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When Emery Pembroke returns home after her father's untimely death, she's shocked to learn her mother has been named CEO of the family's green energy business instead of her. Faced with a directive from the board to prove her stability and community commitment, she sets out to bolster her credentials by finding a woman of the right social standing to woo and marry. Enter Arden Gilderson, the wealthy, socially anxious daughter of one of the area's most prominent families, who has admired Emery from afar for most of her life. Overwhelmed by the sudden attention, Arden vows to overcome her nerves long enough to enjoy herself for once in her life. Against all odds, the two women find they share not only an immediate sense of attraction and quirky sense of humor, but also the ability to offer one another balance and perspective. However, their unique and unexpected bond is tested as social and family pressure come crashing in from all sides. Opposites might be enough to attract, but can Arden and Emery sustain each other as perceptions of who they've always been clash with who they must become? Seeking Approval is a heartwarming sapphic romance about the complexities of love, acceptance, community, and stepping authentically into futures of our own choosing.

READERS' FAVORITE "5-STAR SEAL" INDIEREADER "SKILLFULLY TOLD TALE" KIRKUS "PAINTERLY PROSE" REEDSY DISCOVERY "PREPARE TO GET ENTHRALLED" "It was a page-turner, and the suspense kept me on the edge of my seat. The descriptions of New Mexico were so vivid that I could visualize them. The characters were intriguing and dynamic. I could relate to them, and they could be anyone I know. My favorite character was Peyton. I could relate to her struggle with her demons."-Readers' Favorite "Reine's painterly prose evokes her characters' creative endeavors as well as the gorgeous New Mexican landscape." -Kirkus Reviews "Peyton's struggle with her own inner demons is one that can resonate universally, regardless of class or position on the social ladder. And the vivid images Reine paints of the Southwestern landscape and its environs create a three-dimensional backdrop for a skillfully told tale." -IndieReader "Be prepared to get enthralled by incredible, vivid imagery of scenic beauty, detailed and lively descriptions of characters... relish the writing and not get entangled in the mystery alone." - Reedsy Discovery In a realm of family secrets and lost letters, love paints the truest portrait. Reminiscent of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers and Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits, Peyton Chase fights to save her family's heritage, confront the mysteries of her troubled past, face her deepest fears, and reframe her legacy. Overshadowed by her mother's prodigious talent as a renowned artist, Peyton wrestles with her own insecurities. Filled with self-doubt, she secretly pursues her passion for painting while yearning to break free from the shadows. After her father's passing, Peyton is rocked by his secret dealings to sell her late mother's paintings. She's determined to stop her family's estate from falling apart, but only if she can decipher the enigmatic clues hidden in her late mother's masterpieces. But truth always comes at a price. In unearthing her family's legacy, will Peyton find the confidence to paint her own path with resolve, courage, and wit? Amid the labyrinth of mysteries and sibling rivalries, a captivating new man, a cowboy turned Navy SEAL captain, sets her soul ablaze. While a former lover who possesses the key to her financial troubles reignites a dormant ember, but at what cost to her authentic self? As Peyton's journey evolves into a confrontation with personal demons and her family's hidden truths, the revelations lead the heiress on a voyage of compassionate insights into family dynamics and the odyssey of self-love. Each book in The Pioneer Ranch Saga can be read as a stand-alone or as part of the larger series.

Plant medicine plus passion in this non-stop, steamy, and tropical adventure.A struggling photographer, Thelma searches for direction in her life. The universe draws her to a group conducting secret plant medicine ceremonies on a farm in Florida's southern Everglades. After drinking a mescaline tea made from the San Pedro, wachuma cactus with the group, she receives an unusual message and meets a young Persian man suffering from kidney failure named Saman. Together, they try to unravel the hidden meaning of Thelma's prophetic visions - a path that leads directly to Thelma's past and to Saman's future.In Cactus Friends, Charlotte Dune creates a story rich with supernatural energy and imagery, taking the reader inside the world of underground shamans, psychedelic encounters, and wachuma, (huachuma) and ayahuasca ceremonies.Cactus Friends: A Psychedelic Love Story uncovers the power of romances, old and new, and traverses the unbreakable threads that connect lovers across space and time.Praised for its lush setting, Cactus Friends is a fast and magical romance book that keeps the reader turning the pages from beginning to end.

Magical, sexy, tropical, and terrifying - Mushroom Honeymoon follows a couple's psychedelic quest for harmony and love, despite physical and mental obstacles. Newly married, Saman wants to be a wonderful husband, but serious health concerns are affecting his daily life and marriage. To improve his situation, he undergoes a kidney transplant, but the procedure leads to as many complications as solutions to his problems. After the operation, Saman's wife, Thelma, plans a belated honeymoon to Hawaii, hoping it will help her troubled husband relax. Before they leave, a friend gives Thelma the contact of a wealthy entrepreneur who hosts transcendental magic mushroom (psilocybin) and psilohuasca (ayahuasca component + magic mushrooms) ceremonies on his secluded Hawaiian estate. Based on her own visions and transformative experiences with psychedelics, Thelma believes the ceremony may benefit Saman, and she books the psychedelic retreat. As the couple explores the lush landscape of Hawaii, the trip reveals the strengths and weaknesses of their bond. Saman grows hesitant to attend the mushroom ceremony, while Thelma becomes convinced that it's exactly what her husband needs. What she doesn't realize is that Saman harbors a secret that could threaten more than just their marriage. Is the honeymoon of their love only beginning? Or will Saman's dishonesty lead to the destruction of their relationship? In Mushroom Honeymoon, Charlotte Dune creates an emotional and supernatural romance, teaming with visionary energy and surreal hallucinations, taking the reader deep into the psyches of two incomplete individuals seeking to emerge together in wholeness and love. Mushroom Honeymoon, book two in The Psychedelic Love Series, can be read as a standalone or in sequence. It picks up where Cactus Friends: A Psychedelic Love Story leaves off and explores how unexpected health problems can challenge even the most committed lovers.

All profit from the sales of THIS book in October 2020 will be donated to the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region!Why did Zuggy the Pug need to be rescued? How did he end up in a shelter? And why did the Veterinarian put his adoption on hold? Told in first-dog (Zuggy's own words) these questions and more are answered in this exciting origin story. Discover the truth about the humble beginnings of everyone's favorite Rescue Pug. And find out why Zuggy will be fur-ever grateful to the shelter staff and volunteers.

Oscar Mireles, a teenage boy born in a city overrun with radiation. Instead of killing him, the radiance bonded with his body giving him incredible powers. Now, he's a a high school kid living his every day life by day and fighting crime by night.

After years of slowly working her way up the ladder, Emily Desjardins is finally poised at the next step-cooking at the kind of restaurant she'd love to one day own.Her new boss is classically trained, has stunningly high standards, and effortlessly designs delicious, creative cuisine. She's also demanding, inflexible, ridiculously confident and so hot it's almost silly.Emily is determined to spend her time learning all of the tricks and tools she'll need to keep moving up. But keeping her mind on the job with the enigmatic Blake Chadwick pervading her thoughts and her dreams proves much harder than she could have ever imagined.

Welcome to Junebug Farms, a successful, well-known animal shelter in upstate New York, where every day brings something new-love, stress, heartbreak, warmth-and not just from the animals.Catherine Gardner knows what it means to work hard. Growing up with little, it's pretty much all she's done for most of her life. As the bookkeeper for Junebug Farms, she handles the money. When Catherine finds herself undeniably attracted to Emily Breckenridge, daughter of the shelter's largest donor, it doesn't sit well with her. At all.Emily Breckenridge has spent her life in the shadows of both her family's money and her brother Clark. But when the reins of the family's charity foundation are taken from Clark and handed to Emily, it's her chance to shine on her own. Everything about Catherine Gardner is unexpected, from her emotional reserve to the crazy magnetic pull she has...one Emily can't seem to fight...The second in the Puppy Love Romances by award-winning author Georgia Beers.

Timing is critical in so many of the events that make up our lives. Your dismal scores on the SAT forced you to attend your safety school, but you met the people who formed the peer group that has loved and supported you for your entire adult life. If it hadn't been raining, you wouldn't have dashed into the coffee shop and met the cute barista you spent your thirties with. Small decisions, some almost inconsequential, each producing big results.When Hennessy Boudreaux's boss asks her to talk an insolent young woman into leaving the limo she's commandeered, she never could have guessed that day would change her life. But meeting Townsend Bartley does indeed change her life, for better and worse. Through the years, their lives float together, then drift apart, always with the promise of love just out of reach.Obstacles, some of them massive, continue to trip them up and make their dreams seem insurmountable. But patience, hard work, and timing can work together to produce a love too strong, too vibrant and too fulfilling for any woman to resist.

They say there's no going back, but Jill Henry gives it a try when she's invited to a once close friend's birthday party.The Davises were her family of choice, helping her flourish despite her emotionally arid home. They're ready, willing and able to welcome her back. But Jill doubts that welcome will remain warm if she acts on her urges to pursue a member of the clan.Jill has created a very good life for herself, one that's almost perfect. But when you finally meet the right woman you might just have to jump-no matter the consequences.It's tough to mend a frayed emotional tie, and even tougher to trust it to endure. Is creating a family, whether new or renewed, a reward worth any risk?

Plan ahead, work hard, play by the rules, and you'll be justly rewarded. The maxims that had been drummed into Darcy Morgan were the backbone of her orderly life.But as she stumbled down the streets of Brooklyn-bruised, battered, and beaten-she began to think she'd been led astray. It didn't do a damn bit of good to play by the rules if the other guys had the game rigged.Darcy wouldn't survive the night if she didn't find shelter. A chance meeting with a kind-hearted woman could pluck her from the fire just in time. But pulling an innocent into her suddenly tumultuous world was wrong. Thoroughly, unquestionably wrong. But right and wrong didn't seem as clear as they'd always been. The keystones of her life had been shattered, forcing her to care only about survival-her own.

At eighteen, Emerson Rosberg was poised to become anOlympic skiing sensation. Growing up in the Adirondack skitown of Lake Henry with a world-renowned ski champion for afather gave her an edge over the competition...until the day shelet her ego get the better of her and made a devastating mistakethat would cost her any future in the sport. Deciding the only wayto heal her shattered dreams was to run as far away from LakeHenry as possible, she settled in Los Angeles, leaving allmemories of her previous life far behind.When her mother dies suddenly, Emerson is forced back toLake Henry to take care of things, including the sale of TheLakeshore Inn. Her plan to get in and get out of that miserabletown as quickly as possible is brought to a screeching halt whenCassie Prescott, the bubbly, friendly owner of a local sportinggoods store, gets in the way. Cassie's still cleaning up the debrisfrom her last relationship, but she's instantly drawn to Emerson,despite warnings from friends and family alike.As the cold weather closes in and Emerson and Cassie'srelationship heats up, one question keeps popping up forEmerson: can you really go home again?

In Washington, DC, a town hungry for gossip, it's political blogger Kit Travis's job to feed the beast.A failed relationship with a high-profile politician taught Kit the beast has claws. For self-preservation, she retreats into the shadows of the internet.At a charity dinner, Kit meets Bailey Jones, a strikingly pretty software engineer who turns heads with her androgynous sense of style. Bailey challenges Kit's priorities and her preconceived beliefs about herself. As they begin to fall in love, Bailey reveals that being out and proud as a couple is integral to her happiness.But once Kit gives up her cherished privacy, there's no turning back. Can a woman who values her anonymity like a treasure abandon it for the sake of love?

High school reunions. Nearly everyone is mildly curious about their classmates' fortunes, but for some, the promise of soothing past hurts proves irresistible. Living in her native England, Jemma had largely forgotten about her traumatic senior year. But now that she's back in America, that damned invitation keeps nudging her...reminding her of the unexplored path she'd been sure she was hers for the taking.Shelby hasn't fared as well as Jemma. Or maybe she's just not been able to vanquish the past. No matter what has gotten her stuck-she feels like she's fallen into quicksand. Maybe going to the reunion will let her connect with some old friends, to free herself from whatever is stopping her from living the life she was called to experience.To most, the potential of meeting your old classmates again promises an evening of shared memories. For Jemma and Shelby, this reunion will change their worlds.

Aldo Bagnolesi finally has what he's long wanted. Control of the family winery in Tuscany. The only little detail is that someone has to manage the place for a few years. He's far too involved in his company to leave on such short notice, but his daughter...Despite her worries, Nicola agrees to step up to the plate, even though her interest in Italy and wine is sorely lacking. Her father will relieve her in two years. How bad could two years in one the prettiestplaces on earth be?The transition is tough and she's achingly lonely. Nic knows nothing about running a winery and can't talk to the workers or the wine maker. She's desperate for connection; for any semblance of her formerbusy social life. The closest gay bar is in Florence. She heads out--determined to at least talk to someone she has one thing in common with. To her delight, she finds not just a willing lesbian, but a sexy one--who seems equally interested in her.It's crazy to put so much importance on a chance meeting. But sometimes, you have to throw your doubts to the winds and see what the universe has in store for you.

Opening a new theme park is not for kids. Laurie Nielsen is so overworked and overstressed that she's forced to take a vacation--on one of her companies' kid-centric cruise ships. It's a slow torture, but she eventually makes the best of it and gets off the boat in St. Maarten. There, Laurie meets and insultsKaatje Hoogaboom, a woman who has very little of Laurie's work obsession. But they still manage to hit it off--to her great surprise. Once Laurie returns home they stay in touch, getting to know each other via phone calls and e-mails. But Laurie isn't an ideal girlfriend. Work is at the top of her priority list and toppling it might be more than Kaatje is able, or even willing to do. Kaatje and Laurie both have to do a lot of soul searching; what do each of them want and need, and how far is each willing to compromise? They're both strong-minded women who've adjusted to being single. The adjustment to being coupled can be just as, if not more, trying.

Most adult women can manage to wake up on time for work. It turns out that Brooklyn York is extraordinary. Yes, she has to be at work at 6 am, still...when you have to pay a perfect stranger very good money to be a human alarm clock it might be time to reassess. But Brooklyn isn't the most introspective person in town. She's much better at aiming pointed barbs at politicians and celebrities during her mornings on talk radio and her evenings on the college lecturecircuit. Kiri Klein rides to the rescue. She's very adept at helping celebs stay out of jail and rehab. Actually, Brooklyn is the easiest client she's ever worked with. The only problem is how to keep things strictly professional. Brooklyn is charming, generous and kind and Kiri begins to lose the battle. Maybe theycould have sex but keep it casual. That wouldn't be hard, would it? Well, would it?

Mary Frances Fitzpatrick was perfectly content to keep things the way they'd always been. She'd grabbed onto the tiniest shred of the American Dream, and wasn't about to let go. The crumbs the establishment threw her way seemed like they might, one day, be able to sustain her. All she had to do was work twice as hard as a man and keep her opinions to herself.Courtney Ashcroft on the other hand, came from a long line of socially and economically entitled people, yet she wanted to upset the apple cart in the worst way. No matter the group, if they'd been shut out, Courtney was on their side. Social justice, women's rights, and pacifism were her main causes, but she quickly adds gay rights to her list when she and Mary Frances meet.Despite their political and social views, the women strike up a friendship. Courtney's sympathetic, encouraging, and genuinely concerned with Mary Frances's plight. She's so interested in gay rights, it almost seems personal. But that has to be wishful thinking on Mary Frances's part. Or does it?In Chicago, during that steamy, unpredictable summer, improbable dreams can, and do come true.