Amish Country Killer Featured
Reopening the investigation of her mother's disappearance puts chief of police Diana Fisher in someone’s lethal sights. As she delves deeper into the mystery, a murderer resurfaces, targeting the Amish community. Detective Micah Nissley, whose fiancée went missing a decade ago, joins forces with ...
One chance . . . one glance . . . and their lives will never be the same.
With a heart for lifting men out of homelessness, Carl Anderson is a dedicated counselor-in-residence in a transitional home. When recent setbacks threaten the program’ ...
Nora’s life is striking a dissonant chord since her recent divorce, but a new melody calls her to Cataluma, California, to help her uncle Jock’s struggling music store. There, fate reunites her with Jock’s stepson Eugene, whom she hasn’t seen in twenty-five years, since she was a gangly fifteen-y ...
Christmas Honeymoon For One Featured
Her ex-fiancé took everything except the honeymoon package. Kate wanted nothing more than to forget all about the man who left her for someone else right before they were supposed to get married. But how could she do that when she barely had a cent to her name and the honeymoon they’d planned to tak ...
A Time and a Season Featured
Return to Nicolet this holiday season and experience the beauty of second chances. Dr. Leila Molina has dedicated her life to healing others, but for too long her own heart has needed mending. After more than a decade away, Leila returns to the small town of Nicolet, determined to start anew and ...
Book 1: Grocery Girl Featured
She inhales life with every breath. He’s suffered a world of pain. Can they rise above tragedy to find their happily ever after? Maree Davenport refuses to let a tearful past rule her future. After losing her parents at the age of five, the big-hearted fabric designer is determined to embrace her fe ...
Tropical Encounter Featured
Can she find love when she's healing from heartache? After a painful end to a long engagement, all Meg wants out of life is a fresh start. She can’t think of a better way to begin than by advancing her career in the hotel industry. When an opportunity comes along to accept a position at a five-st ...
Cordelia's Call Featured
Cordelia Smith grew up in an orphanage outside of Denver. For most of her life, she heard she was unworthy of love. Mrs. Finch’s constant reminder no one would love an orphan sent Cordelia on a path only taken by men: to write for the local newspaper. At the age of twenty-five, she must find a way t ...
Ride for a Bride in Wyoming Featured
Marriage is the last thing on Annora Lee Bostwick’s mind when she moves to Wyoming to start a new branch of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Her focus is centered solely on saving animals…until blackmail and deceit force her to reconsider.
Buffalo Birch Strut ...
Lord of the Betrayed Featured
An Earl who fears betrayal, a Lady certain in her affections, a long lost friend, an unhealthy obsession, a love saved from scandal and ruin. Roland Shelton, Earl of Eldwood, has finally allowed himself to trust that he will not be betrayed, to believe that he is worthy of love, and is soon to marry ...
Trusting My Billionaire Boss Featured
When sparks fly with a handsome stranger, Lacy hopes it's a sign her luck is changing. Except he turns out to be her boss' boss' boss, the billionaire CEO. Yeah, that's not going to happen. Especially since someone has recently stolen three million from him. And he thinks it's her. David ca ...
Collision Course Featured
Serve his country or rescue his wife?
Federal Air Marshal Reese Donovan has sacrificed everything he loves to keep another 9/11 from occurring again.
After living apart from his wife, Verity, for a year, the last thing he expects is harrowing news that will force hi ...
Tropical Encounter Featured
Can she find love when she's healing from heartache? After a painful end to a long engagement, all Meg wants out of life is a fresh start. She can’t think of a better way to begin than by advancing her career in the hotel industry. When an opportunity comes along to accept a position at a five-star ...
Treasured in Turtle Bay Featured
Snowfall Over Sagebrush Featured
Eve and Gabriel, from Christmas Cookies and Coworkers (Sweet Paradise Resort), have plans to open a dude ranch in the small town of Starlight, Texas - about 25 miles from Cornerstone Ranch. They’ve hired Laura - a top-notch, city slicker project manager.
Laura gets to oversee the construc ...
Frozen in Jeopardy Featured
Her routine night turns terrifying. As the storm of the century howls through Destiny, Texas, Dr. Paige Wade remains at her clinic to care for any animals that might need assistance. Her quiet night is disrupted when a man dumps an injured dog on the doorstep just hours before Paige is attacked i ...
A billionaire in exile, a feisty hotel employee, and an island getaway like no other. Damian Hartley doesn't do vacation. But one major mistake has led to his worst nightmare: a Caribbean holiday. The only thing that might make it bearable is Finlay Cooper’s offer to give him swimming lessons. Th ...
Brant Featured
He's a cranky cowboy trying to save the family ranch. She's a freelance journalist hoping to get a full-time writing gig. What she writes could either make or break him.
Brant Cross feels responsible for his father's accident.
The money set aside to pay off a big loa ...
Christmas Trees and Mistletoe Featured
When long-buried betrayal is uncovered, can the magic of the season heal old wounds? A story of friendship, love, and second chances in the second half of life After her divorce, Kathleen moved closer to her daughter and grandchildren, hoping to get to know them better and find a new place to bel ...
A Bride for Clay Featured
From a USA Today Bestselling Author... Five lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides. Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides. Will they find happiness or heartache? This is Gwen’s story. Gwendo ...
Seven years ago, Mark Beller joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, bewildering his pacifist Amish family and escaping the heartbreak of a love gone terribly wrong. Now he is broken again—only not from love, this time—from war. Finding his way back to his Amish roots on Prince Edward Island and hoping ...
Book 4: Take a Chance on Love Featured
When their friendship develops into more, will they find the courage to take a chance on love?
The Soulmatcher Featured
You may find love—your soulmate may find you, but not without my help – The Soulmatcher
We call them coincidences. Moments of chance or luck, but what if they are really cosmic nudges guiding us toward love? For the first time, the universe sends Thea, a Soulmatcher, to reveal her ...
The Peppermint Villain Featured
There’s no way I can resist heading out to Gran’s Montana ranch when she contacts me out of nowhere.
Not when my mother is the only family I’ve ever known. Not even with the shiver of apprehension running down my spine when I drive through the huge timb ...
The Bookworm and The Cat's Meow Featured
When life gives you a second chance, sometimes it comes with claws.
Recently divorced and looking for a fresh start, Lance Reed swaps his business in the city for the cozy charm of his retiring aunt's bookstore in the heart of Sunshine Bay. What he doesn't expect is the s ...
Falling For My Grumpy Boss Featured
He's a contrary diamond in the rough. She's sweet, with enough fire to warm his heart. Butch, a damaged loner with a mysterious past, rescues Joelle from a rowdy gang of drunken hoodlums. Joelle, the ‘new’ girl in town, is the daughter of the man who was once his best friend. She aims to repay th ...
Bride by Beguilement Featured
Kirsten Macleod is in a bind. Her father’s last will and testament stipulates that she must either marry, lead the plantation into a first year profit, or forfeit it to her uncle. But marriage is proving no easy option. Every suitor seems more enamored with the land than with her. Until her handsome ...
Breakfast Buddies Featured
We humans are spectacularly bad at understanding our own emotions. A socially conservative Asian young man makes a life-changing decision—he moves to an international metropolis in the very heart of Europe to start his first year as a student at a prestigious academic institution.
During ...
Fresh Starts and Small Town Hearts Featured
A lawyer trying to prove her worth
A handyman who thinks she's worth everything
Vivian Bradford in a woman on the run from her past. When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves Vivian the family home, she finally thinks her life ...
My Vigilante Valentine Featured
"So, hypothetically… if you found out your broody crush was a secret vigilante with actual superpowers, would it be totally reckless to help him take down the villain wreaking havoc on your city? Asking for a friend."
He’s the grumpy vigilante with a dark past. She’s the sunshiney barista ...
Willow Witherspoon, a young Quaker widow, has the audacity to fall in love with a slave. Moses is intelligent, kind, and attractive. When she realizes that she is with child, he wants to run away so they can be together as a family. But Willow knows that, no matter how much she wishes it, there is n ...
An Amish Forever Home Featured
A Canadian Amish farmer... A Lancaster Amish businesswoman... A Prince Edward Island foster child... Providence brings together a mismatched family in a marriage of convenience, giving all three a second chance for love. Only love may never have had such a tough job.Lydia Miller is an anomal ...
When Josefina “Joey” Roma moves to the Virginia with her sisters, she’s looking for a fresh start. Their fiber arts and weaving company, Three Sisters Roma, keeps Joey focused—and drained. When a sexy beekeeper-slash-veterinarian rescues her and her new lambs from a swarm of bees on a country roadsi ...
Want You Back Featured
Bethany: In high school, I was the bullied thin, painfully shy, awkward girl who vowed never to return after graduation even if it meant leaving behind Lincoln, the one kind boy who saw the real me. These days this ugly duckling has reinvented herself as a runway model, believe it or not. But troubl ...
The Bradford Hall Trilogy Featured
Megan's Second Chance Featured
My long-lost love staggered back into my life, his memories lost in a blizzard’s swirling grasp. Now fate snows us in—the girl who got away and the man determined to make amends. I’ve avoided romance since Jasper left me shattered. Yet here he lies, that rugged frame still making my pulse race ...
House of Dreams Featured
Julia Turner's life as a successful designer in San Francisco takes a dramatic turn when her father's ill health calls her back to her hometown of Harbor Cove. There, amid the enchanting aroma of pastries from the Upper Crust Bakery, and the whispering cedar forests, her heart's deepest yearnings me ...
Lord of the Lamented Featured
An Earl declared a war hero, a widow stricken with angry grief, a plot conceived in despair, lies and deception which might undo everything good in their lives, courage and forgiveness which lead to unexpected love at Christmas.
Martin Luckett, the Earl of Truharton, was injured at Waterl ...
GENTRY AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE Featured
Nothing much riles Gentry McRae. He works hard on the ranch he co-owns with his immigrant best friend, and is content with his life. He’s proud of all they’ve accomplished in the ten years since the war. That is, until his partner dies and leaves a fourth of the ranch to his mail-order bride—and ...
Cassie's Secrets Featured
Where secrets go, distrust follows. Can two lonely people let go of past hurt and learn to trust again? Single mom, Cassie Verano, and her two young daughters move to small town Worthy, Ohio to be near her brother and his family. She longs to raise her daughters without her ex-husband’s family’s con ...
When you dare to risk your heart, a second chance can feel like the most precious gift of all.
From the award-winning author of Second Chance Love in Point Perry comes an unforgettable holiday romance that will warm your heart and stir your soul.
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A Game of Hearts Featured
When Miss Emma Everton is paired with Nathaniel Fairmont, Earl of Limnwood, during a Valentine's lottery at the Duke of Pelhampton’s houseparty, sparks fly.
Their clashing personalities set the tone for a battle of wits, but the hidden agendas of other attendees and a cascade of misund ...
Joy of Today Featured
The best things come in pairs. Summertime in Nicolet has always been idyllic, but for Heidi and Shelly Lakanen, the summer of 1994 brings just a little more than they’ve bargained for. When Steven Davis comes to town, the Lakanen girls know their lives will never be the same, but they have no idea j ...
That's My Sister Featured
Having a younger, beautiful sister is hard enough. Having one who’s on the cover of magazines and is loved by all? Torture. For single mom Marie Stephens, all she wants is to survive her new business, provide for her children, and ignore the intense feelings she has for her married neighbor. When he ...
A Heartwarming Irish Romance to Sweep You Off Your Feet
Eyre is a lost soul searching for a purpose when she impulsively books a trip to Ireland. The last thing she expects is to find love–until she meets Darby, a charming yet grumpy Irishman leading a tour of the Emerald ...
A Wedding for Emily Featured
Emily Barone adores Christmas. Everything about the season, from her snow globe collection to the twinkle lights in her cubicle, enchants her. After months of intrusive, abysmal, and downright laughable matchmaking attempts from her well-meaning Italian parents, the solution is clear: Get that ...
Stay with Me Featured
She can’t risk him learning her secret, he can’t risk losing her.
Penelope Roth has spent the last six months securing plans to merge her father’s company with Whitestone Distributors, not to mention falling in love with its CEO, Tucker Caldwell. That is, until she spends time with her au ...
Book 5: Undeveloped Love Featured
She’s tried being polite. He’s digging in his heels. When complete opposites feel the tug of romance, will their holiday become a blizzard of delight? Blake Fisher won’t let anyone destroy the life she’s built. So when a silver-spoon-in-his-mouth snob refuses to listen to her proposed deal, the hard ...
The Long Road to Loving Mitchell Featured
Sometimes what a girl needs can be right in front of her…. Libby Barnes is determined to make a success of managing the family farm in the lower south of Western Australia, no matter the obstacles. And there are plenty of them including fires, storms, vandalism ... and loneliness. She’s having to ...
The Baker's Batter Featured
Madeleine Malone's small town bakery is her dream come true, but her bank statements are not exactly sweet. Whipping up a successful business is the only recipe she can’t seem to master. Well, that and finding love. Her dating life is as flat as a fallen soufflé. Luke Taylor’s big city career is ...
Repositioning: Lost Love, Found Featured
It's been three decades since he left her alone and heartbroken. She wants to avoid him, but he wants answers, and their cruise doesn't end for nineteen days.
After years of hard work and being the family caregiver, Maria, 52, has a life she loves, cruising aroun ...
The Wrong Kind of Man Featured
2015 WISHING SHELF INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS FINALIST At thirty years of age, Maggie Fields has had her fill of “bad” men. Unbeknownst to her, her investment counselor husband had paid for their luxurious Denver lifestyle by scamming his law-abiding clients and laundering money for his law-breaking on ...
Starlight and Tinsel Featured
It's the perfect way to ring in the Christmas season!
Star is moving into the Murphys cabin. It seems that everyone who lives there finds their happily-ever-after, and Star is hoping it's her turn. Ever since Eden, her van, her childhood home and only inhe ...
Slightly Stalky Featured
From Wall Street Journal & USA TODAY Best-Selling Author, Amy Vansant - an all too real, hilarious romance.
Emily never expected to find love in a dart bar, but the moment she spots tall, sexy Sebastian, she’s determined to catch his eye.
Ex-girlfriends, perpetually shirtles ...
The Long Road to Loving Byron Featured
A castle steeped in mystery, a handsome butler, an age-old secret, and a daring Aussie with a penchant for sleuthing.
Deep in the heart of Tasmania’s Lorienne Castle a dark and twisted secret lies waiting to be uncovered. Aussie Madeleine Brande is determ ...
Countdown to Christmas Featured
Welcome to Winterwood… a small town with more heart than people! “Fans of Rachael Bloome and Rachael Lucas will love this new series by Dianna Houx!” When Grace is told it's unlikely Granny will live to see another Christmas, she comes up with a unique plan to transform her home into a festive inn f ...
Chocolate & Sensibility (Love by Chocolate Romance) This novella will transport you to the tropics. Read on your lunch break and finish it on your afternoon coffee break. Her logic says go. Her heart says stay. When a Food Network TV crew arrives at Ocino Cacao Plantation, life in this tropical ...
All she wants is a new beginning, but it will come at a chilling cost. Brook Morton doesn’t believe in happily ever after. Not after what she’s been through. Determined to protect her daughter and start a new life, she seeks refuge in the dead of winter in the small town of Vanishing Lakes. But not ...
It’s been two years since Sophie was dumped at the altar, and she’s scarred, but wiser. She has a career she loves, good friends, and a caring family. It should be more than enough, and she wants to vanquish the part of her that still craves something more. This year, unable to bear one ...
Love kindles when a fake engagement brings best friends together. World Champion snowboarder, Wyatt Fernandez, should be hitting the slopes in the Andes and spending his days teaching as the new ski instructor. But an emergency means he’s heading off the family’s tree farm with his best friend, Harp ...
She's determined to escape her past. He's looking to build a future . . . with her. Will she open her heart and let him help, or keep on running alone? Anna Henderson is guilty of one thing: trusting the wrong man. Now she’s running for her life from an ex-boyfriend who will stop at nothing to fi ...
She's running from her past. He's questioning his future. Can small town dreams bring them together? Cory Luciuk never wanted to think about her manipulative stepfather again. But when she learns that he's left her his enormous estate, she's forced to confront her painful past. Was Cory's stepfather ...
The Savannah widower infuriates Harper...but his little girl wins the nanny’s heart. An endearing story that delivers laughter and tears!
It was only a silly dare. It wasn’t supposed to change everything… As the eldest sister, Meg Trudy feels the full weight of responsibility of running the family orchard after the death of her beloved father. To her utter dismay, she discovers the three-generation business isn’t doing as well as she ...
She wants to go places. He's got the car. If only things were that simple. Widowed father Adrian Adams isn’t looking to change his life. He just wants to keep his seven-year-old daughter Charlie safe and happy. The last thing he expects is to suddenly lose his job as a driver for the Washingto ...
After all the years they had been married, Maddie Ainsworth's presence still had the ability to discombobulate Horace. She was as tall as his own six feet--the reason they saw eye-to-eye on most things, they joked. To Horace, she was more beautiful than when they met thirty-some years ago. Maddie lo ...
What if you had a second chance for a first romance?
After surviving a broken engagement, Cassie Ward decides going home to Dragonfly Lake for the summer is exactly the change of scenery that she needs. A relationship of any kind is the last thing on her mind. Yet, when she wakes up in b ...
In a tailspin and out of control… Hunter 'Alpo' Petersen couldn’t believe his world was turning upside down before his very eyes! He should be out with all the pretty women, the bar bunnies, and models—not grounded with a tomboy in coveralls hefting a torque wrench. Barely surviving brutal landing ...
An island castle in Cornwall, family secrets, a kilt-wearing chef, and a historical legend cook up a deliciously magical, heartwarming, and suspenseful new love story from the award-winning author of Compulsion and Lake of Destiny.
Emma Larsen's mother may have been a ...
Ana has everything a person could ever want: an exciting and wildly successful career, a big house in the country, good friends to keep her laughing. But the higher she climbs into fame and fortune, the more she can’t deny there’s really only one thing she wants... The love of the man who brok ...
A second chance romance! Oliver Harris and Birdy Macon are not on the paths either of them expected when they knew each other, over two decades ago. Oliver works through weekends and holidays, even his brother’s wedding, to be the leader he was meant to be. Birdy moves from place to place, try ...
Rocky Mountain Yoga Rocky Mountain Star Rocky Mountain Dogs
Petra Kelly's whole life revolves around the stables she manages for her uncle Amos. So much so, that she's spent the last ten years without even a sniff of a date. As far as she's concerned, she's got everything she needs in life and is too busy for romance anyway.
That is until Ted, the ...
Every so often, first love lasts a lifetime—and what seems impossible is made possible with God. Mattie Beller is confident God’s plan for her life does not include marriage—ever. Her poor health has kept her an outsider, even in her close-knit Amish community. But when a visitor comes to the New ...
A feel-good romance with no sex, no swearing--just an honest love that develops between two people. If you believe in fate, redemption, and finding hope in the darkest of times, you will adore this newest book in the Cupid's Bow series! Luke Ward was New York City’s best and brightest young physicia ...
Returning to her hometown was never part of Lacy Cooper’s plan...until it became her only option.
Lacy’s vindictive boss unjustly fired and blackballed her where she’d worked at an investment company for the past seven years. Now she has no choice but to sell her LA condo ...
"I broke the fourth law of Kanaloa. I made physical contact with a human." Running from her past, a jazz singer finds refuge on the island paradise surrounding Pearl Harbor, but her life is forever changed when Japanese fighters attack and a mysterious man emerges from the sea to save her life.
The first task for new Butte Chamber of Commerce manager, Mitzi Lambrecht, is to organize the board of directors’ entry for the St. Patrick’s Day float. She’s advocating for a frontier theme honoring early settlers like her ancestors. But she’s opposed by a handsome but infuriating jokester. Dec ...
In a dystopian future where humans have foolishly squandered Earth’s natural resources, the few remaining people are becoming desperate. Crowded in huge underground cities, they’ve finally come to the end of the line and they must decide whether or not they will trade the only valuable r ...
There are worse things in life than being in love with your best friend—like being his fake fiancee. Until then, I felt like I had a handle on things. Sure, I was a hot mess when it came to magic—but my wedding planning business was thriving, and I got to secretly admire Troy every day at work. ( ...
The last thing Hannah needs is to have the hunky bane of her existence move in next door. But he did. And just in time to witness the collapse of the perfect life she’d always said she’d have. She’s divorced, her youngest son keeps sticking his tongue out at the town gossip, her job doesn’t pay enou ...
Eager for a fresh start, Jazz McNally throws herself into renovating her grandparents’ mansion in time for the grand opening of the McNally Bed and Breakfast. When vandals strike, she accepts help from drifter Dalton O’Brien. Dalton is willing to lend a hand, until it’s time to move on. But when dan ...
“I am yours, and you are mine...” It has always been that way between them, from the very first moment of love. Bestselling author, Kyle Howard still hasn’t come to terms with how his wife, Faye, moved out with little to no explanation a year ago. She was it; his true love, his world—his everything. ...
The secret they've kept can either bring them together or tear them apart. Youngest sibling and only sister, Kim Luchetti returns to the Illinois family farm after her father's heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to return, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that ...
Katherine Middleton leads a charmed life in her million dollar Georgetown Brownstone. The daughter of a world-renown anthropologist, she is happily married and employed by the Smithsonian when her world comes crashing down after the discovery of her husband’s secret life. An impulsive decision to hi ...
Can a guy who wears flannel steal the heart of a city girl?
The last thing Emma Dustin wants is to come crawling back to Dandelion Meadows, Idaho with her tail between her legs, but a misunderstanding at her financial planning firm has left her without a job and wi ...
Enjoy reading these second three romances inspired by the 1878 total solar eclipse. In the first book, Mail Order Blythe, Eli Morgan’s mother gives him two letters from prospective brides. Eli promises to write before the end of summer. Once he finds the woman he chooses to marry, he convinces his t ...
Ava hasn’t given much thought to her hometown in years — until her gorgeous former neighbor Mateo comes knocking. Ava owes him a favor from a decade ago, and now that Mateo needs a fake fiancée, it seems like the perfect time to collect
If you like sweet romance about second chances then you’ll love The Inn At Pelican Beach! At the Inn, life is filled with the unexpected. Payton is left to pick up the pieces after her divorce is finalized. Seeking a fresh start, she returns to her home town in Pelican Beach. Determined to mov ...
Escape to the shores of Sand Dollar Cove, a quaint beach town on the North Carolina coast. When Elli Eversol returns to Sand Dollar Cove to rebuild her grandparents shops on the old fishing pier following last fall’s hurricane, she’s faced with bigger problems. For one, the pier has taken a much ...
Following a tragic accident over a decade ago, Zoey Wright vowed to never move home to Harmony, Illinois. When her career stalls, however, she’s back in town and working with her high school sweetheart, Noah Kidwell, on his company's special collaboration. Dealing with her ex is ...
Matchmaker Rule #1: Never fall in love with the client. After working my way to the top, I’m in the running to become the CEO of Southern California’s premier matchmaking service. All I have to do is outmatch my conniving co-worker. Maintaining my perfect track record should be no problem, especiall ...
After losing their father and learning local mob boss Caruso wants to collect on their dad’s old gambling debts, Dahlia and Minerva hightail it out of Chicago on a hilarious and sometimes scary journey west. Accompany them on their adventure and be right beside them as they unexpectedly find new fri ...
Destiny Brought Them Together. Secrets May Tear Them Apart
Turning thirty and still nursing a broken heart, Christine is done playing it safe. This year, she's finally checking a dream trip to Paris off her bucket list–and maybe, just maybe, finding the courage to open he ...
1866 Montana. Neglected. Mistreated. Abandoned. Mariah Nichols is stranded and alone. After a past filled with hurt, trust is not easy. Sheltered by a family in town, she begins to heal from her past. All she wants to do is start over. Zeke Brown has traveled across the country to forge a new life a ...
Is it possible to flee your past? Or does it sit patiently, waiting for your return? Tired of traveling the world in order to escape reality, Bri Hunter has finally found a place to call home. Settled into Santa Barbara, close to her brother and cousin, she's ready for a little peace. Wanting to avo ...
There’s no place like home. Until the heart gallops off in an unexpected direction… Prepare for romance in this heart-warming holiday book brought to you by USA Today bestselling author Josie Riviera. After Chiara passes her RN license exam, she plans to leave Virginia and return to her beloved Kans ...
A Father's Dying Wish...Miserable after the failure of her restaurant, chef Grace Cooper receives a deathbed letter from the father she thought was already dead, offering a free vacation at an Alaskan island resort. Exhausted, Grace jumps at the chance to escape, and to learn about the father she ne ...
