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  Anywhere can be your home, but not just anyone. Emerson Calhoun is an invisible wallflower, mostly because she learned it’s safer not to draw attention. With her father’s alcohol-induced anger and violent outbursts, attention is dangerous in her house. The thing is, she’s never been invisible to star baseball player, Noah Boone. Growing up in the same small town, Noah has admired Emerson from afar since they were little kids. With senior year under way, their two very different worlds collide and their love story blooms. The young couple faces lessons in love and trust as Noah sees through the smile Emerson forces herself to wear. But just as they ready for a happily ever after post-graduation, tragedy strikes. You Can Always Come Home , is a second chance romance full of heart-racing tension, heartwarming moments of love, and a reconciliation ten years in the making. This is a  complete standalone  featuring Emerson and Noah's young love story and their later-in-life r...

  "You can feel it in the silence--when you're loved, when you're home." Welcome to Magnolia, Louisiana, a small town desperate for a fresh start after tragedy. Newcomer, April has made it her life’s work bringing old, abandoned properties back to beauty. It was a dream first instilled in her by her father after they lost their home in a hurricane. Since then, April has lost much more—both her parents  and  her hearing. April’s life has been quiet for far too long. The only comfort she finds is in her work. That is until she meets the farmer next door, Emmett Calhoun. Emmett is driven by two things—responsibility to his family  and  a desire to never become his father. Reluctant to allow himself a taste of something new, Emmett avoids helping April with the renovation until he simply can’t. When he finally agrees to help, more than the historic inn gets a fresh start. April  hears  Emmett, sees him, more than anyone else ever has. Emmett learns and lov...

  "You were his prisoner. You're my princess." Gio Moretti is the glue that holds the Amato crime family together—the boss when the boss is away, an expert in tactical warfare, a trusted enforcer, the liaison, the negotiator, the mastermind, the  chess master . But a life of always putting everyone else first has left him trapped in an inescapable darkness. That is, until Darcy Cunningham and her daughter, Delilah, walk into his life and make him feel alive in a way he never has before. Gio sees Darcy as an angel, the ray of sunlight needed to chase away his darkness. But Darcy is haunted by a darkness of her own. A single mom on the run from her abusive husband, Darcy finds herself in New Orleans, out of money and with nowhere to stay. She meets Gio at a perfectly imperfect time and takes a job as his live-in maid. Darcy is scared she can’t trust Gio, scared he’ll hurt her. But, while Darcy was her ex-husband’s prisoner, she’ll be Gio’s princess. Gio and Darcy’s love sto...

  Book 2 in the  Blood and Bourbon  series,  Mine to Tease  is a steamy, standalone mafia romance featuring the enemies-to-lovers trope. It takes place during the one-year time gap we see at the end of  Mine to Protect . Damon Dupont is the best protector in the Amato crime family’s ranks. But as power in the New Orleans underworld shifts and new alliances are made, he now finds himself forced to protect the one woman he couldn’t care less about—the princess of the Irish mob. Anastasia Cross has spent her life like a prisoner in a gilded cage, sheltered and surrounded by bodyguards. The last thing she wants is another one, which is why her brother secretly hires Damon to watch after her upon her move to New Orleans. As Damon keeps his cover by working in the tattoo shop beneath the unit Ana is renovating for her new boutique, he sets out on a personal mission to make her life miserable. But, his plan to drive her away backfires when he falls head over heels...

    MINE TO PROTECT : A Forbidden Love Mafia Romance by Emily A. Myers Release Date: December 1st Genre/Tropes: Mafia Romance/ Romantic Suspense /Forbidden Love /Enemies to Lovers   MINE TO PROTECT by Emily A. Myers is NOW LIVE!   Grab this all-new forbidden love mafia romance TODAY!   NOW AVAILABLE! Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XIpVOG Amazon INTL: https://geni.us/Mine2Protect         Add to Goodreads: h ttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61785910-mine-to-protect       Blurb: Alister Amato is rich, powerful, and feared by all who know the truth. He’s the Blood King, a mafia boss with a lust for blood and an infinite reach. Everything in me screams I should stay away. But when my Organized Crime Task Force is called to investigate the slaughter of a rival criminal syndicate, I know that isn’t an option. The way the men were killed is something I’ve only seen once before—eighteen years ago w...

  One year after Emma and Julian fled New Orleans to escape an enemy with infinite reach, they are back in the Crescent City and praying for a fresh start. But their past soon catches up with Emma as a mysterious man who knows far too much about her to be innocent. Worried their new world of secrets and suspicion may be changing Julian, Emma embarks on a solo investigation into the man following her. Yet, what she discovers is more unspeakable than she ever could’ve imagined. Can she trust him? Definitely not. Is he the key to her freedom? Possibly. In this action-packed romantic thriller, Emma will come face to face with the enemy that sent her packing a year prior. The question is, will she lose herself in this war of worlds? And will she and Julian have the happily ever after they’ve been fighting for? The Unspeakable Duet Reading Order: Book 1: The Truth About Unspeakable Things Book 2: Bound by the Unspeakable My Review This book is a really good conclusion to this duet. Emma ...