Marie Higgins

Charley wants to find Mr. Right, so when an Internet article gives romantic advice, Charley sets out to see if it works.

Winning Mr. Wrong

When Summer Bennett returns to Richfield after a five-year stint at her aunt's finishing school, she discovers a lot has changed. Her father has suffered a crippling injury, and Summer is desperate to get the money to pay for surgery that could allow him to walk again. She hears of a reward offered for the capture of a cunning gang of bank robbers, and her years of etiquette training fall by the dusty roadside. What Summer doesn't count on in her quest to capture the bandits is the competition from her family's longtime friend, Jesse Slade. Now a deputy marshal and local hero, Jesse keeps thwarting Summer's plans, just like he did when she wore pigtails. She would like nothing more that to use Jesse's head for a slingshot target, but soon Summer finds her aim shifting from his head to his heart. Problem is, Jesse is engaged to her sister Violet. For seven years, little Summer was the burr under Jesse's saddle. Now he feels a different irritation as summer is always on his mind-whether he wants her to be or not. But Summer's father expects him to marry Violet, and he won't let him down. So why does Jesse find himself encouraging Summer's attentions, and why do sparks fly every time they are together?

Heart of a Hero

Hearts Through Time

Residing at Thornton Manor under the premise of courting Jonathan Thornton, Hannah Forester intends to find out who murdered her father-and why. After all, Jonathan's brother Morgan was the last person to visit Peter Forester before his demise. But upon her arrival at Thornton Manor, Hannah is informed that Morgan perished the previous year in a house fire. She soon learns the manor is full of secrets: a ghost haunting the East Wing, a white wolf that roams the grounds by night, and the story of a curse-protected treasure on the neighboring island. Most disturbingly, Hannah discovers that numerous young women have visited the manor only to vanish without a trace. When a hooded, deep-voiced man visits Hannah's bedroom late at night, warning her to leave the manor for her own safety, she realized he must be Morgan Thornton. But why does he hide in the East Wing, and why does his family insist he is but a ghost? As Hannah falls in love with the handsome older brother, she must continue to court Jonathan in order to remain at the estate. Can she convince Morgan where her true loyalties lie? And will she uncover the Thornton's secrets quickly enough to solve her father's murder before she loses her own life?

Secrets After Dark

Dorothy Paxton is not pleased when a handsome Englishman walks into her inn and announces he's taking her to England to reunite her with the grandfather who turned his back on her years ago. Her escort, Calvin Seton, bribes her by paying her brother's doctor's bills, and soon she's on the ship sailing for London. Little by little, Calvin's charm softens her heart. While her lady's companion teaches her to become a lady, Dorothy is secretly wondering if the price of love is worth it. Especially when she knows Calvin will walk out of her life as soon as they reach England. Can she afford the cost of love?

Becoming a Lady

In 2009 Marie left corporate America after more than 15 years in Human Resources Management to pursue life. Before long she found massage therapy and became a nationally certified, state-licensed massage therapist. Having only one previous experience with receiving massage before choosing her new career, she began school with no real understanding of the body, mind and spirit connection. With massage, she came to quickly believe in the healing power of touch. At the same time, she felt a partial hardening of the heart (figuratively and spiritually). She found a coach to give her spiritual direction. During this time, she learned different spiritual disciplines (ways to pray) which helped her to develop a more personal relationship with God*. It was during 2009 when she became an active journaling person. This activity has grown and changed over the years, but the most constant thing she has put into practice is that, after writing what's on her heart, she writes both this question: "God*, what else should I know?" and the answers that result. In 2015, she "broke ground" by setting up a blog site and then, beginning in 2016 and continuing, regularly shares some of the insights that come from a journaling practice. With these posts, she also poses questions that offer others some journaling prompts. More information can be found at CardinalTouch.net. Marie is also a speaker. She presents on a variety of topics concerning the body, mind and spirit connection. For example, as a small business owner and provider of healing touch, she speaks about smart practices for leading a balanced life. Most recently she has been teaching spiritual journaling and other ways to pray and develop our inner spirit wisdom. Venues include schools, especially colleges and universities, women's groups (large and small), and holistic centers. * NOTE: Marie uses the term God as a universal term. You may decide that Great Spirit, Allah, Higher Power, Sensibility, etc. better suits you today. It is not for anyone else to decide.

A Memoir and Guide to Spiritual Journaling

Sprouting Spiritual Growth

Mercedes Maxwell is devastated when her twin sister is driven to take her own life by none other than her husband, William Braxton. Determined to make her brother-in-law pay for the injustice, Mercedes travels to Dorchester, England to find him. She is shocked to find that William is unaware of his wife's death, and when Mercedes is mistaken for her sister, she decides to pose as her twin to glean some answers. Mercedes embarks on an adventure she never dreamed of in hopes of bringing justice to her sister. Instead of justice, Mercedes uncovers a plethora of secrets and mystery. As she works to unravel the mystery and discovers who she can trust, Mercedes finds that all is not as it seems, and that William Braxton may be the one man she can trust.

Regency Romance Suspense

Pretending You're Mine

Have you stared dreamily at the mouth-watering book cover long enough? Well, now it's time to buy the book and read this hunk's story...Zack Greyson was in the right place at the wrong time. Now he's the FBI's key witness in a human trafficking case against a U.S. Senator, and the senator's henchmen are out to kill him. The FBI places Zack in protective custody and assures him they've sent their best agent to guard him... Or is Agent Whitney Lawson their worst agent? Because of her, Zack is discovered and they are both forced into hiding. With stakes running high in a life or death race to the trial, Zack and Whitney find their passions racing as well. Zack knows that one way or another he's destined for entrapment... he just hopes it's Whitney's and not the wrong end of a bullet.

Billionaire's Clean Romance

The Missing Billionaire

When a man flees danger to protect himself in a mountain hideaway, will he be able to protect his heart from the woman he discovers in the back seat of his Jeep? Looking for someone who really understands her, she dares give her heart and trust to a stranger. Justin Monroe's future father-in-law wants him dead. Running for his life, Justin escapes his wedding rehearsal and heads for the hills. A January snowstorm and a stowaway are the last things he needs. Brooke Cavanaugh awakens in the back seat of the wrong car and is confronted with more than a blizzard. Although leery of men, the handsome stranger captures her interest ... and her heart. But she's not prepared for his secret and how it might change her life.

The Billionaire's Secret

Ashley Reynolds needs to find her memory of the past four weeks, and soon! Something horrible happened to her, but she can't remember. All she knows is that a dangerous man is chasing her, and there is a suitcase full of money in the trunk of her car. When she meets the handsome bartender, Hunter Ryan, she feels safe. But when a crime boss wants her dead, will Hunter be able to protect her at all? Or will she discover he's the one she should fear, after all?

Dangerously Close

Scarlett St. John is a lonely rich woman who can't seem to follow society's rules on being proper. She relies on her grandfather and his servants to keep her entertained from day to day until... an ancient artifact is stolen from her grandfather and a Pinkerton Agent arrives to solve the crime. Although Travis Hancock is very handsome and charming, he had broken her heart as a young girl, and she doesn't think she can forgive him. But when the Pinkerton agent involves her in the case of finding the priceless artifact, she's anxious to find her grandfather's ancient shield. Suddenly, the hunt becomes exciting and working with an agent isn't that terrible. Quite the opposite, in fact. The sweetly conniving man just might change her mind about forgiving him after all.

Historical Western

An Agent for Scarlett

Sheri McGathy

If love isn't blind to past indiscretions, can absence truly make the heart grow fonder? Gregory Fielding has been wounded when he travels to Scotland to find the next big story for his London newspaper. Now blinded, he relies on the soft, comforting touch of one of the nurses at St. Mary's Abbey. He thinks she's a novice, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to give her his heart. Madeline O'Neil cannot believe her misfortune. The man she had almost married three years ago is back in her life. Gregg doesn't know who she is and she doesn't dare tell him. Not until she makes him like the new Madeline. But as each day passes and her heart grows fonder, she fears he'll hate her for certain once his eyesight returns. Especially when he discovers the secret she's been keeping from him for three years...

Love Comes Blindly

When Adrianna Olsen agrees to play the role of her super-model twin sister she figures it's a reasonable price to pay for an entire month living the high life in Venice. What Adrianna isn't prepared for is the Italian seducer, Gabriele Marcelli, who swoops in and makes her feel things she's never experienced before. For one whole month she's tasked with transforming herself into her sister, but how can she pretend to be Valerie when Adrianna is falling hard and fast for the sensual and hypnotic Gabriele?Revenge is the only motive Gabriele Marcelli has in mind for Valerie Olsen. The cruel vixen crushed his best friend two years before, and Gabriele intends to take advantage of the opportunity to get close to Valerie and give her a taste of her own medicine. Gabriele lays the seduction on thick and is gratified when Valerie falls right into his hands. He's confused, however, by the sweet and naive Valerie he finds himself spending time with. She hardly acts like the cold woman who broke his friend's heart. Is this all part of her game?

Her Bucket List Billionaire

Louisa wakes from a deep heavy fog, surrounded by strangers and horrified to discover she's been the sole victim of a terrible buggy accident. Worse... she remembers nothing. Trevor Worthington, Duke of Kenbridge, can't trust women. Yet after nearly killing the amnesiac Louisa, he has little choice but to open his home to her. His heart softens to the straggly woman in beggars garb as he strives to help her regain her memory. As proof of Louisa's scars, both physical and those lurking beneath the surface, come to light, Trevor finds himself more and more drawn to the mysterious woman. However he is hesitant to enter another nightmarish entanglement like his first marriage. Louisa is all too happy to accept employment in the Duke's household though it quickly becomes apparent she doesn't fit in at all! For starters she speaks French and has no skills to speak of. Bits and pieces of conflicting memories flash through her mind, lending more confusion to the puzzle of her life. Fortunately the duke proves ever patient with her myriad of mistakes and Louisa finds herself falling in love with the kind, brooding man. As their budding relationship progresses from improper to scandalous Louisa's memory begins to return. Dare she tell Trevor the horrible truths of her past? That she belongs to an evil man known only as Macgregor. As the heartbreaking facts of Louisa's past are exposed and decade old questions come to light, will the truth keep these lovers from happiness? Will Trevor be able to give love another chance? Or will Louisa's sweet touch prove yet another forgotten memory...

The Sweetest Touch

Evelynn Tanner, the local preacher's daughter, has made one too many mistakes. Apparently, marching into a brothel to confront her unfaithful beau is considered unacceptable behavior for an unwed young lady, and her father has turned her out of his home! Evelynn must now find a means to support herself. Her cousin, Broderick Tanner, is a Pinkerton Agent, and she manages to convince him that she'd make an excellent addition to the agency's female ranks. After all, Broderick's wife, Cecily, is a Pinkerton as well. On the train ride to Denver, Evelynn meets Graham Morgan, another agent - and an irritating one at that. In the midst of an argument, she falls off the back of the train, and Graham selflessly jumps off to save her. Evelynn quickly finds herself falling for this charming protector, but will he be true to her? Or is he really just another dishonest snake like the last man she'd loved?

An Agent for Evelynn

Match Made In Heaven

What's worse than not getting an inheritance? How about discovering a secret engagement to her father's enemy's son?Rayne Kennedy thinks her life is ruined when during the reading of her father's will, she discovers she'd been secretly matched to Calvin Gates... and in order to get her inheritance, she must marry him and stay married for one whole year. Now she must put her own pending nuptials on hold. No matter how difficult it is, she must resist Calvin's dreamy eyes and charming smile and remember the kind of life she really wants.Attorney-at-Law, Calvin Gates has tried unsuccessfully to get out of the twenty-year-old contract his insane father signed with Rayne Kennedy's father. As an obedient son who wants his part of the inheritance, Calvin will follow the contract and marry the very attractive Rayne Kennedy even though she's adamant that their marriage is in name only. But he can't forget the passionate kiss they shared when they first met, and as he gets to know her better, he suddenly wants to be her husband for the rest of their lives.Calvin longs to discover what true love is all about, but is Rayne ready for the same challenge?

Arranged Marriage

Secretly Matched

The Billionaire's Family Secrets

When you wish upon a star... All romance novel photographer Payton Fox really wants is a hero in her life. A man that is dashing and honorable... a man worthy of his own fairy tale! One particularly frustrating evening she casts a fleeting wish upon a shooting star. She doesn't actually believe anything will happen, but in the blink of an eye the man from her fairy tale wishes-a regular Robin Hood-materializes right before her. He even claims to be the legendary Lord of Loxley, and goes by the name of Archer. Uncertain what to believe, Payton is shocked when this hero rescues her time and again, and she can't help but be swept off her feet. Slowly she accepts that this strange and noble man might truly be the fairy tale character of her dreams. Unfortunately, Archer isn't connecting with the modern-day world and longs to return to his time. She also discovers that if he stays with her, his story will cease to exist. Can she send him back, knowing he'll take her heart along with him? Can she deprive the world of his story? How can she do that to those looking for their Champion - the perfect hero?

Fairy Tale Robin Hood Story

Champion

Noelle Kidman is still recovering from a bad marriage and even worse divorce. If she decides to remarry, the man will be someone who will go to church with her, pray, and loves her more than anything else. Yet, she is attracted to Blake Montgomery, the town's wealthy playboy who gambles and drinks with his friends. Blake is wrong for her. If only she could convince her heart of that.Blake Montgomery has loved Noelle for several years. But being her friend - and her boss - has put him in the friend's zone. He wants out. He wants her to love him unconditionally. Perhaps he needs the festive holidays to help him win the woman he doesn't want to live without.

A New and Glorious Morn

Terrick Wentworth has loved Bella Walsh since she was sixteen-years-old. Unfortunately, she has no memory of this. Years ago, an accident left Terrick horribly scarred, and he knows the possibility of rekindling their love is hopeless. After all, he is nothing more than a beast. When the opportunity to bring Bella into his employ presents itself, he cannot resist extending an offer.Bella Walsh desperately needs money to help her ailing father. Almost as desperately, she desires answers. Seven years ago, she was abducted - and blessedly recovered - but she has no memory of the experience. The answers she craves lie with the Wentworth Estate, and when the scarred and brooding Terrick Wentworth extends an offer of employment, the offer to satisfy both needs is irresistible. However, a monster lurks in the forest surrounding the estate, and when Bella arrives, the beast follows her relentlessly with its steely eyes. Bella is told this isn't the first time she's encountered the creature, and that she was discovered in it's lair after she was abducted all those years ago.Can Bella uncover the true identity of her beast and slay it before it destroys her once and for all?

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