Pamela Shuffield's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 May 2025 06:18:40 -0700 60 Pamela Shuffield's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)]]> 15817377
Layken is left questioning the very foundation on which her relationship with Will was built. Will is left questioning how he can prove his love for a girl who can't seem to stop "carving pumpkins." Upon finding the answers that may bring peace back into their relationship, the couple comes across an even greater challenge—one that could change not only their lives but the lives of everyone who depend on them.]]>
317 Colleen Hoover Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.23 2012 Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2012
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<![CDATA[Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5)]]> 61782599
When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales.

One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn"t guarantee a happily ever after... it only further threatens it.

Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Six's only chance at saving each other?]]>
176 Colleen Hoover Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 3.91 2013 Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
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Rainwater 8144605

Acclaimed bestselling author Sandra Brown celebrates the spirit and determination that kept our country proud even through the Great Depression, in this moving tale of a bygone generation and a strong young widow who must rise above her circumstances.

Ella Barron is determined that even the ravages of the Dust Bowl will not affect the well-ordered life she has built for herself and her special child, Solly, who lives in a world of his own that even she can’t enter. Aware that he evokes pity and distrust, Ella holds herself aloof from her small community, but her new boarder, David Rainwater, comes into her life� and changes it forever. As economic desperation creates bitter social unrest in the town and surrounding farms, Ella finds herself relying on Mr. Rainwater’s soft-spoken advice and the steely resolve of his convictions. But tensions escalate in the summer heat, until one violent night everything they believe in will be put to the ultimate test.

Sandra Brown’s Rainwater is a poignant, lyrical novel that will speak straight to your heart, a story that bears witness to a powerful truth: love is worth whatever price one must pay for it.

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352 Sandra Brown 1439176132 Pamela Shuffield 5 Excellent storyline!

Wonderful reading, touching information about shameful actions from the human race. Very glad of the changes that have happened in somewhat better times.]]>
4.49 2009 Rainwater
author: Sandra Brown
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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Excellent storyline!

Wonderful reading, touching information about shameful actions from the human race. Very glad of the changes that have happened in somewhat better times.
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Trial by Fire 209031431 In this inspiring novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, the life of a Parisian woman changes in a heartbeat when she’s trapped by wildfires in Napa Valley.

Born to a French mother and American father, graceful Dahlia de Beaumont has been sole owner and CEO of the venerable family perfume business based in Paris since her early twenties, following the death of her parents. For twenty-five years, after losing her young skier husband in an avalanche, her life has centered on running Lambert Perfumes and being a devoted single mother to her four now-adult indecisive Charles, volatile Alexa, kind-hearted business visionary Delphine, and dreamy artist Emma. Now fifty-six, she has an “arrangement� with a married French man but has been questioning that relationship.

Dahlia comes to San Francisco on a routine business trip to check on her stores in the States. But shortly after her arrival, brush fires ignite in Napa Valley. Watching the sweeping devastation on the news, Dahlia is moved to help. But doing so will bring unforeseen consequences that endanger not only her life, but her entire future. Forced to remain in San Francisco in the aftermath, she will make unexpected connections while also fighting to protect all she has worked for. What Dahlia learns will provide a new perspective of her life, forever changing what really matters to her and what comes next for her journey.

With this uplifting novel, Danielle Steel beautifully dramatizes how life’s unforeseen challenges can sow the seeds for growth and a fresh chance at love—if one is willing to take the risk.]]>
276 Danielle Steel Pamela Shuffield 5 4.38 2024 Trial by Fire
author: Danielle Steel
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Our Little Secret 218155575
He swore he’d never let her go. She should have believed him.

Brooke Hastings is ready to end her six-week affair. Gideon Ross is charming and sexy, but he’s not worth throwing away her marriage and family for. So she breaks it off, hoping Gideon will understand. �

He doesn’t. Gideon insists that he and Brooke are meant to be together. Finally, he backs off, but not before issuing a promise: he’ll never let her go.�

Six years later, Brooke wants to believe it’s all behind her. Her family has survived intact. Gideon has vanished.  �

But the fear hasn’t disappeared. Brooke can’t tell how much of it is paranoia, and how much is justified, but she’s worried. And maybe she’s right to be.   �

Because Gideon is a man who keeps his promises . . .]]>
464 Lisa Jackson 1496750284 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.00 2024 Our Little Secret
author: Lisa Jackson
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.00
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<![CDATA[Dead Against Her (Bree Taggert, #5)]]> 56147799 Sheriff Bree Taggert’s downfall is part of a killer’s cunning design in author Melinda Leigh’s novel of murder, lies, and revenge.

Called to an isolated farm to check on an elderly widow, Sheriff Bree Taggert finds a brutal double homicide. One of the victims is Eugene Oscar, the bitter and corrupt former deputy she recently fired.

Working with criminal investigator Matt Flynn, Bree discovers that she isn’t the only one who had a troubling history with Eugene. But someone doesn’t want Bree digging up the past. She becomes the target of a stranger’s sick and devious campaign calculated to destroy her reputation, career, family, and new relationship with Matt. To make matters worse, she’s the prime suspect in Eugene’s murder.

When her chief deputy goes missing while investigating the case, Bree refuses to back down. She won’t let him become the next victim. His life and her future depend on finding a killer nursing a vengeful rage.]]>
300 Melinda Leigh 1542030633 Pamela Shuffield 5 4.51 2022 Dead Against Her (Bree Taggert, #5)
author: Melinda Leigh
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Right Behind Her (Bree Taggert, #4)]]> 51608143 The discovery of human remains unearths another nightmare from Sheriff Bree Taggert’s past in a bone-chilling thriller by #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

Twenty-seven years ago, Sheriff Bree Taggert’s father killed her mother, then himself. Now Bree and her younger brother, Adam, find human bones on the grounds of their abandoned family farm. The remains are those of a man and a woman, both murdered in the same horrible way.

When the investigation determines the murders occurred thirty years ago, Bree’s dead father becomes a suspect, forcing Bree to revisit the brutal night she’s spent most of her life trying to forget. The only other suspect is an unlikely squatter on the Taggert farm who claims to know secrets about Bree’s past. When he mysteriously disappears and Bree’s niece is kidnapped, the cold case heats up.

Bree has stoked the rage of a murderer who’ll do anything to keep his identity—and motives—a secret. To protect everyone she loves, Bree must confront a killer.]]>
315 Melinda Leigh 1542015502 Pamela Shuffield 0 4.46 2021 Right Behind Her (Bree Taggert, #4)
author: Melinda Leigh
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average rating: 4.46
book published: 2021
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<![CDATA[See Her Die (Bree Taggert, #2)]]> 51545054
New sheriff Bree Taggert is called to a shooting in a campground shuttered for the winter. But she arrives to find a perplexing crime. There is no shooter, no victim, and no blood. No one but Bree believes the sole witness, Alyssa, a homeless teenager who insists she saw her friend shot.

Bree calls in former deputy Matt Flynn and his K-9 to track the killer and search for Alyssa’s friend. They discover the battered corpse of a missing university student under the ice in Grey Lake—but it’s not the victim they were looking for.

When two more students go missing and additional bodies turn up, Bree must find the link between the victims. She knows only one thing for certain: the murders are fueled by rage. When Alyssa disappears, Bree must race against time to find her before her witness becomes another victim.]]>
315 Melinda Leigh 1542015499 Pamela Shuffield 5 4.43 2020 See Her Die (Bree Taggert, #2)
author: Melinda Leigh
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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Very good book, story ell writen.
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<![CDATA[Drown Her Sorrows (Bree Taggert, #3)]]> 51449510 Sheriff Bree Taggert is blindsided by a killer’s devious plan in number one Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s novel of escalating shock and suspense.

When Sheriff Bree Taggert discovers the body of a young woman floating near the bank of the Scarlet River, a note in her abandoned car suggests suicide. The autopsy reveals a different story. Holly Thorpe was dead long before she dropped off the bridge and hit the water.

As Bree and her investigator Matt Flynn delve into the case, secrets in Holly’s personal life complicate their efforts to solve the murder. Holly left behind a volatile marriage, an equally divisive relationship with her sister, and an employer whose intimate involvement with Holly was no secret. Each one has a motive for murder.

When Holly’s sister is terrorized by a stalker’s sick prank, and the prime suspect turns up dead, everything Bree was sure of is upended and her case goes off the rails. When the killer strikes close to home, Bree and Matt must race to solve the murders before one of their own becomes the next victim.]]>
312 Melinda Leigh 1542009944 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.45 2021 Drown Her Sorrows (Bree Taggert, #3)
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average rating: 4.45
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Save Me 199524187 Now he’s her only hope.

Hunter Gray and Lainie Mayes were each other’s first, last and only love. Until tragedy and their feuding families drove them apart. Eleven years vanish, then Hunter learns that Lainie has gone missing in the Colorado mountains. Now the former army pilot must pull off his most perilous mission. Can he rescue Lainie and uncover the truth before the woman he loves is once again lost to him…this time forever?]]>
186 Sharon Sala 0369744284 Pamela Shuffield 5 Very good book!!!! 4.22 2024 Save Me
author: Sharon Sala
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Very good book!!!!
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<![CDATA[At the River (Columbia River, #5; Mercy Kilpatrick, #8)]]> 62383200
Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore. Only Devin Bonner miraculously survived, but with no memories of what happened in the Oregon forest.

After decades, the cold case generates heat for FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick and her husband, Police Chief Truman Daly. They’re investigating the murder of a true-crime podcaster found at the river’s edge in the same location, and with the exact same manner of death. With the discovery, Devin’s nightmares return. His only real friend is Ollie Smith, Truman’s orphaned ward, whose own search for the truth sucks Ollie into a mystery far greater and more dangerous than anyone imagined.

Following a trail of fresh blood and an escalating series of murders, Mercy and Truman must work fast to unlock whatever traumas are buried in Devin’s memories before the secrets of the past claim another victim.
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380 Kendra Elliot Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.45 2024 At the River (Columbia River, #5; Mercy Kilpatrick, #8)
author: Kendra Elliot
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.45
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<![CDATA[Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9)]]> 201788158 When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.

During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road. Sheriff Bree Taggert responds to find two bodies stuffed inside the luggage. The press demands action. The community is on edge. Suddenly, Bree is at the center of a media firestorm.

In Oregon, a senator’s daughter goes missing. FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick agrees to keep the politically sensitive case on the down-low. When she finds a link between the disappearance and a double homicide three thousand miles away, Mercy takes the next plane out—and lands right in the middle of Bree’s double homicide investigation.

To save the missing girl, Bree and Mercy must work together to stop a killer who’s playing deadly games with the press and stirring up public rage. Hungry for notoriety, he dares Bree and Mercy to catch him before he kills again.]]>
332 Kendra Elliot 1662522010 Pamela Shuffield 5 4.54 2024 Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9)
author: Kendra Elliot
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Track Her Down (Bree Taggert, #9)]]> 196218540 For Sheriff Bree Taggert, a gruesome double murder exposes the secrets of the dead in a shocking novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

A teenager returns home from work and finds her parents shot to death in their bed. Responding to the call, Sheriff Bree Taggert realizes the crime wasn’t a burglary gone wrong. The couple was executed. The sole survivor: their traumatized teenage daughter, Claire Mason.

Bree teams up with investigator Matt Flynn to work the case, but together they uncover more questions than answers. When Claire is stalked at the park, it’s clear the killer isn’t finished—and she’s the next target.

As Bree and Matt sift through the past—suspect by suspect—a tangled web of deception emerges, and the truth becomes harder to see. Because the victims� entire lives were a lie. And the only way to protect the vulnerable girl is to unravel her parents� secrets.]]>
313 Melinda Leigh 1662516959 Pamela Shuffield 0 4.48 2025 Track Her Down (Bree Taggert, #9)
author: Melinda Leigh
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2025
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<![CDATA[A Merciful Silence (Mercy Kilpatrick, #4)]]> 36605687 In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick must unlock the mystery of a mass murder, and the secrets of its silent witness...

For Mercy Kilpatrick, returning to rural Oregon has meant coming to terms with her roots. Raised as a prepper, Mercy is now relying on her survivalist instincts to defend her town from the people the law can’t reach. But this time, an investigation calling up a dark past for her and police chief Truman Daly may be hitting too close to home.

A rainstorm has uncovered the remains of five people—a reprise of the distinctive slaughter of two families twenty years ago. Except the convicted killer is in prison. Is this the case of a sick copycat, or is the wrong man behind bars? One person might have the answer. The lone survivor of the decades-old crimes has returned to town still claiming that she can’t remember a thing about the night she was left for dead. As the search for the truth becomes more dangerous, Mercy fears that the traumatized woman may not have buried her memories at all. She might be keeping them a secret. And there’s a price to be paid for revealing them.]]>
351 Kendra Elliot Pamela Shuffield 5 4.45 2018 A Merciful Silence (Mercy Kilpatrick, #4)
author: Kendra Elliot
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Next Grave (Columbia River, #6)]]> 75382154 A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.

Following a murder and a woman’s sudden disappearance, investigations into old crimes and new collide in an alarming novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.

Detective Evan Bolton is gutted by his latest investigation. His friend and mentor, retired detective Rod McLeod, has been murdered, his body left in the trunk of a junkyard car. When McLeod’s daughter and grandson abruptly vanish, Evan knows it’s not a coincidence. Search and rescue canine specialist Rowan Wolff agrees as she and her dog, Thor, track the missing family.

The two cases converge in a puzzling twist. Evan discovers that McLeod has been reinvestigating old crimes—solved but not forgotten. Evan takes them on, one by one, and a disturbing suspicion forms that someone in law enforcement has something to hide and would do anything to keep those secrets buried.

But Evan and Rowan’s time is slipping away. They have to find the killer now. Before someone else disappears. Before someone else dies.]]>
247 Kendra Elliot Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.45 2024 The Next Grave (Columbia River, #6)
author: Kendra Elliot
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average rating: 4.45
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<![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 213736992
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]>
381 Colleen Hoover Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.48 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2016
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<![CDATA[The Beginner's Guide to Kumihimo: Techniques, Patterns and Projects to Learn How to Braid]]> 25164035
Kumihimo is enjoying a surge in popularity in contemporary jewellery making as an innovative and on-trend technique. This beginner-friendly guide features step-by-step diagrams and photographs to help you start braiding and create beautiful jewellery projects at home.

Written by renowned jewellery crafter and first Ambassador for Swarovski Elements, Dorothy Wood, "The Beginner s Guide to Kumihimo" is the essential guide to Japanese braiding techniques for jewellery craft.

The book covers a range of techniques including flat braids, square braids, honeycomb braids, hollow braids, spiral braids, braiding with beads, using different cords and wire, and finishing techniques."]]>
66 Dorothy Wood 1446371840 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.28 2014 The Beginner's Guide to Kumihimo: Techniques, Patterns and Projects to Learn How to Braid
author: Dorothy Wood
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 2014
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<![CDATA[Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove (The Wright Heroes of Maine, #5)]]> 223071938 In a high-stakes game of deception, two rivals must work together to bring down a ruthless terrorist network.After Alyssa’s dream of working in US intelligence is thwarted, she leaves her mundane profession to pursue a career as a cyber investigator. Though she aces every case she gets, securing enough customers to pay her rent proves challenging. When a lucrative commission comes along, she thinks she’s hit the jackpot. But this client isn’t the British entrepreneur he claims to be. And then her old nemesis interrupts their meeting with a startling move.

NSA agent Gideon Todd is floundering in his new role as a single father to a surprise daughter, but he still has a job to do. He follows a tip about a terrorist, only to be shocked when he finds his old college adversary dining with the notorious killer. Maybe there was a better way to step in than by posing as Alyssa’s fiancé, but it was the best excuse he could come up with to insert himself into their meeting.

Gideon once stole the job Alyssa coveted, and now the last thing she wants is his help. But when he explains who her client actually is, she realizes she’s in way over her head. Dariush Ghazi knew exactly what he was doing when he targeted her. She’s trapped. She must go along with a dangerous scheme, pretending to help him while working with Gideon…or end up dead.

In their quest to dismantle Dariush’s network of evil, Gideon and Alyssa risk sacrificing each other—and everything they hold dear.

Prepare to dive into the latest installment of the Wright Heroes of Maine series, a gripping tale of enemies turned allies, a fake engagement, and a deadly conspiracy.]]>
436 Robin Patchen 1950029557 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.73 2024 Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove (The Wright Heroes of Maine, #5)
author: Robin Patchen
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average rating: 4.73
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<![CDATA[Mad in Mississippi and Rain Down on Me]]> 221734612 From a New York Times�bestselling author, two novellas featuring southern women who have loved and lost—and are surprised by a second chance at romance.
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Bitsy Yarborough believes she’s played her cards right by marrying her high school sweetheart and settling down to a sweet life in her small southern hometown. Until she discovers, on the night of her fifteenth wedding anniversary no less, an unrecognizable lipstick shade on her husband’s collar and a blue pop-off nail in his tighty whities. Shocked to the core, Bitsy knows revenge is the only answer for the scoundrel she vowed to love forever. So she hires local PI Fisher Means to help build a case against her cheating husband and his harem of hussies. Only to discover she might have a few tender feelings left in her heart—for a man who is most definitely not her husband.Ěý.Ěý.Ěý.
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Rain Down on Me
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A life of solitude in a remote cabin in the Ozarks is all Skye Raley wants after the devastating loss of her husband. ĚýUntil the self-sufficient widow encounters a man stumbling across the road in a thunderstorm, injured and in need of care. Once Skye opens her home to Max Bridger, healing his wounds and hearing the stories of his own lonely life, she discovers a connection to the rugged military man she never dreamed she’d have again. But once the rain stops and Max returns to his world, will her heart ever be content again?
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“Sharon Sala is a consummate story teller.Ěý.Ěý.Ěý. If you can stop reading, you’re a better woman than me.â€� â€�#1 New York Timesâ€�bestselling author Debbie Macomber]]>
255 Sharon Sala 0795301138 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.63 Mad in Mississippi and Rain Down on Me
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<![CDATA[Architect's Christmas Nanny: Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas - Book 9]]> 220983650 He’s back in his hometown for Christmas. But will any place feel like home without her?

Brad Williams followed his dreams to the city for a career in architecture years ago. Now the single dad has made his fortune, and he’s determined to come back home to Trinity Falls this Christmas to raise his daughter in the small town he’s always missed, with family all around.

The only trouble is Jillian, his daughter’s nanny, who has been like a mother to the little girl since her mom ran out when she was a baby. But Josie is older now, and she doesn’t really need a nanny anymore, especially with so much family around.

When Josie has a hard time saying goodbye, Jillian agrees to stay with them in Trinity Falls for one last Christmas together before she heads back to the city to start her new life without them.

And that means Brad just has to make it a few more weeks without revealing his secret feelings for her. But the crush he harbors for Jillian consumes him more with every moment he spends with the sweet young woman who has been like an angel to his small family for all these years.

As the decorations appear around town, and the holiday hits flow from the radio, it’s becoming clearer and clearer to Brad that all he wants for Christmas is the one thing he can’t have.

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From an ex-football star finding out about a secret baby, to a reserved tech genius who opens his heart to a small-town barista and her adopted daughter, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
228 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 4.73 Architect's Christmas Nanny: Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas - Book 9
author: Clara Pines
name: Pamela Shuffield
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<![CDATA[Teacher's Christmas Cowboy (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #5)]]> 214518304 A young widow is determined to give her son a quiet Christmas in their new town.
Will a restless cowboy turn all her plans upside down?

When Cora Davies packs up her life and travels to Trinity Falls just before Christmas, her goal is simple. She wants to raise her seven-year-old son in the same small town where his late father grew up. She buys a cute little cottage on the edge of the woods and puts up a wooden fence to keep her son out of the creek—never expecting that this simple act will put her in a passionate conflict with a man who is known in Trinity Falls for his impulsive energy and his dark good looks.

Jared Webb has had his eyes on the property next to the old fishing hole for months. But by the time he manages to put his offer together, an outsider has already had her bid accepted on the land that means so much to him. And the first thing she does is block off access for everyone else. A calmer man might have tried to explain things, and come to an arrangement with the new owner. But Jared marches right up to her without a plan and puts his foot firmly in his mouth, making himself the laughingstock or the hero of the village, depending on who you ask.

But when he hears the young widow’s tale, the hot-headed hunk feels guilty enough to go back and apologize, and he even offers to lend her a hand around the house. He’s doing it because it’s the right thing to do. It has nothing to do with Cora’s beautiful gray eyes, or her charming, adventure-hungry son, who looks up to Jared and suddenly makes him feel like he could one day be something more than a restless cowboy.

The only trouble is that the young widow has put a barricade around her heart that seems even more impenetrable than the fence that started their squabble in the first place.

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From an ex-football star finding out about a secret baby, to a reserved tech genius who opens his heart to a small-town barista and her adopted daughter, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
240 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 5 4.71 Teacher's Christmas Cowboy (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #5)
author: Clara Pines
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<![CDATA[Cowboy's Christmas Bridesmaid (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #8)]]> 219237006 Can this small-town single dad melt a city girl’s heart this Christmas?

Tanner Williams takes pride in two things—his reputation as the best electrician in small town Trinity Falls, and his energetic, fun-loving seven-year-old son, Zeke.

But lately little Zeke’s happiness is fading as he struggles under a mountain of homework. And even though Tanner just landed the biggest job of his career, he can’t seem to think about anything but Valentina, his new project manager. She’s all-business, but Tanner longs to see the serious young woman with her hair down. When Zeke makes her laugh, giving them a glimpse of her adorable dimples and her carefully guarded lighter side, both of the Williams boys are completely smitten.

Valentina Jimenez has spent her whole life chasing the success she knows her parents want for her—and she’s finally close to making all their sacrifices pay off. She can’t let her career get stalled in some small town before she climbs the corporate ladder all the way to the top, even if the charming village and its residents are growing on her daily.

And she definitely can’t let her guard down around the handsome new head electrician on her latest project—especially when his distractingly big, brawny presence seems to be generating its own kind of electricity between them.

But when Tanner brings his second-grader to a meeting, Valentina finds herself falling hard and fast for the bright, funny boy, and the version of his father that comes out whenever Zeke is around.

Once Tanner realizes that helping Valentina learn more about Trinity Falls could be just what she needs to complete the project she’s working on, he chooses to lend a hand, even though it means she’ll be one step closer to leaving them behind.

But how many Christmas events and attractions can they visit together before Valentina’s determination to resist the Williams boys gives way?

When she’s put to the ultimate test as a member of her friend’s wedding party, will Valentina manage to keep her heart on ice? Or will she finally, finally let herself melt?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From an ex-football star finding out about a secret baby, to a reserved tech genius who opens his heart to a small-town barista and her adopted daughter, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
232 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 4.70 Cowboy's Christmas Bridesmaid (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #8)
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<![CDATA[Passions in Death (In Death, #59)]]> 211004870 Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the latest novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb.

On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls� night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of blood, garroted in a private room where she was preparing a surprise for her fiancée—two scrimped and saved-for tickets to Hawaii.

Despite the dozens of people present, useful witnesses are hard to come by. It all brings back some bad memories for Eve. In her uniform days, she’d suffered an assault in the very same room—but she’d been able to fight back and survive. She’d gotten justice. And now she needs to provide some for poor young Erin.

Eve knows that the level of violence and the apparent premeditation involved suggest a volatile mix of hidden, heated passion and ice-cold calculation. This is a crime that can be countered only by hard detective work and relentless dedication—and Eve will not stop until she finds the killer who destroyed this couple’s dreams before the honeymoon even began…]]>
384 J.D. Robb 1250371368 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.19 2024 Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
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<![CDATA[Hopeless Collection: Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, and Finding Perfect (Hopeless, #1-3.5)]]> 63835133 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us and It Starts with Us, an exclusive ebook collection of the spellbinding Hopeless series, exploring how learning the truth can sometimes leave you more hopeless than believing the lies.

In Hopeless , readers are introduced to Sky Davis, a troubled girl who falls for an equally troubled classmate, Dean Holder. The two embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover lessons of life, love, trust, and above all, the healing power only truth can bring.

In Losing Hope , readers learn the truth about Dean and how sometimes, in order to move forward, one must first face the past.

In Finding Cinderella , a novella about the search for happily ever after, a chance encounter in the dark leads Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love each other—for just one hour, but it’s only make-believe�

And Finding Perfect brings together all the beloved characters from both the Hopeless series and All Your Perfects�Daniel, Six, Holder, Sky, and Breckin with Quinn and Graham�to deliver the heartwarming conclusion that fans have been hoping for, and illustrates the power of following a difficult journey through to the end to discover what comes next.]]>
1175 Colleen Hoover 166802697X Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.48 Hopeless Collection: Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, and Finding Perfect (Hopeless, #1-3.5)
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Too Late 127555313
Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

When undercover DEA agent Carter enters the picture, Sloan’s surprised to feel an immediate attraction between them, despite knowing that if Asa finds out, he will kill him. And Asa has always been a step ahead of everyone in his life, including Sloan. No one has ever gotten in his way.

No one except Carter.

Together, Sloan and Carter must find a way out before it’s too late…]]>
370 Colleen Hoover 1538756617 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.06 2016 Too Late
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<![CDATA[Wake to Darkness (Brown and De Luca, #2)]]> 18955355 A reunion between a cop and clairvoyant who knows him like no other leads to danger in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author.Rachel de Luca’s uncanny sense of perception is the key to her success as a self-help celebrity. Even before she regained her sight, she had a gift for seeing people’s most carefully hidden secrets. But the secret she shares with Detective Mason Brown is one she has promised to keep. As for Mason, he sees Rachel more clearly than she’d like to admit.After a single night of adrenaline-fueled passion, they have agreed to keep their distance—until a string of murders brings them together again. Mason thinks that he can protect everyone he loves, including Rachel, by taking them to a winter hideaway, but danger follows them up the mountain.As guests disappear from the snowbound resort, the race to find the murderer intensifies. Rachel knows she’s a target. Will acknowledging her feelings for Mason destroy her—or save them both and stop a killer?“Maggie Shayne writes wonderful stories combining romance with page-turning thrills.� —Karen Robards, New York Times–bestselling author of Whispers at Midnight“Maggie Shayne is better than chocolate. She satisfies every weekend craving.� —Suzanne Forster, New York Times–bestselling author of The Arrangement]]> 361 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.39 2013 Wake to Darkness (Brown and De Luca, #2)
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<![CDATA[Dream of Danger (Brown and de Luca, #1.5)]]> 18388572
She didn't want to need him.

Murder brought self-help guru Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown together. Their shared secrets drove them apart. But now they're together again in this riveting novella that begins where New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shayne's Sleep with the Lights On ended.

She may have been blind for twenty years, but Rachel's always had an uncanny gift for seeing through people—and she distrusts her assistant's new boyfriend at first sight. Amy isn't interested in Rachel's misgivings, though. She's too eager to celebrate Thanksgiving by introducing her family to the new man in her life.

Then Amy doesn't show up for the holiday�.

Desperate to find her missing friend, Rachel has no choice but to turn to Mason. Their investigation into Amy's disappearance takes them ever deeper into danger—and reignites the attraction that they've both sworn to resist. Now it's a race against time as these reluctant partners fight to stave off passion and save a life.]]>
67 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 5 3.98 2013 Dream of Danger (Brown and de Luca, #1.5)
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Trouble Island 203578712 A gripping new novel inspired by a real place and events from the author’s family, Trouble Island is the standalone suspense debut from historical mystery writer Sharon Short.

Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run between America and Canada. The remote isle is also the permanent home to two women: Aurelia Escalante, who serves as a maid to Rosita, lady of the mansion and wife to the notorious prohibition gangster, Eddie McGee. In the freezing winter of 1932, the women anticipate the arrival of Eddie and his strange coterie: his right-hand man, a doctor, a cousin, a famous actor, and a rival gangster who Rosita believes murdered their only son.

Aurelia wants nothing more than to escape Trouble Island, but she is hiding a secret of her own. She is in fact not a maid, but a gangster’s wife in hiding, as she runs from the murder she committed five years ago. Her friend Rosita took her in under this guise, but it has become clear that Rosita wants to keep Aurelia right where she is.

Shortly after the group of criminals, celebrities, and scoundrels arrive, Rosita suddenly disappears. Aurelia plans her getaway, going to the shore to retrieve her box of hidden treasures, but instead finds Rosita’s body in the water. Someone has made sure Aurelia was the one to find her. An ice storm makes unexpected landfall, cutting Trouble Island off from both mainlands, and with more than one murderer among them.

Both a gripping locked room mystery, and a transporting, evocative portrait of a woman in crisis, Trouble Island marks the enthralling standalone suspense debut from Sharon Short, promising to be her breakout novel, inspired by a real island in Lake Erie, and true events from her own rich family history.]]>
336 Sharon Short 1250292840 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.42 2024 Trouble Island
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Reminders of Him 61406597 A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them. The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.]]> 335 Colleen Hoover 1542025591 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.55 2022 Reminders of Him
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<![CDATA[The Forgotten One: Haunted by the Past]]> 219544179 I’ve always been told we are born for a purpose, but if I was born for other� people's purposes, then I would not have wanted to be born. When I was little, I had a terrible fear of the dark. I was not just afraid, but terrified of the dark. If a streetlight shined in the bedroom, and there was a coat hanging on the door, well, when I got through with the image, it had arms, legs, hands, and a terrifying face. I could not escape, because I would have to go out that door. If I screamed, I would have gotten a spanking for waking someone up. So I was trapped with nowhere to run. It was a nightmare where there was no escape. After years of this fear, I asked my mother why should I be so afraid of the dark. Her answer was, “Because your father locked you in the bathroom with no lights till you quit crying, and you had to stay there until you fell asleep or stopped crying.� Sometimes I was there for hours. I asked, “Why did you let him do that to a child?� Her answer was, if she intervened, he would have beaten her up. At age six months, I developed colic and had colic till I was one. I cried a lot, because my stomach hurt, but instead of consoling me, they locked me in a dark room to cry myself to sleep. That fear of the dark lasted till I was in my forties. That was only the beginning of my life. When I tell you the rest the story, you will cry, be sad, and be angry. The demons and ghosts haunt me on a continual basis. I cannot shake the past, no matter how old I get. But through it all, I survived, without the use of drugs or alcohol. I hope in writing my life down, it will be like therapy for the soul. We shall see if that is indeed the case, or am I gambling with antagonizing more demons and ghosts? And you?
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191 Cindy Spicer Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 0.0 The Forgotten One: Haunted by the Past
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<![CDATA[Cowboy's Christmas Librarian (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - #7)]]> 168067129 This Christmas, find out who will win Miss Caroline’s heart�

Praise for the Trinity Falls

"This book brought me so many emotions! Had me crying, laughing, and sitting on edge of my seat. It is a nice, clean love story based in a small town…â€� â­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Ź

"This sweet romance truly touched my heart. I don't think there is any way that you can stop yourself falling for Sarah and Brody. The chemistry between them is so easy to feel and the way they both want to try to protect their hearts is so relatable. The story itself is an engaging and entertaining blend of heart, emotion, drama, and a bit of mystery that welcomes you right in and makes you supremely happy to linger." â­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Ź

"The characters are believable but flawed. The story is so great I laughed until I cried but found myself crying until I laughed. This book checks all the boxes. Romance, laughter, tears and a great little girl you'll cheer for. Just sit back and enjoy." â­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Ź

"Soldier's Secret Baby will melt your heart, having you smiling from ear to ear and reading every Holiday season for years to come (at least I know I will). It's a story of starting over, 2nd chances, the value of family, friends (both new and old) and of course romance." â­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Źâ­ď¸Ź



Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.

From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
244 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.65 Cowboy's Christmas Librarian (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - #7)
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<![CDATA[Rancher's Christmas Cowgirl (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #9]]> 199217421 He’s the billionaire businessman everyone loves to hate. Can a cheerful cowgirl turn the single dad’s frown upside down in time for Christmas?

Sebastian Radcliffe can’t wait to move to Trinity Falls with his son. His happy memories of summers with his grandfather in the familiar countryside sustained him through years of hard work in the city after losing his wife. But when they arrive at last, he discovers that the whole town resents him for buying up so much land.

If Trinity Falls is the perfect Christmas village, Radcliffe might as well be its Scrooge.

Emma Williams loves her family’s homestead so much that she couldn’t bear to leave it after high school. Caring for the beloved horses and working with her older brothers on the rambling acres still makes her excited to get up every single morning.

But when the family farm is in trouble just before the holidays, and Radcliffe makes her a job offer she can’t refuse, Emma finds herself working for the enemy.

Now Radcliffe’s lonely, ten-year-old son provides the only bright spot in her days as she navigates her new situation, and tries desperately to convince the rancher to change his ways.

But sometimes it feels like the most difficult thing she has to do is resist wayward thoughts about her shockingly handsome employer. The smoldering way Radcliffe looks at her, the rapt way he listens to her, and the obvious abandon with which he loves his son are all making it harder and harder for her to remember that he’s hurting her community.

Their attraction may be overwhelming, but that doesn’t mean Radcliffe will ever allow himself to pursue the younger woman, or that Emma will open her heart to the city man her whole town loves to hate. Especially when she learns about his latest plan�

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.

From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
240 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.72 Rancher's Christmas Cowgirl (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #9
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<![CDATA[Doctor’s Secret Santa (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #6)]]> 146924577 He’s the town doctor. But a mysterious young widow might be his prescription for true love.

When Dr. Kellan Webb is offered the opportunity to trade in his job at a fancy city hospital and take over the small practice in his hometown, he’s overjoyed. Working one-on-one with patients and raising his son close to his family will more than make up for the pay cut. And Kellan always has a plan for the future. Sure, his brothers might tease him for being so serious all the time, but Kellan knows there’s nothing funny about shouldering his responsibilities like a man.

Then a beautiful young pregnant woman arrives at his house in the middle of the night with a terrified look on her face and snow in her hair, and Kellan’s whole world is turned upside down.

Suddenly, Daisy is working as a receptionist for his practice, winning over his most obstinate new patients to his way of doing things, and turning every meal into a laugh-fest with his lovestruck seven-year-old son. Though she has every reason to be sad and serious, Daisy’s light heart and easy-going nature are putting the whole town under her spell.

The only problem is that Daisy seems to have a secret. And Kellan doesn’t like surprises.

When the truth finally surfaces, will the doctor’s heart be too sick for any shot at love? Or will Daisy’s exuberance be just the medicine he needs?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
242 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.68 Doctor’s Secret Santa (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #6)
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<![CDATA[Firefighter's Fake Fiancée (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #5)]]> 135950212 His ring isn’t the only thing wrapped around her finger�

Ashton Beck has been in love with his best friend’s little sister forever, but Lucy was always off limits. Now they’re both grown up, and he’s finally back home in small town Trinity Falls, working his dream job as a firefighter. When he hears that her engagement was broken off, Ashton knows the time to declare his feelings has finally come.

But a tragic accident leaves Ashton suddenly caring for a toddler before he has a chance.

Becoming Kaylee’s dad is the best thing that has ever happened to Ashton. But changing diapers, preparing tiny meals, and trying to convince Kaylee’s social worker that he’s truly worthy of adopting the little one all keep him too busy to offer Lucy the fairytale romance he knows she deserves.

When a chance encounter around the holidays has him claiming to be her new fiancé, the wrong people hear about it, and the two decide they have no choice but to keep the ruse going. But as their fake engagement becomes entangled with real feelings, even those who are in on the secret realize something more is happening.

Will the two open their eyes to the Christmas miracle that is right in front of them? Or will Lucy and Ashton be the last to know that the only people they are fooling with this fake engagement are themselves?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.

From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
250 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.62 Firefighter's Fake Fiancée (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #5)
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Wild Eyes (Rose Hill, #2) 210364592
As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press it’s hard to find any peace. But I find it in Rose Hill. With a little boy and a little girl who steal my heart just as thoroughly as their dad.

Weston Belmont.

The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way that’s downright distracting. And in bed? He’s addictive.

Everything with him is wild and impulsive and I’m desperate to regain some control.

But no one has supported me like West does. And no one has ever made me feel as loved as he does either.

So, while my brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossible� my heart says I’m right where I belong.

Still, my life as a celebrity haunts me. It has the power to pull us apart.

I can see in his eyes that wants me to stay. And I want that too.

But I know better than anyone that we don’t always get what we want.]]>
407 Elsie Silver 1738125548 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.38 2024 Wild Eyes (Rose Hill, #2)
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<![CDATA[Sheriff's Treasured Teacher (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #3)]]> 65150493
When it comes to happiness, grumpy Sheriff Cal Cassidy is an officer in need of assistance. But he’s not ready for it to come in the form of his son’s pretty new pre-school teacher. Sure, she’s kind and she’s patient and she smells like cinnamon cookies. But her head is too far in the clouds to ever see eye to eye with a down to earth man like him.

It will take a holiday miracle for Angel Cabrera to get through to her favorite student’s father. In spite of his challenges, little Justin Cassidy is an absolute ray of sunshine in her classroom. On the other hand, Justin’s dad is basically a storm cloud in a sheriff’s hat. As wildly intimidating as he is arrestingly handsome, Sheriff Cassidy has Angel’s heart exceeding the speed limit every time they meet.

When the upcoming holiday brings a dreaded task across Cal’s desk, he decides to call Angel in for backup. But solving the case means spending time together, and battling an attraction they are both desperately trying to deny.

Will these opposites waive their right to remain silent about their feelings in time to save the day? Or will the sheriff and the small-town teacher part ways before they can see what they have in common, and how much they agree on what is truly important?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small-town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
244 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.56 Sheriff's Treasured Teacher (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #3)
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<![CDATA[Carpenter's Christmas Bride (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #6)]]> 216683423 This grumpy single dad and upbeat ballerina are both unexpectedly home for the holidays. But is that the only thing they have in common?

Aidan Webb only wants one thing in life, and that’s to do right by his energetic four-year old son, Walt. He’s determined to focus on his business by day, spend lots of time with Walt by night, and avoid romantic entanglements, no matter what. His single-minded focus may make him seem like a grump, but Aidan doesn’t care, as long as Walt has everything he needs.

Kenzie Forrest has been dancing out the romantic stories of the great ballets ever since she was a little girl. But a terrible injury leaves the professional ballerina uncertain if she will ever dance again. Heading back to her hometown to rest and recover, she almost immediately bumps into a gorgeous single dad and his adorable son.

Suddenly, Kenzie is starting to think that all of this could be fate, and her injury happened because it’s time for her to find her own storybook love this Christmas.

But Aidan Webb doesn’t do love � especially with a ballerina who he secretly believes will head for New York again the minute the boot comes off her injured foot. It doesn’t matter that she’s the only one who can make him laugh, or that she has such a connection with his son.

The problem is that she’s already breaking his heart, and he hasn’t even let her into it yet�

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From an ex-football star finding out about a secret baby, to a reserved tech genius who opens his heart to a small-town barista and her adopted daughter, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
264 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.72 Carpenter's Christmas Bride (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #6)
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<![CDATA[Cowboy's Cafe Crush (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #3)]]> 203415667 He’s keeping his fortune a secret and pretending to date his crush. But if this city kid-turned cowboy wants to land true love this holiday season, he might just have to lay all his cards on the table.Holly Fields loves her small town, her job at the local café, and even her gruff boss. But life has handed her a difficult year. Her big sister passed away, breaking her heart. And Holly now has custody of her beloved niece. Making sure the bright eight-year-old has love, support, and everything she needs is a privilege that is worth any challenge she might bump into along the way. But when Holly’s mom constantly voices her fears that it’s too much for a young woman to do alone, it feels a bit like she’s just waiting for Holly to mess up. In a moment of weakness, Holly hints that she’s seeing someone, even though dating is the last thing on her mind. And when a surprise holiday visit leaves her in the lurch, help arises from the most unexpected source. Julian Cabrera just made a fortune selling a tech invention so specialized even his own family doesn’t understand it. Moving to small town Trinity Falls to be near his sister Angel gives him time to get his head around his new financial position before he has to tell anyone else about it. He works at Cassidy Farm in the mornings and spends his afternoons at the local café, trying to come up with his next project � something meaningful that might actually make the world a better place. When Julian overhears that his favorite waitress is in a jam, he steps in to help her without hesitation. After all, he has admired her kind spirit and pretty smile since his very first visit to the coffee shop. The opportunity to spend more time with the sweet young woman and her exuberant niece is too much for the cowboy-in-training to resist. But as the holiday season unfurls, will the two be able to keep up the ruse? Or is fake dating your real crush too hard after all?]]> 260 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 4.75 Cowboy's Cafe Crush (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Icicle Christmas, #3)
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<![CDATA[Cowboy’s Christmas Nanny (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #1)]]> 62674817 But she’s got what he needs.

Shane Cassidy’s wish list is short this year. The young widower just wants his little daughter to be happy, and his quiet son to come out of his room once in a while. Shane is determined to be there every minute for his kids, but when he runs into big trouble with the family horse farm around Christmas time, he realizes they just might need a helping hand.

It turns out, hiring a new nanny might wind him up in a whole new kind of trouble.

Natalie Bell, his best friend’s little sister, is home from the city and looking for work. He can’t turn down the sweet, feisty girl he’s always had a secret crush on. And he certainly can’t lay a hand on Chris Bell’s little sister.

But how is he supposed to resist falling for her, when he sees the way she loves his kids?

Shane’s past was touched by tragedy, and his present is full of challenges. And Natalie has some broken dreams of her own. Will the Cassidy crew scare the new nanny away before she can get settled in? Or might Natalie be the key to making their new house finally feel like a home for the holidays?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier finding out about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small town community of Trinity Falls.
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276 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 5 4.53 Cowboy’s Christmas Nanny (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #1)
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<![CDATA[Soldier's Secret Baby (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #2)]]> 63842274
Chris Bell’s world was shattered when the woman he loved suddenly left him. Now a serious injury is cutting his military career short, and sending him home to Trinity Falls years before he expected. Determined to build a life for himself and his service dog in the small town where he grew up, the last person Chris expects to see is Grace Cassidy.

Grace has always had a crush on her cousin’s achingly gorgeous best friend. Two years ago, he made her dreams come true when he let her know he had feelings for her, too. Though he was about return to the military, he gave her an unforgettable whirlwind romance.

He also gave her the greatest miracle she could imagine - one the doctors told her might never happen.

The only problem? Chris absolutely, positively doesn’t want children.

Two years have passed since Grace did the only thing she could think of, and ran with her secret miracle. Now, an unexpected Christmas blizzard leaves the three of them snowed in together at a romantic Bed & Breakfast on Trinity Falls Lake. Will the wounded hero and the love of his life grab the second chance at the romance they’ve both been longing for, and the family baby Izzy deserves?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family � one clean & wholesome romance at a time.
From a widower discovering he has feelings for his kids� nanny, to a soldier learning about a secret baby, to a single dad falling in love with his child’s preschool teacher, you’ll lose yourself in these feel-good books celebrating love, family, and the very special small-town community of Trinity Falls.]]>
240 Clara Pines Pamela Shuffield 0 4.48 Soldier's Secret Baby (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #2)
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<![CDATA[Reckless (Shattered Sisters Book 1)]]> 62095292
FBI agent Nick Manelli has to keep his cover intact and keep the sexy witness alive, and there’s only one way he can think of to do both. He has to kidnap her.

RECKLESS (formerly Reckless Angel) was the first published novel of romance superstar Maggie Shayne’s stellar career. This romantic thriller, a RITA Award nominee that garnered raves from RT Book Reviews, has been completely revamped for today’s readers.Ěý

Maggie Shayne writes wonderful romance with page turning thrills that have a permanent spot on my keeper shelf.�
~New York Times Bestselling Author Karen Robards

Don’t miss Book 2 of THE SHATTERED SISTERS series, FORGOTTEN.
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236 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.47 1993 Reckless (Shattered Sisters Book 1)
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Hidden Riches 41142852 453 Nora Roberts 110114615X Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.57 1994 Hidden Riches
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Verity 59218704 Whose truth is the lie?ĚýStay up all night readingĚýthe sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1ĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling author of Too Late andĚýIt Ends With Us.#1 New York TimesĚýBestsellerĚý·ĚýUSA TodayĚýBestsellerĚý·ĚýGlobe and MailĚýBestsellerĚý·ĚýPublishers WeeklyĚýBestsellerĚýLowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.ĚýLowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered.ĚýLowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.]]> 333 Colleen Hoover Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.39 2018 Verity
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<![CDATA[Going Twice (Forces of Nature Book 2)]]> 59638734 From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala.

Enter the eye of the maelstrom as death and disaster stalk Tornado Alley.

As bodies pile up in the wake of a storm—stripped, tortured and grimly posed—authorities must admit the unthinkable. The serial killer dubbed the Stormchaser has returned following a tornado and taken it upon himself to bring the death toll up to where he believes it belongs.Ěý

FBI investigator Wade Luckett is back on the case, assisted by an agent Wade knows professionally and his ex-wife, Jo. Neither time nor the tragedy that tore them apart have blunted the ache Wade feels for brave, beautiful Jo. And though she tries to deny it, she feels the same. But the stirrings of renewed romance will have to wait until they catch a killer.Ěý

The Stormchaser has no intention of getting caught. He's set his sights on a new victim. Jo can forget about the lifetime she dreams of spending with Wade. She'll be lucky to see another day.

Previously published.

Read the Forces of Nature Trilogy by Sharon
Book Going Once
Book Going Twice
Book Going Gone
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262 Sharon Sala 0369719883 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.62 2014 Going Twice (Forces of Nature Book 2)
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Left Behind 202547908 Everything that was lost will be found again.

Jubilee PD Officer Wiley Pope thinks he's ruined things with Linette Elgin. He hasn't seen or heard from the local nurse since their first date went disastrously wrong. But when Wiley walks in on a bank robbery with Linette as one of the hostages, his training and protective instincts kick into full gear. A heroic bullet to his armor-protected chest is enough for Linette to forgive Wiley's past mistakes and be willing to begin anew.

While his love for Linette grows daily, Wiley finds himself in over his head when a murder investigation is linked to Pope Mountain. If that wasn't enough, a woman from Wiley's father's past abandons her seven-year-old daughter at the police station in an attempted money scheme. But the minute the woman signs over her parental rights, Wiley and Linette welcome the wary little girl into their family and show her what real love looks like.

Praise for New York Times bestseller Sharon Sala's thrilling romantic

"Emotionally wrenching, sensually appealing, edgy and suspenseful, and hopeful and endearing."�USA Today for Going Gone

"Vivid, gripping...this thriller keeps the pages turning."�Library Journal for Torn Apart

"Skillfully balancing suspense and romance, Sala gives readers a nonstop breath-holding adventure."�Publishers Weekly for Going Once]]>
448 Sharon Sala 1728279097 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.46 2024 Left Behind
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<![CDATA[On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8)]]> 61138863 Sheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground.

With the help of investigator Matt Flynn, Bree works the case. They go to interview Jana, the best friend of one of the victims. But when they arrive at her apartment, it’s been ransacked and set on fire. And Jana is missing.

It’s clear the killer is escalating. To make matters worse, he threatens Bree’s family and a young mother vanishes. Will Bree and Matt uncover the link between the victims before more women die?]]>
312 Melinda Leigh Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.50 2024 On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8)
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Save Me / Silenced Witness 199524192 tk tagline here

Save Me by New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala

Tragedy separated them.

Now he’s her only hope.

Hunter Gray and Lainie Mayes were each other’s first, last and only love. Until tragedy and their feuding families drove them apart. Eleven years vanish when Hunter learns that Lainie has gone missing in the Colorado mountains. Now the former army pilot must pull off his most perilous mission. Can he rescue Lainie and uncover the truth before the woman he loves is once again lost to him…this time forever?

FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!

Silenced Witness by bestselling author K.D. Richards

After her brother dies under a cloud of suspicion, Alexis Douglas will do whatever it takes to clear his name. Enlisting the help of ex-military PI TJ Roman proves a double-edged sword. Up against a killer desperate to keep the truth buried, TJ must step up his game before he and Alexis are both silenced forever.]]>
399 Sharon Sala 0369748174 Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.28 Save Me / Silenced Witness
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<![CDATA[Knee High by the Fourth of July (Murder by Month Mystery, #3)]]> 204118669 Independence Day comes with fireworks, a budding romance, and hometown murder in this sharp and witty mystery by Edgar Award–nominated author Jess Lourey.

When Fourth of July weekend coincides with Wenonga Days—the annual celebration of a locally famous Ojibwe leader—the town of Battle Lake double-dips on the tourist trade. This year the hullabaloo hasn’t even started and there’s already a story for reporter Mira James.

The Chief Wenonga statue has disappeared, leaving behind drops of human blood and a big question for How and why would anyone steal a twenty-three-foot monument? Things go from curious to worse when a local man is kidnapped. And from worse to downright gruesome when a corpse is found in the lakeside cabin of a horticultural hottie Mira’s been crushing on from afar.

Mira has no choice but to trail a statue thief, find a missing person, and clear an earthy dreamboat’s name from a murder charge. Not to mention risk her own life to unmask a cold-blooded killer.

Revised This edition of Knee High by the Fourth of July includes editorial revisions.]]>
220 Jess Lourey 1662519265 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.08 2007 Knee High by the Fourth of July (Murder by Month Mystery, #3)
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Fired Up (Spiced Right, #2) 201367519 The author of Spiced Right serves up scorching romance with just a hint of danger in this novel about a sexy pitmaster and the sultry cook-off host determined to rope him in.

Avery Reed knows how to fire up the grills! And with his piercing blue eyes, the rugged pitmaster makes women’s mouths water, including Layla Jenson’s. She’s a YouTube cook-off host who’s spotlighting talented BBQ cooks across the country. Her current project is a bunkhouse cook showdown—and former pitmaster pro Avery holds the key to its success.

Unfortunately, Layla’s running from a troubled past. And Avery has his own demons nipping at his heels.

When Layla visits the TRIPLE R to ask Avery to be on the show, will their scorching chemistry seal the deal? Or will their complicated pasts tear them apart?]]>
299 Gigi Templeton 1662517890 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.85 Fired Up (Spiced Right, #2)
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<![CDATA[Passions in Death (In Death, #59)]]> 203578776 Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the latest novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb.

On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls� night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of blood, garroted in a private room where she was preparing a surprise for her fiancée—two scrimped and saved-for tickets to Hawaii.

Despite the dozens of people present, useful witnesses are hard to come by. It all brings back some bad memories for Eve. In her uniform days, she’d suffered an assault in the very same room—but she’d been able to fight back and survive. She’d gotten justice. And now she needs to provide some for poor young Erin.

Eve knows that the level of violence and the apparent premeditation involved suggest a volatile mix of hidden, heated passion and ice-cold calculation. This is a crime that can be countered only by hard detective work and relentless dedication—and Eve will not stop until she finds the killer who destroyed this couple’s dreams before the honeymoon even began…]]>
359 J.D. Robb 1250289564 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.02 2024 Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
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I Might Be in Trouble 210331628 A suspenseful, satirical dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.

A few years ago, David Alvarez had it all: a six-figure book deal, a loving boyfriend, and an exciting writing career. His debut novel was a resounding success, which made the publication of his second book—a total flop—all the more devastating. Now, David is single, lonely, and desperately trying to come up with the next great idea for his third manuscript, one that will redeem him in the eyes of readers, reviewers…and maybe even his ex-boyfriend.

The issue is, good ideas are hard to come by, and the mounting pressure of a near-empty bank account isn’t helping. But when David connects with a sexy stranger on a dating app, he figures a wild night out in New York City may be just what he needs to find inspiration. Lucky for him, his date turns out to be handsome, confident, and wealthy, not to mention the perfect distraction from yet another evening staring at a blank screen.

After one of the best nights of his life, David wakes up hungover but giddy—only to find prince charming dead next to him in bed. Horrified, completely confused, and suddenly faced with the implausible-but-somehow-plausible idea that he may have actually killed his date, David calls the only person he can trust in a moment of crisis: his literary agent, Stacey.

Together, David and Stacey must untangle the events of the previous night, cover their tracks, and spin the entire misadventure into David’s career-defining novel—if only they can figure out what to do with the body first.]]>
329 Daniel Aleman 1538766345 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.60 2024 I Might Be in Trouble
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Girl, Missing 183132214 What really happened to Sara-Jane?

It’s been fifteen years since Gem’s eight-year-old daughter Sara-Jane went missing, snatched with her best friend Abby right outside their school. A frantic search united the community at first, but after Abby was found and brought home, single mother Gem’s dogged persistence only led to accusations that she was stirring up class tensions. Even that she was somehow involved.

When Gem hears that human remains have been unearthed in the school’s chapel, she casts aside the new life she’s carefully built around herself and returns to the community that closed ranks against her all those years ago. Someone there knows something, she’s sure of it. And when Sara-Jane’s belongings start appearing on her doorstep, Gem knows she’s getting close—dangerously close—to the truth.

One thing’s for certain: it’s not just the remains in the chapel that have lain hidden for years. Can Gem unravel the dark secrets that might lead to Sara-Jane? Or has blind hope lured her into a web she’ll never escape?]]>
358 Dreda Say Mitchell 166251560X Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.87 2024 Girl, Missing
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Lake County 200473329 Set in the 1950s, this Southern Gothic thriller by Edgar Award–winning author Lori Roy reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, tying her fate to a dreamy teenager whose boyfriend runs afoul of the mob.

Desperate to break free of small-town Florida, Addie Anne Buckley dreams of following in the path of her glamorous aunt Jean—known to the world as Marilyn Monroe. When Aunt Jean plans a trip to Hollywood for Addie’s eighteenth birthday, Addie sees her chance to escape.

One thing stands in her her boyfriend. Truitt Holt is Addie’s first and only love and will be joining her in California. But days before Addie’s due to leave, Truitt does an about-face and gives her a painful stay and marry him, or they’re through. Addie chooses her dream.

Hurt and angry, Truitt unwittingly exposes the illegal bolita game he’s been running in mob territory. Now the Tampa mafia is after him, and he has until midnight to cut a deal that will save his life and Addie’s. What he doesn’t know…his trouble with the mob has already found Addie and her family. She’s already in a fight for her life.]]>
311 Lori Roy 1662519923 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.82 2024 Lake County
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<![CDATA[Love, Utley (Love Letters, #1)]]> 214131996
Maddox Lovelace. The captivating football player I met in college.
The one I only knew for a week. A week that was� life-changing.
Until my phone rang, and I had no choice but to go home.
I left Maddox a letter, putting my feelings on paper, giving him my number, hoping he’d call.
But he didn’t call.
He never called.
He got drafted into the professional league and lived like a king while I stayed home and struggled to stay afloat.
I may have followed his career, but now that he’s retired from football, I’ve forced myself to stop thinking about him.
And it’s okay that I won’t ever see him again. That week in college was fifteen years ago.
I’m not in love with Maddox anymore.
I might even hate him.

Maddox
Hannah Utley. The name that’s haunted me since my senior year of college.
The girl who caught my attention with her wide eyes and freckled nose.
Who spent one week twisting up my insides until she stole a piece of my heart the night we got locked inside the campus library.
The girl who disappeared without a word.
It’s the name of the girl I’ve been trying to forget for fifteen years.
And it’s the name looking up at me from the résumé in my hand.
Because Hannah Utley works for the company I just purchased.
And that makes her mine. Whether she likes it or not.]]>
428 S.J. Tilly 1962096106 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.92 Love, Utley (Love Letters, #1)
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Our Little Secret 200638382
He swore he’d never let her go. She should have believed him.

Brooke Hastings is ready to end her six-week affair. Gideon Ross is charming and sexy, but he’s not worth throwing away her marriage and family for. So she breaks it off, hoping Gideon will understand. �

He doesn’t. Gideon insists that he and Brooke are meant to be together. Finally, he backs off, but not before issuing a he’ll never let her go.�

Six years later, Brooke wants to believe it’s all behind her. Her family has survived intact. Gideon has vanished.  �

But the fear hasn’t disappeared. Brooke can’t tell how much of it is paranoia, and how much is justified, but she’s worried. And maybe she’s right to be.   �

Because Gideon is a man who keeps his promises . . .]]>
380 Lisa Jackson 1496737016 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.51 2024 Our Little Secret
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<![CDATA[The Best of All (The Best Men, #2)]]> 202258278 He’s commitment phobic. She believes in happy endings. The twist of fate that binds them is a surprise they never saw coming in a bittersweet romance about instant family—and not-so-instant love.

A decade-old animosity is the only thing Liam Davies and Zoe Valentine have in common. Until their mutual best friends pass away and they’re appointed co-guardians of the trusting couple’s precocious toddler, Mira.

Liam is committed only to professional football. Relationship-wise, he’s even better at defense. Still wrestling with a tough childhood, he’s not cut out to be a father. Why his late best buddy believed in him, Liam has no idea.

An optimistic romantic, Zoe has always dreamed of a fairy-tale life. But even though Liam’s biceps make her dizzy and she can’t stop thinking about his lips on hers, he’s not exactly Prince Charming. With or without that brooding Brit, she is determined to make good on her friends� last wish.

Forced into a predicament they never expected, Zoe and Liam are discovering things about each other that could scorch through boundaries, warm hearts, and change minds. And best of all, with their shared love for a pint-size surprise like Mira, they might just turn a house into a home.]]>
327 Karla Sorensen 1662514433 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.29 2024 The Best of All (The Best Men, #2)
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<![CDATA[What Lies in Darkness (Jess Lambert, #2)]]> 195511870 A missing family. A traumatized detective. The past and present collide in a riveting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of These Still Black Waters, Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and The Night Olivia Fell.

Late Christmas Eve, the Harper family’s car crashed on a desolate stretch outside Black Lake. Sixteen-year-old Alice was found injured by the side of the road—alone. It was as if her parents and younger sister, Ella, had simply disappeared.

One year later, Alice is still dealing with nightmares and unanswered questions when she and her friends find Ella’s bloodstained backpack in the basement of an abandoned home. As Detective Jess Lambert investigates, she uncovers dark secrets that put her on a collision course with her past. Jess’s only witness is haunted by her own ghosts—ghosts that might ultimately be connected to Jess.

Jess will do anything to find out what happened to the Harpers—no matter how deep she has to dig. Because neither the living nor the dead are giving up their secrets easily.]]>
343 Christina McDonald 1662511639 Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 4.38 2024 What Lies in Darkness (Jess Lambert, #2)
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Heart Restoration Project 201368829 In Provence, a burned-out reality show star embarks down a path of self-renovation in a witty and enlightening novel about celebrity, love, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human heart.

Who is the real Plum Everly? Wouldn’t she like to know.

Raised in front of the cameras on her family’s hit reality show, Plum has reluctantly ridden the wave of D-list fame for way too long. Fading under the spotlight, she’s ready to ditch Hollywood forever when a new opportunity a DIY in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Château Mirabelle and Plum’s identity. Both in need of restoration.

Bienvenue en France. The village is gracious and welcoming. Elliott Schaffer, the flirty head of production, isn’t bad either. But it’s Mirabelle itself—a symbol of courage reaching back to World War II—that pushes the show in a new direction. Focusing on its profound connection to history, Plum and Elliott are developing a greater appreciation for the legendary château and, along the way, for each other.

The best part of this makeover of the heart and soul? Plum gets to write her own ending. This time, for the first time, her life is going to be the real thing.]]>
302 Beth Merlin 166252224X Pamela Shuffield 0 to-read 3.90 Heart Restoration Project
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<![CDATA[Oklahoma Sunshine (The McIntyre Men Book 6)]]> 62012393
COVER COMING SOON! THIS ONE IS A PLACEHOLDER.

Sunny is known around Big Falls as the woman who lives up to her name. She’s upbeat, friendly, talented and kind, and her bakery, Sunny’s Place, is a fixture in the small town. She’s everything Jason McIntyre wants in a woman. But all that changes when her shadowy past shows up to destroy the life she’s built. A woman from her past with every reason to hate her, a boy who’s torn between his mother’s anger and his love for Sunny, and a wealthy, powerful man is on their hells, a man who will destroy them all if he ever tracks them down.]]>
0 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.69 2019 Oklahoma Sunshine (The McIntyre Men Book 6)
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average rating: 4.69
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<![CDATA[Oklahoma Moonshine (The McIntyre Men Book 2)]]> 61947147 The Most Eligible Billionaire Bachelor Cowboys in Oklahoma!

Robert McIntyre has his eye on a sprawling ranch outside Big Falls that’s about to be auctioned. Determined to be his own man, he wants to buy it without help from his father or his inheritance, but he’s only saved up about half what he needs to make that happen. Partnering up with a gorgeous redhead wasn’t part of his plan. A dishonest woman burned him badly, and he’s still not over it. But Kiley seems straight up, and besides, he’ll buy her out of her half in short order. Until then, it’s not exactly gonna be a chore to be around her.

Kiley Capone was raised by a con-man, so she knows how to get what she wants, and what she wants, is that same ranch. But it’s going to go for about twice as much cash as she can put her hands on. The busy-body at the real estate office let on that one of the McIntryres wanted it, too and with a little encouragement, spilled all the juicy details. So Kiley shows up at the McIntrye family business, The Long Branch saloon, just after closing time to catch Robert alone. He’s the brooding middle brother, and most people are a little bit afraid of him. Kiley is not most people.

When they decide to buy the ranch together, he actually thinks it was his idea. But Kiley has no intention of sharing. She’ll buy him out soon enough. And until then, she figures she can sweet talk him enough to make sharing the place bearable.

But Robert isn’t as easy to wrap about her finger as she’d expected, and Kiley isn’t fooling him half as much as she thinks she is.

If you loved The Texas Brands, and The Oklahoma All-Girl Brands, you’re going to LOVE this brand new series set in the same world.

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242 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 4.57 2016 Oklahoma Moonshine (The McIntyre Men Book 2)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 2016
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<![CDATA[Baby By Christmas (The McIntyre Men Book 5)]]> 62014233 Rescued by a rascal�

Allie’s plans to surprise her big brother on the eve of his deployment fall through, and a fight breaks out in the bar where she’d been waiting for him. Extricated from the brawl by a handsome stranger, she surrenders to his charm and indulges in an uncharacteristic one-night-stand that makes her forget her troubles for just a little while.

But it brings her a whole new set of problems.

A girl he can’t forget�

The memory of his passionate night with Allie haunts Logan’s dreams in Afghanistan. His commanding officer and best friend wants him spend Christmas with his family, since they both have leave.

Logan doesn’t really do family, but reluctantly, he agrees.

A revelation he never expected�

But Logan is stunned to find the object of 9 long months worth of fantasies, waiting at the airport. And that’s only the first surprise. He soon learns that she is Adam’s baby sister, and she’s very, very pregnant.

A Christmas they’ll never forget!

As her entire family gathers, and her due date comes and goes, attraction is rekindled, secrets are revealed, and both love and labor ensue.

Join the Wakelands of Big Falls for the holidays!

You’re gonna love them all. We promise!
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188 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.69 2017 Baby By Christmas (The McIntyre Men Book 5)
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<![CDATA[Shine On Oklahoma (The McIntyre Men Book 4)]]> 61899594 Kendra Kellogg's back in town.â€� Big Falls and Dax Russell will never be the same.Ěý

Con-artist Kendra is back in small-town Big Falls for one reason only: to save her father's life. Jack is dead unless Kendra can get his kingpin captor what he wants. And what he wants is for Dax Russell, Kendra's ex-lover and the only mark she ever regretted conning, to take over his father's thoroughbred racetrack, Aurora Downs.

Dax is the sole heir to a legacy he doesn't want, from a hateful father who never showed love. All the other tracks in Aurora Springs NY belong to the State Racing Association.ĚýWhen there are no more relatives to inherit it, Aurora Downs becomes their property as well.

And that's fine with Dax.

Sadly, it's not fine with Kendra. If Dax refuses his inheritance it will spell her father's end. So she has to con the sweetest, sexiest man she's ever known. Again. And that means spending Thanksgiving with the most honest family in Oklahoma.

For Dax, Kendra’s return means a second chance with the only woman he’s ever loved.

For Kendra, it’s a life and death game of deception.

Fooling a man who knows her so well is a challenge.

Trying not to fall in love with him is impossible.
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210 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.62 2017 Shine On Oklahoma (The McIntyre Men Book 4)
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name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.62
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<![CDATA[Oklahoma Starshine (The McIntyre Men Book 3)]]> 61991335
A deeply moving, emotional story of a mother’s anguish, a father’s love, a family’s hope, this novel will renew your faith and restore your belief in miracles.

Veterinarian and single mom Emily Hawkins� world is turned upside down when her precious little girl is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Only a bone marrow transplant can save 3-year-old Matilda Louise. Emily isn’t a match, but she’s determined to find someone who is, and that means tracking down Tilda’s biological father and his filthy rich family, a family she believes would’ve preferred her little girl had never been born.

But when she arrives in Big Falls, Oklahoma, nothing is the way she expected. Joey McIntyre, the billionaire’s son who’d been her sweet teenage summer fling, is as handsome and smooth as ever, but he seems to fall hard for Tilda-Lou at first sight, and he’s furious that Emily has kept his child from him. Which makes no sense at all. Soon Emily begins to suspect that the version history she’s believed all these years, might not be the real one. And if that’s true, she’s done a terrible, unforgivable thing.

But none of that matters as dire symptoms set in. The doctor advises Emily and Joe to give their girl the best Christmas ever. Fortunately, Christmas is what the Brand-McIntyre clan does best.

Emily and Joey put their feelings aside, coming together in a desperate search for a way to save their little girl against all odds.

But the truth is that little Matilda Louise is the one who’s saving them.

If you enjoyed Maggie Shayne’s Award Winning Texas Brands Series and Oklahoma Brands, you are going to LOVE the McIntyre Men.
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226 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.71 2016 Oklahoma Starshine (The McIntyre Men Book 3)
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average rating: 4.71
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<![CDATA[Oklahoma Christmas Blues (The McIntyre Men Book 1)]]> 61944900 an alternate cover edition can be found here

Darryl is on a quest for peace. His chance at fatherhood was taken from him long ago, and an IED in Iraq ensured he’d never get another. In Big Falls, the McIntyre brothers hire him to keep an eye on their beautiful cousin Sophie in case her criminal ex shows up. He doesn’t expect to fall head over heels.

Sophie McIntyre’s life was blown apart by a drug dealing ex who cost her her job and nearly her medical license. She comes to Big Falls because she has nowhere else to go. And the minute she gets there, things start to get better.

Is it because of that letter to Santa her Aunt Vidalia convinced her to write?

Within days she meets a beautiful man with a deeply wounded soul. And oddly, she finds herself giving him the same advice the town Santa gave to her—try believing again, and if it’s too much to believe, then just try hoping.

Love, magic, and miracles ensue.

Because this is Big Falls, Oklahoma. Miracles are an everyday occurrence around here. Especially at Christmastime.

BELIEVE AGAIN with MAGGIE SHAYNE

An expanded author’s cut edition of the story previously published in Buckles, Boots and Mistletoe.
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137 Maggie Shayne Pamela Shuffield 5 4.60 2015 Oklahoma Christmas Blues (The McIntyre Men Book 1)
author: Maggie Shayne
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Protecting You (Bailey Brothers, #1)]]> 63083570 One night brings them together. Another night tears them apart.

Grace Miles misses her easy friendship with Asher, but growing up means growing apart. And really, how could he fall for her when they spent their childhood getting muddy in the creek and splitting sticks of gum? But this summer, something feels different. If Grace didn’t know better, she’d think Asher was flirting with her. Those dark eyes, hard body, and wicked smile make her insides swirl and her heart dare to hope for things she’s convinced herself she’ll never have.

Falling for your best friend shouldn’t be complicated, but for Asher Bailey, loving Grace is anything but simple. The road to romance isn’t smooth thanks to his pack of wild brothers who are protective of the girl next door, a take-no-sass grandmother, a small town where gossip is a spectator sport, and a feud that spans generations. But Asher realizes his feelings are too big to ignore.

Loving her isn’t the risk. Losing her would be.

And one night, one kiss, changes everything. Finally admitting their feelings is the beginning of their happily ever after. Until their fairy tale love story is tragically interrupted, and neither of them will ever be the same.

Author’s note: Lifelong soulmates, ridiculous pranks, brother shenanigans, and a feuding town. Protecting You is the Bailey Brothers series origin story. Be there when it begins and fall in love with this wild band of unruly brothers.

The Bailey Brothers series is meant to be read in order and Grace and Asher’s story concludes in book two, Fighting for Us.

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166 Claire Kingsley Pamela Shuffield 0 3.73 2020 Protecting You (Bailey Brothers, #1)
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name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2020
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<![CDATA[Fighting for Us (Bailey Brothers, #2)]]> 50625845 How long would you wait for the love of your life?


The Asher Bailey who comes home to his quirky small town isn't the same man who put a ring on Grace's finger. He's bigger, harder, haunted. Forced to give up Grace and everything else that was good in his life for a prison sentence he barely survived.


Now that he's home, he finds himself aggressively welcomed by his brothers and gleefully gossiped about by his neighbors. He'd counted on both.

But he never expected to see Grace still wearing his ring.


Grace's fairy tale didn't end. It was interrupted. She's spent the last seven years living her life while waiting for one man. Now that he's back, she's got her work cut out for her. He's scarred and angry, and stubbornly convinced they can't be together. She's more than happy to educate him otherwise.


Every beer, every prank, every kiss brings him closer to where he's always belonged. In her life. In her arms. In her heart.


Asher fears the darkness inside him can't be contained. But Grace won't give up on him without a fight.


Author's A brooding, wounded hero and the woman who won't give up on him. A pack of unruly, prank-loving brothers. A wild neighborhood rumor mill. Spectacular BFF banter. This is a love story about soulmates that delivers the heat and all the feels.


The Bailey Brothers series is meant to be read in order and Fighting for Us concludes Grace and Asher's happily ever after.

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443 Claire Kingsley Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 4.34 2020 Fighting for Us (Bailey Brothers, #2)
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name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.34
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How the Grump Saved Christmas 60202761
Hardworking Isabelle Cook has a serious problem. Her family farm, site of Tilikum’s Christmas Village, is in trouble. Big trouble. And worst of all? The man trying to buy it is none other than the grumpiest, grinchiest man of them all—Elias Stoneheart.

That’s a big nope. She’s not letting him get involved. Not with his heart made of coal.

Elias Stoneheart is in the business of making money, not friends. Especially when his boss is promising a long-awaited promotion. All he has to do is convince one struggling family to sell their farm.

The problem? It’s Cook Family Farm. And Isabelle Cook is his ex.

He might have history with Isabelle, but this is just business. A Christmas-loving farm girl is not going to come between him and his ambition.

And Christmas? He hates it. Christmas Village needs to go.

But as Elias spends time in the small town, holiday spirit—and Isabelle—get under his skin. And she might be the only one who can melt the ice around his heart.

Author’s Note: a sassy farm girl takes on a grumpy businessman in this stand-alone, snowy, small-town Christmas romance. Saucy banter, a guard donkey, plenty of holiday cheer, and a heartwarming happily ever after that will make you believe in the magic of Christmas.]]>
339 Claire Kingsley Pamela Shuffield 0 currently-reading 3.99 2022 How the Grump Saved Christmas
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name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
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<![CDATA[Fella Billionaire Romance Series]]> 59696764 Billionaire Fashion Designer

Billionaire Singer

Billionaire Filmmaker


Each novel has never been released and has an HEA. For a limited time the book is under dollar or free on KU.]]>
757 Mia Brown Pamela Shuffield 4 4.20 Fella Billionaire Romance Series
author: Mia Brown
name: Pamela Shuffield
average rating: 4.20
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