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Anna’s Fresh Start

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The weight of wartime is heavy, but through reinvention and redemption two people may discover the power of love and God’s forgiveness.

In the years following the Civil War, Anna Heartfield looks as though she’s lived the typical life of a Southern belle. Under the surface, she has a dangerous secret that could ruin her family and turn friends into enemies. This secret, a web of clandestine activities she was forced into during the war, haunts her every step. She longs for forgiveness, redemption, and a fresh start. Her only choice seems to be to marry, relocate, and escape her past clandestine activities before someone discovers the truth. When she hears about a matchmaker up north, the woman seems to be the answer to her prayers. She writes to her and begins corresponding with a potential suitor.

The quiet and serious Ezra “Ez” Walters is a widower with a young daughter. He is immediately captivated by Anna’s intelligence and outgoing demeanor, sensing there’s more to her than meets the eye. However, he fears the dark truth about his late wife could drive her away.

As their connection deepens, Anna is torn between protecting her family’s reputation and the gnawing conviction to be completely honest with Ez. She wrestles with whether she can trust him with the secrets she has never shared with anyone, a decision that could change the course of their relationship.

A mysterious figure from her past resurfaces, threatening to destroy her family and her new relationship. Working through the resulting fallout could spell disaster for their blossoming love or prove they can overcome anything.

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Seven Castles in Ireland: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About Seven Castles in Ireland: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

Alexandra Flynn of present-day Boston, Massachusetts, has inherited an abandoned seaside property in Ireland. But the locals, who call it White Horse, say it is haunted and most likely cursed.

Alex and the land’s Scottish caretaker, Morgan Anderson, soon encounter the ghosts of Alex’s ancestors. The ghosts reveal to them a great mystery that extends far into the myths and legends of Ireland’s past.

Alex and Morgan are drawn together in their own romance as they try to heal the land which is now their home. But they will have to find the courage to face the ancient and powerful Irish gods and goddesses; right a great wrong from long ago; and help the trapped spirits of White Horse find peace at last.

Please Note: Battlefield violence. A few scenes of encounters between consenting adults over the age of 21. No part of this work was created using artificial intelligence (AI) of any kind.

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Behind the Mask by Faye Hall

About Behind the Mask by Faye Hall

Two lovers are torn from each other by their feuding families.

When Duncan Buchanan and Isobel Porter met at a masquerade ball, they thought they’d found someone to change their distaste for matrimony. When their mothers tore them out of each other’s arms, they found themselves trapped between two feuding families, each matriarch willing to destroy the other, even at the cost of their children’s happiness.
Duncan and Isobel knew nothing of their families’ hatred for each other, nor did they care to become involved with whatever scheming acts of revenge their mothers are planning. Willing to sacrifice everything they have just to be together, they arrange an assignation. Nothing could prepare them for what happened in the churchyard that night though, driving them from town and each other.

Heartbroken by their year of separation, and the rumours about his indiscreet associations, Isobel is hesitant to employ Duncan on her cattle station. Had his mother sent him here to use his seductive charms to take what she felt was owed to her?

Having spent the last year drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, Duncan was confused to discover Isobel was his new employer, eager to involve him in the running of her station. Why would she allow him back into her life after so long? Was this some trick instigated by her mother to ruin his family?

As Duncan and Isobel continue working together, they can no longer ignore the love they once felt for each other, the intense raw emotion again burning so close to the surface. Will their families finally allow them a chance to be together? Or will the two lovers be separated once and for all?

Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

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Lady of Fire: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About Lady of Fire: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

Christine Connolly finds a strange piece of jewelry at a yard sale: a beautiful golden torque, a neckpiece worn by royalty in ancient Ireland.

When she tries on the torque, it transports her back in time to the magnificent warrior Ailin and his people. Ailin is convinced that she is the incarnation of a goddess, for he is the one who made the torque she wears.

But the presence of a goddess causes great strife among his tribe. Christine learns that being worshiped, instead of loved, is not really what she wanted after all.

NOTE: This book was first published by Dorchester in 1996. It has been re-edited by the author and given a new cover, but is the same story as the original novel.

Each book in the Celtic Journeys series tells a complete story, so they may be read in any order.

Battlefield violence. Some scenes of encounters between consenting adults over the age of 21. No part of this book was created using artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind.

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QUEEN OF THE SUN: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About QUEEN OF THE SUN: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

Queen of the Sun: The Celtic Journeys Series. Time-travel romance meets The Taming of the Shrew when a modern woman is drawn back to the arms of a powerful Irish king.

The headstrong and beautiful Terri is torn between keeping her freedom in the world she knows and staying with her beloved King Conaire, where she must become his queen and yield to the rules of a wild and ancient world.

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Bell Hammers

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PRANKS. OIL. PROTEST. JOKES BETWEEN NEWLYWEDS.

AND ONE HILARIOUS SIEGE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION.

Remmy grows up with Beth in Bellhammer, Illinois as oil and coal companies rob the land of everything that made it paradise. Under his Grandad, he learns how to properly prank his neighbors, friends, and foes. Beth tries to fix Remmy by taking him to church. Under his Daddy, Remmy starts the Bell Hammer Construction Company, which depends on contracts from Texarco Oil. And Beth argues with him about how to build a better business. Together, Remmy and Beth start to build a great neighborhood of “merry men” carpenters: a paradise of s’mores, porch furniture, newborn babies, and summer trips to Branson where their boys pop the tops of off the neighborhood’s two hundred soda bottles. Their witty banter builds a kind of castle among a growing nostalgia.

Then one of Jim Johnstone’s faulty Texarco oil derricks falls down on their house and poisons their neighborhood’s well.

Poisoned wells escalate to torched dog houses. Torched dog houses escalate to stolen carpentry tools and cancelled contracts. Cancelled contracts escalate to eminent domain. Sick of the attacks from Texaco Oil on his neighborhood, Remmy assembles his merry men:

“We need the world’s greatest prank. One grand glorious jest that’ll bloody the nose of that tyrant. Besides, pranks and jokes don’t got no consequences, right?”

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KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Rioghan, guardian of fairy treasure, is tempted by dark magic when a cruel sorceress threatens both Sidhe and Man.

This novel is part of the ten-volume Celtic Journeys series by Janeen O’Kerry.

These are original novel-length tales filled with the mythology, magic, and romance of ancient Ireland. Stories of Beltaine and Lughnasa, of the Sidhe and the Celts, of goddesses and kings.

Each book tells a complete story set in ancient Ireland, so they may be read in any order. No part of this work was created using artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind.

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Firelight Rising (The Lindisfarne Series #1) by Johanna Craven

About Firelight Rising (The Lindisfarne Series #1) by Johanna Craven

It’s 1715, and twenty years after fleeing the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Eva Blake and her siblings return to their dilapidated family home in an attempt to piece together their tattered lives. But a new Jacobite Rising is gaining momentum, and as outsiders from London, the Blakes find themselves under suspicion from the villagers.

When conflict with the locals comes to a head, Eva escapes to the nearby island of Longstone, where the reclusive Finn Murray keeps a makeshift shipping beacon burning on the shore.

Alone on Longstone, Eva and Finn find themselves drawn to each other, despite his attempts to keep her at a distance. But long-buried secrets are beginning to resurface, and Eva can’t help but fear she has made a grave error in opening her heart to Finn.

All she knows is her life is in danger, and she must confront the past if she is to survive.

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Queen Grania’s Wake: A Short Story in the Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About Queen Grania’s Wake: A Short Story in the Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

“Queen Grania’s Wake” is the introductory short story to the ten-volume Celtic Journeys series by Janeen O’Kerry.

These are original, full-length romances filled with the mythology and magic of ancient Ireland. Each book tells a complete story, so they may be read in any order.

If you love the Celtic world, I hope you will enjoy the Celtic Journeys series.

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Just Riding Destiny by Jean Luntz

Just Riding Destiny by Jean Luntz

Destiny might be the fastest thoroughbred horse in all of Southern England, but will her speed be enough to save Kit Carlyle from a marriage of convenience?
When the notorious rake Viscount Alistair Upshire offers to forgive Kit’s father’s crushing debt in exchange for her hand in marriage, Kit faces a future bound to a man she despises. With her heart belonging to Marcus, the younger son of the Earl of Roxboro, she is determined to prevent the marriage.
Just when all seems lost, Spectral Tillie, Kit’s loyal Aberdeen Terrier from beyond the grave, returns to aid her. With Tillie’s spectral guidance, Kit concocts a daring plan: she will ride Destiny to victory at Epsom disguised as her twin brother James. Not only will a win expose Upshire’s corruption in the horse racing world, but it will secure Kit’s freedom to marry for love.
As Kit, Marcus, and the spectral Tillie join forces, they must protect Destiny and their secret plan from Upshire’s manipulations. Will Kit manage to win her freedom and Marcus’s heart, or will she be forced into a life of misery with the viscount?

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Sister of the Moon: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About Sister of the Moon: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

SISTER OF THE MOON: An ancient fairy queen must find a king, but is torn between a warrior of the Sidhe and a bold youth from the world of Men.

This novel is part of the ten-volume Celtic Journeys series by Janeen O’Kerry.

These are original novel-length tales filled with the mythology, magic, and romance of ancient Ireland. Stories of Beltaine and Lughnasa, of the Sidhe and the Celts, of goddesses and kings.

Each book tells a complete story set in ancient Ireland, so they may be read in any order. No part of this work was created using artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind.

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The Fall of the House of James by Annette Austin

The Fall of the House of James by Annette Austin

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE JAMES SAGA
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A passion that crosses the racial divide – does love stand a chance?
A forbidden romance with unforeseen consequences, this enthralling historical romance charts the interracial romance between two people whose torrid love affair threatens everyone around them.
Lawrence James is the arrogant rich son of a plantation owner.
Jasmine Thomas is a fiery slave, bound to the Havers End plantation in 1860.
As his feelings grow for Jasmine, Lawrence is torn between love and duty. Groomed to take over the plantation, Lawrence has an uneasiness about becoming a slave owner.
Concerned over his eldest sister, Belvedere Rossiter, and her growing friendship with a rebellious slave, Donald Archer, Lawrence hates Donald, while Belvedere has an opposing view.
Lawrence’s biggest dilemma is – does he choose to be the dutiful son or risk everything to be with Jasmine?
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Stolen Desires by Faye Hall

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When Samuel Ottarson rescued Nellie from certain harm, he was dazzled by her beauty and soft touch. Remembering the harsh consequences of becoming involved with a member of the fairer sex, and the deceit and anguish a woman could cause, he quickly retreats from her. He needed to make it clear that he was out west for business and not to chase some bit of skirt who would ultimately break his heart.

Nellie Randolph is running for her life. Finally settling in Hughenden, she hopes for a new start. When she fails to find work as a governess, and with little more than the clothes on her back, she is forced into a life of pickpocketing.

As Nellie and Samuel continue to cross paths, their affection for each other grows until he catches her trying to steal from him. Events that evening become even more dangerous when Nellie finds herself on the run from a murderer. Samuel swears to protect her at all cost, taking her east to his cattle station – and unknowingly to the past she had sworn never to return to.

Nellie’s hope for a new start with Samuel comes crashing down when her late husband’s brother finds her, vowing to return her to the life of torment she had escaped. Fearful what lengths her brother-in-law will go to in order to stop her from revealing what she knew of his criminal past, she begins to doubt everyone around her – including Samuel and the love he claims to have for her.

When Nellie is charged with murder, Samuel does everything in his power to save her from the gallows. Will he lose everything to save the woman he loves, or will he find all his efforts to win her freedom, and her heart, are in vain?

Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

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Maiden of the Winds: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

About Maiden of the Winds: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

The beautiful and accomplished Keavy has turned down all offers of marriage. She cannot forget the golden eagle who came to her in the forest one spring day and made her a gift of three feathers an eagle who gazed at her with the eyes of a man.

Under threat of being disowned, Keavy finally accepts a young druid. They secretly agree to a marriage of convenience and she goes to his distant home.

But after the wedding, Keavy learns that here a bride goes not to her husband but to the bed of the king a king who gazes at her with the eyes of an eagle.

NOTE: This book was first published by Dorchester in 2003. It has been re-edited by the author and given a new cover, but is the same story as the original novel.

Battlefield violence. A few scenes of encounters between consenting adults over the age of 21. No part of this work was created using artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind.

Each book in the Celtic Journeys series tells a complete story, so they may be read in any order.

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SPIRIT OF THE MIST: The Celtic Journeys Series by Janeen O’Kerry

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Muriel is mistress of the sea and of the water mirror, which shows the truth when the full moon shines. In return, the women of her family must marry only kings or lose their magic forever.

Brendan is a prince, destined to be king. One stormy night, Muriel’s powers save his life. Soon they are together in what seems the perfect marriage.

When Brendan’s true identity is revealed, his kingship is lost. Exiled from his lands, with Muriel losing her magic, they will have to find some new way to live if they, and their people, are to live at all.

NOTE: This book was first published by Dorchester in 2002. It has been re-edited by the author, and given a new cover, but is the same story as the original novel.

Battlefield violence. A few scenes of encounters between consenting adults over the age of 21. No part of this work was created using artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind.

Each book in the Celtic Journeys series tells a complete story, so they may be read in any order.

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Time-Travel Tales S2: Book 3 Paris 1878 – a Historical Romance Short Story

About Time-Travel Tales S2: Book 3 Paris 1878 – a Historical Romance Short Story

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Jed eagerly anticipates a rendezvous with the woman who holds the key to his heart as he dreams of Marie, who now has a unique connection to the Light. As they reunite amidst the splendors of the event, her haunting dreams of distant travels and healing Light become the backdrop to their love story and the linchpin to events.

However, a romantic reacquaintance is sidelined by the Tresians, orchestrators of a movement among the priesthood, accusing the Expo of blasphemy and idolatry. A tide of irate people converges on Paris, threatening to eclipse the event in discord and discontent.

As chaos unfolds, Jed embarks on a quest to find his love amidst the clamor of the city. Meanwhile, Marie, haunted by her recurring dream of the Light, becomes a target for counter-agents seeking valuable information.

Jed emerges as a valiant protector, and the pair navigate the treacherous streets pursued by a frenzied mob under the sinister mind control of Ike – a threat compounded by the emergence of a ghost from the past.

Racing against time, they must secure weaponry reinforcements to confront the impending clash of forces.

Will their love and resilience prevail against the malevolent forces conspiring to derail the World Expo?

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Love’s Grand Exhibition – A Time Travel Historical Romance by Veronica Sanders

Love’s Grand Exhibition – A Time Travel Historical Romance by Veronica Sanders

Step into the world of early 20th-century World Expos, where history, action, suspense, and romance intertwine. Hero Jed still feels heartbreak at the dramatic death of his beloved wife. Fiery and outspoken Eva makes her Argentinian presence felt as a passionate advocate for women’s rights. Their paths cross at pivotal points in history – the upcoming Expos – where they find ways to support each other to navigate relentless threats against the events from the sinister Tresians.
Note: The Trilogy of short stories is set against a stunning backdrop of the World Expos in St Louis, Liege (Belgium), and Milan (Italy) from 1904 to 1906 and includes intriguing historical facts that give a fascinating glimpse into the period.
Previous adventures of our hero, Jed, are available in four series on Amazon as ‘Time-Travel Tales.”
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Carnal Transgression by Faye Hall

About Carnal Transgression by Faye Hall

Would you break the law to protect the woman you love from a killer?

Constance Dunbar is desperate to discover who killed her sister. Her plea for help is ignored by the local police, so she advertises for a private investigator. Seamus Tynedale answers the ad, and she immediately recognizes him as the friendly stranger whose arms held her so tenderly as she wept after her sister’s death.

Seamus longed to be reunited with the dark-haired beauty who’d kissed him in the churchyard. When he ends up working for her as a private investigator, he knows that his position as a police constable needs to remain a secret due to her mistrust of the department.

As Seamus hunts for the murderer, he finds himself lured into a den of secrets and lies tracing back eighteen years to Ireland, and it all seems to be connected to Constance. Seamus delves into Constance’s past, hoping to understand the secrets she’s so intent on keeping hidden. What he finds is a passion that ignites his heart and captivates his senses.

When Constance’s life comes under threat, Seamus has to choose between following the law and protecting the woman he loves from a killer. Will he be able to safeguard Constance, or will he lose her to the evil that seems to have followed her to Australia?

Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

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