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The starring role in this production goes to the phantom, and he may close the curtains for good… When film star Sloane Reid decides to audition for Cedar Creek’s new community theater, she hopes to recapture her love for the stage and connect with her local community. But before the first rehearsal can even begin, a series of strange occurrences threatens to shut down the show. As Sloane becomes more deeply entangled in a web of deception, betrayal, and criminal activity, it doesn’t take her long to realize the supernatural being she’s battling may not be the only threat she’s up against. Can the former Spectral Slayer figure out how to appease The Phantom in the Footlights before the secrets of the past bring about a deadly curtain call? This third volume in Cedar Creek Mysteries continues Sloane’s transformation from globe-trotting celebrity to small-town heroine. The Phantom in the Footlights offers romance, mystery, danger, and intrigue, all with the help of a ghost or two!
Because sometimes you have to know who you are to decide who you want to be. When Caroline’s car is mistakenly stolen in a prank gone wrong, love is the last thing on her mind. She’s on her way to meet the birth mother who gave her up thirty-five years ago, and she needs to reach her destination as soon as possible. She wants nothing to do with Levi, the handsome prankster responsible for her delay, but his offer to make amends by driving her seems the quickest option. Unexpected circumstances further delay the long-awaited reunion, and Caroline soon finds herself depending on the charming stranger for more than just transportation. As the mystery of her family origins continues to unfold, Caroline begins to examine her present life and consider what she wants for her future. Will learning the truth about her past help this divorced mother of two accept a new love and a new beginning for her and her children? Welcome to Cedar Creek! This heartwarming Meet Cute tale of love and discovery is the first volume in Cedar Creek Families, a collection of stories about the people who live, love, and laugh in the small town of Cedar Creek.
The first time Maggie fell in love, it started with a broken toe and ended with a broken heart. At nineteen, she was too naïve to heed the warning signs, and she raced blindly down a path that destroyed her soaring ballet career and pushed her to close herself off to any romantic interest. Thirty years later, Maggie’s first glimpse of rancher Dax Pearson makes her heart stutter in an all-too-familiar way. This time, she’s determined to keep a tight rein on the impulse to throw away her hard-won independence. She’s not looking to get herself roped in by a handsome face, but Dax’s winning charm and gentle touch gradually begin to work their magic, and soon Maggie’s tempted to once again attempt the dance of love. Letting go of the past isn’t easy, though, especially when it has choreographed her life for so long. Breaking free of its familiar rhythm could expose her deepest shame…and shatter her heart beyond repair.
She returned to Cedar Creek to escape her mistakes, but the past followed her home. Dani moved to Chicago to pursue her dreams, and one by one, she achieved them all: an exciting job, a beautiful house, and a handsome and adoring husband. But when his early morning arrest reveals that she’s really married to a Mafia hitman, Dani’s perfect life is shattered. Divorced, unemployed, and almost bankrupt, Dani returned home to Cedar Creek, always looking over her shoulder in case the Mafia followed her home. But after two years have passed without incident, she’s finally started to believe she can let down her guard. Then one fateful Friday night, she wanders into a bar, intent on forgetting...
Surviving the plane crash was the easy part. Lauryn Vargas is a sucker for a good romance novel, despite her firm belief that love at first sight is purely fiction. But when she looks up from her book to find the man of her dreams walking across the airport toward her, Lauryn wonders if it’s time to rethink that philosophy. She’s holding out hope for a chance to strike up a conversation, but when their plane goes down in a fiery crash on a remote mountainside, it seems their fated love story was destined to be a tragedy from the start. Stranded in a cold, dark forest and struggling with the aftermath of injuries, Lauryn quickly discovers she isn’t out of danger just because she escaped death in the wreckage. Can an ill-prepared librarian become her own heroine to make it through the longest night of her life, or has she reached the final chapter in her saga? Welcome to the small town of Cedar Creek! Get to know the families, solve the mysteries, and prepare to fall in love… CEDAR CREEK SUSPENSE Whiskey Flight Bounty Flight CEDAR CREEK MYSTERIES The Ghost in the Curve The Glow in the Woods The Phantom in the Footlights CEDAR CREEK FAMILIES Building Fences Crossing Paths
Sloane Reid has dealt with the spotlight of movie stardom since she was sixteen, but now that she’s settled down between films in the small town of Cedar Creek, fame has become a liability. She wants to complete an apprenticeship to do PI work, but it’s not easy to operate undercover when fans scream your name and ask for autographs. So far, she’s been able to keep her romance with the local deputy under wraps, but as her star rises with the buzz around her latest film, so does the risk of having their relationship become front page news. Rachel Graves knows she can’t afford to keep her late husband’s family farm, but she’s certain that what she’s seeing in the woods behind her...
Wedding planner Tyler Warren left heartbreak behind when she ran away from her small Southern hometown and started a new life in a big city. Years later, she wants to believe in the fairy-tale endings her job promotes, but the clients she meets day after day seem to be more “Crazily Ever After” than “Happily Ever After.” Meanwhile, her own attempts at romance play out as bizarre comedies rather than love stories, and she’s starting to think Prince Charming either fell off his horse or got eaten by a dragon. When unresolved issues from Tyler’s past complicate things even further, she discovers she may yet have some things to figure out before she can find her own happy ending. This delightful first book in the Tales Behind the Veils series chronicles Tyler’s wacky misadventures, both personal and professional. Whether she’s getting insane requests from brides or outlandish requests on dates, you’re sure to be charmed and entertained by the Diary of a Single Wedding Planner.
Sloane Reid has never believed in ghosts, even though she made a career out of playing a ghost slayer on film. When the studio tells her at twenty-nine she’s too old to be a scream queen, Sloane retreats to her aunt’s remote Florida cabin to figure out what comes next. Her trip is anything but relaxing when she encounters Chelsea, a young girl who died near the cabin thirteen years ago. Chelsea is desperate for Sloane’s help to reveal the truth that haunts her, but Sloane can’t solve the mystery alone. She needs to ask for help from local deputy Tristan Rogers, which means she’ll have to convince him she’s not crazy. Or a criminal. As Sloane and Tristan unlock the secrets of the past, the stakes grow higher for them both, and soon Sloane finds it may be her own life that needs saving.
When Caterina Russo wakes from her coma, she's certain she must be dreaming. How else would she be seeing the love of her life at her bedside thirty-six years after they parted without him knowing about the child she carried? But when her next visitor is that daughter she was forced to give away, Cat realizes it’s no dream. The two people she has loved most have returned to her, and the time has come to face the past she's been running from her entire adult life. As the families involved adjust to the shock of the new relationships, Cat attempts to forge a bond with the daughter she never knew and to reconnect with the man she's never forgotten. Will either of them be able to forgive Cat for the decisions she made to protect them? And if they do, will Cat ever be able to forgive herself? Welcome to Cedar Creek! This heartwarming second-chance Seasoned Romance is the second volume in Cedar Creek Families, a collection of stories about the people who live, love, and laugh in the small town of Cedar Creek.
Tyler Warren felt like the luckiest girl alive when her very own Prince Charming proposed. Her euphoria was short-lived, though. Before long, she was wishing she could skip right over the fairy tale wedding and go straight to the happily ever after. In her job as a wedding planner, Tyler has grown accustomed to dealing with demanding brides and their challenging family members. But nothing in her career prepared her for dealing with the most difficult Mother of the Bride she's ever encountered--her own mama. It doesn't take long for Tyler to decide her best wedding option may be to elope. The third volume in the Tales Behind the Veils series follows Tyler's hilarious efforts to rein in Mama as they both plan the same wedding with very different visions. It's enough to make an engaged wedding planner feel sympathy for bridezillas, even as she struggles not to become one.