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Welcome to Willow Bay, the perfect place to stick a chair in the sand, your toes in the water, and get lost in the ebb and flow of life and love. He's home from the war. She's back in Willow Bay to care for ailing parents. Both transformed by time and trauma, can they reconcile their present with the love they left behind but never forgot? Jasmin Powter has put her ambitious life on hold to help her parents and their failing horse ranch. If she can't find a way to safeguard their future, her family will lose everything. Luke Taylor, the man who left her all those years ago, has been helping her parents. Seeing him again opens old wounds-and old attractions. Weighted by regrets, Luke only wants to escape the guilt that robs him of sleep and haunts his days. No penance is enough, and he can't give Jasmin the love she deserves until he's a whole person again. Can the tender tide of a love remembered bring them peace and help them realize how much stronger they are together? This sensual, small town romance is the fourth in the Willow Bay series, which can be read in any order. Grab your copy now and get to know the down-home folks who live and work here. Release Order:Last ResortFinding HomeChances AreTender TideReluctant ChristmasOperation Ethan

When Earth cries for help, he must answer or perish.First, he betrayed her. Now he has to let her go. Again.For Kaiden Darcy, duty is everything. As True-named protector, he’s tasked with the safety of his home and Rianthe Royan, the prophesied one designated to save Earth from surrendering to the darkness.Except Rianthe’s powers are stifled by some unknown cause. She needs help, so she follows a cryptic clue seeking insight. As she struggles to master her magic, the brother she raised from a babe disappears.Kaiden, realizing the urgency of Rianthe’s quest, leaves his own responsibilities behind to go in search of the boy, unaware that search will bring him face to face with bad blood. Family blood. His blood. 

When Earth cries for help, she must answer or perish.Only one person can answer Earth's cry for help. If only she knew how.Guilt-ridden druid trainee Rianth Royan is on the run. From a Dark druid, from a betrayal, and mostly, from herself. She is not who they think she is. How can she be? She has no powers.Earth is dying. Only she can free the magic intended to heal the earth before it's eternally bound to the darkness. And only one person can protect Rianth while she seeks her magic. Kaiden Darcy, True-Named protector. Friend. Betrayer.Together, Rianth and Kaiden must gather their allies, safeguard a magical talisman, and find Rianth's suppressed powers to conquer a powerful evil. If they fail, Earth and every living creature will be destroyed.