A treasure worth killing for... Unless the bodyguard can protect them Kayla Swartz's return to Snowberry, Montana, has been a living nightmare. She found her estranged father murdered, and unless she retrieves some missing jewels, Kayla and her three-year-old sister could be next. With nowhere else to turn, Kayla entrusts their lives to bodyguard Nicholas Galanis. But is hiding at a remote cabin in the mountains their best chance to survive...or the perfect opportunity for an ambush?

Safeguarding the Witness (Love Inspired: the Protectors)

Literature & Fiction

Winter, Laurie

United States

Inspirational The Protectors Collection

Is she the pursuer... Or the pursued? When a body was found at the edge of the bayou, police detective Charlotte Reid knew the serial killer who murdered her sister was back. And if she didn't stop him, he'd kill again. FBI special agent Austin Walsh insisted Charlotte couldn't do it on her own. But then the murderer gave Charlotte a deadly challenge--catch him, or she'd be his next victim... From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

Hunted by a Killer (Love Inspired Suspense, 1)

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Hunted by a Killer (Love Inspired Suspense)

Love Inspired Suspense

After a bomb blast ended her career with the military, Alice Liddell arrives at a veterans' retreat in hopes of healing. The last person she expects to stumble upon is pro-football quarterback Micah Palmer. Even more surprising, she forms a friendship with this fellow lost soul. Since his injury a year ago, Micah Palmer has struggled with addiction and recovery. He agrees to volunteer at the veterans' retreat for good PR but after meeting Alice, his attention shifts from his own needs to helping her. When he begins training with Alice for the approaching football season, he discovers the challenge benefits them both. While Micah works to break down her defenses, Alice is determined never to lose her heart. But the charming football star might be the one man strong enough to ensure she no longer has to take on life alone.

Know You By Heart (Warriors of the Heart)

Romance

Military

Wild Rose Press

This Christmas (The North Star)

Contemporary

Bowker

He resists putting down roots. Fear keeps her planted in place. By opening their hearts, they could offer each other the world. 
Nina Pettit left behind fame and trauma when she moved from Boston to Polaris, Utah. She changed her last name and went into hiding to enjoy a quiet life. Instead of performing on stage as a professional cellist, she now teaches music to children. When a handsome traveling private duty nurse arrives to care for Nina’s elderly neighbor, she finds herself drawn to the charming man. 
Colin Moynahan’s rough boxing days are long behind him. His job as a private duty nurse allows him to travel the world. While working in Polaris, he’s introduced to Nina, and an attraction ignites. As he learns about her past, he promises to care and protect her for as long as his temporary stay in Polaris allows. 
But when innocent flirtation turns to deeper feelings, the lines between them blur. Colin has resisted establishing roots while Nina’s fear keeps her firmly planted. As threats to Nina reappear in the form of the man she’d help send to jail, Colin returns to fighting mode, willing to sacrifice it all for the woman he loves. 
***content warning for stalking, kidnapping, and brief remembered physical abuse***

A Beautiful Fall

Paranormal

Laurie WInter

Suddenly let go from her news anchor position, Aria Roberts heads north to stay at her late Great-Aunt Clara's house. She has many good memories there and wishes to give Clara's Christmas Shoppe, which is located on the first floor of the Victorian mansion, one final holiday season. When Aria arrives, she finds the special gift Clara left for her-an antique nutcracker with a poem hidden under the back lever. Aria reads the poem out loud. At sundown that night, those words magically bring the nutcracker to life. Kort Zellner awakes inside the familiar surroundings of Clara's house but learns she has passed away and now her great-niece resides there. The curse placed on him three hundred years ago traps him in the form of a nutcracker but allows him to return every December 1st through midnight on Christmas Day-only between sundown and sunrise. After some convincing, Aria believes Kort's strange story. She helps him experience life as he is gifted so few hours alive and in doing so, falls in love. he knows his curse makes it impossible to give her the constant relationship she deserves. His plan to leave her forever on Christmas Day collides with Aria's desire to build a future together, even if for only twenty-five nights a year. Can the curse be broken for a happy ever after?

A Nutcracker Christmas: An enchanted Christmas romance!

Genre Fiction

Champagne Book Group

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