Helen Hardt

"Aurora 'Rory' Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she's content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them. After a messy breakup and a ghost from the past resurfacing, she's examining her priorities…and they don't include a passionate kiss from womanizer Brock Steel. Brock Steel just watched his skirt-chasing mentor—his cousin Donny—give...

"Today is the day Francesa Thomas was supposed to get married. All she wants is a stiff drink and a whole lot of distraction . . . which is exactly when she meets him. Tall, dark, and deliciously disguised, the man known only as Phantom awaken her every sense. All Frankie really knows about him is the raw, untamed chemistry that makes her want to relinquish herself - body and soul - to his touch. . . Phantom has rules, all designed to protect his...

"As Ava Steel prepares to help her parents, Ryan and Ruby Steel, celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, the tarot cards she draws and cryptic messages from an unknown source mar her concentration. Her life is changing and she's convinced her parents have kept her in the dark about something important. Brendan Murphy sees the woman he's fallen in love with struggling, and though he wants to help, he doesn't know how. After all, he's received...

Perhaps some memories are better left buried.

Marjorie Steel and Bryce Simpson have finally declared their love for each other, but their chance for happiness is once again yanked out from under them. As Marjorie is forced to confront her demons and find an inner strength to save herself and another, Bryce rushes to solve the puzzles his dead father left behind.

An ominous lawyer, twins with a secret, and a premature

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Bradford Steel never believed in fate...until he met the girl of his dreams.

As sole heir to the Steel ranch and fortune, Brad knows what his future holds. He'll marry and have children, but he's not cut out for love. Fate has other plans, though, when he meets college freshman Daphne Wade—an innocent and beautiful young woman who loves sunrises, animals, and the color yellow.

Daphne is on her own for the first

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"Dale Steel has spent his life running from the horror of his past, so he's completely unprepared for horror to follow him into the present. But that's exactly what it's done. His only hope is his love for Ashley White, so he grabs hold with both hands, determined to escape his bleak existence. Ashley is so in love she can't see straight. Dale--and the thrall he holds over her--has given her a new outlook on sex and relationships, and she's all in....

"Is love enough? Ava Steel is haunted by a ghost that has come back from the grave. She questions who she is and whether she’s capable of being in a relationship with Brendan Murphy, the man she loves. As she shuts down her bakery—something she never does—to deal with these newly discovered secrets, she shuts down her relationship with Brendan as well. Brendan doesn’t want to let Ava go, but he’s dealing with his own issues. As his connection...

"Working for a hotel heiress and social media influencer may not be my dream job, but at least it allows me time to do what I really love--take photographs. Pretty good for a wholesome farm girl from Kansas trying to make it in Boston. Life may not be easy working for a diva, but at least I know what to expect. Until blue-collar billionaire Braden Black strides into the office. He's beyond handsome and sexy, but also domineering with a definite hard...

When her own problems converge with those of Brock Steel, the womanizer she has fallen in love with, Rory Pike is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the famous Steel family and is determined to help Brock find the truth no matter what the cost.

"Ashley White can’t wait to begin her internship at Steel Vineyards. As an oenology doctoral candidate, she knows all the theory but lacks practice. Working under renowned winemaker Ryan Steel—and his equally talented nephew, Dale—is an opportunity she can’t refuse. Dale Steel is a loner. Despite his huge family full of uncles, aunts, and cousins, he’s more at home in his vineyards, where he finds something that comes close to the tranquility...