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  Twelve Desserts of Summer

  Tinnean

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  Connor Murphy, the CFO of the family business, has given up his dream of becoming a chef in order to help the company. After all, family means the world to him, something his boyfriend learned at Christmas, much to his displeasure. This is why six months after that disastrous Christmas, Connor is sans boyfriend and buries himself in work to take his mind off his single status. Still, he enjoys baking desserts and bringing them to his beloved nanny. He also enjoys going to the Coffee Shoppe, exchanging glances with the man behind the counter. Until the man is suddenly gone.
  While Murphy Doyle waits for a job in his preferred field, he helps out behind the counter at his family's coffee shop. He might be a physical therapist, but he also loves to bake, especially desserts, which are a big hit at work. He's been intrigued by the businessman who frequently comes into the shop, wearing a three-piece suit and always ordering the same thing. Murph would have loved to ask him out, but it's against company policy, so they never speak, just gaze silently at each other, everything but their eyes hidden by the masks they wear due to the pandemic. And then he gets his dream job, and he's afraid the opportunity is lost. 
  Are these two men destined to be ships passing in the night, or will family meddling somehow bring them together?

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  Where the Heart Chooses

  Tinnean

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  Portia Sebring was born into a family that's considered royalty in the intelligence community, and the fact that she's a woman doesn't preclude her from joining the "family business." A linguistic genius, she's recruited by her older brother to decipher Russian codes for the Venona Project. While at Arlington Hall, she meets Nigel Mann, a CIA officer known as Mr. Freeze, who's been vetted to the NSA. Unbeknownst to Portia, her father is behind the meeting. Rumor has it that Portia, called the ice princess, is also a lesbian, and at this time in America -- the late '50s -- it could negate any veracity to the codes she deciphers. A match with an equally cold man who won't distract her from her work seems the ideal solution in her father's eyes.
  Things don't go quite according to plan, as both Portia and Nigel develop strong feelings for each other. They marry and eventually start a family. However, the lifetime together they anticipate is cut short when Nigel's jet crashes on New Year's Day, 1978. Devastated, but with a thirteen-year-old son depending on her, Portia has no choice but to go on after Nigel's death. 
  When Quinton, her son, is approached to join the US Equestrian Team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, she's pleased and proud, but those plans are dashed due to the government's boycott of the Games. To distract him, Portia takes him to France on a wine-buying trip, and it's there that Quinton first feels an attraction for someone of his own sex. Portia, a wise mother, is aware, but since she herself had a same-sex affair in her early twenties, she's very accepting of this. 
  Along with Gregor, her trusted bodyguard and devoted family friend, she watches as Quinton follows in his father's and her footsteps in the "family business," and finally finds a partner worthy of him, WBIS agent Mark Vincent. She's happy for them, but sure that she won't love again, since Sebrings have their "one" and she's lost hers, but is she right?

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  Framed - A Thriller

  Patricia Grayhall

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  She's taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival. 
  Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country's largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the Houston Ship Channel. Her crucial evidence comes from Dr. Tori Nelson, a respected physician and Jo's college crush, whose research exposes devastating community health impacts. 
  But just as the lawsuit gains momentum, Tori is arrested for a shocking, high-profile bank robbery. Jo knows it's a setup. Someone is trying to silence Tori to bury the findings that could bring World Petrol down. 
  As Jo races to prove Tori’s innocence, she uncovers a chilling conspiracy that reaches deeper than she imagined. With Tori's freedom, career, and the lives of an entire community at stake, Jo has a choice: walk away or risk everything. 
  She's never been good at walking away. 
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  "Original, clever, deftly written, and a simply riveting read...A consummate legal thriller...the stuff of which high-tension movies are made." —Midwest Book Review 
  "With masterful pacing and a twist that will leave you breathless, Grayhall keeps readers guessing at every turn." —Michelle Cox, author of The Henrietta and Inspector Howard series 
  Grayhall's prose is clean, precise, and emotionally intelligent. She writes with the clarity of a scientist and the empathy of a novelist." —San Francisco Book Review (5 stars) 
   

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  By Any Other Name

  Feral Sephrian

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  Everything was different the last time Rosalin saw Alessandra: her living situation, her looks, even her name. Back in high school, Rosalin was miserable struggling against the life her parents planned for her, one that would never allow for her to have feelings for another girl. Four years later, Rosalin and Alessandra run into each other again, and they have so much to catch up on.
  Finally free from her abusive household, Rosalin was able to change her name and start over. All this time she had never forgotten the friend who encouraged her to rebel, the girl she had looked up to and admired in every way. But has this new beginning given Rosalin the courage to admit her crush? Or is it still too soon to tell Alessandra how she feels?

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  Emery Ever After

  Amanda Murr

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  Emery never expected her life to change with a single painting. When the artwork in her childhood bedroom reveals a doorway to another world, everything she thought she knew about reality begins to unravel. She is drawn into a realm ruled by a dark and powerful queen, a place where forests whisper secrets, shadows hide danger, and magic bends the rules of time and space.
  In this perilous world, Emery must rely on her courage, her wits, and a mysterious connection she cannot explain. At the heart of it all is Rhiannon, whose presence is both a challenge and a comfort. Together they navigate treacherous landscapes, unravel hidden truths, and face dangers that test not only their skill but the strength of their hearts. As fear and wonder collide, what begins as trust grows into a love that neither expected but cannot ignore.
  Every moment becomes charged with intensity as Emery and Rhiannon's bond deepens, their connection a fragile light in a world filled with shadows. Every touch, every glance, carries risk and desire, drawing them closer even as the queen's power threatens to overwhelm them.
  In a place where nothing is certain and every choice has consequences, they discover that love can be as transformative and unpredictable as magic itself. Yet the darkness is patient and relentless, and danger waits in every hidden corner. Can their hearts endure the trials ahead? Will their love be enough to survive a world that seems determined to tear them apart, or will it be the very thing that costs them everything?

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  A Hard Day's Knight

  Jay Mendell

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  In the aftermath of a tragedy that leaves him with permanent scars, Sir Aurion of the Knight's Brigade is about to go for an early retirement. He believes his diminished strength means he cannot be the capable second-in-command the Knights deserve. But before he can put down his sword for good, he yearns to try and prove himself as a capable warrior to his captain, Sir Diroze.
  Aurion has been dueling against Diroze for over a decade, and has never won a single match. Which isn't too surprising to the rest of the Knights -- Diroze has more than earned his title as captain, and has never been defeated by anyone. With this final attempt being his very last chance, will Aurion pull off a victory against the odds? Or will his captain, a man who may have an agenda of his own, be the one to strike Aurion down for good?

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