Jody A Kessler

Kiera Sawyer has always been a free spirit at heart. Her wanderlust and campervan take her wherever a new adventure awaits--which is often to the next music festival.That is until she meets Denny, a biker mechanic whose Viking good looks and bachelor status are well known in the small town of Granite Lake.Denny Masters was born with a calling to build motorcycles. Contrary to the rumors, he's not anti-social or anti-women, but he does spend a lot of time in the garage.That is until he meets Kiera at the grand opening party for Black Bear Brewing.Unfortunately, it's Denny old acquaintance, Jolene, who introduces them--and drunken shenanigans and miscommunication do not make for the start of a solid relationship.While Denny tries to catch Kiera's attention, Jolene doesn't seem to be able to take no for an answer. Thankfully, Denny is headed to Motor and Metal Fest where he can sell bikes and get to know Kiera better.A road trip and a music festival with a gorgeous, intriguing, and fun woman makes Denny believe the pieces of his life are finally coming together.But Kiera isn't being totally upfront about her personal life--or her relationship with her boss, Ash Wilde, the CEO of the company.Will Denny and Kiera stick together through a tangle of misfortunes, a love triangle Kiera never saw coming, and Jolene's stalker tendencies, or will they lose the trust, hope, and love they've found in each other?**A drama-packed, fun, page-turning wild ride filled with heartfelt, steamy romance and traveling the world--because catching Kiera is a love worth fighting for.**This book contains mature language and romantic scenes.**Catching Kiera is a stand-alone novel. However, some of the characters in this book are also in the other Granite Lake Romance novels.

"All's fair in love, war, and romance novels."Bestselling author, Autumn Alex Monroe, lives and works by her misguided credo. She'll do anything in the name of book research, including dating Gabe Moretti, a well-known member of the mafia.Confirmed bachelor and private investigator, Shane Everett, is selling his detective agency and moving to Granite Lake to open Black Bear Brewing with his brothers.When Gabe Moretti asks Shane to investigate the stunning and eccentric author, Alex Monroe, he says, no, but blackmail and mafia persuasion convinces him to take the case.Shane quickly learns that Alex is a witty, sexy, and secretive woman... and she needs his protection from Gabe, the sociopathic goon who claims to be her boyfriend.After a kidnapping and a forced marriage--while dealing with her bizarre sleep disorder--not to mention her multiple personas--Shane discovers that detecting Alex is both exhilarating and dangerous....But most shocking of all, he finds that Alex's hilarious antics and unpredictability have captured his heart.**A steamy, hilarious, drama-packed romance with a happily ever after.**Contains mature language and romantic scenes.**Detecting Autumn is a stand-alone novel. However, some of the characters in this book can also be found in the other Granite Lake novels.

Elise Martinez wished her date with destiny didn't include being run off the road by the most caring, handsome, and intelligent man she'd ever met.Moving to Granite Lake to manage a bookstore and coffee shop meant Elise could finally leave her haunted past behind, but being a psychic mom to a deaf child has its benefits and downfalls-and her guarded heart isn't ready for a new romance.Rob Everett never imagined giving up corporate law to open a brewery with his brothers in Granite Lake would begin with a car accident and the arrival of a surprise baby.As if being a single dad and starting a new business weren't challenging enough, Rob can't get the beautiful, mysterious, and feisty bookstore manager out of his mind.For Elise and Rob, falling in love is a complicated, sexy, and emotional enterprise.Mix in a baby, a haunted brewery, craft beer, and a dangerous ex-husband into this recipe of love and their future isn't as easily divined as the fates would have foretold.**A steamy, stand-alone novel with a happily ever after.**Contains mature language and romantic scenes.

Single mom Melanie Jamison doesn't have time for half-naked rescues from Granite Lake by her first love, Braden Keehn - the boy who mysteriously disappeared from her life a decade earlier. Coaching, repurposing furniture, and taking care of her daughter who has severe allergies have her swamped.But there's one gargantuan problem with this second chance romance - the sexy alpha game warden doesn't seem to remember her.Special Ops Game Warden Braden Keehn's recent drug investigation leaves him ambushed in the forest and lucky to escape alive. Helping his brother fix and flip an investment property in Granite Lake is just what the doctor ordered for a quiet recuperation.But there's one mammoth-sized surprise - Melanie, the girl he loved and lost, lives in the house next door... and he can't tell her anything about why he's returned.Reuniting with Melanie - and falling in love again is easy - but gaining her trust and finding their happy ever after brings frustrating, steamy, and sometimes hilarious challenges Braden never saw coming.Get it now **A steamy, heartfelt, and fun second-chance romance.**Reclaiming Melanie is a stand-alone novel with a happy ever after.**Intended 18+ for mature scenes and language.

There are laws and rules to the afterlife. My name is Nathaniel Evans and I'm an Angel of Death who breaks the rules.My newest case, Steven, is a misguided pyromaniac who lies, cheats, and steals horses. If he would stop trying to kill himself, I would be a happier camper. But I'm stuck with him... when all I want is to be with my true love, Juliana Crowson. Juliana may be able to communicate with ghosts, reads auras, and dream travel, but her empathy and visions of wild fires compels her to rescue the stolen horses with help from Chris Abeyta, an anti-social shaman and ghost hunter.Loving Juliana and keeping her safe - not as an angel, but as a man in the flesh - is the ultimate goal, but falling from grace is a hazardous and forbidden undertaking.Love is worth every sacrifice... and sometimes we are destined to fall.

For five centuries, the Witches of Lane County have been cursed. They will never marry or fall in love. If they do, their partner is destined to meet an untimely death. Tori Morgan accepted her fate a long time ago. As a modern-day witch living in Portland, Tori practices magic, potions, and spells for her clients and lives life on her own terms. Relationships come and go -- but she never gives any man or wizard her whole heart. Paranormal investigator Leif Andersen is a skeptic. He doesn't believe in magic, witches, or anything otherworldly. When Leif is hired to investigate the mysterious death of Hollywood actress Delana Smootz, he's led straight to Tori Morgan's door.Their attraction is instant and irresistible as Tori and Leif team up and travel to the Carpathian Mountains in search of the answers to Delana's supernatural downfall. Will Tori and Leif catch the suspect, break her family curse, and give in to their physical desire?Find out now. ***A Witch's Fate is book 2 in the Witches of Lane County series and can be read as a stand-alone novel.This is a steamy paranormal romance with witches, magic, ghosts, and a satisfying happily ever after.

Antisocial ghost hunter and shaman, Chris Abeyta, begins his day with an obnoxious, perky, and mysterious new client. Chris does not do "perky," especially at four a.m. But the empathic and beguiling, Naomi, taunts him out of bed to discover an energy vortex and a horde of wicked ghosts overrunning his small mountain town. Sleep deprived and unenthusiastic, Chris joins Naomi in solving the mystery of the vortex, but a run-in with a couple of misguided thugs while being taunted by an insufferable spirit guide does not improve his morning or his outlook. Will Chris's curmudgeonly ways ruin any romantic prospects with the vivacious and magical, Naomi, or has he finally met his match?***SPECIAL EDITION PRINT COPY*** Includes Bonus Novella - The Call - An Angel Falls Novella

Former circus performer and aerial gymnast, Tara, knows it's time to move on. Tired of the constant abuse and the emotional rollercoaster ride at home, she takes to the road to perform on stage with her boyfriend and his band, Paradox 21.Unfortunately, Tara could never imagine her boyfriend's ultimate betrayal leaves her jobless, homeless, and broke in a city far from home.Unable to reach out to her unstable mother and abusive stepfather, Tara has nowhere to go.Her rescue comes in the form of a knight in disguise and a punk named Corban. Tara must begin again. Her journey leads to a traveling sideshow and a new job with The Circus of Misfit Marvels.Throughout the summer, Tara records her most embarrassing, profound, and soul-searching moments in her journal but she also finds immeasurable strength and wisdom within herself. "When We're Entwined is a gripping, emotional modern-day adventure with a glimpse of alternative lifestyles in America as one vibrant, young aerial gymnast realizes cruelty and injustice can be outweighed by kindness, humor, and compassion with the help of a most unlikely and wildly colorful cast of characters.""An unforgettable adventure of self-discovery."Trigger warning: physical and emotional abuse, adult language.

Blackfoot tribal member Dean Wolfsblood is the reluctant guardian of a centuries old medicine pipe that makes time travel possible. When Dean's former Marine buddy, Badger Lowell, bribes him to take the arduous trip into the past, the last thing either of them expects during the Night Medicine ceremony is for a grizzly bear to chase Kai, a beautiful and complicated Cree woman, into the past with them. Upon arrival in 1868, the three doubtful travelers are ensnared into an adventure of deceit, murder, buffalo hunters, and a kidnapping as they journey from the vast Blackfoot Nation to the gold mining town of Helena, Montana. As hidden motivations are exposed, secrets are revealed, and all of Dean and Kai's well-meaning plans are cast away into the winds of time. Can they survive history--and each other--long enough to make it back, or will the past change their futures forever? "A rich and compelling historical adventure."- Get it now

Supernatural boundaries will be crossed as Angel of Death, Nathaniel Evans, risks his eternal soul to save the one he loves, the paranormally gifted and nature-loving, Juliana Crowson.While working with a new client, Nathaniel finds out that pissing off a demon-wielding warlock in order to help a suicidal teen with misplaced sexual tendencies may be the last thing he ever does as an angel. Unable to stand aside, Juliana's involvement in Nathaniel's new case quickly develops into a misadventure with gun-toting bikers, table dancing, and a shamanic exorcism performed by her temperamental Native American friend, Chris Abeyta.Can Nathaniel and Juliana's love endure blood-letting rituals in the forest while helping a terrified teen find the will to live, or will fate and the rules of the afterlife tear them eternally apart?