Don't ask why people continue to hurt you, ask yourself why you allow them to. you are stronger than the pain you face from day to day, shine your light on the darkness that overwhelms you. and, be free to be you! this book is about a girl that hopes and dreams for one thing and one thing alone**FREEDOM** Follow Emerald on this journey as she finds herself building courage, facing her demons and falling in love with her monster.

Cole Weston had lost everything he'd ever loved and for ten long years he's wandered. First as a tracker then as a bounty hunter until a small town calls to him and he decides it's time to stop running from his past. Grace Jennings and her daughter are hiding from a killer who will stop at nothing to find her. Will Cole be able to listen to his heart and take a chance on love again? Will Grace ever be able to trust another man with the truth?

Ann Hackstetter first met Jackson Martinez while vacationing at Lazy M Dude Ranch with her husband and teenage son. Part of the "dude" package was a night of fun at Boot Bustin' Barn. At the time, Ann suspected that Sage Tanner, owner of Lazy M, bribed Jackson to ask her to dance as a way of making her inattentive husband jealous. On a whim, she danced with him. Little did she realize he would awaken emotions long suppressed. Of course, she ignored those emotions. Now, five years later, she's a widow--a destitute widow. Over the years, her son's friendship with Sage's daughter, Julie, has blossomed, and now they're getting married. Wedding responsibilities have temporarily taken Ann's mind off her desperate situation. At the reception, Jackson asks her to dance again--reawakening those emotions. He makes her feel twenty-one, instead of forty-one. Jackson Martinez has an easy way with the women, but the one woman who sets his heart to racing is Annie Hackstetter. She's older than him, has a grown son, and probably has an aversion to men after being married to a jerk. When Sage reveals Annie's sad state of economic affairs and says she's looking for a job, Jackson knows his heart is in trouble when he offers her a position managing his household so he can concentrate on running his cattle ranch. Little does he know, or anyone else, that Annie has a secret. Romance on the Ranch Series: Dream Kisses, Honey Kisses, Baby Kisses, Candy Kisses, Christmas Kisses, Rock Star Kisses, Forever Kisses, Forgotten Kisses, Angel Kisses

She's the last unmarried daughter of the royal house of Ilujavik, the middle child who has watched her sisters go off to wed princes of other realms, and she wonders when it will be her turn. Although she's never been much good at daydreaming, a new mirror seems to help her conjure up a handsome man... ©2017 Kella Campbell ♥ all rights reserved ♥ updates every Friday night! (Cover art blends photos "Castle at Obidos" by Ivy Dawned and "maternity2" by Philippe Put, licensed under Creative Commons and used with permission.)

"Everybody Lies" My name is Jessalyn Stratton. I've been riding the rodeo circuit since I was seventeen. Now, I'm a twenty-six year old wash-out, a has-been with a fake knee who's never really dated and never had a boyfriend. Then I stumbled across a personal ad on the Internet. Zack Boudreaux is a twenty-seven year old single dad living and working on his family's ranch in Texas. He's looking for the woman of his dreams and thinks he might have found it in me. I should be riding off into the sunset, living my Happily Ever After. Except after months of emailing each other and sharing secrets I'd never told a living soul, I still had one last secret to tell. Opening up to Zack was easy. Telling the truth could change everything. Warning: this story contains a mail-order bride, sort of, a couple of secret babies (or 3), lots of hot cowboys and (a butt-ton of family) drama.

Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her, but who? She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered. Who wants her family eliminated? She vows to fight! She realizes she won’t last the eight months until she turns twenty-five and her uncle no longer controls her or her estate. Never will she be dominated by a man as she was by her father, as she has seen her mother and grandmothers dominated. If she marries, she gains control now, but only if she weds a man she can trust. Only one man meets her requirements. Can she trust him to protect her and capture the killer...but then to leave? Micah Stone has been in love with Hope since the first time he saw her. But he was accused of her father’s murder and surely would have hung if not for his two brothers’ aid. Most in the community still believe him guilty. But the drought has him too worried about water for his dying cattle to care about his neighbors’ opinions. When Hope proposes a paper marriage in exchange for land on the Brazos River and much needed cash, her offer rubs his pride raw. His name may be Stone, but he’s not made of it. He can’t refuse her for long, and so their adventure begins. He and Hope have to stay alive and discover the killer before they become victims in the deadly assaults.

Gretchen Tolliver doesn't believe in happy endings. It would be easy for the down-on-her-luck waitress to fall for rodeo champion Matt Evans' thoughtful charm and gentle spirit. But Gretchen knows, when the rodeo moves on from Blue Falls, Texas, so will Matt. Matt can't stop thinking about Gretchen—her gorgeous smile and the quiet strength beneath her vulnerability. Matt sees that Gretchen's heart has been broken before. But if she'd give him a chance, Matt's ready to prove that Gretchen's happy ending has just begun. Follow the family saga of the TEXAS RODEO BARONS, a new six-book miniseries. And go back to Blue Falls in Trish Milburn’s TEAGUES OF TEXAS trilogy and the BLUE FALLS, TEXAS series!

The Baby Kicked Hard In Her Tummy Alice Jane West lay on the lumpy mattress and tried to find a comfortable position. Her back ached from the weight of the baby inside of her. She tossed and turned and the baby kicked hard in her tummy. Despite the discomfort, she smiled and laid her hand on the mound that was the new life growing fast. As if the baby knew, she was thinking about him the kicks became stronger and right underneath her hand. It was a wonderful feeling.

Ann West Quarll had found her soul mate, a man she could love and live with the rest of her life. But this handsome, brave, and loving man had been a bounty hunter and she was terrified that his past might catch up with him. Men had tried to kill him before and she knew what it was like to see a lover die in a gunfight. If she risked giving her heart again and would it again be broken? Could she find the courage to take that risk? She had a terrible decision to make.