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What if your book boyfriend came to life? Paige Ridgeway moved away from home after a bad breakup with her longstanding boyfriend, Karl. A year has passed, yet she needs to prove herself as an independent woman more than ever. With a great job at a Central Florida library, her own comfy apartment, and a growing group of friends, she's has all she needs for a new start. Reading a paperback picked up at a discount table was supposed to be entertainment. Sterling Newcombe was just a name in a book, a fictional cowboy any woman would dream about. Until a strange occurrence involving a vintage book and a real encounter with one of Santa's elves. Now, with every chapter Paige reads, he comes to life. It's as if he speaks to her and they are searching for each other. Which, thinking logically, is ridiculous. Yet, the meaning of it all comes full circle when she hears she isn't alone in her odd reading experience. Magical things can happen at Christmas, the healing of hearts, hope for the future, and maybe true love if she'll only believe. A holiday fantasy romance where books come to life, by author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

He shouldn't feel anything for her. He shouldn't have let them get so close. He shouldn't have kissed her and made any sort of admission. He shouldn't call her or text her or make promises. He shouldn't want to feel her all around him either. Spiritually, mentally, morally, he was wrong. When did they become more than a professor and his student? Former hockey star, Andrew Jai, fell into teaching after an injury cut his promising sports career short. Being the youngest professor on the college campus is nothing new to him. A child genius, who graduated high school in his mid-teens, he's used to always being in the wrong age group. There was only one direction to fall. Leah Richmond fought dyslexia to win a full-tuition scholarship to the college of her choice. But when her English literature professor asks for late-night help rewriting ancient curriculum, it isn't the schoolwork that causes trouble. He's only nine years older than her and kind and gentle, not to mention handsome. Their personalities click, and soon, late nights and time together blossom into a love affair. Yet feeling anything is off limits and requires a heartbreaking choice. Something's got to give, his job and reputation or her college degree, or maybe, worst of all, any possible future together. Unless God mends hearts and works a miracle. A Christian romance by author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. Included, sneak peeks from two of her other books

Why did only the good people get to fall in love? Gina Lafferty is the girl on the corner everyone in town knows but won't associate with. After sexual abuse by an uncle in her teens and a tumultuous marriage and divorce by age nineteen, she'll do what she has to in order to survive. William Swan begged for a job at the Double R to escape the bad path he was on. Working with his cousin, who he's always looked up to, is a sure way to better himself, learn a trade, and maybe one day, have a ranch of his own. That is, if he can find the place. Lost on an unknown back oad, he stumbles on Gina fighting with her ex. No matter he doesn't know her, no man should treat a woman that way. Yet, his one-time rescue soon doubles in size when a dangerous cowboy he's barely met assaults her and threatens him. The cowboy he's not afraid of. He can protect her just fine. It's the picture of himself he can't face. That she might not be good enough for what feels a lot like love. Book 5 in the COWBOYS OF THE DOUBLE R series by author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

She'd said the vows - to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, 'til death do them part. She'd said them, though, with a gun at her back and a stranger's hand in hers. By admitting she loved him, the words took on meaning and held requirements. It meant she'd stay by his side always and maybe never see her family again.br> Michael O'Fallen simply wants to survive. A poor Irish boy living in post-Civil War New York, the events of one horrible night send him running far south to unsettled Florida and an uncertain future. Promise-bound to a group of outlaws in an effort to escape his crime, their hidden plans for him loom sinister on the horizon. What is it he's been brought here to do? The oldest of her siblings, Anne Sawyer is the one her poor mama depends on. Her papa is harsh and abusive. He drinks too much and gambles away what little they have. Rumors that he's lost their house come full circle the night the new owner comes to collect. Except, it seems what her papa gambled this time wasn't the house at all, but her. Carried into the darkness in a stranger's grasp, she and he are forced to marry with a gun to their backs. But the many dangers they face in their tenuous marriage soon take second place to the darkness in his past. Darkness that might destroy them unless they look to heaven for love and redemption. Book 1 of the Florida Irish Series by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. A novel.

Somewhere there was a purpose in this. But his doubts rose higher each time Sergeant screamed his name. Giovanni Cavatelli simply wants to survive this one hour balloon flight. Never mind the girl he's flying is antagonistic, overbearing, and stubborn. Never mind it's her birthday. So they don't get along. He can survive one hour. But when bad weather sends them crashing into the rural mountainside, one hour turns into three days and a dangerous game with a group of anti-government activists out to destroy them both. Will her courage and skills be enough to save them? Or will something as simple as true love prove far stronger? Book 1 of 5 in THE ITALIAN SERIES by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. 47,000 words.

He felt around in the icebox, and she traced the twist and turn of his trim waist, the lift of his muscled arms, desire spiraling in her gut. Age had improved him and that made seeing him much harder. When Michael O'Fallen walked out of Amber's life, things around her fell apart. Tired of living the way she has, there is nowhere else to run--but back into his arms. Yet he has a wife and a child he adores. How does she fit in? And what about her hidden pregnancy? Rev. Patrick Finnegan spends his days and nights caring for his niece. Finally having his father's notebook translated from Gaelic to English is fulfilling and takes his mind away from his troubles. He's found good friends in the O'Fallens, and his life is looking up. The entrance of beautiful Amber Dawes into their unusual household shakes things up from the start. She's lived a hard life, one full of painful secrets. Secrets that, as his feelings for her grow, threaten to destroy their future for good. Unless they lay their lives at God's feet and look to heaven for deliverance. Book 2 of THE FLORIDA IRISH series by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. A novel.

In association with THE EDGE BOOKS .www.TheEdge-Books.com I'm pregnant." All the air left his chest in a whoosh. Opening and closing his mouth, he sought for breath that wouldn't come. Then his legs gave way, and he sank onto the tile in the hallway. Pregnant. Mari was pregnant. A fall from grace. A miracle of life. A gift of forgiveness. Mari Tatum has a secret. Forced to be Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the church play, she finds herself working alongside Shay McNab, the very boy she's keeping a secret from. Yet in the story of Christ's birth, she finds that in God's hands her fall from grace can become a miracle. From best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS, a Christian novella dealing with teen pregnancy and the true meaning of the season.

"This is all about Romeo," he said. "I want to be the guy of your dreams, Aven. Me. Stupid, Aaron Loving, who a week ago you couldn't stand, and who today, right now, you want to kiss you blind. When you decide that's who I am, that I'm good enough, I'll be right here, waiting." Locked in the closet with Mr. Irritating, the last thing Aven Modell thought would happen was the kiss of the century. But she was wrong. Aaron Loving might be annoying, but locking lips with him was something she'd never forget. Unfortunately, neither would he. Yet the Aaron who asks for math help isn't the same guy she knows at school, and her heart is not as certain as she thought. It could be where love is concerned that she has something important to learn.

"I love you as a friend, Nat. I love you as a sister. I love you as a neighbor, a school mate, and a dozen other things. I simply want to know if I love you as a girl, and maybe if you can love me in return." Nadia Asbury knows everything about Paterson Radovich, his likes and dislikes, what viruses and injuries he's had, and every Christmas present he's received since they were ten. He is, after all, her best friend. When he asks her on a date though, she wonders if she knows him at all. She's not familiar with his new, romantic side and frightened of what might happen to their long-standing friendship. What if after all his efforts, she doesn't feel anything? Scarier still, what if she does? Sweet YA romance by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. Short story. 21,000 words. Clean Reads for Teens

He rested his chin on the top of my head, his breath blowing through my hair. "Georgia's a nice name," he said. "But you'll always be Penelope to me." Georgia Davis didn't know the boy standing there, or why moments later when he asked to kiss her she said yes. Kiss a complete stranger? Who does that? Yet the most amazing kiss she's ever had then becomes a first date with an agreement to forget their real names. Really it makes no sense. Except somewhere deep inside, for one evening, it just has to be this way. He's Ichabod, and she's Penelope. From best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS, a young adult romance about the healing power of love. 26,000 words. Clean Romance.

The love of a man for his wife. Sergio and Vittoria Colafranceschi have a good life: three beautiful children, a nice house, and bountiful family on both sides. They are the American dream, children of Italian immigrants who came seeking a better life. Yet all they have today has developed through both good times and bad, from first love to heartbreak, through sickness and new beginnings to a strong, sustaining love as an example for their children. This is their story. Book 2 of 5 in THE ITALIAN SERIES by author, Suzanne D. Williams.

She dug her nails into the crinkled paper beneath her bottom, and her voice emerged a whisper. "Why couldn't he have been you?" Dr. Marco Bottari has heard many stories from his patients, some more heartbreaking than the rest, and he's learned how to show compassion while holding them at arm's length. But something about Patricia Fanning is different. She's beautiful, for one. Pregnant and single, she's also scared. The good guy in him simply won't let him walk away, especially when a dead body is found in her trunk right outside his clinic. She has no one else and nowhere to go. Yet what starts as a helping hand, soon involves his heart, and a split-second decision that may have sealed his fate forever. Book 3 of 5 in THE ITALIAN SERIES by author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

He never expected to find love in the wilds of Alaska, miles from anywhere. The death of Clementine Button's husband left her to fend for herself in the wilds of Alaska, and she was doing pretty well until one cold day after the first snowfall when she shot a moose. And a man. Or did she? Because the wound in Ezekiel Knapp's leg seems all wrong for her gun, and now, his life hangs in the balance. Everything that brought about her husband's death seems to have come full circle again. Only this time, the last thing she's going to do is wait and let another man die. Especially not one who in three days has managed to become everything she needs. From best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS, comes another romantic suspense where love beats all the odds. Short Story. 18,000 words. HEA.

"I think they call this falling in love." Ian McKinney's wife tried to kill him, and that made up his mind for good. He's out of the dating game. He has friends, a comfortable job, other things to fill his life. Then Allison Hoff walks into it. She's never recovered from the death of her spouse and is now trying to somehow move on. Maybe if she loses a few pounds, builds her self-esteem ... But when she asks him to fill in as her date to the Fourth of July police dance, what seems like a beneficial arrangement to them both proves to be something far greater. A touching romance by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS, where love blooms even brighter the second time around. 25,000 words.

"I've always loved you, Colton Ryder, but I'm not sure that's enough. I hate this town. I hate these memories. And just because you kiss me and my mind blanks doesn't mean I can overcome them, doesn't mean I can simply pick up my life as it is and return to Richland. All I have here is turmoil, and all I want to do is forget." Rylie Shepherd's come home to Richland, a town she never thought to see again. To a flood of bad memories and broken dreams. A family splintered and reassembled by death. To pain and heartache and years of poverty and loss. To Colton Ryder, town war hero, old boyfriend, resurrected man. But in dying, he's changed, from the inside, he says, and this power he's found is strong enough to heal all that's between them and recreate the love they had. Yet maybe it can't. Maybe his presence will only further wounds that never healed in the first place, and maybe afterward all she'll have is a hole in her heart the shape of a baby that died in her arms. From best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS, a touching story of hearts mended through the power of God's love.

"I can't possibly go back to my life before Lilac." Apollo Adderly was the most beautiful sight a girl could ever behold, and he just might make this false vacation worth all the trouble for Liane Arnoult. Dragged off to see her father, she has no intention of accepting his apology. What he's done is simply unforgiveable. Yet maybe in matters of the heart, she doesn't know everything she should, and maybe this boy she's come to adore, who fondly named her Lilac, will teach her the most important lesson of all. The lasting power of love. From the best-selling author of ME & TIMOTHY COOPER, Suzanne D. Williams brings another sweet young adult romance.

If I take the wings of the morning...even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psalm 139:9-10) She drew in a breath. "He's brought me here for Love. That is the highest calling He bestows. He is Light, but He is Love. It's His Love that seeks those who've wandered away. He would have everyone to know He loves them." She hesitated, her body shaking, and dug her fingers into her side. "I'm too cold," she said. "He says I need to experience true love to continue, and for the first time I am frightened." Called from birth to carry the Light of God into a world filled with Darkness, seventeen-year-old Sara Benedict finds the mission this time has changed. This city, this school, is more about her growth. No longer will she function alone, but she needs Angus Finlay to fulfill the prophecies. Yet there's something deeper going on behind the scenes, and the harder she tries, the greater the danger seems. Her work of rescue must continue, but this task just might shut off the Light inside her once and for all. An allegorical look at the power of Christ's death and resurrection from best-selling young adult author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

He rolled over on his side, facing her, and took her head in his hands. "You're good at way more than pool. I don't know why anyone ever rejected you, but I want to say this up front. No matter who you are, I want you here." Haydn Fabrinni is a spoiled rich boy used to getting his way. But growing up with a silver spoon in his mouth has definite drawbacks, especially when a girl he doesn't like determines to put his ring on her finger. Upset and willing to do anything to get out of it, he makes his rashest choice yet. He challenges a stranger, a woman obviously out to make a buck, to a game with extremely high stakes. If he wins, she agrees to marry him. Marcy Gregg had a difficult upbringing. After running from her last foster home, she took up pool as a way to survive. But she's not prepared for Haydn's skill at the table, the sparks that quickly bring them together, or the secret of her past that threatens to tear her new life apart. Book 2 of 2 in the BEST-DRESSED SERIES by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

What she wanted was forbidden for them both. Jacob Flynn lost his wife and son in childbirth and fled south to Florida to escape the memories. But in, Aurelia Cotton, the pregnant wife of a kind man who took him in, they come back to him. She's so very beautiful. Helplessly in love, he finds himself pressed closer and closer to the ultimate act of betrayal, when tragedy strikes. Yet the evil someone meant for selfish gain, just might be their one chance for forgiveness. A tender historical romance of wrong love made right by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.

It all began with a little white lie. Stuck at the grocery store with no way to get home, September Blessing accepts the only help available - that of cute bag handler, James Davis. After all, he went to Ferris High, has a job, and seems nice. But a day later, a string of unforeseen circumstances and the start of a horrible rumor tears their true love apart. It looks like the only way for them to be together will be by telling a little white lie. However, lies have a way of multiplying, and soon, the fiction they've created threatens to split them up, once and for all. A story about the power of telling the truth from best-selling young adult author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.