2023 SELAH AWARD FINALIST, 2023 CAROL AWARD SEMI-FINALIST,2023 AWSA NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER"Higley evokes a specific mood quite masterfully… A cozy, atmospheric fantasy for bibliophiles.” ~Kirkus Reviews***Kelsey dreams of a life filled with creativity.She's about to stumble into far more than she imagined...Kelsey Willoughby doesn’t have time to pursue her dream of writing a novel. Imagination doesn’t pay the bills, and she’s busy saving her beautiful bookshop from online competition, hotel developers, and the sneaking suspicion that nobody reads anymore.Not to mention all those voices telling her she doesn’t have talent.But then the vacant lot of weeds next door starts to shimmer.When Kelsey stumbles into a luminous nighttime garden party, larger than the vacant lot that holds it and filled with enigmatic guests, she suspects they hold the key to saving the bookshop, and perhaps even to her own mysterious origins.But answers aren’t forthcoming, not until Kelsey is willing to confront her past, step into her potential, and push deeper into the unknown edges of the garden, where an unexpected journey takes her into a world of dangerous revelation."With evocative prose and a deeply-embedded mystery, the magical realism of Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time immerses readers in a delicious adventure of creativity and the arts. A must-read for anyone pursuing a creative life."

In this heartwarming Christmas novella. a woman tells her sick granddaughter a riveting tale of love, loss, and heroism set in a war-torn English village.Christmas should be a joyous time. But this year young Marissa’s celebration is overshadowed in sickness, sorrow, and disappointment. Seeing her granddaughter struggle with pain and sadness, Emily decides to share a story that she’s never told anyone. As old memories live again through her words, two broken hearts find healing and comfort—and the courage to celebrate Christmas once again.Tidings of Comfort & Joy reminds us to share the bonds of faith and family that Christmas represents whatever the circumstances or season.“This little novella has it all: romance, homeless orphans, heroic American pilots, the delightfully intriguing backdrop of post-war England, and Bunn’s competent, smooth writing. The happy ending will warm the heart of even the most jaded reader. What’s not to like?” —Bookreporter.com

Harmony King disappeared from Charleston as soon as she aged out of the foster system. Ten years later, she returns with just as many secrets as she had back then.As her past threatens to overwhelm her, she seeks mercy at the local church. There, the pastor finds her praying like her life depends on it and decides to entrust one of his tiny therapy dogs to her care.Will this special Chihuahua’s love be enough to help Harmony discover her own worth, and can it protect her when the dark past she tried so desperately to leave behind finally catches up to her?Don’t miss this powerful story about family, faith, and the special everyday magic of the South Carolina Lowcountry from New York Times bestselling author Melissa Storm.

Suddenly a single mom, a woman must lean on her handsome MD neighbor for help—and find a second chance at love in this holiday inspirational romance.When Keely O’Toole returns home to Village Green, Colorado, she lands in a very unfamiliar role—as guardian to her cousin’s seven-year-old daughter. Keely loves little Felicity, but she’s in over her head. And the only person she can turn to for help is former army ranger Dr. Ethan Scott. Her best friend’s brother, a man she can hardly speak to without bickering. But when Keely and Ethan bond while taking care of Felicity, everything changes. Keely wants to give Felicity the best Christmas ever, and Ethan is just the person to light up their holidays—and their lives.

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES.Fresh out of US Marshal training, Roxanne Helton is back in Washington state with her K-9 Pronto ready to get to work with the Northwest Counter Terrorism Taskforce. But first, a long overdue reunion with her husband, Sgt Liam O’Connell, who has moved from the Benson PD to work on the taskforce alongside her.Liam only wants to take his wife on the honeymoon they were supposed to have and convince her to have the wedding their friends and family want to attend. Their reunion is cut short when they spot a Syrian general they thought they’d killed years ago on a mission. The sighting sparks a journey to the past, and an investigation that sends them up and down the west coast and tests their loyalty to the taskforce—and each other.With a terror plot underway, it’s up to Liam and Roxie to work with their taskforce team members and hunt down a series of threats that could destroy the country. But with their lives on the line from an old foe and a mysterious team determined to tear them apart, this case will be like nothing they’ve ever faced before.

Three complete romance novels about society's castoffs redeemed by love. In historic Maine, three women find that loving a man is not as easy as the heart would lead them to believe. In the Prisoner's Wife, Lucy Hamblin obeyed her father and gave up Jack Hunter years ago. But when Jack is scheduled to hang in the morning, Lucy can't deny his last request--to marry him at the jail. Can they hope for a miracle of preservation, along with the restoration of lost love? In The Castaway's Bride, Deborah Bowman's sister gave up on her beau when he was presumed dead at sea. When Edward Hunter suddenly returns, he finds his fiancée has moved on. Can he see her younger sister Deborah for the woman she has become, or will he always see her as a rowdy young girl and cling to the dream of what might have been? Finally, in the Lumberjack's Lady, Letitia Hunter knows her place in society, but she can't help having feelings for Etienne LeClair, the lowly French lumberjack who saved her from drowning. Her father brought Etienne out of the woods to serve as an office clerk. Can he overcome prejudice to win the hand of the boss's daughter? Three men who have been cast off by society must trust faith to bridge the road to love and bring them to new lives alongside the women who love them.