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Hope Windward's life in Crystal Cove, Maine is comfortable, if not predictable. The small town has always been her safe haven, until Cameron Smithfield-the man who killed her daughter's father-shows up. Now the stranger she's hated from afar is working to become the town's favorite citizen.Cameron Smithfield's life went horribly wrong the night he killed his brother in a car accident. After a decade in prison, he's ready to make amends and do everything he can for his niece. There's only one problem with his plan, he can't seem to get past her mother's protective instincts. While he's not surprised by Hope's guard dog instincts, he is surprised at the connection he feels with his brother's old flame.Hope doesn't want to feel anything for Cameron, but his heart-melting smile and genuine affection for her daughter have a way of breaking through her carefully guarded emotions. That is, until her worst fear comes true, and all fingers point to Cameron. Now, Hope has to decide if she's going to believe the evidence, or trust the newfound love within her heart.
Alexis Le Blanc enjoys her simple life in Crystal Cove, Maine. After taking a chance on romance and getting rejected, she has given up on love. Now she devotes all her time to running her family's winery, Coastal Vines. She wants to keep it small and traditional, but her parents have other ideas-hence why they hire some big-shot marketing executive from Napa Valley to rev up business. When Benito Martelli shows up in her family's tasting room, she's more than stunned to discover he's the man who wined and dined her the night before. Alexis is beyond peeved at his deception in trying to get into her good graces for the sake of making money on her winery. At first, she wants nothing to do with him or his big business ideas, but she's pleasantly surprised when they come to a compromise, and even more surprised when she gives in to the sparks between them. Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned and Alexis is faced with complications she never could have predicted. Promises and secrets unravel, and she must decide if love and wine are as well paired as she hoped.
After a drunken, abusive experience with a jock in high school, Meg Fulton ended up a single mother with a tough hide. Now, a brand-new high school principal, she uses her sharp tongue to keep men at a safe distance, until Connor McKay walks into the picture. She can't stand him. He's a sports-loving alpha male--no thanks! But her path continues to cross Connor's, and as attraction heats to a boiling point, Meg learns there's more to him than biceps and a tight rear end. Ex-NFL player turned high school football coach, Connor McKay is well loved by all--except the intelligent, sexy, new principal who wants to change his athletic program. When they're set up on a blind date, he's finally able to crack Meg's wall. Things are heating up between them when someone from her past threatens to tear them apart. It will take a leap of faith for Meg to shed the scars of her past and let love into her life.
Recovering alcoholic and former party animal, Cole Tucker would be an idiot to start something with his newly hired right-hand woman, Samantha Chase. It figures he can't seem to keep his mitts of the sexy, five-foot-nothing single mom who can toss a sack of shingles over her shoulder and rewire a house better than the crew from Extreme Home Makeover. Her incredible strength and self-confidence draw him in; something Cole has pretended to have for years. All he has to show for himself is his uncanny use of pick-up lines, a hand-me-down farm and some small-town rental properties. When he learns Samantha's husband and daughter were killed by a drunk driver, the shame of his past experience with...
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Christmas is the most magical season of the year. Noel loves everything about it. From the decorating, to the music, and the baking. While visiting her parents in their farmhouse nestled in the Maine woods in preparation for the holiday, she finds herself alone when the power goes out. But when she finds a stranger and his little boy stranded next to the road, she follows her intuition and offers them shelter until they can figure out how to restore the power. All Ian wanted to do was take his son to see Santa. Now he's stuck with a Christmas enthusiast in a farmhouse decorated with smiling faces on family pictures. But as Ian spends more and more time with Noel, he's reminded of what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. Family, joy, kindness...and love.
A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the truth at their cores. What is the relationship between creativity and madness? Creativity and intelligence? Do psychedelics truly enhance creativity? How should we understand the left and right hemispheres of the brain? Is the left brain, in fact, the seat of reasoning and the right brain the seat of creativity? These are just some of the questions Anna Abraham, a renowned expert of human creativity and the imagination, explores in The Creative Brain, a fascinating deep dive into the origins of the seven most common beliefs about the human brain. ...
Rachael Riley is back home in Rocky Harbor, but she's not the same woman she once was...After being rescued from an abusive relationship, Rachael is a shadow of her true self. The only place she manages to find some degree of comfort is in the kitchen, hiding behind her apron as she continues to shut everyone out.Jake Morgan has done his time and is finally free of his past...Teaching self-defense is Jake's way of giving back, compensating for what was taken away from him years ago. He's well aware that most women in his class have a backstory, and avoids getting emotionally involved-until a beautiful, blue-eyed woman walks in. Wanting to know the story hidden behind those sad, blue eyes, Jake sets out to break down every barrier Rachael has built...As he helps Rachael find the strength she'd lost, teaching her how to trust again, a secret from his past threatens to ruin the safety they have found in each other. When their pasts finally collide, revealing a devastating truth, Jake's commitment to Rachael is put to the ultimate test.There is no guarantee when it comes to love, but sometimes all a broken heart needs to heal are sweet strawberry kisses...