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She’s searching for a purpose. He’s doubting his was ever real. 

As a successful political strategist, Jake Sumner is always prepared for disaster, ready to spin on a dime to meet any challenge. Until a stranger knocks on his door and announces he’s the father of a five-year old girl he never knew existed. Reeling from the news, and trying to connect with his daughter, he returns to his hometown of Canyon Creek, Colorado, hoping his rowdy family can help him make sense of the chaos that surrounds him.

What he never counted on was falling in love…with his daughter, with his small town, or with Lina Bianchi.

Lina Bianchi has lived a life full of regrets and spent the last six years in Canyon Creek trying to make amends—to her family and to herself. She helped to raise her sisters and is proud of where they are in the world, but she’s a little lost and adrift herself. Unable to find her true passion, she works odd jobs around town, falling in love with the people and the land she now calls home. But when a developer threatens to destroy the town she holds dear, she decides to take a stand regardless of her family’s wishes.

Determined to win the battle, Lina turns to Jake, the one man in town who has the political background to help develop a strategy…and the one man whose hazel eyes make her body burn with desire. He’s in desperate need of some help himself, since his newly-discovered five-year-old is busy kicking his butt.

They each have something the other needs. Political know-how for parenting tutorials. But when she finds out he’s working for the opposition, all bets are off. This is a battle she’s hell-bent on winning. But will the thrill of victory be worth the pain of losing her heart?

Can these two discover the ultimate lesson, that a life lived for love offers its own rewards?

Book Review

This is a series that gets better with each book. In this particular story our political adviser Jake gets the shock of his life when he finds a grandmother at his door with his daughter! A daughter he didn't know existed. One who pretty much loves all things Disney and gives him a mini education on their princesses. He's handled all kinds of tough situations for his politician boss, but handling a five year old girl with smarts and an attitude may just be beyond him.

When Jake brings Becca home to Canyon Creek to meet his family, the last thing he's looking for is a romantic entanglement with Lina. This is one hot Italian babe who knows just how to handle little girls. She's been looking after her brood of baby sisters long enough to know what's what! Becca is easy to love, and so is her father, but Lina doesn't want anything permanent. She doesn't do relationships and Jake is as complicated as it can get!

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He was on top of the world. She's nearing rock bottom.

Heart surgeon, Aaron Sumner would rather be in the operating arena than anywhere else in the world. With a scalpel in his hand, he knew who he was and what he was put on this earth to do. A tremor tears it all away from him. After more than a decade away, he's coming home to Canyon Creek to see if there's a place for him in the small town he once loved. With his head so screwed up, there's no place in his life for any more complications. 

Dr. Kayleigh Montgomery is a complication. He didn't expect the woman who put him in his place at his brother's wedding to be the one to show him there's more to life than an operating table and sleepless nights.

If Kayleigh Montgomery's upbringing among Boston's elite taught her anything, it's that accepting help from others means letting them control you. She walked away from the family money and moved across the country. With her vet business failing, holding it all together seems impossible. Even more impossible? Ignoring the way her heart races when Aaron Sumner offers his helping hands.But she needs to do just that if she's going to stay focused where she needs to be: on her work, her livelihood, and her success. Anything less would mean admitting failure. 

They didn't plan to be lovers, and they sure don't want to be friends, but in the town of Canyon Creek, there's no avoiding the inevitable: falling in love.

With These Two Hands is book four in the Canyon Creek, CO series. It can be read as a standalone book. If you love characters that make you laugh, make you cry, and grip you with emotions, you’ll love With These Two Hands. Get to know all six Sumner brothers in this emotional, heart-warming series, available now.

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Dr. Kayleigh Montgomery was insulted when Dr. Aaron Sumner called her a pet doctor on his brother's wedding to her best friend. It just served to underscore a lot of negative stuff that had been thrown at her by her own family. She's hard working and loves being the only vet in three counties, but it's crushing her under the workload.
Aaron doesn't want to be back in Canyon Creek but with a tremor in his hand that affects his career as a surgeon, it's unlikely he will be able to return to his glamorous past career. In some ways, he may not want to. 

Especially if staying in town gives him a shot with the local vet. Of course he's got to convince her about his intentions first.

A difficult prospect when he himself doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. He does know that he'll support Kayleigh through everything. Including her brother's wedding where she will have to face her own ex fiance who happens to be the bride's brother.

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She's finished waiting. 

Cora Walker is tired of waiting for Justin Kensington to open his eyes 
and see that they could be great together. No worries. She's got a Man 
Plan, More specifically, a Get-Over-The-Man Plan. Or maybe she'll call 
it the Move-on Method. Whatever. It involves online dating and sorting 
through the losers to find her winner. He has to be out there 
somewhere, doesn't he? 

Justin Kensington knows he blew it with Cora, but what can he do 
about it? If he was anyone other than the man he is, he would be 
chasing her hard. He would make sure he got a ring on her finger 
before anyone else had a chance to steal her away.

But he's the son of a monster, and the brother of a man who kept his 
wife--now one of Justin's best friends--captive in a hell no person 
should have to live through. 

Cora deserves more than he can give her. But when things heat up and 
Cora uncovers the truth about a water poisoning scandal hitting the 
town and its workers hard, he'll end up battling for her life and her heart.

Treasure and Protect is book seven in the Heroes of Evers, TX Series, 
but it can be read as a stand alone book in any order.

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Justin feels guilty about not being around long enough to spot the abuse that his mother and sister in law have been going through in their marriages. He feels that he should have been able to help them and failed. So now he's put his heart and soul into the organization that they have set up to help other domestic abuse victims. The trouble is, he feels that he may be cut from the same cloth as his father and brother. This means he can't risk falling in love and having a relationship.

Cora is one of the kids the Walkers have fostered. She was left alone in a park, abandoned by her birth mother. Her scars are more emotional than physical. She's been more cautious in love than most expected. Then she fell hard for Justin, but how long is a girl supposed to hold a candle for a guy when he doesn't seem inclined to respond? When Cora decides to let her old feelings for Justin go and begin dating, it catches Justin by surprise.

Not to mention the jealously that surfaces. He's trying to be a good guy and let her experiment with her online dates, but he's just too protective of her. Can they find their way to each other before things get totally out of hand? That's what this story's about!

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It was supposed to be a fling...

Confirmed bachelor and former pro football superstar, Max Sumner, knows the minute he sets eyes on Devlin Darby, he wants her in his bed. The fiery photographer is hot as hell, and Max has never been good at resisting temptation. What should have been a few nights between the sheets quickly turns into more. Slowly Devlin slips under his skin, making him reveal secrets he’s managed to hide from everyone.

Devlin Darby never wanted to be trapped. She likes her life just the way it is—carefree, wild, and all her own. But after a few nights with the oh-so-sexy Max Sumner, her plans to keep things light are at risk.
When faced with the consequences of their time together, Devlin must make a choice—become trapped by a man she doesn’t love, or face this adventure alone on her own terms. An unplanned pregnancy doesn’t mean she has to tie herself down to Max for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately for her, when Max discovers her secret, he has other plans. There’s no way he’s letting her, or their baby go. And he’s not a man to be taken lightly when he sets his mind to something—or someone—he wants. She may be his strongest opponent, but she’ll be his biggest victory.

Thank You for Loving Me is the third book in the Canyon Creek, CO Series. It can be read as a standalone novel.

Book Review

We met the globe trotting photographer earlier in the series. This is the story of Devlin and Max Sumner. Max is an ex NFL player. He's been a player in more ways than one, and that makes people discount his almost genius IQ level. In Devlin he finds his ideal match. The irony of it all is that the player is ready to settle down, and the girl he wants doesn't want anything close to a relationship and commitment.
I loved the wedding scene and yes I cried when they remembered John in the speech. The book is one that really tugged at my heart strings.
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A second chance at love

Elle Noble knows about loss. Her battle with cancer stole her chance at love, her hopes for a dance career and her dreams for a family of her own.

Still, she’s found a life she’s content with, working alongside her brothers and father at their family resort. But Canyon Creek Mountain Ski Resort isn’t doing well. Tourism in the small Colorado town is down and working with the neighboring lodge might be their best bet to turn things around.

Joining forces with the Sumner family lodge means working with Emmett Sumner. He was her best friend, and the man she’s loved for most of her life. Until she foolishly let him go five years ago. Being so close to temptation and the object of her desire is enough to drive her mad. Mad enough to do something she shouldn’t. To hope again.

Emmett Sumner refuses to love Elle Noble again. She’s broken his heart, twice. But when they’re thrown together for work, he finds himself falling all over again until he discovers she hasn’t overcome her need to keep secrets, reinforcing his determination to keep his distance. Trying to convince his heart to stay away might be a bigger challenge.

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 Emmett Sumner is the writer. He's back in town to help his mother save the lodge. He's doing the website's blog and trying to drum up marketing buzz. That's when his mother decides it would be a good idea to team up with the resort on the other side of the hill. Not a bad marketing plan, but terrible for Em's heart because that is the resort owned by Elle Noble's family.
The Nobles and Sumners have had a feud running for years, but it never cast it's shadow on the lives of Em and Elle all through school. They were the best of friends, and their families thought they would end up together, but they didn't. A series of events draws them apart and both of them are nursing a broken heart.
Can this be the time for them to get back together and make a third try to be together? Yes, it definitely can!

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A homecoming he never wanted ...

Ben Sumner left the suffocating small town of Canyon Creek, Colorado ten years ago, and never looked back. Not for more than a visit. Even though his family helped found the town and owned a large piece of the mountain at its center, he always felt out of place.

His father’s death has changed that, bringing him home to discover his parents leveraged everything to build a lodge on the family’s property. Ben knows cutting costs is the only way to keep the bank from foreclosing on his family’s legacy. There’s only one person standing in his way: Maggie Lawrence, the high school crush who’d never spared him a glance. She might be just as beautiful as she was ten years earlier, but he’ll do whatever it takes to stop her.

Maggie Lawrence fought harder than most to get to where she is today. She’s overcome her father’s cruel taunts and jeers, and found a place where she belongs. At the Lodge at Canyon Creek, she’s a valued part of the staff, and practically a member of the Sumner family.

When the lodge owner, John Sumner suddenly dies, she’ll do everything in her power to carry on John’s dream, even if that means fighting the oh-so-sexy Ben Sumner every step of the way.

Born to Be My Baby is the first book in the Canyon Creek, CO Series. It can be read as a standalone book.

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Maggie has been working at the Sumner lodge for years. She is grateful to John and Valerie for all the encouragement and support that they have given her. She was resigned to being the town drunk's daughter, but working as the manager of the lodge has given her confidence a boost. She's now working at putting together enough funds to run her own bed and breakfast one day. What she doesn't expect is John's sudden death.

Ben has become a successful businessman by writing exceptional code and creating software. He feels that life is taking him away from the coding he enjoys to the endless tasks of running a company, but he doesn't know what else to do. That's when he gets the news of his father dying. He rushes back home only to find out that his parents have expanded the lodge way too soon and have a huge loan.

Ben doesn't think his mother can manage on his own and is surprised to find Maggie at her side, helping her. It doesn't help him that he's been crushing on Maggie since high school. The two of them butt heads over changes and cuts that he want to make. And somewhere along the way they discover that they do indeed work well together, not just as work colleagues, but also as life partners.

Beautiful story. Loved the characters. So much depth and emotion. Very well dealt with. Looking forward to the rest of the brothers joining the lodge in the subsequent stories.

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Ashley Walker was one of the lucky ones. Adopted when she was fourteen years old by a family willing to love her as their own, they stuck beside her through all the hell she put them through. A kind of hell that would haunt her forever. But now she’s put her past behind her—or so she thought. Garret Hensley never imagined he'd be chasing the killer of the woman who'd set him on the path of law enforcement. She'd given him reason to believe in himself, to believe he could make a difference. And he suspected her giving heart was the reason her life had been cut so short. When the evidence leads him to Ashley Walker, he knows he has to ignore the feelings she stirs in him, because getting her to reveal the truth of her past is the key to finding a killer.

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Garret is gutted when he has to investigate the murder of a woman who made such a huge difference in his life. Alice was a social worker who put the kids first and she did not deserve the brutal end that she met. Now Ashley may have the clue he needs to solve Alice's murder. Unfortunately Ashley has a few hidden secrets of her own. An abusive childhood that she has burried and refuses to deal with. Can Garret get her to face her past and still make a future for the two of them? An absolutely awesome new read from Lori. I don't know how she does it, but her characters find a way to worm themselves into your mind. You sit up at night wishing you had finished the book rather than switching off the lights at a decent hour and then wondering what happens next! I received an advance copy of the book from the author for an honest review. I honestly feel this series is even better than Sutton Capital one.

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Hope Falls: Stealing Home (Kindle Worlds Novella)

Book Description

Jason Denali hadn't planned the trip to Hope Falls. It was thrust on him, but he couldn't argue that the change was needed. He'd turned into someone even he couldn't like anymore. Unfortunately, he didn't know how to fix it. He was truly lost, and it wasn't the first time he'd felt that way. He'd been lost since he was ten-years-old. Since the day his sister died. 

Laken Sky didn't need the distraction of the bad boy baseball player staying in the next room over at her B and B. She'd come to Hope Falls to search for her past, to find a link to family she desperately needed in her life. 

Somehow, though, that bad boy next door finds his way into her heart, and she's not sure what she'll do when she has to give him up.

Book Review

This was the first time I read a Kindle Worlds book. For those of you who didn't know what that is, its a sort of fan fiction written in the original author's world but with different characters by the new author. This one is from Melanie Shawn's Hope Falls world and is written by Lori Ryan.
Jason Denali is sent to Hope Falls to recover from his hedonistic lifestyle by his team mate's mother. Laken Sky is there to try and find her father and whatever family she never knew she had. The two of them have off the walls attraction bouncing between them. Fun read. Felt it was too short, I know I know Its a novella, but I could have gone for a longer story!

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Promise and Protect (Heroes of Evers, Texas Book 2)

Book Description

It’s been years since Katelyn Bowden last set foot in Evers, Texas. Sent away at age four by her father, the town sheriff, after her mother was murdered, Katelyn thrived under the loving care of her aunt in Austin. Now that her father is dying, it’s time for her to finally come home and face the past. But that means having to deal with the new sheriff, the handsome ex-New York City detective, John Davies. 
When John realizes his mentor’s daughter may be hiding the key to a decades-old mystery, he fears her repressed memories could make her the target of a killer who’s still at large. He also finds it more and more difficult to resist his powerful attraction to the beautiful, talented artist. And as shocking revelations about local murders, past and present, slowly come to light, the threats against Katelyn’s life become all-too real—and John knows only he can protect the woman he loves from the peril that surrounds them both

Book Review

Katelyn is finally coming home. Her father may have kept her away from Evers since the brutal death of her mother, but now he's on his sick bed and she needs to be with him. The angst of the little girl who was sent away by the father she loved so soon after the death of her own mother is beautifully articulated in the book.

John has been more than a co-worker for Katelyn's father. He has been his only family in town. John looks up to his mentor and knows how much it would mean to him to be able to solve the mystery of his wife's murder before he died. So when he realized that Katelyn may have actually seen something the night of the murder, he wants to push her into remembering.

Only trouble is Katelyn wants nothing to do with him. She's always been jealous of how close he was to her father and despite acknowledging that he was indeed a good looking and decent man, there was no way she was going to fall for his charms. John finds himself getting much closer to his mentor's daughter than he thinks is permissible and both of them are fighting an attraction they don't want to feel. 

Then the killer from the past steps in and decides to do away with Katelyn!

Promise and Protect (Heroes of Evers, Texas Book 2)

Love and Protect (Heroes of Evers, Texas Book 1)

Book Description

Laura Kensington is a desperate woman. She knows that if she doesn't flee, not only is her life in danger, so is the life of her unborn child. With everything to lose, she flees to Evers, Texas with a new identity, taking refuge on the ranch of Cade Bishop, a man who firmly believes in second chances. Drawn to Cade, Laura finds comfort in his passion and his love, yet she fears he sees her as merely another needy case. But when her past resurfaces, bringing grave peril into her world once more, Cade is Laura’s only hope. Relentless enemies, ones both anticipated and unexpected, are drawing closer by the day, ensnaring her in a deadly web of deception, betrayal, and murder. And her only chance to break free lies in Cade's powerful will, unrelenting protection, and loving heart. 

NOTE: This book was previously published as Ever Hopeful

Book Review

Living in the shadow of abuse, the main protagonist of the book Laura, has had a tough life. When she gets married she simply exchanges her father's abuse for her husband's. The predator continues to prey and she remains a victim, till he dies. Now she finally has a chance to reclaim her life, but she is in a very vulnerable state. Pregnant, no friends to turn to and a mother in law out to get her pound of flesh, Laura runs and hides on a ranch. That's where she meets the protector of a kind she has no experience about. Cade shows her that he can be everything she ever wished for, his family is great as well. However that's when her past catches up with her. The story is well narrated and Lori is at her best creating romance between Laura and Cade.

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 The Baker, the Bodyguard, and the Wedding Bell Blues: The Sutton Capital Series Book Six

Book Description

Jim and Bette Bradley invite you to the wedding of their daughter, Jesse Bradley, to Zachary Harris. After over a year of planning, this bride and groom are ready for the winter wonderland wedding of their dreams. But, when mishap after mishap keep getting in the way, can they figure out a way to tie the knot and start their life together?
 The Baker, the Bodyguard, and the Wedding Bell Blues: The Sutton Capital Series Book Six

Book Review

After a somewhat rocky start Jesse and Zach are finally ready to become husband and wife. As Kelly is super excited about her sister Jesse's childhood dream wedding coming true, she can't help but notice things seem to be jinxed. With unexpected heavy snow, man made fires, disrupted food menus and injury to Jesse's foot, there's a lot of stuff going on. This is a great novella to  catch up with every one from the Sutton Capital Series.

If you have not read the below I would recommend reading those books(s) first
Legal Ease (Sutton Capital, #1)
Penalty Clause (Sutton Capital, #2)
The Baker's Bodyguard (Sutton Capital, #3)
Negotiation Tactics (Sutton Capital, #4)
The Billionaire's Suite Dreams (Sutton Capital, #5)

And read this one after
Her SEALed Fate

• File Size: 2378 KB
• Print Length: 270 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0989245373
• Publication Date: November 21, 2013
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00F100AT0

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Jennie Evan's heart broke when she lost her high school sweetheart and husband just after college graduation. She's found some semblance of a new life with good friends and a job she loves at Sutton Capital, but she knows she'll never love again. That part of her died with Kyle. 

Chad Thompson sees the heartache Jennie hides from the world. Despite the chemistry he and Jennie always fight against, Chad vows to keep their relationship friendly. Anything more would hurt Jennie and Chad knows he can't cause her more pain. 

When their well-meaning friends throw Jennie and Chad together in a plot designed to push their comfort zone, Jennie ends up in more danger than anyone could have foreseen. Chad knows he can protect her, but he isn't able to protect his own heart in the process. 

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Negotiation Tactics (The Sutton Capital Series Book 3)