Frank Carlson Library

An Impossible Choice Some might call it a proposal. Violet Burton knows it's blackmail, and she refuses to give in. She won't marry the unscrupulous banker who holds the mortgage on her Virginia home. Instead, she'll find employment in New York City, earning enough to pay her debts before returning home. Virginia's where she belongs...even if reconnecting with childhood friend Michael Heaton makes her long to stay permanently at his mother's boardinghouse....

This is it. The end. It's finally here.Annie is trapped with no hope of escape, as Hart, unbeknownst to her, tumbles helplessly in space.Core is on the brink of victory. A victory so complete, the multiverse will be swept up in his grasp.Can Annie stop him before it's too late? Or will she succumb to the terrible destiny that awaits her?Get ready for the thrilling conclusion to the Betrothed Series.

A Family in Need With no teaching positions open, Georgia Marshall agrees to become the temporary nanny for the two little girls next door. But she soon becomes enamored of the precocious children and their dashing but distant widowed father. Though she's falling for him, she can't help but think that the nobleman is out of her reach. After the tragic loss of his wife, Tyler Walker swore he'd never again give his heart away. Until his neighbor brightens...

(Includes a preview of the second BETROTHED novella, SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN)BETROTHED is a trilogy of standalone stories that explore the world of arranged marriages and how they affect every couple differently. On a beautiful day in the French countryside, Austrian heiress Valeska Reiter marries a man she has only seen a handful of times over the past two years. The wedding day is only the beginning. Andre Dubois comes from a line of French nobility...

Love or family... How can she choose between them? Lady Cecily Beauchamp has always put her family first. Until she falls under the spell of the mysterious Zachary Gray-a man of Romany descent. Knowing her family will forbid their match, Cecily steels herself to do her duty and marry someone else. Only she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Zach as the spark between them ignites a passion neither can deny!

Betrothed is a trilogy of standalone stories that explore the world of arranged marriages and how they affect every couple differently.Single mom Maria Alvarez has dealt with enough: the violent death of her boyfriend Antonio, living a life of poverty, and listening to the neighborhood gang beat down her door for money she's never had.Now? Gabriel Santos is back in town.Gabriel was Antonio's best friend in the gang. He also knows more about Antonio's...

Hades retired from the business.

Now it's just me.

Look at me now... Bitter... angry... depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I've never been the same since he refused to forgive me.

I meet a woman. She's like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don't feel anything.

One woman will love you for you, not your money or your power, but you'll lose her.

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