Holiday Hearts Gift Set
Lori Ryan, et al
Author Bio
Melanie Shawn, JM Madden, Lori Ryan, and Sharon Hamilton are all NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors bringing you some of your favorite contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and military romance.
Description
A holiday gift from four of your favorite bestselling romance authors! Melanie Shawn, JM Madden, Lori Ryan, and Sharon Hamilton know just how to get you in the holiday mood. So grab a blanket, some hot chocolate, your ereader and this set!
My Love – Bobby and Sophie, Melanie Shawn: Do you believe that opposites attract? Well, Bobby and Sophie Sloan sure put that theory to the test…
As the youngest of the Sloan boys, Bobby never said much. But when it came to wife, he was always quick to express his love and devotion. Sophie’s lovable, animated soul complemented his strong, silent demeanor perfectly.
Together, Sophie and Bobby were a match made in heaven. Their uncomplicated marriage was full love, trust, and unconditional support. But when life-altering news threatens to change the simplicity of their lives, only they will be able to decide if they can accept this new change with love, or with fear and doubt.
Finally see inside the love that first welcomed us into Harper’s Crossing…
*Author’s Note: Each book in The Crossroads Series can be read as a stand-alone.*
**Intended for adults 18+**
Embattled Christmas, JM Madden: Christmas at the Lost and Found Investigative Service is anything but merry this season.
John Palmer dreads the holiday. For the past year he and Shannon have been getting along like gangbusters, but as the holiday creeps closer tension invades their relationship. He’s at a loss as to how to fix it. Until he makes a risky gamble.
Chad doesn’t know why Mercy is having problems at school. Maybe with a little intervention from Santa they can get to the bottom of her situation.
Duncan Wilde runs herd on his group, putting out fires as they come along. But maybe a special Christmas present from the group will make him look at life with fresh eyes.
The Baker, the Bodyguard, and the Wedding Bell Blues, Lori Ryan: Jim and Bette Bradley invite you to the wedding of their daughter, Jesse Bradley, to Zachary Harris. After over a year of planning, this bride and groom are ready for the winter wonderland wedding of their dreams. But, when mishap after mishap keep getting in the way, can they figure out a way to tie the knot and start their life together?
SEAL Endeavor, Sharon Hamilton: U.S. Navy SEAL Calvin Cooper and Libby Brownlee. They have a chance almost-encounter in Monterey. Cooper and his best SEAL Team 3 buddy, Fredo, are on a mission to buy a new drone prototype. Libby is taking a much-needed day off from her studies at the University of Santa Clara to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Book excerpt
Okay, so the heels might have been a foolish choice.
Jesse Bradley flinched at the sight of her swollen ankle, propped on a pillow and covered with an icepack. There was no might have about this. The heels were a mistake.
It’s not as if she hadn’t worn heels before. It’s just that, with getting her new bakery off the ground, she’d spent the vast majority of the last year and a half in rubber-soled safety shoes. Appropriate for racing around on tile kitchen flooring, but they’re definitely not anything pretty or delicate. So, for her wedding weekend, she’d gone a tad overboard.
Four inches of nail-thin spiked heel overboard, to be exact.
“Here you go, gorgeous girl,” Zach said as he broke into her thoughts and handed her a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Jesse looked up into the face of the man she would be marrying on Saturday and tried to blink back the tears of self-pity. She knew she should be relieved. After all, Zach had caught her mid-fall and stopped her from actually breaking her neck rather than just spraining her ankle.
But, how could she not cry? She’d be lucky to be able to limp down the aisle to marry Zach Harris now, after a year of planning. The clinic doctor the lodge concierge had directed them to after her fall had said if she kept off her foot as much as possible in the next few days, iced religiously for twenty-four hours, and used the air cast he’d put on her ankle, she might be able to walk without a crutch by Saturday. Although, that would likely only be for the few minutes it would take to make it down the aisle. The reception was another issue all together.
Her nose started to burn and the tears began to flow. Facing the fact that she wouldn’t be able to walk down the aisle in a few days just sucked. That’s the only way she could think to describe it. It flat out sucked.
Zach sat on the couch next to her and brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. “Don’t cry, Jess. If you can’t walk by Saturday, I’ll just carry you down the aisle.”
She couldn’t help but laugh at the image that conjured up. Zach would be practically covered up by the tulle skirt of her dress. No one would be able to see him behind all of the fluff and puff of the princess cut dress she’d chosen. But, she wasn’t surprised one bit.
Zach had been her knight in shining armor from day one of their relationship when he’d helped her get past the debilitating fear she’d experienced after her sister, Kelly, had been kidnapped. That fear had kept Jesse from following her dreams. In fact, it had begun to keep her from leaving the house at all. At least, not without having someone with her at all times.
When Kelly’s husband, Jack Sutton, had discovered what Jesse had been going through, he hired Zach to stay with her in New York City while she finished her pastry chef training. Somewhere in between the body guarding, the lessons in self-defense, and helping her cope with panic attacks, Zach had swept Jesse off her feet. She was hopelessly, head over heels in love with him. Heels. Ugh.
But Zach was right. What mattered was that Saturday would be their wedding day. It didn’t matter if she was carried or wheeled, or if she limped down that aisle. She’d marry the man she wanted to build a life with. That was what mattered.
