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Recovering gambler Jim Rawlings works as a mid-level manager at one of the largest casino resorts in the country, La Bonne Chance Resort and Casino. Despite employee rules about gambling on site, temptation calls his name daily. After finding himself standing in front of poker table once too often, Jim decides he can't stay in the casino, no matter how good the money is. He takes a drive around town and finds a down on its luck hotel for sale. It's as if his prayers are answered. He must have it. Sous Chef Genie King is living her dream, working in one of the finest restaurants in the casino, if not the country. The only problem is the executive chef is a madman and she longs to have a place to call her own. When a frying pan nearly hits her head, Genie runs out of the kitchen and jumps into her car. She has no idea where she is going, but she can't go back to that job. When she sees the aging mansion with the for sale sign, she knows she must have it. Jim takes the biggest chance of his life-bidding at auction for a once-grand inn. Genie never expects another LBC employee to bid at the sale-much less the guy she had a major crush on in high school. Working together means Jim must share long-hidden secrets. Will Genie reject the man with a past? Or will she love the man he's become?

F'd Up FairytalesOnce upon a time, Elsa Swanson lived a charmed life, tucked away with her six brothers. When her father remarries, the children are thrilled to meet their stepmother. That is until they discover witches do exist in the world. A curse took her brothers from her and she must knit nettles into sweaters without making a sound until all are complete. Duke King is a med student with an empire being handed to him. When his father chooses to extend their property to an untouched forest, they discover a woman living alone who only communicates with her eyes and gentle touches. The aspiring doctor first sees a patient, but as each day passes, he falls in love with the determined woman. Elsa had forgotten the touch of another and had never known the feel of a man. So close to saving her brothers, the witch has returned now and is using manipulation to make Duke question Elsa's sanity. Can Elsa stay true to her brothers or will her growing desires to know Duke cause her to break her vows?

Drinking. Drugging. Cutting.Exxel Jensen has spent his life finding ways to rid himself of the Heckler, and failed miserably.On the surface, his future is bright: a beautiful wife, a child on the way, and a career he loves as a stand up comedian. Beneath the surface lurks the darkness: crippling depression, anxiety, and alcoholism. Helena Jensen has seen her husband spiral downward before and feels helpless to stop it as she watches him falling again. She would do anything to help him, anything to diminish the pain that plagues him. Exxel knows she would, and he also knows she can't.Because the person fueling his depression and addictions is someone she can't see. And how can he explain the Heckler to anyone, when he doesn't even understand it himself?

ALL NEW EDITIONBASED ON A TRUE STORY...A HEARTFELT ACCOUNT OF A LIFELONG LOVE.Danny and Cassidy meet as teens and fall in love. Their tumultuous relationship brings misery and happiness to Cassidy. The story is told from her perspective and brings the reader into her emotions and trials. Determined and loyal, the once shy girl fights for a love that she cannot let go of. Her belief that Danny is her destiny perpetuates her longtime fight to bring them together.Tragedy befalls her in her twenties and she has to face the fact that she has lost Danny. Still, their love seems to live on and she meets the obstacles head on. The story walks the reader through her difficult life. At times, you may want to scream at her....to just give up. Her journey will pull at you and make you feel many emotions: love, betrayal, rage and a desperate heartbreak.Can they learn to let go of a love that always seemed to prevail, or has destiny set a path for them that's beyond their control?

Esther, Vincent, and Pivane thought they knew what side they were on. When Esther became Frozen, she thought she'd spend the rest of her afterlife searching for salvation. She never thought she'd find it in the arms of a small town detective.Vincent thought a small town would be just the place to bury his past. Mount Pleasant, Iowa is a sweet town on paper, the kind of town a guy could forget his feelings and live to serve and protect. He didn't count on meeting Esther and having the gates of his hearts forced open again.With all his rivals captured or injured, Pivane is poised to finally become leader of his demon clan and make all his dreams come true. However, even his black heart can be touched by love. A love he'd have to throwaway everything for.They thought they knew whose team they were on, but love changes everything.

Simone BOOK TWORenzo, Gianni, Federico, Simone Cipriano Brothers who are well known in the town of Kellington.Each brother was thriving on their own working in what they were best in doing.But it's their mother's wish for her son's to find love and happiness like she had with their father, since they have not only been well known for their work ethics but also for their sexual conquest.Watch as the Cipriano brothers try and find love in probably some of the most unlikely of places. Along the way you'll meet some of the women who take their hearts as well as their minds on a whirlwind ride like no other.Simone never thought he would end up having these feelings again...Simone Cipriano is a successful lawyer, who is always there to get his client off or get the bad guy put into jail. And like most of the Cipriano men, he's handsome and could have any woman he wants. But the night he went to his mother's party, he saw the one woman that he had wanted for most of his life and realized what a mistake he made by letting her get away. Delia Whitney, co-owner of Timeless Treasures with her good friend Jaslyn is very well liked in the town of Kellington. Not only has business kept her busy but the love of her life, Rodger White has made every day a dream come true. But she feels that something is going on when she gets constant calls from Simone, who she has been friends with since childhood and who also was her first and only crush.Soon a series of events seem to plague Delia in which Simone must help out his best friend and one true love. Watch as Simone and Delia come to the conclusion that despite being apart that they had always been made for each other.

The Cipriano Brothers who are well known in the town of Kellington. Watch as the Cipriano brothers try and find love in probably some of the most unlikely of places. Along the way you'll meet some of the women who take their hearts as well as their minds on a whirlwind ride like no other. Gianni..... Being a model has its ups and downs...For Gianni Cipriano, being on the runway or in magazines modeling some of the biggest names in fashion is the norm for him. But even if he goes to Prague, Italy or England, Kellington will always be home for him. So when he ends up meeting his newest little neighbor, Saoirse, he never expects to meet the woman of his dreams.A new start...in a new town...Anais Cormier and her daughter Saoirse come to Kellington to make another start on a life. But she never thought that her daughter would immediately become friends with a guy name Gianni. The last thing she wanted to be dealing with was a man with a million dollar smile and hazel green eyes. However, once her daughter latches onto him as well as charming the Cipriano family, Anais soon finds herself being involved with the family as well as Gianni. A secret now known... What happens when the past comes looking for Anais and Saoirse in Kellington, just as they are truly enjoying life there? What will become of the budding friendship between Gianni and Anais? And what does Anais have to hide from him?

Renzo, Gianni, Federico, and Simone CiprianoBrothers who are well known in the town of Kellington. Each brother was thriving on his own, working at what he does best. It is their mother's wish for her sons to find love and happiness like she had with their father, since they have been well known, not only for their work ethics but also for their sexual conquests.Watch as the Cipriano brothers try and find love in probably some of the most unlikely of places. Along the way you'll meet some of the women who take their hearts as well as their minds on a whirlwind ride like no other. Federico Cipriano has everything going for him....he has charm and flair as well as being the owner of his own landscaping business. Plus the fact that his good looks has gotten him with many women in town. But there seem to be one who is playing hard to get and she's the one he desires the most out of all.....Michelle Bordeaux. Michelle Bordeaux came with her parents to open up Le Jardin Des Cygnes in Kellington, on the knowledge that she would return back to Arizona after a year, so she could get back with the man she loves. But there has been something, well actually someone who has been nothing more than a thorn in her side since the first time he laid eyes on her....Federico Cipriano.He wants her as a conquest.....but soon he realizes that he wants more.She wants nothing to do with him.....but why does she find herself unable to get him off her mind?What happens when these two absolutely different people go head to head with one another?Plenty of laughs as well as tons of sparks.

Christmas in KellingtonCome join Renzo, Simone, Gianni and Federico for a Christmas in Kellington in the fifth and final book in the Ciprianos of Kellington series.The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.Christmas has a new meaning for the Cipriano brothers for plenty has happened to make this day a special one.With new loves in their lives along with new additions to their family, this Christmas will be a very memorable one for all.

Collin Noonan has the world in his hands, being the youngest top executive at his firm, the envy of all men as well as the lover of many women. Collin, along with some of the other executives takes part in a game. A game in which they must date a woman who is 'shy, homely and undesirable'. Collin has won this game every year and this year, will be no exception that is until he meets Regina Talbot.Regina Talbot is your average 'Plain Jane'. She's never been part of the 'in crowd' always keeping to herself and is extremely painfully shy towards men. She never would think that any man would be interested in her, especially, as handsome as Collin Noonan.Watch as Collin and Regina begin a road of self-discovery of themselves as well as the obstacles that will eventually cause problems for their future.