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Small town introvert Mia Agostini has long wondered if “the one” will ever find her. Then, one day, when her car breaks down, the handsome and handy Alex Bartlett comes to the rescue, offering more than a tire change. Mia is instantly smitten, and yet, what begins as a promising romance quickly takes a perilous turn. Alex is teeming with dark secrets—and isn’t anyone’s savior.

I Am Amazing: From Invisible to Invincible is a transformational self-help memoir that shares Jennifer Williams’ struggles and triumphs—from childhood abuse leading to the foster care system, sexual trauma, paralyzing anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, along with divorce and co-parenting. Her memoir offers hope and inspiration for anyone who has felt overwhelmed by life and their struggles with mental health. With raw honesty and vulnerability, the author provides an intimate look at her journey from victim to victorious.

Landscape designer Gwen Haley is due to inherit her grandparents’ garden estate, a well-known tourist destination. Then it will no longer matter that her parents think she’s unhinged for seeing the ghosts of her grandparents. As the trust term nears the end, accidents that seem to be aimed toward Gwen threaten her life, and her cousin, the estate manager, is intent on discrediting her. Weary of being patronized and belittled, Gwen finds an unlikely ally in the estate’s new horticulturist.

Book reviewer Maggie Grant has a romantic soul. When she happens on a tender moment in a cemetery, the man who places a fingertip kiss on a headstone provides inspiration for her popular magazine blog. After inheriting the family monument shop, Thad Benson struggles with his newfound responsibilities. Teased by his sister as having a face only a mother could love, Thad is only comfortable sharing his thoughts with a dead woman. Until he meets Maggie.

In a world meticulously purged of the mystical by the Grandmaster of the Sodality of the Thorns, magic is little more than a whispered myth. For over six millennia, the secretive organization has sought to “purify” the human race, erasing every paranormal trace they identify. Lucian Miller, billionaire founder of biotech titan Coruscant Technologies, Inc., and Anja Kinzey, a librarian steeped in occult lore, are lured by the dream of a world filled with magical wonder. Destiny intertwines their paths, revealing that together they may possess the keys capable of awakening long-lost potential.

Patricia Doran is an author and educator with decades of experience successfully teaching students from diverse backgrounds, ages, learning abilities, and learning disabilities, particularly individuals who have been told that they are dyslexic. She is an expert in explicit, systematic phonics instruction via direct instruction.

Pro Soccer player Liam McCormick doesn't date fans or groupies. When his physical therapist makes a play for him after he blows out his ACL, he quits therapy to rehab himself. The coaches learn of their most valuable players walk-out and assign an athletic trainer to assess his condition before Liam's return to the field, an exhibition game in Ireland. The fact the new trainer is a woman puts Liam on his guard. He's not interested in a replay of what happened with his physical therapist.

A high-profile contract in the famed New Orleans Garden District can bring architect Kathleen McCormick’s dream of owning her own home that much closer, but she’ll have to stifle her fiery temper while she’s on location. The senior project manager is a notorious workaholic and the last associate to work with him got fired amid controversy. Still, Kathleen can’t resist the urge to push his buttons. Sebastian Brooks’ father likes to remind him that he founded his own firm by the time he was thirty.

Andie suffers through a political campaign to become the Representative for Cape Cod and the Islands. Now what? Can she make a success of her new Congressional career for which she has no experience? Despite her mature years should she seek happiness by marrying once more and have two residences—one on Martha’s Vineyard and the other in Washington, DC?