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Life Gives Second Chances...Sometimes So Does Love Laura Watson lost the only man she's ever loved, her fiancé and the father of her unborn child. Her heart is broken and her life is in pieces. Lieutenant Seth Keller knows what it's like to lose someone you love. He's there to support Laura. He's there to give her someone to lean on. At least that's what he tells himself. In truth, could it be more? Sometimes life gives people another chance. Are Laura and Seth strong enough to take a second chance at love?Fans of Jacobs' Crib Notes and A Special Kind of Different will love this latest story in her Hometown Hearts series.

Fans of Holly Jacobs' I WAXED MY LEGS FOR THIS? are going to love HOW TO CATCH A GROOM! How to Catch a Groom:1. Find a man who is your complete opposite.2. Help save him from utter embarrassment.3. Call in a favor and ask him to help you out of a wedding emergency.4. Try not to fall in love with a man who values logic more than love.Wedding planner, Desdemona Smith, follows her heart. College professor and researcher, Seth Rutherford, is a man who loves logic.When Seth loses his bride--a woman who was perfectly suited to him--he's confused. It doesn't make sense. Desi assures him love isn't logical and Seth soon discovers neither is Desi. Then why is he attracted to a woman who is his opposite? Why can't he seem to get enough of Desi Smith? Can these two opposites make the perfect romance?Readers of Debbie Macomber and Jenn McKinlay will love this love vs. logic romance.

Fans of Holly Jacobs' I WAXED MY LEGS FOR THIS? will love this small town romantic comedy!Erie, Pennsylvania reporter, Mace Mason longs for a big, groundbreaking story but he doubts he's going to find it in a small town in neighboring Ohio. What he does find is Zoe, a woman with the worst makeover in the history of makeovers. When she cleans herself up, he discovers a small-town girl who seems utterly content with her life. But he quickly suspects Zoe trying to keep something from him. With each minute Mace is not only closer to the secret . . . he's closer to Zoe, as well.How will this crazy couple ever fall in love and save the day?Readers of Debbie Macomber and Jenn McKinlay will love this zany romantic comedy about small town secrets.

The fifth and final installment in award-winning & bestselling author Holly Jacob's MAID IN LA mystery series-It's a climatic end for Quincy Mac, LA's favorite maid! Quincy Mac came to LA as an aspiring actress, but when she inadvertently cleans a murder scene while working as a maid, she finds love, laughter and a bit of mystery! Quincy Mac's life has changed in the last ten years. Changed for the better. She's happily married to Cal and their family is growing. She's finishing up a television show, Cereal Killers, and working on new ideas with Dick. Life is perfect. Until one morning, when she heads for some coffee in the writers' room and trips over...a zombie. A dead zombie. She thought the only murders she had to solve were television murders, but when there's a dead zombie on your mystery set and your name is Quincy Mac, you get down to work. Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plus series will love Quincy and her friends.

A heartwarming follow up to CARRY HER HEART by bestselling author Holly JacobsThe infant daughter Piper Chesterfield gave up for adoption so many years ago has grown into an accomplished young woman. When Piper's husband shows up on Siobhan Ahearn's doorstep, he makes a request on behalf of the birth mother Siobhan has never met.As Piper battles a life-threatening illness, both mother and daughter struggle to make up for the years apart. Reading Piper's journals and books, Siobhan finds herself overwhelmed by the prospect of suddenly absorbing a lifetime of another mother's love.Logan Greer has benefited from Piper's mothering influence from when he was young, and he's uniquely qualified to help Siobhan see all the ways Piper's love for the daughter she gave up inspired the outpouring of compassion she provided to families in need. And his close proximity in the shared guest house doesn't hurt his ability to become a much needed support system either. . . With the help of this handsome friend of the family, Siobhan must decide if she has enough room in her heart to love the family who raised her, the family who loved her from afar, and the charming man whose plans may not include staying close to family for the foreseeable future.Readers of Nicholas Sparks and Jojo Moyes are sure to love this newest installment in Jacobs' award winning, Words of the Heart series.

In the third book, Once Upon A Valentine's, where there's smoke there's fire... Planning a Valentine's dance is as close as Carly Lewis intends to come to romance. This once-burned single mom is done with love. Then her plans (and a shed) literally go up in flames. That's when she meets Lieutenant Charles Jefferson. Chuck wasn't looking for love, especially with an accidental arsonist, but he can't shake this PTA Mom. Now he just has to convince her sometimes a fire can warm you and not burn you at all. Reminiscent Nancy Nagle Adam' s Grove Series, Once Upon A Valentine's is a sizzling second-chance at love romance.

Fans of Holly Jacobs' Romance+ Novels will love taking a journey down Briar Hill Road.Lucky people are born into their families, but some have to find them.Hayden MacNulty found her "real" family a few houses down Briar Hill Road while trick-or-treating when she was eight. She fell a little in love with twelve-year-old Brian Conway that very night. Time and tragedy tests that love, but over the years Brian and Hayden discover that real love can weather the harshest storms and still bloom beautiful and strong. Hayden and Brian's story is at its heart a love story about family...about forgiveness...about acceptance...about life on Briar Hill Road. Readers of Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook will love lifetime of love story.

A story of a lifelong friendship that becomes so much more as two friends reunite for a common goal in this heartrending Holly Jacobs Classic Romance Carolyn Kendal and Stephan Foster were inseparable every summer when they ran along Lake Erie's rocky beaches. They grew up together, they were best friends until that magical summer when they were more than friends. That was years ago. When Carolyn's daughter lies in a hospital bed fighting for her life its Stephan who races to Carolyn's side. And maybe this time, he'll stay.Fans of Jacobs' Just One Thing and Words of the Heart series will find this rerelease of her classic award-winning romance touches their heart. Jojo Moyes fans will love this story about the many faces of friendship.

The PTA Mom series is filled with heart, holidays and three PTA Moms who find their own happily-ever-aftersThe first in the series, Once Upon A Thanksgiving is about when Harry Met...Samantha.Single mom, Samantha Williams is too busy for love. She's already juggling work, four kids, a one-eyed cat and now the PTA's Social Planning Committee. But when Samantha meets Harry Remington, she finds herself drawn to the kids' principal. But not only is Harry recovering from a bad break-up, he'll only be around until December. Maybe they can date knowing there's an expiration date on their time together. But sometimes the heart has its own mind. By Thanksgiving, neither are ready to let go of what they've discovered together, but both are afraid to hold on. Will their love be enough to overcome their pasts as they look beyond their present to a future...together? Reminiscent of Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cover series, this first book of the PTA Moms trilogy, Samantha and Harry discover that they're a couple who have a lot to be thankful for.