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An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary discovery and gets a second chance to follow her dreams in this heartwarming novel from award-winning storyteller Kimberly Cates. Parenthood behind her, her only daughter off to college, Hannah O'Connell should be enjoying the peace of an empty home, and time with her husband, Sam. But a miraculous arrival, an abandoned baby girl, comes into their lives—a precious infant with the power to put the unspoken strains in their marriage into sharp focus. Clashing with Sam over caring for little Ellie, Hannah takes a chance on her lifelong wish for a home filled with the laughter and joys of children. Sam needs only to look at Hannah's garden—where, years ago, she hoped to plant a lilac bush for each of her children still to be—to know he cannot keep her love for Ellie from blooming. But will a shattering secret from Hannah's past push them to the breaking point? Hannah will risk everything on the hope that love is enough for them all.

In this passionate, stirring novel from award-winning author Kimberly Cates, two former lovers, reunited by chance, discover that the love they shared nearly a decade ago is as strong as ever LIGHTHOUSE COVE Keeping a promise to her mentor, international photojournalist Jacqueline "Jack" Murphy takes time out from her jet-setting lifestyle to photograph a lighthouse in Maine. To her shock, her new assignment brings her face-to-face with Tom Brownlow and his daughter, Lucy. He's the man who broke Jack's heart nine years ago and though she has traveled the world ten times over, she never stopped thinking of him. Tom never expected to see Jack again -- but as they get to know each other for a second time, he realizes that leaving her was the hardest thing he ever had to do. And now, though Tom tells himself he's just staying at the lighthouse to fulfill his daughter's greatest wish, he's falling more in love than ever. Somehow -- for Lucy's sake and their own -- Jack and Tom must embrace lasting love...the most daring adventure of all.

An unloved English heiress... When shy Maryssa Wylder refuses an arranged marriage, her father exiles her to his isolated holdings in Ireland, a hell he claims is populated by savages eager to slit English throats. On her journey, she is robbed by the Black Falcon, an Irish highwayman who curses all with the Wylder name. A brigand he may be, yet she can't forget the way he looks at her-his dangerous passion piercing her lonely heart. A dispossessed Irish prince... Tade Kilcannon has every right to hate the Wylders. Though his ancestors were Irish kings, the English have stolen his birthright, giving it to Bainbridge Wylder, a ruthless English overlord who drives the Irish crofters from their homes. Though the people of the glen think Tade Kilcannon is a rakehell, in truth, he is the Black Falcon, a masked patriot who bedevils the English. But this rogue's heart is untouched until Maryssa Wylder saves his family from marauding soldiers.A love worth defying two worlds... Maryssa blossoms because of Tade's tenderness, but he knows that to love the English daughter of his family's great enemy is impossible. Then disaster strikes the glen, throwing Tade's fate and the future of those he protects into Maryssa's hands. Maryssa faces a heart-wrenching choice, one which may cost her the very life of the man she loves.

A long awaited sequel to Kimberly Cates beloved Culloden's Fire series. "Kimberly Cates is magnificent. Her every book is to be treasured again and again -Teresa MedeirosAn Embattled Lord: Known throughout his charmed life as "The Lucky Lord Lieutenant," Nate Rowland, Viscount of Harlestone, sees his fate change in an instant on the killing field of Culloden Moor. A serious wound suffered in battle shatters not only his life, but his marriage. Upon his return to his estates, the wife of his hot-blooded youth turns faithless. At a birthday gathering held by Viscountess Rowland intended to impress the ton, she is found strangled on the lawn outside the ballroom-- with Nate named by his enemies as the prime suspect.Scandal's Daughter: Born of an infamous love affair between an Earl and his mistress, Christianne Slade has always adored Nate Rowland despite her being the object of public scorn beyond the Glenlyon family estate. Since childhood, Nate has been her 'Galahad' to his 'Mistress Mayhem, ' but both have always known there could be no future between them because of Nate's duty to his aristocratic name. When Nate's wife is killed, Christiane defies society and slips into the underworld of the demimonde, determined to discover the dark forces bent on destroying him and to save him from the hangman's noose.A FORBIDDEN LOVE: Even if Christianne succeeds in the nearly hopeless task of clearing Nate's name, can her devotion and courage rescue the viscount from a loveless future? Nate faces an impossible choice: Surrender to a loveless marriage to produce the noble heir the Rowland name demands or defy his heritage for the woman who won her heart.

A Devil's BargainCaptain Simon Harcourt returns to England with one purpose: to breed rare horses, keeping his vow to his dying friend. The last person he expects to aid him is the ruthless Earl of Ravenscroft, who enacts a devil's bargain. Ravenscroft promises to finance the stables if Simon razes the village that ruins the earl's view from the manor house-- the site of Simon's most horrific childhood memory. Only one person stands in Simon's way-the resolute bluestocking determined to resurrect the conscience Simon thought died on the battlefield with his men...Insatiably curiousSpirited Penelope Waverly has never fit into society's mold, to the despair of her mother. But someone has to keep a roof over her family's heads. Even so, she has no idea how fragile the foundation of her life is. A web of lies binds the Harcourts and Waverlys, buried long ago in everything Simon Harcourt has pledged to destroy.A storm unleashedAs two defiant spirits uncover the dangerous truth that could destroy them both, they face an impossible choice-keep their vows and betray the people of Everdene, or join forces in a gamble that could cost them everything... even the love that might heal their wounded hearts.

Finnoula O'Grady had never had a home...Growing up in foster care, Finn had spent her childhood longing for a little house with a white picket fence. Years later her dreams came true when she inherited the rundown March Winds. But someone else was in love with her house-young Emma, the lonely niece of her next-door neighbor Cade McDaniel.Cade knew nothing about being a single parent. The only love and caring he'd ever done were for the old houses he restored for a living. But there was no denying that Finn's arrival had him feeling decidedly more human than usual. And when Emma finds a child's 150-year-old diary, they unearth a story that brings the three wounded souls together and begins to change March Winds from just a house... into a home.

A reckless vow...After her beloved mother's death, Lady Grace Elliot makes a promise to her heartbroken little brothers never to leave them. She has no idea what that vow will cost her. Warm, brave and compassionate, Grace must take desperate measures to keep that pledge. Her one hope to remain close to her heartbroken little brothers: marriage to London's most notorious bachelor, a nobleman with a heart encased in ice... The ruthless Viscount Everdene.An Elusive Viscount...All of London delights in scandal sheet accounts of ton beauties and their mamas' schemes to trap Lucien Harcourt, Viscount Everdene, into marriage. But Lucien has no intention of continuing the grim family legacy that scarred his own childhood. When Lady Grace comes to him with an unthinkable plan, he believes he has no heart to risk. But as Grace champions the poverty-stricken children working in factories, her irresistible warmth and kindness open Lucien's eyes to a world he's never seen and challenges everything he believes about himself.A love brighter than the stars...As mysterious forces mount a campaign to spark revolution, the dangerous cadre realizes the untouchable viscount has a chink in his armor at last... Will Grace pay the ultimate price for loving Lucien? Or is there a chance this beauty can give Lucien something he'd never hoped to find...? Redemption.

A former wild child...Deirdre McDaniel will never forgive herself for leaving her daughter on her brother's doorstep, believing it would give Emma a better life. Determined to make up for lost time with Emma, while struggling to overcome the demons of her own past, Deirdre discovers a letter that could destroy her entire family. With no other choice, she turns to the last person she wants to deal with: the rugged private investigator who brought grim news on the eve of her brother's wedding...A cynical PI...Jake Stone still carries the weight of guilt over what happened to the McDaniels. As much as he wants to forget, he's haunted by his memories of the fiercely protective Deirdre and the vulnerable side she fought to hide. Now the woman who still inhabits his dreams has unexpectedly shown up at his office, wanting to hire him.As past and present collide...Jake faces an impossible choice: help Deirdre uncover mysteries from the past, or convince the headstrong beauty that some secrets are better left buried...

Fame, fortune and true love...Emma McDaniel thought she had it all.But stardom came at great personal cost-a painful divorce from her childhood sweetheart and the shattering of all her dreams. Fleeing the press and her own despair, Emma heads to Scotland for the role of a lifetime. There, brooding historian Dr. Jared Butler will help her become the legendary Lady Aislinn...unless his surly attitude tempts Emma to slay him with the lady's sword first.Scarred by a disastrous marriage of his own, Jared has little use for women-and none at all for pampered starlets. But as the two lose themselves in the lore of the past, Jared is stunned to find in Emma a kindred spirit. Will he dare to leave the safety of his history books and risk his heart with a woman of flesh and blood?

SHE'S GOT A KNACK FOR TROUBLE-AND IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS...At twenty-seven, free-spirited Rowena Brown has never fit in anywhere not with her ambitious family, not at veterinary school and certainly not in any relationship she's ever had. But surely the good people of Whitewater, Illinois, will welcome a pet-store owner whose talent is finding the perfect home for "problem" animals, even if they do have names like Destroyer.When a hundred-pound monstrosity of a dog appears at his door, Whitewater deputy Cashel Lanahan knows he's in trouble. A single dad with two young daughters, Cash wants more chaos in his life about as much as he wants to find himself drawn to the eccentric Rowena. But if he's not careful, the unruly hound and his unconventional owner might reignite Cash's hopes along with his heart and help them all find home at last.