Wilda Stone went for a hot air balloon ride, and after a terrifying crash in California's Owens Valley, she realizes she has somehow traveled back through time to 1874. Confused by the turn of events, Wilda agrees to accept help from the stoic Hal Grantham, who promises to take her to the silver mining town of Cerro Gordo. A sandstorm makes it impossible and they seek shelter in a cave. While in the modern day world Wilda is from, this wouldn't be a problem. But in 1874, her reputation is now compromised. To protect her, Hal insists they marry and at first Wilda declines. Hal is persuasive, and she relents, and despite herself she soon falls love with the terse lawman. Their turbulent marriage is filled with adventure and adjustments, but tempered by their all-consuming love. Only Wilda's kidnapping by a man intent on killing Hal threatens their happiness. They may survive, only to face the danger of diphtheria endangering Cerro Gordo. Fearing for his wife's life Hal secretly repairs her hot air balloon and forces her to return to her own time, shattering her heart. Wilda is faced with a choice... go home, or stay with the man she loves.

Rising Above

Romance

Noel, Toni

Time Travel

Desert Breeze Publishing, Incorporated

To satisfy the requirements for her graduate degree in fine art photography, and in turn secure her young daughter's future, Amy Millington is determined to photograph Charles Harding's boarded-up mansion. The reclusive architect allows no one to enter his former Mission Hills home, the traumatic scene of tragedy when he was four. Charles denies the gutsy widow's request, but Amy is nothing if not persistent. Amy and Marta's plan to teach Charles to have fun and smile again succeeds, and once he learns to appreciate landscape photography as fine art, he relents to open his house for Amy to photograph. Even if he has no intention of entering it himself. Then during a photo session, Marta disappears somewhere in the secrets hidden in the hold home. In desperation, Charles enters his house for the first time in over thirty years to help Amy search. He finds Marta behind a forgotten secret sliding panel, holding his mother's long-lost suicide note. The note tears open his memories and reveals truths he'd long forgotten, opening fresh wounds. Charles must choose between letting those wounds continue to fester, or finally allow them to heal and build a new life with Amy and Marta.

Decisive Moments

Contemporary

Allison Marble's hopes of attending an amazing writer's conference shatter when bundles of cash spill out of her gym bag instead of makeup. Who switched bags with her? Teetering on the brink of panic, she asks the LAPD Detective she shared a taxi with from Union Station for advice. Fearing for her life, Carlo declares the conference off limits and insists the television crime reporter relocate to a safe house until he catches the suspected drug runner. Allison balks. Carlo wants to strangle her. His Captain places Carlo in charge of the team of undercover officers called in to assure Allison's safety. To attend the conference she must obey Carlo. The feisty writer objects. Forced together, tension flares. Their attraction to each other flames. Will this alpha Detective keep Allison safe, catch the perp, accept he cannot save everyone and surrender his heart to the feisty reporter?

Lying Eyes

Romantic Suspense

To satisfy the requirements for her graduate degree in fine art photography, and in turn secure her young daughter's future, Amy Millington is determined to photograph Charles Harding's boarded-up mansion.The reclusive architect allows no one to enter his former Mission Hills home, the traumatic scene of tragedy when he was four. Charles denies the gutsy widow's request, but Amy is nothing if not persistent. Amy and Marta's plan to teach Charles to have fun and smile again succeeds, and once he learns to appreciate landscape photography as fine art, he opens his house for Amy to photograph.Even though he has no intention of entering it himself.Then during a photo session, Marta disappears somewhere among the secrets hidden in the old home. In desperation, Charles enters his house for the first time in over thirty years to help Amy search.He finds Marta holding his mother's long-lost suicide note. The note shatters his memories and reveals truths he'd long forgotten, opening fresh wounds. Charles must choose between letting those wounds continue to fester, or finally allowing them to heal and building a new life with Amy and Marta.

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Rising Above

Decisive Moments

Lying Eyes

Decisive Moments