USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE DARCY
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MacNabb
When a man without a soul meets a woman who is all heart… He trusts no one. When Ewan MacNabb’s protective amulet is stolen off his dying body, it’s the final betrayal. He curses the object, then, much to his satisfaction, dreams of the blasted thing and the harm it does others throughout the centuries. All well and good until he starts to dream of her. She’s too trusting! Raised in Roswell, and with a grandfather who once saw an alien, Luna Brazel is a believer! Still, she hadn’t expected one to drop out of the sky and demand the amulet she’d scored at a garage-sale! Especially the guy she’d been dreaming of for weeks. A deal to help each other is quickly struck and, yard sales, quirky library patrons, and family might be exactly what Ewan needs to come back to life. When Luna is attacked by others seeking to obtain the amulet, he’ll shut that down fast! No one touches what’s his and, for now anyway, she belongs to him. Despite their mutual attraction, she wonders if he’ll return to his home planet and leave her behind? His only question, can she possibly love a ghost? |
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Ronan
The computer whiz… Ashley Martinez is a brilliant young apps designer in need of a vacation; so, Scotland, here she comes! Dragging her besties along— Ghost Bus Tours, anyone? — it’s time to explore the Highlands! And they don’t disappoint in the least. First day there? Most gorgeous guy ever! So he’s got a bit of a temper problem. No one is perfect, right? And the crazy man… Ronan Finnie is an angry young man. Trapped as a wraith in Culloden Moor for the last 270+ years, he’s ready to let some of that wrath loose. He’s also determined to follow the witch’s directive so he can punch, obliterate, smash, and finish off Bonnie Prince Charlie forever. But he didn’t count on meeting a girl who could soothe the savage beast. |
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P. S. I Loathe You
How to jilt a rake in a kilt. Lady Elizabeth Huntington is determined to be released from her betrothal. She’s been engaged since the day she was born, and she’s having none of it. Too many hurt feelings and too many years have passed. She’d like to choose her own destiny, one that doesn’t include Alexander MacGregor. Captain Alexander MacGregor, Laird of Inverdeem, is going to London to fetch his bride. He’s put the notice in the paper, he has the license, and he’s ready to post the banns. He thought he knew everything about Lizzie because of the letters they’ve exchanged throughout the years, but it turns out they don’t know each other at all. She doesn’t wish to get married. He’s going to have to insist. |
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Montana Gold
Confronted by her fiancé's pregnant mistress, heiress Lucy Rickman decides she's not interested in marriage, after all. Encouraged by her headstrong grandmother, she heads west, glad of the chance to get away from lying men, and hoping for an adventure. She will now have the chance to use her education, avoid men and marriage, and find true, honest friends in Butte, Montana. Being both a bachelor, and a millionaire has Boone Jackson running for cover! His mother wants him to find a wife! Like yesterday! He's not interested, until the new schoolmistress shows up in town, that is. When she mistakes him for the local handyman, he finally has the perfect opportunity to see if a beautiful girl could want him for himself, rather than for what he can provide. But if Lucy finds out, will she be able to move past his lie? Or will she leave him behind in the dusty mining town forever? |
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NIALL
When Jennie Hudson’s brother loses his job, and his wife, and camps on her couch playing video games, she hires a therapist to come to the house and talk some sense into him. Incognito, of course, or her brother would never go for it. She’s not expecting a hunky Scottish guy in a kilt, but Niall MacDonald seems to be working wonders. His particular brand of Scottish wisdom is exactly what her brother—and all her YouTube followers—need to hear. Attraction flares between them, but can they get past his guilt over a youthful mistake? Can his advice help her learn to value herself? Fate might have made plans for them when they just weren’t looking. |
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MACBEAN
Alan MacBean, a centuries-old ghost turned temporarily mortal, is ousted from Culloden Moor, only to catch a little girl plummeting to her death. He’s never been around girls before, little or otherwise, and when he meets the girl’s mother, he’s stunned by the dark-haired beauty, and his entire world changes for the second time that day. Grandma’s Salem, Massachusetts home is about to be foreclosed upon and Lilith Clarke will do anything to save the historical monstrosity and keep it in the family, including accepting the help of the handsome Scottish warrior who just saved her daughter’s life. With a séance in the works, an ongoing treasure hunt, and a centuries old murder to solve, they have their hands full. She certainly likes the way Alan kisses, but can she let down her defenses, put her past behind her, and trust the handsome Highlander with her heart? |
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HOW MISS WEST WAS WON
How to outrun a madman intent on murder or worse? Go west! To protect a young lady in her care from a murderous villain, New York governess Grace West assumes the identity of her wealthy charge—to lure the villain away. She’s been assured that finding a person in the vastness of the west should be the equivalent of searching for a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately, she catches the eye of the charming, gorgeous, and slightly improper mayor. Luke Carrington is intent on hosting a gambling tournament that will attract maniacs from across the country. With so many strangers in town, how will she spot the villain hunting her? Luke’s attraction to Grace and her sassy attitude—and the fact that he’s forbidden to see her—ensures he won’t stay away. He likes the lady and he saw her first. The fact that she’s also a challenge, well, that’s just icing on the cake. He likes to gamble. He likes to win. She doesn’t stand a chance. |
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KENRICK
While wishing upon a star, Allison King tells the universe she needs a fiancé just to take to her family reunion. Unfortunately—or is it?—she forgot to say “fake”. When she hits highland-ghost-turned-mortal-man Kenrick Macfie with her truck and he refuses to go to the hospital, she takes him home with her instead—just to keep an eye on him, of course. The charismatic, handsome warrior would be perfect to take to the reunion, if only she can work up the nerve to ask. The problem is, the more she learns about him, the more real she wants their relationship to be. Kenrick Macfie can’t believe it when he finds a short-term home with the girl of his dreams. The home, the girl—even the dogs—are exactly what he’s been yearning for since his child died and his faithless wife left him for another without a second thought. He knows the dream life is temporary, but his feelings are not. Allison quickly fills the giant hole in his heart. He knows his stay is fleeting, but if this is his only chance at love, he’s taking it. |
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MURDOCH
When fourth grade teacher Sarah Davis receives a mysterious package from her grandfather, she's confused. When she's snatched out of her classroom by thugs demanding said package, she just wants to escape and find her grandfather. Highland Warrior and spy Murdoch Stirling thwarts a kidnapping and inserts himself into a dangerous situation. So far, so normal for him. He’s willing to help Sarah recover her grandfather. Not only is it a lot more exciting than what he’s been doing for the last few centuries, she belongs to him. In fact, even if she wants him to leave, he’s not going anywhere. Can a bad situation provide the backdrop for falling in love, or will their limited time be overshadowed by the threat of harm to her and her loved ones? They have two days to find out. |
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CADE
She’d given her heart. Young and in love, Scottish lass Vivi Campbell exchanged a gypsy coin for a lock of hair and rushed to share the treasure with the one she’d pledged her love to. But a young man’s laughter twisted her love to hate and she cursed him with the coin instead, binding him to her for eternity. After almost three hundred years of haunting Culloden Moor, Cade the Cursed is charged with a good deed, only to discover he’d not been sent alone. The Scottish lass he’d yearned for unwittingly died with him and is promised a second chance as well. Can they stop a murder, let old hurts go, and find love again? Or are they doomed to recreate past mistakes? |
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LIAM
Liam MacGregor is a ghost in search of adventure, and it’s finally his turn to have some fun. Sure, revenge, family, moving on—these things mean more than anything. But he has a task to perform first, so, while he has the chance, he might as well have fun doing it. And she is his task. Amber. Wildly beautiful and stubborn. He’d never thought to feel this way about a woman. Never believed he’d have the chance. He can’t have her, but for now, she is his to protect. Amber DeLuca wants nothing to do with her father’s illegal activities, or her new bodyguard. She’s on her way to starting a new chapter in her life when a kidnapping and rescue derail her once again. But when Liam enters her life, the fun-loving Highlander makes her laugh. She feels safe, cherished, protected. Falling in love with him is the easiest thing she’s ever done. But what she doesn’t know just might end up hurting her. |
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RACHEL
Read an excerpt Thomas Buchanan feels deceived when the homely mail-order bride he asked for is a beauty—a fact she patently denies. Rachel West is reluctant to marry in the first place so a reprieve is good news. Can they work their way back from a bad beginning to find they belong together after all? Rachel: Bride of New Hampshire is 9th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series. Each are stand-alone books that may be read in any order. OTHER AMERICAN MAIL-ORDER BRIDE SERIES BOOKS can be found at http://www.newwesternromance.com/ |
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AIDEN
Aiden MacGregor gets a second chance at life and finds himself enchanted with the fairylike girl who believes in magic, moonbeams, and dancing in the rain. Free-spirit cartoonist Zoey Barnes has been waiting for her fate. As a teen her Aunt Thea foretold that the love of Zoey’s life would appear to her—but at 25 years of age, she’s tired of waiting. Internet dating, crazy cats, and a stalker later, the love of her life finally appears. She wants forever and a day. Too bad he can only give her two. |
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GARETH
They say revenge is sweet... Lissa Stuart is thrilled to get a job researching for an upcoming movie in Scotland--supposedly the land of her ancestors. When she brags about possibly being related to Bonnie Prince Charlie, she captures the attention of an angry, embittered warrior. Revenge is all that Gareth thought about for the last 270 years. According to a witch helping him and the other warriors stuck at Culloden Moor, it's not his turn to come back to life but that doesn't matter to him in the least! When he gets a shot at a flesh and blood existence, if only for a few days, he seizes it! If he has his way, this time the last word will not come from the living, but from the dead. |
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BEWITCHING THE KNIGHT
Read an excerpt In Medieval Scotland, if she dresses, talks, and curses like a witch... Archaeologist Dr. Samantha Ryan has figured out where The Scottish Crown is hidden—an artifact that went missing over 750 years ago. Now she just needs to beat her lying, cheating competitor to the Highlands and find it first. When a struggle ensues, they travel back in time to medieval Scotland where, unfortunately, the villagers think she's a witch, tie her up, and start gathering wood for a bonfire. Thinking to play on their superstitions so she can save herself, she curses them all. Not her best idea yet. ...it's time to gather firewood! Laird Ian MacGregor is a dead man walking. It's only a matter of time before one of the many attempts on his life will succeed. When he is informed the villagers are burning another witch, he is enraged and determined to save the hapless woman. Unfortunately the foolish female doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut. Ian rescues her anyway, ensuring any headway he'd made toward earning the villagers’ trust is shattered. Locking her up only makes his people fear the witch in possession of his tower—a witch determined to steal the crown entrusted to him. While trying to find a murderer, keep King Alexander's crown safe, and control the unruly woman who may indeed be gifted with foresight, he finds himself wondering—now that he's caught her, how does he keep her? Past and present are about to ignite. When modern meets medieval, can there be a happily ever after? Bewitching the Knight is a 100,000 word full-length time travel romance. If you like it, you might enjoy She Owns the Knight. |
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A TIMELESS ROMANCE ANTHOLOGY: LOVE LETTER COLLECTION: Six novellas—three contemporary and three historical—all with one thing in common: Romance.
MAGGIE'S SONG by Karey White JUST FLY by Krista Lynne Jensen HOW TO REWRITE A LOVE LETTER by Diane Darcy. High school teacher Julie Ashburn believes she’ll never live the “event” down in which she wrote her true feelings in a love letter to Principal Dane Parker, and he laughed out loud, mocking her. Now that her honors English students want to write love letters for the school fundraiser, Dane turns down the idea flat. Julie tries to convince him that it was her students’ idea and not any sort of payback. But when a student writes a fake love letter from the principal to Julie, everything gets even more mixed up, and both Julie and Dane are caught up in a series of misunderstandings that might be impossible to sort out. Read an excerpt A THOUSAND WORDS by Sarah M. Eden BETWEEN THE LINES by Annette Lyon BLACKBERRY HOLLOW by Heather B. Moore |
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BEAUTY & THE BEACH
Read an excerpt She’s finally free to follow her heart! When her mother died, local beauty Isabelle Kenna was left with the task of raising a much younger sister and dealing with a lovable but increasingly alcoholic father. Now, with a nursing degree firmly in hand, her father on the wagon, and her sister off to college soon, Isabelle finally has the chance to live her own life and get a taste of the freedom she’s craved. She might even find time for a bit of romance with the scarred yet attractive Marine who comes into the hospital. That’s the plan, anyway. Add in 100,000 reasons keeping them apart. Adam Wilder, a hot-headed Marine-turned-master-jeweler, has a big crush on the pretty nurse at the VA hospital, and he plans to keep asking until she goes out with him. When his store manager ‘borrows’ and loses a $100,000 necklace, Adam goes ballistic. Too late, he realized the man’s daughter is the pretty nurse he’s hoping to impress. Maybe threatening her father and taking her freedom aren’t the brightest ideas he’s ever had. Unless he can make Isabelle fall for him, he obviously can’t keep her forever. And it’s not helping that they’re also dealing with Adam’s nosy neighbors, a few matchmaking Marines, and her sister who hates his guts! Can he still win Izzy’s heart? Or will he simply lose his own? When did Happily Ever After become so complicated? |
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THE PRINCESS PROBLEM
Read an excerpt In real life, she’s given up on the fairytale ending... After having her heart broken twice, Alicia Dayne has sworn off men, decided to concentrate on her career, and is delighted to win a lucrative contract to make a commercial for Highborn Mattresses. She could make the most awesome fairytale commercial ever—except for Jonas Highborn, who isn’t exactly thrilled with her Princess and the Pea ideas, and really doesn’t want a prince in tights representing his company. Though he’s trying to keep his grieving mother happy by letting her have charge of the commercial shoot, and though Alicia’s trying to keep in mind that this annoying guy is her boss for the moment, they can’t seem to keep from clashing. Throw in an overly-handsome prince, a matchmaking mama, and a stunning rose garden, and maybe, just maybe, Alicia can be convinced they have a chance at something real. Because while she might not be a real princess, sometimes an ordinary girl’s got to take a chance, even when it seems too good to be true. When did Happily Ever After become so complicated? |
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SHE OWNS THE KNIGHT
Read an excerpt Why does she have to travel seven hundred years through time to find a decent guy? Brokenhearted Gillian Corbett finally finds the knight of her dreams...in the past. Unfortunately he’s bossy, overbearing, and...betrothed! Fortunately, he thinks she is his affianced, which keeps her from garderobe duty. Or worse, being hanged as a spy. She knows she has to get back to her own time before his real fiancé shows up and the truth is discovered, but until she finds a way, she’s going to squeeze every bit of enjoyment she can out of this situation. As far as she’s concerned, this is one relationship in which she gets to call the shots, not the other way around. The dowry provided by his betrothed bought him, lock, stock, and barrel. She’ll gladly whip him into shape for the girl who ends up with him. No thanks required. In the meantime, Jillian owns him, and as every twenty-first century girl knows...ownership has its privileges. Why can’t he find a lady who is obedient, submissive...or at least not trying to kill him? After a horrible first marriage that ended badly, Sir Kellen Marshall is determined to protect what is left of his dreams. He needs an heir, an alliance, and a chaste bride who has never loved another. Would that he’d been choosier in his specifications because what he’s ended up with is a loud, bossy, demanding female who will drive him daft at every opportunity. So why does he feel he’d like to lay the world at her feet if she’d simply give him the chance? When modern meets medieval, can there be a happily ever after? |
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STEAL HIS HEART
Read an excerpt What if keeping your job depended on keeping a secret? Daisy Manning has been testing security by shoplifting in Worthingtons Department store for five months. Not once in that entire time has she been caught by security personnel. Until today. Kent Whitaker is disgusted by the beautiful thief he’s caught red-handed, and even more disgusted by his attraction to her. While he won’t allow himself to become romantically involved with a thief, he can certainly help out a friend by curing his daughter of bad habits. They both fight their growing attraction, Kent because dishonesty is the one trait he cannot tolerate, and Daisy because Kent is directly interfering with her long-range career goals. But when an unskilled matchmaker tries his hand at getting them together, the unexpected happens to them both as Kent gets distracted and Daisy steals his heart! |
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ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Read an excerpt Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be... Successful businesswoman, Melissa Kendal, has it all. Two kids, a gorgeous, albeit difficult-to-manage husband, her dream house, and a thriving, exciting career as an L.A. fashion designer. So what if her home life is falling apart. It’s her career that’s important and makes her feel alive. But when a science fair project goes awry, and a Blue Moon transports their family back in time to the Wild West, Melissa suddenly has to live a much simpler life. She doesn’t have a job, the kids can’t play Xbox, and the locals find her hilarious. Meanwhile, her husband Richard is determined to keep their family together, no matter what the century. Can they find a lost treasure, solve a Civil War mystery, and save their family before the next blue moon? They have three months to find out. |
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SHE'S JUST RIGHT
A Fairy Tale Romance Read an excerpt Someone's been sleeping in his bed... Once upon a time, golden-haired realtor Honey Stevens fought with her fiancé before leaving for a three-week business trip to a small Northern California town. Following a map to the cabin in the woods where her important clients insist she stay, she goes inside and--as instructed--makes herself at home to await their arrival. What she doesn't know is that some local boys, intent on revenge, tampered with the house numbers and she’s at the wrong place! Divorced game warden Trevor Baron comes home after a long, hard day on the job in desperate need of peace, quiet, and a good hot meal. Instead he finds someone has been eating his dinner, breaking his chair, and sleeping in his bed. ...and she's still there! It doesn’t take long for Honey to realize the wrong man is capturing her heart. The question is, can Trevor let go of the past enough to let his own heart out of hibernation? When did Happily Ever After become so complicated? |
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