"A wonderful, moving story about love and loss, focusing on two generations: grandmother and granddaughter." -Marie W. Watts, author of the award-winning trilogy, Warriors for Equal RightsA beloved home. Matters of the heart. Can an elderly woman find the key to saving her precious heritage?Asheville, North Carolina. Elizabeth has a dilemma. After celebrating a milestone birthday, the feisty ninety-year-old anxiously contemplates a developer’s lucrative offer for her Blue Ridge Mountain farmhouse. Worried her adult children will pressure her to sell, the lively senior recalls how her journey to this forever home began back in the 50s when she met the man who would become her husband…Present day. Amanda yearns to stop wasting time. After ending a dead-end, three-year relationship and moving in with her spirited grandmother, the thirty-four-year-old nurse sees her dream of marriage and kids vanishing. But when she meets a handsome widower at a hospital summit, she cautiously lets down her walls.As Elizabeth’s memories take her back to when she was a hopeful young woman, she reveals how a horrific accident led to the ER and a charming doctor. While Amanda fears the worst when she overhears the enigmatic man she’s fallen for talking on the phone with another woman.Do both women’s stories lead to a grand legacy and a lifetime of love?In an emotional rollercoaster that interweaves the two women’s chance at a future, their parallel romances illustrate the power of resilience and hope despite heartbreak. And as one story comes to its twilight years while the other is just beginning, readers will fall hard for this poignant inheritance of happiness.Elizabeth's Mountain is an enchanting women’s fiction novel. If you like relatable characters, dual timelines, and multi-generational romance, then you’ll adore Lucille Guarino’s touching tale.Buy Elizabeth's Mountain to believe in tomorrow!

Shunned by a society that puts attractiveness above all else, Lady Eliza Darby’s wallflower status keeps her from getting the one thing she wants most, namely, to be a mother. But when her scorned older sister returns home to see all of her sisters wed in happy matches, it may be Eliza’s only chance to secure a husband and have the children she so desires.Jilted in a publicly humiliating display, Dax Kane, the Duke of Ashbourne, has sworn off love forever and has no wish to wed. But when the title demands it, he selects the most perfect candidate for the position: Lady Eliza Darby, a wallflower so unattractive he won’t be in danger of falling in love with her. But the Jilted Duke will soon discover looks have nothing to do with love.The Duke and the Wallflower is the first book in the steamy, heart-stopping historical romance series, The Unwanted Dukes. If you love sexy, spellbinding romance and heartwarming humor, don’t miss this captivating series from bestselling author Jessie Clever. Discover adventure and romance when you download The Duke and the Wallflower today.

1955. Pen Turner, long bound by responsibility, is finally given the chance to go on an adventure of his own when he inherits a bookshop in the Scottish town of Helensburgh. But nestled inside the ivy-covered walls, among hundreds of dusty old books, is something far rarer, an artifact once created by occultist John Dee. And with it, a mystery that begins to stir the edges of reality.1989. Decades later, Adelaide Benson’s world unravels when her husband leaves her for a younger woman. With nowhere else to go, she returns to Scotland to the only family she has left, her eccentric great aunt Carolyn. Drawn to an old abandoned bookshop near her aunt’s apothecary, she begins uncovering secrets hidden within its walls.Though separated by decades, Pen and Adelaide find themselves connected by an old typewriter hidden within the bookshop, one that allows them to communicate across time. What begins as curious correspondence soon deepens into something far more profound, as letters and stories passed through the keys begin to blur the boundaries between past and present, ink and emotion, until their lives and their hearts begin to intertwine.But magic always comes at a cost, and the closer they get to one another, the more reality begins to crack.The Messengers of Magic is a haunting story of love that transcends time and how fragile our reality truly is.

Can a marriage really save a town? And what will happen to the hearts caught in the crossfire?It’s 1890, and Evan Taft, a sheriff from Montana, is determined to find a bride for the sake of his town. Echo Canyon is on the verge of extinction, and the local townspeople have come up with a creative plan to bring it back to life: mail-order brides. Things in the town are going from bad to worse, and Evan decides to step up to the challenge in the hope that other men will follow suit.But Evan is scarred by a broken heart, and he’s tentative about searching for love. Will he be able to give himself to the cause fully enough to succeed?Meanwhile, Josie Bainbridge doubts that she’ll ever find a husband. All her friends are married now, and it seems like there aren’t enough men in Washington. With few options left, she resorts to the newspaper, scouring advertisements for the man of her dreams.Josie and Evan begin writing to each other, and soon Josie is on her way to Echo Canyon to meet him. Romance blossoms quickly, and it seems that everything is set to be perfect… But perfection is short-lived, and soon it seems like history is repeating itself, and Evan is in for another heartbreak.With evil at work in the town, will the lovers be able to see each other through the lies and deceit spinning around them… and will Evan stay alive long enough for them to get there?Mail-Order Bride: Montana Rescue is the first book in the Echo Canyon Brides series. Packed with action, adventure, and danger, this is a must-read for anyone who loves a passionate, high-stakes romance. Fling yourself into the passion as danger unfolds: Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.Echo Canyon Brides series reading order: Book 1: Montana Rescue Book 2: Montana Bargain Book 3: Montana Adventure Book 4: Montana Luck Book 5: Montana Fire Book 6: Montana Hearts Book 7: Montana Christmas Book 8: Montana Orphan Book 9: Montana Surprise Book 10: Montana Miracle Book 11: Montana Ricochet

Christmas 1923It's the first Christmas without Aunt Agatha and Violet is having a hard time finding the will to be bright or young. Her brother, Victor, is determined to cheer her up, so he arranges a party between friends to brighten their holidays. When a body is discovered, Detective Inspector Jack Wakefield is on hand. Their romance may be a off-kilter, but he knows them well enough to be sure neither twin killed the victim. So just who killed this person and why? In finding the killer, will Jack and Violet also discover just what the future holds for them?

In 2022, Bill, Paul, and Annie Carpenter are seniors with broken bodies and broken dreams. Then the single, childless siblings learn that a legendary fountain of youth in Mexico may be more than a myth.Within weeks, the Carpenters enter a mysterious cave and exit in 1905 as healthy young adults. They begin a fantastic journey in the age of the San Francisco earthquake, the Titanic, and World War I.In THE FOUNTAIN, ANNIE'S APPLE, and DUTIES AND DREAMS, the novels of John A. Heldt's SECOND CHANCE trilogy, three old souls find love, danger, and adventure as they experience the most pivotal events of the early twentieth century.