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Jack Granger, counselor to the Deveraux shipping empire and totally devoted to the senior Deveraux, has been shadowing the love child of his mentor for nearly a decade. Granger had watched Daisy grow up from a petulant rich girl into a driven young woman with a mission to find her roots–a quest he had long prevented her from ever accomplishing…harboring his desire for her all the while.Both were outcasts searching for redemption and truth in an unforgiving world of wealth and deception. Instead, they found each other…without pretense or promises. But at what cost would they seek the future?

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There's a first time for everything…as thirty-nine-year-old Zoe Vidrine learned the hard way. She was pregnant! Now the aging rock 'n' roller had to change her tune fast. Her plan: leave behind the temptations of L.A.–and her famous hard-partying ex who had got her into this mess–and return to her family's Louisiana homestead to regroup.It had been twenty years, and the Day Glo hippie haven where Zoe had spent an unhappy childhood was gone, remodeled in the signature pastels of her prim sister Alice. Alice's aesthetic sense was hard enough to swallow, but her holier-than-thou attitude set the stage for a showdown. Still, as the sisters gradually came to terms with their shared past, would there be a meeting of the minds? Talk about firsts…USA TODAY bestselling author Rexanne Becnel has created all twenty-two of her novels in coffeehouses, writing longhand. Thanks to the stimulating effects of way too many cups of coffee, she's found a grateful audience of both readers and critics.

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She had nothing to lose…To say that desperation clouded Jane Falgoust's judgment was a colossal understatement. With a hurricane bearing down on New Orleans, the failed nurse-turned-waitress viewed it as an opportunity–to escape her tattered life. But then she saw the dog paddling frantically in the surging flood waters. She couldn't let this dog drown. From that one rescue, her nursing instincts kicked in and she started saving people–including herself.As the hurricane subsided, Jane tended the wounded in Dr. Ben Comeaux's makeshift street clinic. Sure, her life had turned upside down in the blink of an eye–but that was bad only if you were in a good place to begin with. Now it was time to rebuild–her life, her city–on a foundation of hope.

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Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement Lady Penelope Winthorpe is looking for a compliant husband to gain access to her inheritance. The drunken Adam Felkirk seems perfectly biddable–but she’s in for a surprise… Once sobered up, the arrogant, gorgeous Duke of Bellston is determined to awaken his bluestocking bride!Dangerous Lord, Innocent GovernessDaphne Collingham is intrigued by the scandalous goings on at the home of Lord Timothy Colton and decides to disguise herself as a governess to uncover the truth! What Daphne hasn’t bargained on is how the brooding lord will make her feel under his dark gaze…

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Sometimes paradise isn't all it's cracked up to beThat's what I, Kylie McGraw, have discovered since sacrificing my dreams of traveling the world to run the family shoe store. But if I have my way, peaceful Eden, Indiana, is in for a major shake-up….It all began on my birthday, when I got drunk and disorderly all over Eden's hunky new police chief (and my former high school crush), Jack Reynolds. Then I may have, in my Cosmo haze, witnessed a murder in progress. Now I'm almost certain I'm being stalked by the mob, while he-of-the-distracting-abs Jack continues to think I'm nuts. However, there comes a time when a girl has to kick off her sensible shoes (size 7, cushion insoles) and go after what she wants. So if I can just survive long enough to put on my sexy new red heels, that's exactly what I intend to do….

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Dream job – dreamier man – nightmare situation!Cara Marlowe's new TV job will make her career, as long as nothing goes wrong.So it's bad news that billionaire Adam Tyler wants the show stopped, and it's worse that Cara can hardly concentrate with the gorgeous tycoon around! Cara doesn't need billions, but she does want Adam the man – and her job, too!Will she have to make a choice?

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What's a fortyish woman to do if…Her free-spirited elderly mom's movingin, her previously do-gooder teenage daughter's sneaking out, her prize-winning stud bulldog can't get it on and her soon-to-be ex-husband can't get his mind off girls half his age?A. have nervous breakdown B. run away C. eat massive quantities of ice cream D. see a counselorCiCi Dupree chooses. She doesn't have time for a breakdown, can't afford to run away and she is a counselor.Until she fears her daughter–and even her widowed mother–are repeating her mistakes. CiCi realizes she has to do something, because after all, her family ties might be a bit frayed, but they still could bind nonetheless…Jennifer Archer has survived maneuvering through life in seven states, raising two teenage boys and, this year, her very first hot flash–all without serious medication.

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Brody Fortune got the surprise of his life when Jillian Tanner walked through his office door–pregnant with another man's child. She was the woman he had never forgotten, but time and circumstances had torn them apart.Now the once-smitten couple was forced to work together. Soon Brody realized that although this single mother-to-be was no longer the shy gal he remembered, his body still ached for her. If only he knew why she'd broken his heart and married another, perhaps Brody could embrace Jillian, love her child–and accept this ready-made family as his own!

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Raised as a pirate's daughter, Amanda Carre has not been tutored in the finer social graces. Alone in the world, she has never depended on anyone, until fate intervenes when Cliff de Warenne rescues her from a mob at her father's hanging.Now she must set sail for England to find the mother she never knew, and her chaperone is an infamous ladies' man….The greatest gentleman privateer of his era, Cliff knows honor demands that he see this beautiful wild child to London and into her socialite mother's arms. He's aware that Amanda is utterly unprepared for a debut in London's ton, so his only recourse is to become her guardian and champion her transformation into a lady–and find her a suitable match. But with every passing moment it becomes harder to deny his jealousy and ire–until Amanda makes her stunning debut, a lady at last. And when his passion is finally released, their love can no longer be denied.

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As a wife and mother, Karen McBride wonders if she'll ever discover what her own spirit requires to feel whole. When her father, the formidable champion bird-watcher, Martin Engel, suffers a stroke, Karen rushes home to Texas to take care of the man who always seemed to have more love for winged creatures than his own family.And now here she is–her children nearly grown, and her rock-of-a-husband, Tom, angry with her for not giving more of herself. She has the feeling that if she could only connect with Martin, somehow her relationships would all make sense. Is this her last chance to soar free?

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