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The Solo Dating Experiment by HeidiCarroll
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Clarissa Lincoln is a martini glass half full type. Heck, even when she slurps the last bits of icy vodka from the glass, she'll tell you it's plumb full! Until a disaster of a night on New Year's Eve sends the daydreaming, serial dater spiraling as her hopes of happily ever after seem to be circling the drain! The distraught, Rissa is left hopeless and bleak as she vents to a friend at a coffee shop on New Year's Day. Self-help writer and well-known handsome bachelor, Conner Fields, who wrote THE dating guide a few years back, overhears Rissa's tirade when he is brainstorming for his next book. The grumpy writer is about to storm off, annoyed at this woman's loud intrusion, when suddenly he has an idea. An experiment, actually. A dating one, only instead of dating men, Rissa has to remain single for one year and get to know herself by going on special solo dates. After these dates, she will need to meet with Conner to fill him in for the book. It's a weird offer, but women everywhere swear that Conner's first book changed their lives, and he's offering to pay her well if she takes on the challenge seriously. The broke city girl could sure use a few extra bucks, and she's been failing miserably in her love life so far. It's an offer she can't refuse, and so a deal is made and a dating experiment that's sure to go wrong begins. Gumpy/Sunshine Relationship Coach He falls first
The Roots of Our Past by HeidiCarroll
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Armed with her two best friends, the sweet and shy, Olly Stone and the unshakable badass, Hunter Wilde, Kinsey Abbot is ready to take on High School. The trio of best friends are inseparable, and the daydreaming farmgirl knows as long as she has them by her side, she can handle anything. Or so she thought.... As the three of them grow older, they face everything from school and parental issues to peer pressure, and dating. Kinsey had hoped this would make them stronger, but as secret and not-so-secret crushes form, hearts are broken, and friendships are tested. Choices, moments, and memories, some painful, some sweet, cannot be changed or erased. Instead, they all become the roots growing stronger year by year, shaping the future with shades of the past. *This is a bonus companion book from the 20-year Triangle! This features longer versions of all the flashback chapters from the Twenty Year Triangle with bonus content and tons of pics too!
The Twenty Year Triangle by HeidiCarroll
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The past always has a way of coming back around. Finding herself at rock bottom after a tough divorce, Kinsey Abbot is forced to rebuild her entire life from scratch. She returns to her parent's farm in Sweet Haven, Tennessee, where she reflects on her past relationships with her two childhood best friends and teenage heartaches, Hunter Wilde and Oliver Stone. She thought those old feelings were long buried, but as she and Hunter bond over their respective failed marriages, she can't deny something is bubbling under the surface. And when Oliver makes an unexpected return to Sweet Haven, unresolved feelings complicate things even further. Did Kinsey escape a failed marriage only to find herself back in the love triangle that nearly destroyed her as a teen?
The Sister Between Them by HeidiCarroll
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He's everything she ever dreamed of, and she's exactly what he needs. But fate is cruel, and so is her sister. Dani Valentine and her half-sister, Alyssa Romano, grew up on opposite sides of the world. Despite her rough upbringing, Dani has always tried not to envy what she doesn't have and has steered clear of the entitled and snobby Alyssa. But when broke and hopeless is about to become lost and homeless, Dani has no other choice and accepts a rare job offer from Alyssa as a live-in nanny. This gives her a bird's eye view of her sister's picture-perfect life, including her adorable little son, Gavin, and her handsome husband, Rocco. It doesn't take long to see that perfect is an illusion, and everyone is miserable. The relationship Dani and Gavin form is instant and easy, but her bond with her brother-in-law Rocco gets messy as the lingering looks grow longer and harder to ignore. The last thing Dani intended to do was get between her sister and her family, but how can she stay away when they need her so much? Rated: M for adult language, sexual references and some adult scenarios. There are no explicit scenes. This is an angsty, slow-burn romance novel.
A Hart To Call Home by HeidiCarroll
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A compassionate nurse and a hardheaded playboy are locked in a battle of wills. Will she get through to him on time? When Kit Hart takes a job as a caretaker for the wealthy Leonardo Donato on his deathbed, she forms an instant bond with him. The once hardheaded man has changed in the face of death and opens up about regretting his estrangement from his eldest son, Luca. Compelled to help, Kit reaches out to Luca....and his cocky attitude and careless feelings about his father infuriate her from the moment she hears his annoyingly alluring voice. Luca is happy with his carefree, no-attachments lifestyle. He has no intention of reopening old wounds with his dad and definitely doesn't intend to let anyone into his closed-off heart. ... But this feisty little woman won't give up, and the more she pushes, the more she gets under his skin. Despite his efforts, he can't seem to shake her. Kit knows getting her heart involved is the last thing she should do, but if a broken heart is the price for a dying man's wish. She'll gladly pay it. Mature: Sexual content, language, adult situations This is a steamy enemies to lover, dramatic romance novel
The Heart Of London by HeidiCarroll
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What if the price of a miracle is too high pay? On the evening of her sweet sixteenth birthday party, a daydream of a dance with her first crush turns into a nightmare when Loni Donato suddenly stops breathing and collapses in the middle of the dance floor. A young doctor is halted in his tracks when he hears about the teenager as it hits a little too close to home. When he is put on the case, he feels an immediate bond with the Donato family that he can't explain. Could this mysterious connection be the key to saving Loni? Loni hears the doctors whispering and sees the fear in her parent's eyes, and she's terrified. She doesn't want to say goodbye to a life that has just started to bloom.
Tattoos & Tulips by HeidiCarroll
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He had a feeling he couldn't shake. Something was in the air. Her world was about to unravel and somehow she ended up there. Two strangers from two words. It was weird and wonderful. It was pretty drinks and flirting. It was donuts and forbidden kisses. It was magical and that was just the beginning. What happens when reality sets in? Companion piece to Joey's Place Rated M: Language, drinking, sexual content
The Vampire and the Orphan by HeidiCarroll
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After several centuries of serving as a guard to a coven, Nathanial Hart, a lone vampire, is finally able to live out his days on his own terms, secluded and unbothered. After he fulfills this one last promise to the one and only friend he ever had in his long life. For eighteen years , Olette Sky, a spirited, young girl has been locked away in an orphanage, but she has finally been set free and sent off. She's told to find the path of an unknown man, the cryptic advice of her den mother. .. and so the young mysterious girl, called Lettie, ventures out alone, finding herself in a heap of trouble just as her path collides with Nathanial's. Danger unlike anything Nathanial has ever known lurks around this odd girl like a magnet, and it seems he is the one tasked to keep her safe. But why? What is so special about this orphan girl?
Stormy Winter Nights by HeidiCarroll
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A daring escape. A fateful encounter. A stormy winter night... Follow Haven as she escapes her abusive past only to find herself secluded with a mysterious mountain man all winter. Just them and their demons. This is a sample the full book is available on Amazon!
Joey's Place by HeidiCarroll
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Sparks fly when childhood crushes collide again as adults at a quirky bar, in this feel-good romcom. This is a sneak preview the full book is available on Amazon.