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Elizabeth is out of control. Can her great aunt and a disgraced preacher succeed in reforming her?"An empty shuttle is like an empty soul. You can race around all day, but if you are empty inside at the start, you are empty still at the end."Elizabeth Garrett crossed the line. Her latest flirtation embarrassed her father, a Massachusetts judge. He is determined to see her reformed or sent away. Who better than his Aunt Mindwell to oversee Elizabeth's reformation? With a name like that, Elizabeth is sure her freedom is gone.After his wife's death, Reverend Gideon Frost loses everything: his faith, his congregation and most especially, his way. Transferred to the tiny community of Curtis Corners, he must take a second job to supplement his lay clergy position. His feisty employer, Mindwell Roberts, doesn't have time to coddle him. She has problems of her own, a nineteen-year-old niece whose only life skill is flirting.Elizabeth knows how to play all the games and can wait her father out. Until her flirtations land her in the worst trouble of her life. The last thing she expects to find is joy and love in her great-aunt's home.

The key opens a box, unlocks the past and defines the future.In 1775, Anna Stickney received a precious gift for her fourteenth birthday, a handmade journal. A place to keep her secrets and write her wishes. As the country sought independence, Anna fought battles of her own, fell in love, and faced heart break all of which she recorded in tiny script. Someday she thought she would share the contents with her daughter. But Anna waited for another tomorrow to come...After her mother died, Lucy Wilson found a locked box. Unable to locate the key in the Massachusetts home Lucy shared with her husband and little sister, the box sat keeping its secrets safely locked inside.Hours before Lucy's life changes forever, she locates the missing key. No longer free to explore the box all at once, Lucy savors the contents in the few quiet moments she can snatch. Anna's words burden, sooth, and free Lucy as she comes to know the woman she called Mama.

The only thing colder than Summer 1816 is Sarah's heart, and Dr. Timison Dawes is determined to melt it.Sarah Marden is perfectly happy in her role as the family spinster. Almost. But things aren't the way they should be this summer. Emma's health is failing, snow is falling in June, and Timmy is back. Twenty years ago, Sarah ran from his kisses because he smelled like barn cats. Now she doesn't want to refuse him, no matter how much she should.Dr. Timison Dawes has seen the brutal side of war. He hopes his career is destined for greater things than being a small-town doctor. He didn't plan on staying home after his sister's wedding, but then he didn't expect Sarah to be single either. A temporary job offer gives him the excuse to see if there is a reason to make the North Shore his home.How can Tim convince Sarah to give up her perpetual mourning and look for a spring when even mother nature refuses to help?Current books in the American Homespun series: - Waking Lucy- Remembering Anna (Novella)- Reforming Elizabeth- Healing Sarah

The fence that brought them together now keeps them apart.All Mandy wanted was a couple of photos. Instead, she has a broken foot, a bodyguard, and a crush on one of the most eligible businessmen in the country. Memories of a summer long past complicate her resolve to forget about her handsome childhood friend Danny.Daniel Crawford isn't sure what to do with his grandfather's Indiana estate and is tired of high-pressure tactics from potential buyers. When he discovers a woman scaling the fence camera in hand, he determines to keep her off his land. He is surprised to discover his trespasser is the little girl who climbed the fence two decades ago to become his friend.Struggling to find common ground, neither one can deny growing attraction. But with the paparazzi following every move and bloggers anxiously spreading rumors, can Daniel and Mandy mend the fences that have come between them?Mending Fences won 2018 Recommend Read/Bronze Quill Award in the League of Utah Writers writing contest in the Adult Fiction category.Books in the Artists & Bilionaries Collection: Mending Fences Mending Christmas Mending Walls Mending Images Mending Words Mending Hearts

One shattered window. Two bruised hearts. And twelve days until Christmas.Tessa Doyle's semester in Europe left her a much wiser woman. But then she takes a job referral from her ex-boyfriend, and agrees to repair the stained-glass window, the last work she will need for her MFA. With a two-week deadline, she will have no time for anything else, especially men.Sean Cavanagh's Christmas season has lost all its cheer. Nothing has gone according to his plans for Christmas since the drone broke the window. Now organ pipes are missing, and a blizzard is threatening to cancel what could be Granda's last sermon.With a little magic and a lot of snow, Tessa and Sean work together to repair not just a window, but also their hearts. August 2018 Extended Ending: Granda's house hid more than boxes of papers could they be worth a million or more?Books in the Artists & Billionaires Collection: - Mending Fences - Mending Christmas - Mending Walls - Mending Images - Mending Words - Mending Hearts

One week in a Haitian orphanage changes Araceli's world and her heart.Araceli is searching for a way to make a difference. When an opportunity to volunteer on a service trip to a Haitian orphanage comes her way, she will do anything to go, including facing her childhood nemesis. Kyle followed his mother's footsteps and oversees the charity arm of the family's multibillion-dollar empire. Now if he could only find a wife who shares his passion for giving not only money but time. A twist of fate sends him to Haiti to supervise a group of volunteers. After Araceli accidentally puts herself in danger, she and Kyle must pretend to be in a relationship to keep her safe. As her walls come down, she finds herself opening her heart to the orphans ... and to Kyle.Books in the Artists & Bilionaries Collection: Mending Fences Mending Christmas Mending Walls Mending Images Mending Words Mending Hearts

Posing as the billionaire's fianc e can't be more dangerous than her bodyguard day job. Abbie Hastings has taken down men twice her size and guarded America's most famous. Taking a job to guard a billionaire's fianc e is nothing new until the prospective groom gets jilted, again.#Prestoned is trending as the newest term for being dumped and Preston Harmon is not amused. After losing several girlfriends to a stalker, he is desperate to salvage his reputation and life. Seeing how well Abbie works undercover gives him a plan to end the misery.Masquerading as Preston's fianc e is all part of catching the stalker. Abbie can guard the man, but can she guard her heart?Books in the Artists & Bilionaries Collection: Mending Fences Mending Christmas Mending Walls Mending Images Mending Words Mending Hearts

City boy seeks small town romance with country girl chasing big city dreams.An unexpected internship takes graphic designer Zoe Wilson to New York City. Experience has taught her that pouring her heart into her work is better than pinning her dreams on a man. Especially one her Art House friends think she should like. Nick has everything he could ever want, except a wife. Most of the socialites he knows are more interested in what his money can do for them, than the good it could do for the world. Down to earth Zoe isn't interested in him or his billions and puts him in the friend zone. Too bad Nick can't stop thinking about her. Lost in the City, Zoe is forced to turn to the one person she wants to avoid, Nick. As their friendship grows, they both learn lessons in trust. A #MeToo incident from her past tests their relationship. Can love be more than just words?Books in the Artists & Bilionaries Collection: Mending Fences Mending Christmas Mending Walls Mending Images Mending Words Mending Hearts

Candace's ten-year plan has two flaws, year eleven and Colin. Everyone who meets Candace wearing one of her colorful wigs knows she is a cancer survivor. Determined to live life to the fullest, her accomplishments range from painting murals to convincing students on campus to give up drinking. Few people know the secret to her success includes a detailed ten-year plan and a bucket list full of check marks. Candace never dreamed she'd make it to year eleven.Computer expert Colin Ogilvie can navigate the most difficult codes. While his friends were chasing girls, he was hacking past firewalls and developing billion-dollar apps. He never felt he was missing out until he met Candace. After five hundred and twelve days in the friend zone, he wonders if he can ever crack the code to the wall protecting her heart. What science can't solve, art can. Their relationship changes when a meddling friend commissions Candace to help restore an antique merry-go-round.As Candace brings new life to the old merry-go-round, she discovers her own life can have a different path than she planned. But is she brave enough to not only reveal her biggest secrets to Colin but brave a chance on her own happily ever after?Books in the Artists & Bilionaries Collection: Mending Fences Mending Christmas Mending Walls Mending Images Mending Words Mending Hearts

She's a New York workaholic. He's the heir to Parisian fashion empire. A chance meeting could be their chance for love.Gina works hard to keep her busy life in order. An unexpected promotion has her working overtime until a health scare forces her to take a vacation. Determined to cross off one thing from her bucket list, Gina heads for Paris. Lost in the city, she runs into the only Frenchman she knows. Too bad last time they met she ruined his suit.Heir to the family fashion empire, Andr has kept his focus on the international business since his wife died. Returning to Paris for Grand-m re's 100th birthday, Andr confronts his father's expectations and social pressures he's been avoiding. His life takes an unexpected turn when he runs into Gina, who desperately needs a guide to help her navigate Paris.A vacation romance isn't what Gina planned, but a kiss on the Eiffel Tower changes her mind. With the help of a wise grandmother, a pair of gilded cupids, and a designer dress, can this couple find what they need in the City of Love?Miss Guided and the Billionaire is the first in a series of standalone sweet romances. If you like romance with a dash of comedy, then you'll fall in love with Lorin Grace's Misadventures in Love collection.Stand-alone romances in the Misadventures in Love Collection: - Miss Guided - Miss Oriented

An adoptee searching for her roots. The billionaire who teased her. The apology that changes everything.Anne Williams always dreamed of visiting the land of her birth, even if she couldn't master Chinese. The first person she meets getting off the plane is billionaire tech-designer and childhood nemesis, Tate Gilman. An unexpected apology changes her perception of the past.For years Tate has worked at fulfilling a promise to his grandfather to improve the world with his talents. Along the way, he created a language tutoring app that revolutionized the learning community and made him a fortune. On his way to meet with the Chinese, runs into his old classmate, Anne. But seeing her once isn't enough. Tate's only hope to find her again in the world's most populous country is for her to reach out to him.Not to be rude, Anne texts a polite message thanking Tate. Soon texting isn't enough, but how can this American couple find each other in a country with a billion reasons to keep them apart?Miss Oriented and the Billionaire. is the first in a series of standalone sweet romances. If you like enemies to lovers romance with a dash of comedy, then you'll fall in love with Lorin Grace's Misadventures in Love collection.Stand-alone romances in the Misadventures in Love Collection: - Miss Guided - Miss Oriented

A pregnant widow on the run. A bodyguard who finds her. And a not so convenient marriage.A malfunctioning security alarm sends bodyguard Alex Hastings to Indiana to investigate on behalf of Hastings Security. Instead of an empty house, he finds a beautiful intruder bold enough to demand he leave. Only Alex would never abandon a mother to be.Kimberly Thompson has one goal in mind, stay alive. When the local midwife proposes a marriage of convenience between Kimberly and Alex, Kimberly wants to refuse, but she'll do anything to save her baby. After all, it will only be for a few months before they can get a quiet annulment.Danger mounts and their feelings grow. Alex needs to catch a killer and save the woman he is starting to love.Not the Bodyguard's Widow is the second book in a series of the Hastings Security sweet bodyguard romantic suspense novels. If you like Hallmark movie worthy heroes willing to protect the ones they love, then Hastings brothers are your men.Read all the Hastings Security Romances: -Not the Bodyguard's Baby-Not the Bodyguard's Widow-Not the Bodyguard's Boss-Not the Bodyguard's Princess-Not the Bodyguard's Bride

When Deidre's nemesis becomes her boss, fighting it out isn't an option.Hastings Security's top female bodyguard, Deidre Ross is as dangerous as she is beautiful. When a blind date pairs Deidre with, a chauvinistic bodyguard from a competing firm, she lets him know she'll topple his false assumptions. Only all the false assumptions may not be his.Dermot Security has a problem. With their only female bodyguard injured, Liam contracts with Hastings to hire their best female guard for a sensitive job. Working with the overconfident bodyguard he meet last week may just drive him crazy.A friendly competition turns to more after Deidre proves she can beat Liam in a sparring match. United to protect their client, they forget to guard their hearts. Will a few stolen kisses undermine everything?Not the Bodyguard's Boss is the third book in a series of the Hastings Security sweet bodyguard romantic suspense novels. If you like Hallmark movie worthy heroes willing to protect the ones they love, then Hastings brothers are your men.Read all the Hastings Security Romances: -Not the Bodyguard's Baby-Not the Bodyguard's Widow-Not the Bodyguard's Boss-Not the Bodyguard's Princess-Not the Bodyguard's Bride

Single Man with toilet paper searching for a single woman with hand sanitizer for some good clean fun.What if someone answered this ad? Thanks to my readers, Sierra did. Her resulting real-time romance with Cade covered the entire month of April as my readers chose names, competed in scavenger hunts, and voted on what would happen next. The results? A fun romance with all the twists and turns that only Spring of 2020 could provide as a socially-distanced couple falls in love. Originally published as a daily serial in Lorin's Sweet Romance Readers Facebook group April 1- May 5, 2020.

An actress in trouble. The bodyguard she hires. One forbidden kiss.After an attempt on her life, Jordan turns to Hastings Security for protection. With an unknown stalker and a paranoid producer, the only person she can trust is the bodyguard that is as handsome as he is kind. But when her heart is involved, the actress doesn't dare trust herself.Determined not to copy his siblings' mistakes, Andrew has two rules; don't quit and don't fall for the client. Only Andrew's never guarded anyone like Jordan. exasperating, funny, and beautiful. One forbidden kiss breaks all the rules.Attraction grows, and lines are crossed as they rush to solve the identity of her stalker. Forced to quit his job after a viral video, Andrew must find a way to continue to protect Jordan before it's too late for them to have a happily ever-after.Not the Bodyguard's Princess is the fourth book in a series of the Hastings Security sweet bodyguard romantic suspense novels. If you like Hallmark movie-worthy heroes willing to protect the ones they love, then Hastings brothers are your men.Read all the Hastings Security Romances: -Not the Bodyguard's Baby-Not the Bodyguard's Widow-Not the Bodyguard's Boss-Not the Bodyguard's Princess-Not the Bodyguard's Bride

A forbidden crush. An oblivious bodyguard. A fake honeymoon.A year and a half ago, Alan Hastings rescued Elle. Today she is one of Hastings' top security guards, only Alan keeps trying to protect her. Meanwhile, Elle works hard to keep her feelings for Alan hidden to keep a happy workplace. Spending most of his day behind Hastings Security's computers, Alan doesn't have as much field experience as his brothers. When the assignment comes to work undercover on a cruise, Alan couldn't be more surprised. Until he finds out that Elle will be undercover as his new wife.Faking newlyweds would be simpler if the kisses weren't so real. After a daring rescue is required when Elle is kidnaped with their client, forcing the fake newlyweds to face some hard facts. With the help of some zany cruise ladies, Alan may just figure out how to make his fake romance into a happily ever after.Not the Bodyguard's Bride is the fifth book in a series of the Hastings Security sweet bodyguard romantic suspense novels. If you like Hallmark movie-worthy heroes willing to protect the ones they love, then Hastings brothers are your men.Read all the Hastings Security Romances: -Not the Bodyguard's Baby-Not the Bodyguard's Widow-Not the Bodyguard's Boss-Not the Bodyguard's Princess-Not the Bodyguard's Bride

Rules: 1. Women teachers who marry or engage in other unseemly conduct will be dismissed.After her last proposal, Jerusha Hardy has no intention of breaking rule number one, ever. Taking a teaching position in Greenville (North Logan) is the perfect use for her teaching degree and way to explore life outside of Salt Lake City. However, from the moment the superintendent's son meets her at the train station, her plans go array.Responsibilities weigh heavily on Ammon Skidmore, running errands for his father is one more thing to add to his day. He hopes the new teacher will ease his life by caring for his aging grandmother, until he meets her. The inept Miss Hardy brings complications he never expected as she wins his heart.Set in Cache Valley's one room Green Canyon Schoolhouse, this novella celebrates Utah's early history through fiction.

A civic-minded socialite, a widowed blacksmith, and a dead fianc .Despite her father's objection, Amanda travels to Texas from Boston, intent on marrying Reverend Coolidge and helping with his ministry. There she will be free from her parent's expectations and have a chance to help the less fortunate. Everything is going to be perfect until a handsome blacksmith meets her at the train station.Gunter senses something isn't right the moment the deputy sheriff demands he pick up the reverend's future bride, and not to mention the reverend's passing. To protect his daughter, Gunter complies. Having experienced the loss of his wife and son, he would do anything to help Amanda in her grief, except agree to a marriage of convenience.Without means to return to Boston, Amanda hatches plan after plan to return home. Inundated with proposals and evidence of foul play, she relies on Gunter's protection. Running out of choices, Gunter agrees to marry her for one month to keep her safe from those intent on harming her. However, life and danger in Texas is so much bigger than she had ever imagined.