Books

Finding the Dog Groomer's Soulmate

Dog Groomer Aaron Willis has lots of friends that are girls, a menagerie of pets, and the inability to say no. After his sister finds her soulmate, Aaron hopes to find his own. Demands of his growing business and his inability to say no to every volunteer need stand in his way.

Although he has a ripped physique, he still thinks of himself as fat and pays no mind to the women who ogle him. But when a hazel-eyed beauty spills scalding coffee on him, he can’t stop thinking about her. And when she interviews for the front desk job at his dog spa, he can’t believe his good fortune. Now, if she can see him as more than a boss or friend, she might just be his soulmate.

Cassie Quinn’s life made a one hundred eighty degree turn when she lost her arm to an IED while serving in the Air Force. Moving to a new town where her parents and siblings now live, and getting reacquainted after a ten-year absence, is another challenge. Spilling coffee on a sexy guy because she still hasn’t perfected using her prosthetic is humiliating. Then landing a job at his dog spa brings an emotional storm her heart can’t handle. Instead, she focuses on being efficient at her admin job. Will she ever feel comfortable in her new skin? Not to mention her strong attraction to Aaron. Can she stop sabotaging their growing attraction long enough to fall in love?

 

Loving the Dog Groomer

Former model Bria Willis hurt and disillusioned with her career, returned home to partner with her quirky brother and master dog groomer in his grooming business. Away from the limelight and paparazzi, Bria is content as co-owner of Doggie Designer Duo, where dogs are always better company than people. When she’s not working, she’s helping at BowWow Dog Rescue.

Widowed Single Dad, Marc Graham, moved to his grandmother’s home to start over. Working from home as a marketing consultant and web designer gives him more time with his five-year-old son. Tyler has a comfort dog, Brownie, to calm his panic attacks. Marc has never owned a dog and isn’t fond of the unruly hulk of tangled fur. Brownie’s need to be groomed and trained forces the reluctant Bria to spend time with Marc.

They both have trust issues from previous relationships that left them wounded and avoiding the opposite sex. It doesn’t take long for Tyler to win Bria’s heart but Marc will take more persuasion. Brother Aaron, Tyler and loveable Brownie do what they can to get the two together.

Can they let go of their past and navigate the unexpected twists in this relationship to their happily ever-after?

New Embrace

Isabella Melinda Wilson has been squeezed into the music ministry model of her controlling husband’s making. Before she can leave him, he leaves her a guilt-ridden widow. Her mother-in-law is no comfort and presses the guilt button at every turn. Isabella flees to her sister’s home in search of her own identity and a new beginning.

Dan Sweeney has one goal. Be as normal as possible. After losing a leg, some fingers and his self-worth, he needs his service dog Brutus to help keep his PTSD at bay. Career-less and clueless about the future, he struggles to put his life back together.

Isabella isn’t looking for a new relationship and Dan feels unworthy of one. Can these two broken people heal into one whole love?

 

Angelina’s Resolve

Proving her skills are equal to a man’s may cost her more than she ever imagined.

Modern-thinking Angelina DuBois is determined to prove her cousin Hiram wrong. He fired her from the architect firm she helped grow when her father’s will left the business to Hiram. Using her large inheritance and architectural degree, she sets out to create a village run by women—Resolve, Kansas.

Carpenter and Civil War veteran Edward Pritchard’s dream of building homes for Chicago’s elite must be put on hold until he gains references. Serving as a contractor under Angelina’s well-known DuBois name provides that opportunity. But can Angelina trust her handsome new carpenter to respect her as his boss? Will the project take Edward one step closer to his goals, or will it make him a laughingstock? Can these two strong-willed people find love amid such an unconventional experiment? 

Rescuing Her Heart

As her husband’s evil deeds haunt a mail-order bride from the grave, can she learn to trust again and open her heart to true love? 

On visitation rounds as a lay preacher, the last thing rancher Jed Holt expects is to be shot at from the barn next to a burned-down homestead. But the soot-covered woman hiding inside needs protecting, and Jed is the man to do it whether she likes it or not. Delilah James’s nightmares began when she came to Kansas as a mail-order bride. Her husband was nothing like his letters. Now that he is dead, she can’t shake his abuse from her heart. Trusting men tops her never-again list and taking a job on the Holt ranch as a housekeeper is a means to save money and bring her parents west. But her attraction to the compassionate former chaplain both angers and confuses her. 

Jed has his own nightmares from a POW camp and understands Delilah better than she knows. Can two broken people form a forever bond?

Secrets & Charades

Jake Marcum’s busy ranch leaves him no time for courting, and his wounded heart has no place for love. When battlefield nightmares disturb his peace and his tomboy niece, Juliet, needs taming, somehow a mail-order bride seems like a logical solution.

Dr. Evangeline Olson has no idea her niece is writing to a rancher on her behalf, and she sure isn’t interested in abandoning her medical practice for a stranger. But when an inheritance threatens to reveal a long-buried secret, she travels west to become Jake’s wife.

Jake soon realizes Evangeline is more than he bargained for, especially when her arrival causes a stir in the community. As the two try to find their way in a marriage of convenience, their fragile relationship is further tested by cattle rustling and kidnapping. Can their hearts overcome past hurts to create a real marriage?

Cindy Ervin Huff – Christian Historical Romance Collection

The Cowboys

Healing Heart

Lonnie Holt’s external scars remind him of his failures, his internal scars torment him. Genny Collins seeks safety at the ranch once owned by Lonnie’s uncle. When Lonnie and his brother arrive, sparks fly and distrust abounds. While Lonnie and Genny fight the love growing between them, his past haunts him, and her past pays them a visit.

Becoming Brave

When Coy Whittaker stumbles upon a grisly scene littered with bodies, he wants nothing more than to get his boss’s cattle out of Indian Territory. But when a bloodstained Aimee Kaplan draws down on him, his plans—and his heart—screech to a halt.

Trail’s End

Wade Chadwick has no money until his boss’s cattle sell, so he takes a kitchen job at Abby’s Home Cooking. The beautiful and prickly owner adds spice to his workday. Abby Cox hires the down-and-out cowboy even though the word cowboy leaves a bad taste in her mouth. Just as she’s ready to trust Wade with her heart, money starts to disappear … and so does her brother.

Loving a Harvey Girl

Eva Knowles can’t imagine why the local preacher doesn’t like Harvey Girls—women who work serving tables instead of finding a husband and falling in love. But if Eva can get the handsome and wayward cowboy Cal Stephens to join her in church, maybe the reverend will accept the girls. Or maybe she’ll forfeit her job for a husband, hearth, and home!