"Life is a series of choices, kiddo. You either choose to trust me or you don't." Sam Grant had always wanted to become an archaeologist and live a life of adventure. But once he leaves for a study camp in the jungle of Yucatan to get him started on a dream career, he finds that his future job is not a problem. Coming out alive, however, is. Faced with his family's oldest enemy who desperately wants him dead, a secret agency who wants him to work for them and the girl of his dreams, Sam is forced to find balance before he loses his head. Literally. Murder, mysterious team mates, ancient traps and the responsibility of bringing everyone back home safely - Maybe Sam is just too young to deal with everything at once. *** Book 1 of the COMPLETED Jewel Project Series. Highest rank: [#8 in Adventure] Epic cover by @italychick The Undiscover Writer Awards Winner for Best Adventure Rose Award Winner for Best Adventure Crystal Awards Winner for Best Action

Alexander Langley wasn't looking for trouble but Charlotte Porter found him anyway. Only, this new partnership has them in over their heads and way before their time. 2020 WATTYS WINNER in MYSTERY The life of a poor merchant's daughter in Victorian Era London is quite boring. Charlotte Porter, it seems, is the exception. Desperate for a source of income once her father's gambling debts have drained their funds and placed them in the sights of some of London's most notorious criminals, Charlotte is in search of salvation. It comes in the form of handsome detective Alexander Langley, a curious gentleman with a strange connection to Scotland Yard and an even stranger connection to the American West. Charlotte soon finds herself swept into his world of investigation and intrigue. When a case of art theft turns into murder and she and Alexander are thrown into the seedy underbelly of the London elite, Charlotte realizes that the work isn't the only thing she's become attached to. But now, her father's powerful creditors are ready to close the books on them, and Charlotte must find a way to keep them out of the red because this time it won't be written in ink. Book 1 of the Langley & Porter Series *Featured on: The Wattpad Stars For Fans of Bridgerton List Wattpad's Strong Female Leads List @HistoricalFiction 's The Gothic List EDITOR'S PICK April 2021 Content warning: This story contains violence. **This is only the first five chapters. The rest of the book is available on Amazon for purchase and via KU.**

Katy Fairchild is an orphan and knows that no respectable man will marry her. But when a storm throws her into the arms of a mysterious stranger, will she fight society's opinion of her low status to pursue a forbidden romance? ***** At the age of nine, Katy Fairchild was brought to the small village of Wilshire to live with her distant relations, the Banes family. Brought up as a companion to their daughter, Eliza, Katy has lived a life according to her low rank and limited opportunities, and without complaint. But one day when she is nineteen, she gets caught in a dangerous storm with a handsome man who is unlike anyone she's met before. The encounter throws Katy into a world she never knew. For the first time, a better life may be just around the corner, but is she prepared to fight for it? [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Cil Ojumo

JoLynn Travis is living her dream hosting a regionally syndicated travel show covering attractions, big and small, throughout Texas. It's a small-time dream, but it's hers. And it's keeping her small crew--her surrogate family--together. At least until a charming new co-host comes on board with new ideas and, JoLynn suspects, plans to take her place. After a life spent drifting, travel journalist Shane Quinlan needs to put down roots for the sake of his father's long term health care needs. Texas looks good to him, and an offer to co-host a small-time local show might give him the stability he needs for now. But the current host seems unwilling to share the spotlight or consider any fresh ideas, especially from an outsider. The common ground they find gives way to deeper feelings. But when opportunity knocks, will Shane steal JoLynn's show, or will he steal her heart instead?

A few days before the 25th, Farah Dailey decided to take a risk and anonymously deliever a Christmas gift to her long-time crush, Jamie Bright. Things don't go quite as planned when a sudden snow blizzard strikes and Farah blunders her way into a sweet shop - coincidentally owned by Jamie's family. Hm, but perhaps being trapped with your crush inside a sweet shop isn't all bad? [ N a N o W r i M o - 2 O 1 2 ]

When his ailing grandfather commands him to search for a long-lost female cousin, Evelyn Dresdenham, the notorious Marquis of Denver, is very disinclined to oblige. One night, when he unwittingly saves a young lady disguising herself as a man from trouble, Lord Denver strikes upon a cunning notion and soon realizes he cannot let this enchanting waif slip so easily... Running away from the oppressive orphanage that has sheltered her since the death of her grandfather, Georgie Kentsville is set on coming to London by hook or by crook. Little does she expect to find herself in a rare hobble, and even less to be held back by a handsome but bored nobleman, who suddenly offers her a very outrageous proposal : to pose as his long-lost cousin!

In Germany, Wolfgang Braun is forced to join the Nazis. He isn't sure he believes anything Hitler is doing is good, but he doesn't have a choice. When the most powerful man in the country enlists your help, you don't turn him down. So what happens when he finds a young Jewish girl hiding in the rubble? Does he take her to a concentration camp or kill her? Or does he help her escape to freedom? Naomi Adler is an eighteen year old Jewish girl in the middle of an age of terror, the Holocaust. Her family has already been taken away, but by some sort of fortune, she was saved. Can she make it safely to America, as her family had planned, or will she be found out before then? Her world turns upside down when she meets David Lee who in 1918, WWI, was drafted into the United States Army, just like his father and brother. He was a driver, transporting men, food, and supplies when needed, risking his life to support them on the battlegrounds

CIA Agent Zachary Freeman may live in a city of eight million, but he knows better than anyone else what it is like to be alone. And when he lives a life filled with lies and burdened with secrets, maybe being alone is the only way to keep others safe. But he soon discovers that he isn’t the only one living behind an intricately fabricated disguise, and now someone else’s lies are putting Agent Freeman in more danger than he has ever been in before. You’ve read about Agent Zachary Freeman in The Model Spy and Making the Grade, but get to know Zach before Agent Laura Porter and a mission to Paris turned his life of lies upside down.

A billionaire, an emerald lake, and a lifetime's worth of happy endings. USA Today Bestselling Author, Leeanna Morgan, brings you a heartwarming Christmas story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards. John Fletcher is used to living his life on the edge. He's an ex-Navy SEAL and the owner of one of the most successful security companies in the world. When his daughter asks for the one thing he can't give her, it breaks his heart. Rachel McReedy isn't impressed with John Fletcher's money, fast cars, or jet-setting lifestyle. What she cares about is Bella, his eight-year-old daughter. She might not have had the type of life Bella has, but she knows what it's like to be left on her own. Rachel is determined to show John the error of his ways, but she isn't prepared for what she's about to discover. When a threat to John's life turns deadly he will do everything he can to keep his daughter safe-even if that means saying goodbye to the one person who could have changed his life forever. Discover the magic of Emerald Lake in 'Sealed With A Kiss', the first book in the Emerald Lake Billionaires series. All of my series are linked, so if you meet a character you like, you could find them in another book. Happy reading!

Amanda Vickers is a Detective for Grubbs County Sheriff’s Department in Grubbs County, GA. She is widowed, having lost her husband in Iraq five years ago. She met Paul Reinhardt, as well as the rest of the Team, on an assignment to protect one of her deceased husband’s best friends, Adam Hartman, and his wife, Renee, from a serial killer. She became a part of Semper Fi Security; the very people who were with her husband in Iraq who formed a protective agency after helping the Hartman’s. She and Paul have formed a strong bond of friendship but Amanda’s afraid to go beyond friendship. She’s afraid Paul won’t be given a fair shake because she compares every man to Dan. Paul wasn’t looking to marry until he met Amanda. He knows about Dan and about what took his life. He knows more than Amanda thinks he does, and he is willing to help her move on with her life, but he does not want to push her or dishonor the memory of her husband. Their new assignment to protect Alyssa McDonald and her children will send them to California and force them to rely on one another. With the team across the country, they’re alone and will have to not only depend on the other for tactical support, but learn to trust one another on the deepest level. Will Amanda learn that love can come more than once in a lifetime? Will Paul be able to break through the barriers that Amanda erected around her heart after she lost her husband? (Author’s note: There’s a tissue alert for the Prologue. It was hard to write. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!) Cast of Characters