 Can you believe it's February already? I know a lot of you are dealing with some freezing weather right now. That sounds like a perfect time to curl up on the couch with a warm blanket, a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, and a good book. Check out the new releases below and fill up your Kindle! January 29th  Mother of Rebellion by B.K. Boes The breaking was only the beginning... Rebellion brews as nations struggle for power. Survival is pitted against compassion, duty against faith, and loyalties against love. The Schism, a war that raged a thousand years ago, left the continent of Leyumin broken. Near constant war and destruction define the millennium afterward, but the heavens have promised reunifcation and with it peace. Now, two nations vie for dominance and the title of Unitor. One does so through politics and manipulation, the other through brute force and self-proclaimed pure blood. Five unlikely people will shape the things to come: a slave-wife, a warrior, a guardian of history, a disciple, and a young nobleman. As they embark upon their journeys, their decisions sow the beginnings of change, and the consequences they reap prove to be more than they're prepared to handle. Meanwhile, all wait in anticipation for the Unitor to emerge as the future looms uncertain. January 31st  Staying Inn for Valentine's Day by Eliza Boyd In a small town called True Love, anything is possible. Penelope Galbraith is set to take over her parents' business, Inn True Love. She has huge plans to expand the property. The town's tourist business is booming, and they often have to turn people away at the inn - like Devon. But when he disses the town she loves, she offers him a place to stay for the night with one condition: He has to stick around for one day and let her show him around to prove how great True Love is. Devon Nichol leaves his small hometown the first chance he gets. Nothing's keeping him there anymore, and he's sure he's inherited his mother's wandering spirit. So he makes a plan to land wherever he runs out of gas. Before that happens, he stops for the night in True Love, a town tinier than the one he grew up in. All he wants to do is get back on the road, but something about Penelope's charm intrigues him and he honors the deal. When one day turns into a second, will Devon see how special True Love is - especially with Penelope at his side? February 1st  More Than My Playboy Co-Worker by Danae Little Love deserves a second chance, but Mia wonders if her renown playboy co-worker can be trusted. Mia Thompson threw herself into work after she caught her fiance cheating with his secretary. Her dad chose the liar to lead his multi-million dollar company rather than her. Making a name for herself became a must. She had no time for games which is why she hardly even noticed her playboy co-worker, Isaac. That is until she was forced to go on assignment with him-to her father's Valentine's bash of all places. Isaac quickly uncovers her situation and declares himself as her biggest supporter. In the process she realizes that he is more than the playboy he portrays himself as, and she forgets to act like the prim, focused woman he knows her as at work. Mia wonders if she can trust her playboy co-worker in order to give love a second chance.  Not Until Forever by Valerie M. Bodden She chose her career over him. He put his family before her. When they get a second chance, will they choose to put each other first? As she climbs the corporate ladder, Sophie doesn’t let herself think about what she gave up when she declined Spencer’s proposal four years ago. She’s never wanted a husband or family, and she tells herself she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be. So when she’s called home to say goodbye to her dying grandmother, she goes out of her way to avoid seeing him. Of course, that means he’s the first person she runs into. Much as she fights against it, being near him stirs up old feelings and makes her question old decisions. Leaving college to help on the family farm cost Spencer the woman he loved. But he couldn’t turn his back on his family. Now that Sophie’s back in town, Spencer’s determined to protect his heart. Only he senses something new in Sophie—something that makes him think maybe they could have a second chance. But when his family needs him again, he feels like he’s repeating the past. Only this time, he’s not sure what choice he should make. Because the more time they spend together, the more they both realize their old feelings have never disappeared. Maybe a future together is the one God had planned for them all along. But soon Sophie is called back to her job in Chicago, and Spencer has to decide what direction his future will take. Can they find the courage to make different choices this time? Or will the heartaches of the past keep them from the second chance they desire? February 8th  Not Until Valentine's by Valerie M. Bodden She’s looking for “the one.” He knows it can never be him. Unless God has other plans for them . . . Peyton has been looking for “the one” forever. She thought she’d finally met him when she started dating Jared. But when Jared told her last Valentine’s Day that he never planned to get married, she had to face the facts: maybe he wasn’t the one God intended for her after all. Now, she’s just trying to survive the annual ski trip with all her bones—and her heart—in one piece. Jared wishes he could give Peyton everything she desires. But marriage is the one thing he can never offer her. So he plans use this year’s ski trip to get over her. But that’s almost impossible when wherever he turns, he sees her spending time with another man at the ski lodge—a man Jared doesn’t trust. He promised himself long ago that he’d never again stand by and watch a woman get hurt. And he’s not about to let anything happen to the woman he still loves. When a crisis rocks the trip, both have to reexamine what they want—and who’s in control. But are their hopes for the future still too different, or can they trust that God has a plan for them? February 12th  Kiss You Now by Jan Thompson A novelist who can't write... A doctor who won't practice... A world moving on with or without them... KISS YOU NOW is Book 7 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational Christian romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.  Welcome to Spicetown by Sheri Richey When a crime stopper senior citizen starts to act oddly, a new business sells fake products and the New Year’s Eve fireworks display disappears, Mayor Cora Mae Bingham and the Spicetown Police Chief Conrad Harris have to get involved. Cora keeps an eye on her quaint small town nestled in the southern hills of Ohio. Although Spicetown is sprinkled with culinary street names, stores full of spices, and quaint life-long citizens, out-of-towners can bring in a dicey element. February 14th  A Hope for Samuel by Sylvia Damsell Lisa thought she loved Ray. He told her he loved her. But then he started courting another woman and Lisa married Samuel on the rebound. When Ray said he had made a mistake she asked Samuel for an annulment of their marriage which he gave her. When she subsequently discovered Ray was not what he appeared to be she finds herself alone and is determined to take control of her life. Samuel has been accepted as a detective and she applies to become one as well which takes them to New York then on to San Francisco where they are told to take a group of orphans who are to be auctioned off to families who want them. What follows involves danger, intrigue and, most of all, romance as Samuel and Lisa are once again thrown together and as they migrate towards Lone Pine.  The Miracle of Us by Elizabeth Trent Chase and Naia were high school sweethearts who planned to live happily ever after. But sometimes plans change. Chase Collins has regrets in his life. Merely existing, he walks through each day, not living the life he once planned. Fortunately for him, a second chance slams into him after seven long years. A second chance he’s unable to resist. Naia Donovan’s world was rocked with tragedy two years ago. Since that time, she’s tried to get her life back on track. In her attempts to move forward, she hadn’t planned on constant nightmares haunting her dreams. When she sees an opportunity at her high school reunion to move past the pain, she takes it, not realizing she’s still healing. As Chase and Naia work to rekindle their lost friendship, secrets are revealed threatening to end what they’ve revived, before they can find their way back to one another. Will the ghosts haunting their pasts be too much for them to overcome?  Valentine Gold by Danielle Thorne Her chances of finding a Valentine are about as good as striking gold, but an old cabin, a new neighbor, and the mountain of Good Hope just might shift the odds. When Natalie Boyd inherits an old cabin in the north Georgia mountains, she thinks it could be the answer to all of her problems. She’s ready to start over after a heart-breaking divorce, and the cabin on the banks of a river once mined for gold is the perfect hideaway for her new, reclusive life. No sooner does she settle in, and Natalie realizes that living in the shadow of Good Hope Mountain isn’t what she expected. Her new neighbor, Jonathan Wilby, has plans for his property as soon as winter’s over, and that means noise, traffic, and people. To make things worse, he’s drop-dead gorgeous and could charm the skin off a snake. Natalie braces herself to do battle over the land and to resist Wilby’s charms, but her healing heart, an incredible discovery, and unexpected friendships along the way bring a gold mine of change she never expected – and just in time for Valentine’s Day.  A Bride for Sam by Linda Ellen Rugged lumberjack and sawmill owner, Sam Maynard, enjoys a happy-go-lucky life in the 1870’s small town of Brownville, Nebraska. Seeking out a wife of his own is the farthest thing from his mind until he sees his brother, Finn, so blissfully happy with his new proxy bride, and it sparks a desire within his own soul to find a mate. The girl he might have been able to love, sadly, is already promised to someone else, so he turns down the same avenue his brother had taken—the matrimonial advertisements. After multiple replies fail to generate any interest, however, he is about to chuck the whole idea... Tired of living in an apartment all alone, Beth Ann Gilmore looks forward to having her own hearth, home, husband, and children, but when she finds herself unexpectedly jilted by Stanley, her longtime beau, all her dreams go up in smoke. Refusing to rest on her laurels, she ponders the fact that her best friend, Charise, found happiness through mail-order-bride notices—so why couldn’t she? For good measure, she visits a local marriage broker as well. Soon, however, circumstances take a drastic turn and in fear for her life, she wires her friends in Nebraska for help. The return telegram contains a shocking idea. Can she go through with it? Should she? Could a man she only met once be her salvation...in more ways than one? February 15th  Raindrops on Radishes by Valerie Comer She pictures a relaxing oasis. He sees food for the less fortunate. They both claim the same backyard. Family lawyer Sadie Guthrie snaps up a heritage house with a backyard perfect for her dreams of a relaxing oasis. Now some guy is digging in her garden and thinks he has a claim to it. Too bad he doesn’t realize he’s taken on an attorney in her den. Urban farmer Peter Santoro counts on the yard next door for his veggie-growing business. When the old woman dies and the property is sold, the new owner refuses to honor the previous agreement. Peter is soon torn between his need for income and an attraction to the hard-hitting, curvy lawyer, but is his interest for all the wrong reasons? What’s a guy to do when his arch enemy invites him to be her plus-one at a fundraiser for his favorite charity? February 19th  Phoenix Element Collection Books 1-3 by Jennifer Kibble Anya has discovered that she could use magic and she wasn't alone. In more ways than one. Attached to her soul was a Rayasha, a being from another plane of existence. A new comer, Kyle, knew more than he was letting on, especially a way to stop Ashima. Would he risk an innocent life just to keep the galaxy safe? Phoenix Element Collection is compiled of the first three books in the Phoenix Element series: Normality Twisted, Mages of Vane, and Reality Break. Normality Twisted: Could an entity from another plane of existence be inhabiting a teenage girl? The lines between good and evil are blurred when one wants to be freed. JB must discover who she once was and learn how to control her new founded magical abilities. Mages of Vane: Mages of Vane takes place at a magic school where our hero, Anya, is taking classes more or less against her will. In order to protect her friends and family, Anya sought out the mages of Vane to free her body from a powerful, and corrupt entity. The entity known as Ashima isn’t the only being corrupt at Vane. Soon Anya must battle Blood Mages, and her own conflictive thoughts in order to keep the school from crumbling down. The mages of Vane must protect their home and school from The Order of Blood and their hidden leader. If Vane falls, other worlds will follow suit. Reality Break: Anya and Kasiff will be pushed to their limits in book three of the Phoenix Element book series. In Reality Break, morals will be tested as the team search out a means to stop a powerful alien from another plain of existence. Ashima thinks herself as a God. She is willing to prove her might by trying to rip reality into pieces. Anya must locate an ancient relic that will hopefully put a stop to Ashima. With her sight set on Earth, time is running out. February 20th  The Judge's Daughter by Nerys Leigh They’re a world apart. Is love enough to keep them together? After being a widower for almost half his life, fifty-one-year-old George Parsons didn’t count on ever falling for a woman again, until Millicent came along. After meeting her in his tiny home town of Green Hill Creek, he’s smitten. So when Millie asks him to visit her in New York, he doesn’t hesitate to make the week-long journey from California to see her again. But what was easy in Green Hill Creek seems next to impossible in the city, and in the midst of the ostentatious wealth and desperate poverty of 1870 New York, George will have to overcome snobbery, prejudice and danger to win Millie’s heart. Not to mention the greatest obstacle to their romance – Millie’s hostile father. February 21st  A Little Bit Engaged by Melissa McClone One little public scandal—and now they’re engaged…sort of. When Cara O’Neal finds herself dragged into a PR nightmare with A-list actor—and former crush—Brody Simmons, a pretend engagement seems to be the only way to stop the madness. But she’s not an actress, and faking anything with Brody has epic failure written all over it. It’ll take nothing short of an Oscar-worthy performance to survive with her heart intact. Brody enjoys playing the role of Cara’s adoring fiancé way more than he should. Acting like he’s in love with the pretty bookworm isn’t exactly a chore. She’s always been a good friend, but he can imagine her as more, which complicates their charade. When the lines between make-believe and reality blur, can Cara and Brody turn their fake relationship into a true happily ever after? February 26th  A Heart Redirected by Elizabeth Maddrey She had her life mapped out. Then everything crashed and burned. Larissa Carey’s fiancé left her waiting at the altar. So she dubbed the wedding reception a “near-miss” party, and tried not to dwell on the one thing being jilted made clear: she was unlovable. Determined to move on, Larissa redirected her focus to the dreams she’d had when she was single. Sean Fitzgerald had never even been tempted to break Wedding Planner Rule #1: Don’t fall in love with the bride…until Larissa. When her jerk of an ex-fiancé steps out of her life, Sean craves a chance to be her forever love, not just her rebound guy, but is it too soon? Before he can make his move, she leaves the country to pursue her dreams. How can he convince her she’s totally worthy of love when she’s so far away? February 28th  Winter of Second Chances
by Eliza Boyd Chastity and Chase were high school sweethearts. But their marriage crumbled under pressure and Chase left town. Now that he's engaged again, he returns to True Love with one mission: To finally get a divorce. But True Love will make sure they get a second chance.
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