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Do you believe in second chances? Neither did Nikki Reed nor Seth Jermaine until they found each other wrapped in the magic of Christmas at the Gingerbread Inn. Seth Jermaine's life is turned upside down when a long-lost love checks him into the Gingerbread Inn where they first met twenty years ago. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but Seth is knocked for a loop when someone from his past arrives and Nikki seems to lose all interest in rekindling their feelings. A long ago romantic who gave up on love, Nikki Reed starts to look at life differently when an old crush checks into the Gingerbread Inn for a winter wedding. Drawn to each other, Nikki becomes unsure of Seth's faithfulness when the past starts popping up and other commitments distract Seth causing her to wonder if their rekindled relationship is only history repeating itself. Christmas at the Inn, Book 13

Abigail Johnson hadn't expected that a lawman of the Wild West would ignite something in her she'd thought died along with her first husband. Now that they are married, he wants to take her into the Indian Territory.Gabe Hawkins aims to find what lies further beneath Abby's matronly facade. When an order from the territory judge reassigns Gabe to Fred, Indian Territory, he and Abby are forced to start a new life away from civilization.When a gang of outlaws rolls into town and takes over the trading post, Abby wishes she'd listened to her husband. Instead, she finds herself a hostage and Gabe is trying to find a way to get her out alive.

Suzanne Butler is saloon girl "Montana Sue" at the Lady Gay in Dodge City who has been hiding from an arranged marriage for over a year. Word has reached her that the man she spurned is on his way to Dodge City to reclaim her.Cyrus Kennedy is a widowed Texas cattle baron, expected to deliver his cattle to the stockyard in Dodge City, make arrangements with a new housekeeper and tutor for his ten-year-old son. He didn't expect a former feisty saloon girl would be going back to Texas with him.Will Suzanne be able to shed "Montana Sue" and avoid an unwanted marriage?What will Cryus' men and his boy think when he brings the red-headed Suzanne Butler home with him along the Chisholm Trail?

Roseanne Duncan, witnesses her employer push his sickly wife down the staircase. Fearing she'll have to testify against a prominent man in town, she's given ad for a mail order bride in Dodge City. Believing this is a way for her to escape the possible danger of her employer, she travels to Dodge City and marries under the name of Abigail Johnson. Logan Granger, is a Pinkerton Detective assigned to Dodge City area as an undercover bartender. When his mail order bride, "Abby," steps off the train she doesn't fit the description of a matronly woman who has agreed to his marriage contract of no emotional attachments. There's no time to reconsider the preacher is waiting to marry them. Rose hadn't expected the handsome man waiting for her to be an undercover bartender with a six shooter on his hip and a badge on his chest. Logan hadn't expected his soon to be wife to be young, beautiful, and a runaway murder witness. Reader Age Group: Middle School +

Language Arts teacher Mrs. Kelsey Swan randomly has her students pick a writing assignment to be completed in two weeks from a top hat. Seventeen-year-old Veronica "Vroni" Swan draws the legend of her two times great-grandfather having buried treasure somewhere in Swanson. Not only must she write about her family, but her partner on this assignment is the awkward Suzie Carmichael. After reading an old journal found in Vroni's attic, Vroni, Suzie, along with Vroni's friend Max, decipher the clues in the journal and get separated in the tunnels under the school. Simon, the school's mascot and Swan's shelter cat, and his mouse friend Crumb alert Mrs. Swan and help to find Vroni, Suzie, and Max before whoever else is looking for the lost treasure in Swanson High does.Suggested Reading Age Group: Middle school and older