then move it, jump over it, trample it, zigzag across it, and forget where the line was in the first place?

Oakland Hills #4

This Changes Everything (Romantic Comedy)(Oakland Hills #4)

Lucy's best friend the supermodel is getting married to a billionaire—what better place than their week-long wedding in a luxury eco-resort to find a new man? Lucy isn’t picky; she just wants a decent guy who’s eager to start a family. Someone as logical, responsible, and practical as she is. Definitely not the six-foot-five, fun-loving Miles Girard. Being totally hot and charming is not important. She doesn’t need a college dropout who makes her laugh. A man who makes her jump in his lap and kiss him. A man who is pathologically wary of marriage and thinks she needs him more than she needs a husband. Then again, Lucy’s starting to feel like maybe, just maybe, she can’t live without him…

Resort to Love #1

The Supermodel's Best Friend (Romantic Comedy, Billionaire Romance)

(Oakland Hills Book 6)

Going Wild (A Romantic Comedy)

After inheriting a broken-down house, Billie finds more than she bargained for when she enlists the help of a millionaire with a tool belt. Millionaire investor Ian Cooper may be the perfect man, but Billie Garcia only wants him for his tool belt. She’s just inherited a broken-down house she can't afford to fix up, and Ian has all the skills she needs. And a few she wants... The handsome hunk is an old family friend, and definitely off limits. Even though Billie’s last boyfriend treated her like a sexy ATM without a daily limit, and she really, really deserves better. Even though-- No, no, no. Off limits. Ian has always loved getting dirty. Getting his hands dirty.... Owning a hot investment firm is great for his net worth, but he financial reports aren’t nearly as attractive to stare at as Billie. Her house is just the diversion he needs. He’ll have to resist Billie’s charms, but he’s managed that for years. How hard could it be? Within a week, he can’t resist her—and he doesn’t want to. But Billie’s afraid to risk the heart she’s guarded so carefully all these years. Can one impulsive night really be the foundation for a lifetime?

Oakland Hills #5

Going for Broke (Romantic Comedy)(Oakland Hills #5)

Millionaire investor Ian Cooper may be the perfect man, but Billie Garcia only wants him for his tool belt. She's just inherited a broken-down house she can't afford to fix up, and Ian has all the skills she needs. And a few she wants... The handsome hunk is an old family friend, and definitely off limits. Even though Billie's last boyfriend treated her like a sexy ATM without a daily limit, and she really, really deserves better. Even though- No, no, no. Off limits. Ian has always loved getting dirty. Getting his hands dirty.... Owning a hot investment firm is great for his net worth, but he financial reports aren't nearly as attractive to stare at as Billie. Her house is just the diversion he needs. He'll have to resist Billie's charms, but he's managed that for years. How hard could it be? Within a week, he can't resist her-and he doesn't want to. But Billie's afraid to risk the heart she's guarded so carefully all these years. Can one impulsive night really be the foundation for a lifetime?

Going for Broke

Magic, murder, and mayhem at a high-society house party. Recovering from a recent supernatural attack, twentysomething witch Alma has sworn off violence to devote herself to the old ways of magic—without hurting anyone. But soon she’s drawn out of her cozy bungalow in the redwoods to investigate a murder at a high-society house party on the California coast. She’s forced to summon old powers and new, make allies she might not be able to trust, and face a shocking truth about her own identity. And maybe—if she can survive long enough—unmask a killer.

(Paranormal Mystery, Cozy Witch Mystery, Urban Fantasy)

Hex at a House Party

Let the Sonoma Witches cast their spell over you in the first three books in this enchanting paranormal mystery series. Dead Witch on a Bridge - Book 1 Witch and ex-demon hunter Alma is drawn back into the world of magic to solve a murder mystery. Hex at a House Party - Book 2 Alma needs to find a killer at a witch society house party before she’s the next victim. A Spell to Die For - Book 3 Alma unmasks demons to uncover a secretive killer that threatens her supernatural town, her friends, and herself. * * * What readers are saying about the the Sonoma Witches Series by Gretchen Galway: "Galway always delivers and this is no exception." "Captivating world building and a great story." "The perfect Mystery." "[S]mart, spunky heroine with more magical ability than she knows. I didn't guess The Who done it; lots of red herrings. I'm hooked...!" "[T]his magical version of Sonoma is so fun to delve into.”

Cozy Witch Mysteries, Paranormal Suspense, Urban Fantasy

The Sonoma Witches Series Box Set: First Three Novels

I should’ve known the birthday party for a 113-year-old witch wasn’t going to be all cake and games. Especially with so many other witches around—and that scary magic wand. I’d been desperate for a vacation from the rain on the California coast. But instead of snow and cocoa in a cozy mountain cabin, I got… a dead body. And the murder weapon wasn’t a candlestick in the billiard room. Looks like it’s up to me again. My one friend is a Bright witch but not much of a fighter. I used to think I, too, was harmless, but the enchanted marks on my skin tell a different story. My moral code prevents me from killing anyone, but somehow my enemies tend to end up dead. Trapped in the spellbound mountain retreat, I have to find the killer before anyone else gets killed. Or worse. I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again. Probably. * * * * * An enchanted lake house, a magic wand, and a murdered witch... Life is never boring for ex-demon hunter Alma Bellrose, even if she’d like it to be. Can she use her developing powers to unravel a century of family secrets and save her friend’s life—or will an old curse claim another victim? A standalone mystery within a series.

A Paranormal Mystery

Murder by Magic

It all started with a demon in a big-box store... When a series of demon attacks rocks the magical world, reluctant witch investigator Alma Bellrose will have to separate friend from foe to find out why—before it leads to the destruction of her supernatural town, her friends, and herself.

(Sonoma Witches #3) (Urban Fantasy, Witch Mystery, Supernatural Suspense)

A Spell to Die For

For schoolteacher Nicki Fitch, a summer in Hawaii is the perfect opportunity to overcome a lifetime of phobias and heartbreak. But when she gets to Maui, she discovers the guy who broke her heart in college is living in her paradise. How can she tackle her fears when the biggest one of all is walking around shirtless-and refuses to leave her alone? About to turn thirty, Ansel has never wasted his life of privilege-if only his father saw it that way. When Dad cuts him off financially, Ansel moves into his family's vacation home to make his own fortune in real estate. The last thing he needs is his sister's leggy, beautiful friend distracting him. Unfortunately, he's had little practice resisting temptation. As the days and nights unfold along the luxurious Maui shores, Nicki and Ansel find themselves sharing more and more... and more. But will either one of them have the courage to bring what they find together home with them when the summer's over?

Diving In

A paranormal mystery by USA Today best-selling author Gretchen Galway. On the eve of the winter solstice, reckless witches invite demons into the enchanted town of Silverpool. Can Alma find a human murderer amid the magical mayhem? Alma is a witch with an Incurable Inability to kill. That can be inconvenient in a world of demons, Shadow magic, and murder. Luckily Alma has discovered she has unusual, remarkable talents of her own. And they’re getting stronger. When her quiet town is inundated with witch tourists looking for demon thrills on the winter solstice, Alma is compelled to act. Using her gifts of fairy sight and shape-shifting, she helps Raynor, the new Protector, hunt down magical trouble. But then a witch turns up dead—not at the hand of a demon, but a human being. Soon after, there’s another body. Can Alma find the murderer in the mayhem—or will she be the next victim?

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