Bargain book bundle – includes the steamy romance novel ‘Seduction of Dynasty’ PLUS ‘Seduction of Taste’, an illustrated companion recipe book. Read the romance – feel the passion – taste the love! A sexy aristocrat. A wild-child inner city cop. A crime wave of passion. ...
From USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Queen
Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away. When a s ...
Never back down, never turn your back, and never fall in love. Those are the rules Vernon Newell learned from his father, and he applies them with a vengeance. Head of a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise, Vernon Newell doesn’t let family ties or misplaced sympathy get in his way. But there is ...
Love~Secrets~Survival Cassie’s story—Her love may heal him, but his secret may destroy her. One terrifying, emotional mission to return a family heirloom sends Cassie on an unexpected search for the person she never knew she needed. Luke is tough, strong, and was once the best cop in to ...
She's battling for justice. He's fighting for his life. If they team up, will they live long enough to explore the fiery need that burns between them? Heartbroken over the death of a young girl, medical examiner, Juanita will do anything to identify the killer and bring him to justice, even risk her ...
Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again.
Foster was the youngest of the Stratton brothers, and more than ever before, he felt the distance between him and his older brother ...
I've loved twice and lost both times. I never expected it to find me again, or the trouble that followed.
Four years ago, I was running for my life with my wife and son. Now I have a new face, a new name, and a new home. But I'm raising my child alone.
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Murder in a ghost town on the Turquoise Trail gives Reyna Falcon and Seth Wilde a second chance at love after a family feud stopped their elopement a decade ago. Now Seth’s grandfather offers them jobs at a haunted town he owns where a production company is shooting a Western television series....
The team is tasked with rescuing PAY-TV executive Jacqueline Devers in Caracas when she was sent to by her CEO to close a big deal for the company. She was being held falsely against her will. But when the team go in, Jack and Matthew “Easy” Hitchcock get separated from the team and they have to go ...
Running from her grief, interior designer Ava Stewart makes a hasty decision to join a missionary group heading to Uganda. She’s in the country only a few days before tragedy strikes and a mistaken identity leaves her with an uncertain outcome.
Special Operator Blake Martin is assigned to ...
New York State Trooper Jake Prichard turned his back on the family farm, the family fortune, and his lying, manipulative father. But when someone tries to kill his dad, Jake reluctantly returns home to investigate. Only, ...
She'll trust him with her life, but never with her heart. I never believed I'd fall in love, but in one week, Maddie Jenkins proved me wrong. Then she ghosted me, taking my newly found belief in true love with her. And now, she's in trouble. My pretty cyber-security specialist got herself in the ...
Alana is a young woman, unblessed in physical attributes. When Iliamna comes to live her family, it sparks within Alana a burning hatred and a deep desire to rid herself of a woman more beautiful, causing Iliamna to face more trials in her life than ever faced before.
A Suspense filled fast-burn romance. The 1st in the Racing Hearts Series of sizzling action tales. Set in a fast intense and dangerous world of Motorsport & the men and women compete in more ways than one.
Colorado, 1878. Can a sister who’s lived only for others find freedom with one man? Family has always come first—for both of them. He’s never forgiven himself for letting her go. She’s never forgiven herself for almost getting him killed.
When Lark and her songbird sisters are se ...
Danger and desire collide amidst a storm of secrets in Sara Claridge’s romantic suspense set in a French chateau. Tragedy shaped Jean-Luc Delacroix’s life long ago. It’s made the electronics magnate overprotective of the sister he raised and wary of outsiders. But when he rescues a beautiful woma ...
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 ...
Bale “Shark” Maddox, and the team are deployed to Haiti to the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince as an insurance policy for the protection of the ambassador, his family and the embassy. There’s a new leader, and although the country seems to be stabilizing, he’s convinced anything could set it off. His t ...
A Psychic Must Save a Skeptic. Camille Jorgensen is starting over after a heartbreaking loss. On the night she meets reclusive vineyard owner Will Holloway, her sixth sense goes haywire. Although Camille’s intuition whispers that evil will strike, she doesn’t know when, why, or where. Sweet and sexy ...
Errol "Pitbull" Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it's special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft t ...
PRAISE FOR Blue Christmas “A Great 17,000 word Christmas short story – part of the Bestselling Sizzling Romantic Suspense “Blond Barracuda ” series.” RomanceReaderReviews “Gorgeous Army Captain Tiffany Anderson kicks butt with the best of them! And there isn&rsquo ...
What would you do if your bosses told you to break the law? How far would you go before you questioned them? What if you’re a cop and your bosses are the law? London traffic cop Kaitlyn Thorn narrowly escapes a Mafia attack on the world dominating banker Randolph Quinn, a key witness under her prote ...
It’s complicated, dark, and nothing is as it seems. My name is Barrett Schaefer and I thought I knew myself. And then I met Flynn Campbell. The mystery and danger surrounding him called to me. He changed my wants, my needs, my life. Love can destroy a person. So can death. Ethics. Morals. Hono ...
Welcome to Valhalla From USA Today Bestseller RJ Gray comes a sizzling military romance sure to leave readers gasping! After being forced into medical retirement, Navy SEAL amputee Hudson “Phantom” McGhee hunts for a way to invest his time and family inheritance to help him feel fulfilled. T ...
Midnight on the Midway
Supernatural secret agents, vampires, and veterinarians!
Drake Carlson is an agent for the Federal Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. He’s psychic and gets visions of alternate realities. Drake is tracking magical Mafiosi involved in paranormal crime. On ...
True love perseveres in this Agents Irish and Whiskey spin-off novella from author Layla Reyne Former FBI agent Melissa “Mel” Cruz spent years skirting the line between life and death, knowing the next assignment might be her last. Back from overseas and eager to enjoy life outside the Bureau, she’s ...
Air Force Pararescuman, Junior Lieutenant Kyle “Raven” Alvarez has seen it all. After three years as the team’s medic, he’s been up to his elbows patching back together the worst humanity has to offer, overseas and stateside. So, when his teammates set him up for a date through Madame Eve’s 1Night S ...
...AND THE KILLER HAD NO FACE…
Lara Radburn arrives minutes after a crime is committed. She finds her renter, Crystal Mar, a local artist, dead. She has been bludgeoned by one of her own works in progress…the sculpture of a fierce lion. Her four-year-old daughter, Karma, has disappeared. In a f ...
Weird things are happening again in Cape May and the ghosts of old mobsters never rest easy. Erik Mitchell gets a strange delivery of antique poker chips with odd markings tied to a casino that burned a century ago. Ben Nolan finds a dead guy in one of his rental units—turns out the guy's been mi ...
Rochelle adores Ethan, but volatile confrontations threaten to destroy their marriage. When a tragic accident hospitalizes their son, the resulting events force Rochelle to recognize the damage that her rage has caused. Determined not to lose Ethan, Rochelle vows to change. Ethan agrees to give ...
Mallory Scott is an espionage operative, working for the British government. She’s travelled all over the world, often going undercover and infiltrating criminal organisations in order to extract the intelligence needed to dismantle their operations and bring the perpetrators to justice. Given her u ...
Lured into the demon’s lair. In a nightmare I can’t escape, I find true evil exists. They have no mercy. Can I survive their wicked savagery? *This Dark Omegaverse Romance is not for the faint of heart. If explicit scenes, violence, and D/s themes offend you, please abstain. Proceed with caution.*
The boss is obsessed.
The bully is back.
And Fenella is done playing nice.
Her career is in pieces, her privacy stolen, and the man who once pulled her strings now makes no secret of his craving for her. But the real danger comes from her past, the high school bully tied to a ...
Being dumped at the altar turns out to be the best wedding gift ever.
Forsaken and forlorn, Innis Bree MacIntyre finds herself alone in Scotland on what was to have been her honeymoon. So, naturally, she's flattered when three men vie for her affections - ...
Someone wants Skye Hunter’s son, Tyler, and they’re willing to kill to get him. On the run for her life, Skye turns to the only person she believes can help her—a complete stranger with a shared past. David Bishop thinks Skye is crazy. But when he realizes she has the same strange phenomenon inside ...
When Aaron Stryder was forced into marrying Mary Doyle – a criminal mastermind – he knew that his life would never be the same. Trapped in a loveless marriage under the threat of violence, he soon falls for Mary's younger sister Sara, who is everything that her sister is not. They knew that their re ...
As passion flairs in the jungle's torrid heat, a murderer lurks. And, in a battle of wits that puts lives on the edge, can anyone be trusted? Leading a scientific excursion into the Borneo rain forest is a dream for entomologist, Savannah Cole. But when her guide turns up headless, it becomes a n ...
Two different women, one dangerous journey. Which one will survive? Find out in this explosive thriller mystery romance!
Maria-Alejandra Cahill, “Mac” to her friends and family, has the best life: a successful law practice, three beautiful stepdaughters, and a military spouse she couldn’t ...
Ex-Olympic wrestler and reclusive billionaire artist Aristides Stavros has one mission—to rescue his sister, a popular tattoo artist from the old enemy who has kidnapped her. But at every turn, he is confronted by anthropologist Melissa Dermot. Is she just an innocent girl in over her head, or is sh ...
Solid Five Stars from readers!
She thought her past was behind her. In spite of her less-than-normal childhood, things are going well for Kenzie Reese. She has an exciting career as a photojournalist, an active social life, and no contact with her parents. Life is good. She even fa ...
Dane never wanted a partner, especially not one like Shana George. She was trouble in a killer body with an attitude to match. And she was far too much like him. Except he was broken. His soul had been irreparably damaged by a life of fighting causes against punishing odds. Shana was fresh an ...
SEAL TEAM ALPHA SERIES Big, muscled, tough and red, white and blue, these guys are as dedicated to service to their country as they are gorgeous and deadly. They'll go that extra mile whether in a foreign country or in their own backyard. With hearts of gold and wills of steel, their missions will t ...
When the Strongest Hurricane in Decades Takes Aim at Florida, Ronnie Tries to Escape its Wrath. Will she Die in the Storm or Be Lost in Time Forever? Ronnie Andrews is lucky to be alive after a time travel glitch nearly took her life during Hurricane Frances. When Hurricane Ivan, one of the stronges ...
Diane Thompson wakes up in the backseat of her car, shocked to find she’s acquired a chauffeur. Realizing she’s been inadvertently kidnapped, she swears off tequila—and Chili’s—then dials 9-1-1. But her rescue comes at a cost. Her savior, too-macho-for-words Lt. Cole Anderson, refuses to let Diane o ...
This series of steamy, suspense romances follows each member of a pararescue team as they find true love while bringing a terrorist to justice. 1. Second Chance 2. In My Sights 3. Explosive Conditions 4. Do No Harm 5. Third Time's the Charm This series gets hotter and more dangerous with each book.
Black Cat Blues A nightmare waits in the alley . . . Stabbed in an alley behind the Black Cat Blues bar, private investigator Jimmy Daniels clings to life just long enough to tell Maggy Malone a secret. Maggy, a curvy blues singer with a sultry voice and a razor sharp mind is starting her life over ...
A street-hardened cop, a vulnerable woman. Dare she unwrap the Xmas gift of love from a dangerous Santa? Another book in the steamy 'Seduction Series' from Emma Calin. A stand alone story of passion, action and adventure with London cop Paula Middleton. Her job takes her to extremes on the streets o ...
Secrets. Trust. Courage. Who will knuckle under first—the war hero? The spirited single mom? Or the former high school bully who still hates them both?
When war hero Michael Jarvis returns to his hometown on the shores of Lake Superior, he doesn’t plan to stay&mdas ...
Sometimes life is just too damned complicated. I long to stand at the precipice of my existence, watch my whole life replay in front of me in bold, neon, polychromatic flashes from a kaleidoscope that shows my story so I can see how it all finally ends. My aspirations are high, but almost always met ...
Cassie is suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. Weekly visits to her psychologist are proving challenging until fragments from the night of her attack begin to surface. Cassie spirals into a dark hole of fear and confusion – Pandora’s box spills open, revealing contents that she is ill-prepared for ...
Savannah Santos is on the run. She fled everything she ever knew to follow her career dreams. But she wasn’t expecting her new roommate to be her dream guy. For Cooper Quin, being any girl’s dream man is nothing new, but he’s determined to stay exactly that: a dream. His focus is o ...
Miller's Secret Obsession. Ambition. Betrayal. Left in an orphanage as a young child, Miller Dreeser vowed to someday live a life of wealth and prestige. He obtained that life, with no thought of the consequence to those he used as puppets on a string to get there. His acceptance into the world of t ...
Ex-Green Beret Jake Zimmerman’s Georgia mountain seclusion is shattered when the one woman he should never have left, pregnant Kiera McNeill, shows up on his doorstep. Her life is in danger, thanks to a botched Morpheus Squad mission. If the nature of her baby is discovered, evil forces will stop ...
With the aid of an inexplicable super-power, he's determined to conquer any hurdles to gain back his freedom. Except one hot mess of an obstacle he can't get around. An attack leaves thousands of Americans dead or with diminished brain function. As the government seizes control, order is restored bu ...
Kansas, 1877. Sadie Sullivan lost everything when a herd of longhorn cattle bound for Dodge City trampled and destroyed her farm. Now she works in Dodge—one of the most wicked and lawless towns in the West—at the Northern Star saloon. But her survival in this new world of sin and violence depends on ...
In this collection of short stories, author Kathryn Lane often fulfills the promise of mysteries of the heart while also surprising you with mysteries of life. Some of the stories are fun and humorous while others are ghost stories, romance gone wrong, or a world where fantasy and reality are fused. ...
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An intercepted message. Missing MI6 agents. And a traitor hiding in plain sight.
Reader’s Favorite Five-Star Review: "A modern-day spy thriller set amongst the windswept and remote Scottish Isles of Uist. Fun and exciting! A fast-paced, riveting st ...
Perfect for the new year and beyond! Award-winning author Martina Boone takes us to a magical setting in the Scottish Highlands to spin a heartwarming standalone novel of love and loss, family and friendship, hope and renewal, small towns and big ambitions.
Cait Fletcher was always ...
Cursed the moment I fell in love with her.
While home in Raleigh for semester break, I didn’t expect my girlfriend, Alondra, to ask me for a favor: present my Book of Shadows to the leader of a satanic cult. She was looking for a new male witch for her coven. Of course ...
Solving crimes and chasing bad guys is what Cassie Hart does best ... on paper. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to do it in reality. Sean Hedley and Neil Armstrong both have ulterior motives for trekking into a rainforest with Cassie. Bullets fly and she is left with partial amnesia, wond ...
Newly married, Sarah Evans is desperate to save her dying husband. When the doctor tells her that Michael's organs are shutting down and she must prepare for the worse, Sarah refuses to accept it. She promises her husband she will find a stem cell donor even though everyone she knows ...
When beloved town matriarch Pearl Clemmons dies on a warm June afternoon, the folks of Adams Grove, Virginia, can hardly believe it. Sure, Pearl was eighty-five years old, but everyone—particularly her granddaughter Jill—just assumed she would live forever. Now Jill must return home to settle Pea ...
She's not looking for Mr. Forever - just Mr. Right Now. It all changes when she takes her city's star football player home, and he WANTS more. So much more . . .
Leslie McClunis didn't give up ballet for firefighting to be told she'd get ahead if she acted more 'feminine.' As far as sh ...
Sophia, ace sharpshooter, is called on for FBI’s difficult cases. Her uncanny ability to remain cool under duress makes her the perfect person to rescue the Governor’s twins whose rejected husband has whisked away to Greece. Since the agent spent most of her summers in Rhodes, the place works in her ...
Damien The toughest part about trying to keep my hands off Alejandra is knowing that I’m doing business with her father, the head of the local cartel. Both of our families would kill me if they knew what was going on between us. She’s so intoxicating though, I just can’t get her out of my mind. I ke ...
Warning! There is explicit language and sexual content!
Mayor Joshua Steadman's biggest accomplishment is marrying his perfect first lady, Melissa. But when Melissa falls terminally ill and confesses a disturbing secret on the eve of her death, the mayor's life is thrown into ...
Cursed in some ways and blessed in many others, his psychic ability keeps Mike from having the loving family he’s always wanted. You see it’s a secret and he fears that, if he tells anyone about his ability, he’ll put them in grave danger. Danger? Yes; danger lurks at every turn. You see, his mys ...
I unexpectedly find Riley; half my age, and injured on my mountain. I’m here to protect her but in my secluded cabin, sparks begin to fly. While on the mountain, I find Riley with a sprained ankle. But she refuses my help, so I carry her home to wrap her wound. As a sudden storm hits, th ...
Renny Butler races to Ireland in search of her mom Irene, who mysteriously vanished during a secretive trip. As Renny combs through Mom's belongings, she uncovers a shocking truth: she was adopted, and her birthmother was Aghna Shaw. With her decade of experience as an investigative reporter, Ren ...
The perfect family? It cracked when Jenna Bergstrom was fourteen and shattered a few years later. Secrets followed by tragedy will do that to you. Now Jenna’s ailing grandfather needs her expertise to restore the family’s legendary artists’ retreat known as Sinner’s Grove. Reluctantly she agrees to ...
A terrible evil lurks in the mountain… Lizzie is not your average tourist. She may have just arrived on the idyllic Greek island of Corfu, but her mind is not on having a good time. Far from it, Lizzie has a daunting task to undertake: to claim back her twin brother who was kidnapped twenty years ea ...
Mistaken by chance for a missing princess, Tricia is caught up in a tangle of excitement and danger while hiding her hopeless love for Cordillera’s crown prince. Will the public believe her as the princess as she helps him hunt his missing cousin on the Isle of Capri?
Can she win th ...
Effie Drucker, an escapee from a gilded cage, finds purpose as VP and crisis management specialist at Peak Securities, and solace in the warm embrace of the Peak family. The only distraction in her carefully constructed world is Jonah Peak, a battle-scarred ex-SEAL haunted by memories and physical ...
Escape to sunny Corfu but beware... Lizzie does her best to help her brother adjust, and together they set out to do the witch’s bidding, in the hope that if they do as she asks she will finally let them be. The witch’s ravens are forever spying on them or paying them a visit, but soon the sight of ...
Seven stories. Two truths:
-Love and terror make strange bedfellows.
-The line between salvation and damnation is heartbreak-thin.
In this haunting anthology, souls are tested, timelines bent, and darkness finds new shape in the ...
USA Today Bestseller! When Olivia Doyle’s father dies under suspicious circumstances, rather than inheriting a family fortune, she inherits a new identity. She learns they were placed in the Federal Witness Security Program when she was five years old. Her father was involved in an art forgery ring ...
A failing marriage. A union separated by distance. An accidental encounter. Can the Edinburgh Fringe Festival work its magic? Kathy’s life is a mess. Sure, the job’s great and her home is to-die-for, but she spends way too much time on the midnight train to catch a few fraught hours with ...
With the aid of an inexplicable super-power, he's determined to conquer any hurdles to gain back his freedom. Except one hot mess of an obstacle he can't get around. An attack leaves thousands of Americans dead or with diminished brain function. As the government seizes control, order is restored bu ...
A champion female driver -v- champion co-driver
Thrown together in the challenging world of car rallying, they are magnetically drawn to each other. But who are the real Conor and Sue? Is this beautiful, wealthy, and talented artist true or false? Can undercover detective Conor read the s ...
Camden Taylor is a federal agent working undercover in an outlaw motorcycle club, the Wicked Disciples, investigating their heroin operation. When they kidnap a member of another club, Camden has no choice but to blow his cover in order to save the man's life.
Autumn Mason ha ...
Marrying my best friend was like a dream come true, even if it was fake. Aiden was the last person I thought I would run into on the streets of Seattle. He’s no longer the boy I remember, but a tall muscle-oozing gorgeous man. When my past comes back to haunt me, he’s the only one who can save ...
You don't want to mess with these gals! Special Agent Francesca (Award-winning novel) Book #1 – Undercover FBI: Violence, suspense and sizzling romance explode during Francesca’s humorous journey, fighting off the mob! Dr. Sean Collins wants to tame her! Yeah-like that’s gonna happen. Only one th ...
What happens when the very beautiful and sexy Maria Brooks, now Elena Johnson, a woman hiding out in Provence, France, from the California legal authorities, meets Jordan Kramer, a handsome art theft detective from Los Angeles? He's looking for stolen California paintings reportedly for sale in Prov ...
Immerse yourself in "Grave Secrets," a Christian romantic suspense novel from Elle E. Kay's Pennsylvania Parks series. Gavin's sister, Cate, vanishes after a mysterious sorority invitation, leading him to Ricketts Glen State Park. He joins forces with Samantha, a park ranger searching for her missin ...
“Of course, no matter where in the world she was, she could never have stayed hidden, not as long as he was willing to kill innocent people until he found her. The question was, had he stopped killing people, or was she next on his list?” --Robin Patchen, award winning author of Finding Amanda and T ...
A thug pulls a knife on a mean London street. Rookie cop Olivia Johnston-Denny steps up. When irresistible American congressman Jackson T. Paine intervenes, her life is changed for ever. Olivia is a fiery Scot. Jackson’s a cool Oklahoma boy. Feel the heat of the chemical reaction. Tipped as a futu ...
Widowed, shop keeper, and transplanted Texan Jessica Allen fights to protect the green in the New Hampshire town of Tidbury, settled by her late husband’s family. New Hampshire of the beautiful fall leaves, picturesque Christmases, and sometimes brutal winters. She’s angry to learn developers plan t ...
When two lovers are drifting so far apart, can they still find a way to make a future together?
A rockstar's girlfriend, Beth Davies doesn't really feel she has a life of her own beyond her relationship with Jaxon Detroit. He used to be Stephen Felton, her high school sweetheart, but fame ...
When a shopping center demolition reveals the bones of a murder victim and the dead man’s ghost begs for justice, psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his partner/boyfriend Vic D’Amato must solve a fifty year-old crime. The killer’s gotten away with murder...and he’s willing to kill again to keep it th ...
He likes control and order. She refuses to be controlled. With his family history, Robert Farrell has faced his fair share of problems. Lucky for him, he's never been confronted with a problem he can't solve. And when someone starts manipulating his business deals and threatening the people in his l ...
Secrets, Lies, and Truths
Ava and Rocky have been best friends for years, growing up together in the bustling metropolis of New York City. They know each other inside out, and they're sure nothing can change that—that is, until one drink too many lets loose a secre ...
She needs a Daddy and he’s in need of a Little who can be strong enough to stand up to him. A last-minute surge of courage enabled Substance Abuse Counselor, Veronica Wallace, to leave her fiancé, chosen by her overbearing mother, at the altar. Escaping to Colorado for a visit with her colleg ...
In California’s Wine Country, Someone Wants Lily Dead When Lily Callahan returns home to California’s wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and U.S. Marshall Austin Jennings take cover. Money, fame, and love all come into play as motives when Lily and Austin try to find out who sent ...
Amnesia stole Tessa's memory--her life! Now her husband has found her, claimed her, rescued her. David’s touch makes Tessa throb. Desire flashes between them like heat lightning on a summer night.
Her body know ...
My life was fine. Not remarkable, but I was doing OK. A steady job, a half-decent flat. I even had a Swiss cheese plant that somehow managed not to die on me. I suppose you might even say my life was boring, until a phone call from my dad turned everything I thought I knew on its head. My dad owe ...
She’s armed. He’s dangerous. Together, can they stop a killer from tearing a small island community apart? When wise-cracking cozy mystery author, Austin Martell, left his hometown on Whidbey Island for the bright lights of New York, he vowed he would never go back. But some promises are impossible ...
A human trafficker. A city suffering economic instability. A man and woman who are the only ones who can fix this mess - or be the ones responsible for the whole world burning... East coast girl Sylvia has been trapped in Portland, Oregon for a year, trying to make ends meet with her tenuously legal ...
Mackenzie Scirocco grapples with the daily challenges of being a single mother of five-year-old twins and the responsibilities of running her bakery. Some days she fools herself that all the proverbial balls are in the air. Especially when the man she has a crush on asks her out. But her world—and t ...
