Second Chances Series

Korinne Anders had it all. She had the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband. When tragedy strikes, her world takes a devastating turn. Six months after losing her husband to a car accident, Korinne vows it to herself never to love again. If she doesn’t allow another man in her heart, then there’s no reason for her to feel the pain of loss. This plan seems to work, but is put to the test when Korinne’s best friend can’t stand to see her suffering any longer. Korinne’s long-time friend, Jenna Perry, has an idea and it involves helping her friend find the spark of life in her soul no matter what it takes. Korinne didn’t know that Jenna’s plan meant bringing back a past love, a second chance with the man that Korinne had to leave in college, but always kept a place for in her heart. When Galen Matthews learns of Korinne’s loss and that she’s finally moved back home, he wants nothing more than to be there for her. The love he felt for Korinne years ago has never left him, and now he’s given a second chance to not only mend her heart of her loss, but to also continue the love they shared in the past. Will his love and determination make her strong enough to give fate a second chance, or will her fear of losing another love make her run away? What will Korinne do when she’s faced with a love so powerful that no matter what she does there’s nowhere to run from it?

Needing to love... Every day I’m with Chad, I prove my dad wrong, that I can be loved...that I am loveable. So why is our relationship so hard? When we’re together on the dance floor or between the sheets, I pray for a small twinge of lust or something. I remember when his lazy smile sent my toes curling and my lower regions throbbing. But lately, thoughts of Noah come even though I don’t want them to: his valiant efforts to rescue me, his tender, caring side, even though I was being an idiot that night. I just don’t know if I’m ready to shake off one bad relationship to trust in another one. Wanting to trust... Her words echo in my head. Let’s be secret friends. Shh, don’t tell anyone. That girl ruined my life. Because of her and what happened I haven’t touched a girl since high school. I haven’t let myself fantasize about a girlfriend. About finding love. Or sex. Shit. Has it been that long since I’ve been laid? Then there’s Carly. The tantalizing goddess I rescued. For the first time I’m feeling things I swore I never would again. Somehow, she’s found her way into my heart, but I just don’t know if it’s too late for love and for the two of us.

A year ago, he gave her his heart. Now he wants it back. Meg never expected to find the love of her life sitting in a coffee shop. It wasn’t like life was good right then, and she knew she wasn’t any great catch. But handsome Edward, with his sexy British accent and irresistible kisses, was very persuasive. Meg handed over her heart without much resistance and expected it to be for keeps. When Edward suddenly disappears, though, she is forced to confront her deepest fears. Has she been a fool? Months later his brothers appear, begging for Meg’s help and telling a story that is almost impossible to believe. Caught between the love she once shared with Edward and the demands of his new, agonizingly-different persona, Meg is faced with a choice. His family is counting on her to get through to him, but only she can decide whether to stick it out, despite the uncertain outcome—or cut her losses and move on. Can Meg break through Edward’s barriers, and remind him of all that they’ve lost? Or will he refuse her help, and force her to live a life without him? Finding Love, the steamy second title in Kristen Casey’s Lost & Found series, is not to be missed! If you adore a charming British hero who delivers all the feels, a cast of side characters so delightful they inspired their own stories, and a feel-good, love-conquers-all ending, then this contemporary romance is for you! Read it today! About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.

I trust you ... These are the three words that Melissa Ashford wishes she could say to someone; to the one person she can fully give herself to and not worry about being betrayed. Being twenty-eight years old and divorced from a cheating ex-husband, Melissa enjoys her freedom ... until one night when she finds herself indulging in a one night stand that changes everything. There’s something about the alluring Brett Walker that has Melissa feeling things she’s never had with any other man. These feelings not only scare her, but push her past her limits as well. Just when she begins to open her soul to this new love, their bond is put to the test by jealousies from the past trying to break them apart. It’s not only Melissa’s trust that’s put on the line, but Brett’s as well. Will their love be strong enough to get them through the lies? Will Melissa finally be able to say those three words she’s been dying to say? I trust you ...

The last remaining outposts had fallen long ago as their supplies of food, water, and fuel for generators had been exhausted. No one had seriously planned for a real Zombie Apocalypse. It was a game, right? Something to play in the dark on the X Box or PlayStation, right? I mean, come on, the Zombie Apocalypse was just a George Romero dream game. Until it was real and, billions died, for awhile anyway. Now they ran free and we hide in the sewers. Real Fun City stuff! A hand-full of young adults struggling to survive against a ravaging horde of flesh eating undead. Author Donald Franck takes you into the new YA series, Second Chances as our heroes fight for each other to ensure not only their survival but others as well.

Needing the truth... I wanted to spend the night before graduation making out with Seth, but one of my best friends had the whole night planned. Lucky for me, we ran into him and his friends playing pool where we made some silly bet over a game, and the losers had to run through town in nothing but their underwear. A year later, I wish more than ever we’d just made out at Raker’s Bluff instead, because maybe the night would’ve turned out differently. Now Seth’s back, the guy who broke my heart, the guy I’m still in love with...I just hope he doesn’t break me all over again. Desperate for redemption... No one wants to fess up to having a screwed-up family. When my parents dropped the big divorce bomb on me, I decided to keep it a secret. Just the thought of the pity-stares and pats-on-the-back made me feel sick. I’d tell Haley and my friends another time. Except, I never got the chance. Stuff happened. Stuff that totally sucked and changed our lives forever. Instead of telling my truth, I took the coward’s way out, and I’ve regretted it ever since. But I’m back, determined to tell Haley everything, down to the last gritty detail, if she’ll give me the chance...even if it means losing her forever.

After a night of raw passion with the man Claire O’Briene had been secretly admiring for years, she thought their time together had come once and for all. Fate had finally brought them back to each other, but unfortunately nothing had changed. He was still the same man who ran away from relationships. Against his better judgment, Mason Bradley gave in to the temptation and allowed himself one night with the one woman he’d been too afraid to want ... too afraid to need. Four months after leaving Claire and regretting every minute of it, Mason gets called in for an undercover mission that’s not only dangerous, but brings back a past he spent years trying to forget. A past of fighting ... of getting in the ring and using his fists to get what he wanted: money, women, and drugs. Now there are fighters turning up dead, and it’s Mason’s job to find out the truth. Knowing he might not come out of the mission alive, Mason seeks out Claire to tell her how he truly feels, only to find another man competing for her love as well. Fighting is what he’s good at, and for once he will be fighting not only for justice ... but for love.

Needing excitement... I do not want to spend the rest of my life drawing hearts in the fogged-up glass where I waitress. I’m ready for more, for excitement, for a guy who wants more than the typical marriage and kids, blah, blah, blah. Boring. When Chad crashes into my life—literally—he’s everything I’ve been looking for and more. But I can’t help but wonder where he goes and what he does when he’s late for our dates or misses them altogether. It’s time to grab hold of that excitement and find out. Needing escape... Ever since my last bad break-up I’ve been a love ’em and leave ’em kind of guy. But when Katie enters my life like some kind of beautiful vision of purity and innocence—everything I’m not—I want to be with her, and find myself doing crazy stuff like bowling and mini-golf and having fun. Except my dad has put the squeeze on my life, forcing me into an internship or I lose my trust fund. I hope Katie trusts me and doesn’t start snooping because the work I’m doing isn’t exactly safe and her life could be in danger if she gets caught.

Everyone has secrets, but theirs could tear them apart. Molly has learned the hard way that she does not need a man. What she does need is a job, and she knows exactly which one she wants. There’s a law firm hiring down in North Carolina, and Molly knows she can’t go wrong with the reliable paycheck, warm weather, and pristine beaches. Her brother-in-law has even hooked her up with a tour guide in town. It seems perfect—until that guide turns out to be the gorgeous, intriguing son of one of the law partners, and Molly has to concede that she’s in way over her head. Though Jake is just as wrapped up in her as she is in him, he’s also holding something back. Their feelings for each other are undeniable. But when the secrets they’re keeping threaten not only Molly’s chance to land her dream job, but Jake’s entire future, the couple must make some hard decisions—and soon. If they don’t, their relationship and their hearts might never recover. Can Molly and Jake overcome the crucial things they’ve left unsaid? Or will history repeat itself, and force them into lives they can’t endure? Don’t miss Finding a Husband, book three in Kristen Casey’s Lost & Found series. If you like sexy Southern heroes, passion that runs hot and true, and an emotion-filled road to happily ever after, then this steamy romance standalone will have you turning the pages and begging for more! Try this can’t-miss book today! About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.

**A steamy, romantic suspense novel by USA TODAY Bestselling author, L.P. Dover. If you love strong and sexy football players then this book is definitely for you.** Both have what she wants ... but only one has what she needs. Working with professional athletes and helping them recover from their injuries has always been Kate Townsend’s dream, but after an accident left her scarred and heartbroken years ago she refuses to let what happened in her past happen again. Staying focused is the key, as well as not letting her feelings interfere with her job ... no matter the circumstances. All of that is easier said than done when not only one, but two men crave her healing touch, igniting every single desire she’s denied herself for so long. Cooper Davis, NFL’s star quarterback and most eligible bachelor, packs up and leaves his home to move across the states to the East Coast after an injury results in the embarrassing trade to another team. Bitter from the pain, he deals with his problems through drugs and alcohol—almost ruining his football career—until he meets the one woman who makes him want to feel; the same woman who refuses to give up on him no matter how many times he screws up. He has to have her, and he’s not going to stop until he makes her his. Especially, now that someone else threatens to take her away. Motocross champion and local bad boy Luke Collins never takes no for an answer. For the past four months he’s used his charms to get what he wants, and now he’s so close to getting the girl of his dreams ... if she’ll give in just once. One time is all he needs, and he’s never been known to fail, but he’s also never had to fight for a woman’s affections. Only one man will win their way into Kate’s heart, but which one will intercept the other and take what they want? Which one will she choose?

If you read Finding Love, then you know... some characters are unforgettable. George Hughes never minded being the spare heir – at least, he didn’t mind until his brother and father almost got themselves killed six months ago. He might be brawny and good at fixing things, but without his older brother’s charm or cleverness, what good is he? Then George meets a woman whose problems he can actually fix, and he knows he can’t just walk away. Not when she might hold the key to his brother’s recovery, and especially not when she looks and acts like his dream come true. As luck would have it, George seems to be exactly the right man for this job. Poppy Whitlock can usually take care of herself, but these days she’s got problems on top of problems: a less-than considerate roommate, a petty faculty advisor determined to sink her career hopes, and a looming health issue making everything else feel perilous. But then a gorgeous British man with a knack for saving the day barrels into her life, offering not only his help, but his heart – and going it alone doesn’t look nearly as inviting. When Poppy saddled him with the nickname Burning Love, she never could have guessed how accurate it would turn out to be. If you loved Finding Love, then you know...you just have to learn what happens when George and Poppy get Lost in Love. Includes the bonus short story Lucky in Love! Two men, two bars, and one very big secret – Charlie Hughes is about to find his perfect match, and it’s going to change everything. Lost in Love, the sexy spinoff title to Kristen Casey’s Finding Love (Lost & Found, book two), is an opposites-attract romance with a gruff British hero, an artsy, pin-up-worthy American heroine, and an HEA worth every challenge they face. Check it out today! About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.

Fighting for someone’s heart is more challenging than fighting for a title. For a time, many years ago, love had grown, love was made, and in the end ... love was lost. The decision to leave had been the worst mistake Shelby Dawson could have ever made. However, at the time—ten years ago—she felt her secret needed to stay hidden, even if it broke her heart and the heart of the man she loved. Back then, he was all hers and she was all his, but now things have changed and he isn’t the same guy she knew. He happens to be the well-known MMA Heavyweight champion and famous bad boy, Matt ‘The Destroyer’ Reynolds, who once before struggled to help his family pay the bills. Now, he has money flowing with each undefeated win and an insurmountable number of women filling his bed. Everything is perfect for the illustrious fighter, until one day it all changes. In walks the girl from his past, the same girl who promised to stick by him but left and never looked back. Their second chance to make things right will not come easy, for when one mistake is made an unwelcome consequence soon follows. Someone out there wants to rip them apart and they won’t stop until Matt and Shelby pay the ultimate price ... their love.

If you read Finding Forever, then you know...never is a very long time. When Dimitri said that he was never going to get married again, he was dead serious. After all, he had to focus on raising his small daughter Lilly now that he was her only parent. Besides, there was no way he could endure another broken heart like the one his first wife’s passing gave him. Too bad life had other plans—Lilly’s new teacher Emily is too young, too pretty, and too untouched by life’s darker moments to make any sense at all for him. She’s also too perfect to ignore. What’s worse is that Emily wants him just as much as he wants her. If you loved Finding Forever, then you know...you have to discover what happens when never becomes Forever and a Day. Includes the bonus short story Forever Starts Now! The Flynn and O’Connell sisters have gone through a lot to secure their happily-ever-afters. Now, one weekend and two big milestones will finally bring them all together again—in this sweet and funny conclusion to the Lost & Found series. About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.

Twelve years is a long time to wait for the one you love. Mina’s husband Grey was a problem long before he died, but the realization that it’s been two years since she buried him still startles her. She’s been so busy learning to fend for herself—learning to leave Grey’s ugly legacy behind—that Mina’s barely noticed her efforts were turning her into an empty shell of a woman. However, when a sexy friend from her past comes to town, she can finally recognize that she isn’t the one who died. There might be a lot of life left to live—if she’s willing to look behind a door she’s never dared to open. Mack has always maintained a strict hands-off policy when it came to his buddy’s delectable wife Mina. Sure, he noticed her—a guy would have to be dead not to notice Mina. That didn’t mean Mack could do anything about it, though. For twelve long and painful years, he’s had to sit on the sidelines, watching the lousy way Grey treated her. But now that Mina is free, Mack knows he won’t pass up the chance to be with her himself. He wants it all—except there’s a very real possibility that the woman he hungers for can’t give him what he needs. Mack has no idea what happens then. Can Mina and Mack seize their shot at forever, once and for all? Or will the demons Grey left behind sink them both? Don’t miss Finding Forever, book four in Kristen Casey’s Lost & Found series! If friends-to-lovers romances always hit you in the feels, then this heartfelt, steamy contemporary standalone needs to be on your bookshelf today! About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.

Former nurse Summer Jacobs has seen her fair share of suffering, but she never expected tragedy to hit so close to home. After watching her husband die in the MMA ring, Summer spends the next two years fighting her way through the darkness. The last thing she needs is another hardheaded athlete turning her life upside down. But that’s exactly what happens when she meets a gridiron star who’s as skilled at stealing hearts as he is at snagging passes. Carolina Cougars wide receiver Evan Townsend usually has no problem winning fans, so he’s intrigued when Summer shoots down his go-to plays for winning a woman’s attention. Never one to back down from a challenge, Evan turns up the heat, setting off sparks that neither can deny. But as his slow seduction begins to chase away Summer’s pain, he gets the feeling that someone is desperate to keep them apart. Now Evan will do anything to protect her—because he never misses a chance to make a perfect catch.

While in high school, Rosalyn had been excited to go on a date with John. While waiting for him to meet her, she had been assaulted. To protect herself from any reminder of that awful day, she walks away from God, her parents, her daughter and her friends. She creates a world that only involves academics. Eventually, she is forced to move to the real world, with real life problems. She gets a job working for a man, who is infatuated with her. This man lives a life enjoined with crime. When a bad man meets a girl running away from the world things get interesting, interesting enough to turn life itself upside down.

Mariah, Rosalyn’s daughter runs away from home on her eighteenth birthday. She begins working at a gentleman’s club. She does not know it, but her employers have already sold her. Andrew has come to investigate. Several girls in the area have turned up dead and they all worked for the same business. When he goes there to investigate he sees Mariah. He kidnaps her until he can convince her that her employers are not the nice people she believes them to be.

Dr. Ashlyn Gary is a successful trauma surgeon in Boston. A child prodigy, she made it through medical school in record time learning to heal physical wounds most would think difficult to overcome. Over the years, work became her focus, her outlet, and her hiding place. A young woman when she left Georgia to attend Harvard, she left behind a mountain of hurt and regret when she ran away from her first love. Just a boy to Ashlyn then, Logan Hatcher is now a man with regrets of his own and fences to mend. Dr. Bradford Fielding has long admired and watched Ashlyn grow and blossom before his eyes. As her colleague, he’s guided and mentored her. As her friend, he’s nurtured her, all while hoping that eventually she’d see him as he saw her – as more than just a friend. When compelled to return home by unexpected tragedy, Ashlyn’s past and present collide in an all-consuming tidal wave. One Ashlyn will have to overcome, as the adult she is now, in order to have the future she’s long denied herself. CONTENT WARNING: Explicit Sex

Trying to live down his very public indiscretions, Carolina Cougars kicker Jaxon Reed feels like the most hated man in the NFL. Fans and teammates alike treat him with the disrespect he figures he deserves. Unfortunately for them, Jaxon’s no easy target. As payback, he sets his sights on the quarterback’s sister: a sultry brunette who’s curvy, confident, and sexy as hell. But what begins as a revenge fling turns into so much more—a lesson in humanity, and in love. Bristol Thomas doesn’t have time for games, especially those played by her brother’s Neanderthal teammates. A talented interior designer with lofty goals, she doesn’t know the first thing about football, or Jaxon—except that he’s exactly the type of man she usually avoids. But when his deep laugh and deeper kisses break through her walls, she becomes the target of a fan who’s obsessed with Jaxon. Now she needs to know that Jaxon has her back . . . because he already has her heart.

Alana is a single mother trying to escape the abuse of her current home. She has been saving every penny to be able to move out on her own, and just a day before she reaches her goal, her daughter gets kidnapped. She gets together with her daughter's daddy, whom she has not seen since that one day of passion, and together they have to follow the clues that will lead to their sweet baby.

*~* A steamy, second chances novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, L.P. Dover. Can be read as a STANDALONE. Also, One Taste, the prequel to Last Chance, has been added at the beginning with all new scenes. *~* One last chance. That’s all Luke Collins, local bad boy and motocross champion, has to not only find his redemption, but win back the girl he lost. He’ll stop at nothing to make her his, even if it means playing dirty. Lara Jacobs doesn’t want her heart broken again and refuses to give Luke a second chance. After he left her after their one night stand, she ran right into the arms of her close friend, Grayson Moore. He’s always loved her, and he’s determined to make her see he’s what she needs. However, in life nothing goes as planned and tragedy strikes. After a fatal accident nearly claims Lara’s life, she’s left inside a world she can’t remember. Her memories are gone, including those of the men vying for her heart. Grayson sees her loss as a possibility to forget her love for Luke, but Luke sees it as an opportunity to start over. All he wants is one last chance to show her that she’s the one he’s been in love with all along. *** An updated version of One Taste has been included in Last Chance with all new scenes. I highly recommend reading it again. ***

No one’s tougher than Carolina Cougars linebacker Derek McLaughlin. But when a fatal car accident claims the life of his girlfriend, Derek finds himself caught in a destructive spiral of drugs, alcohol, and meaningless sex. But not even a string of one-night stands can ease the hurt. Football is all he has left. Then fate leads him back to the scene of the crash, and into the arms of a kind, gorgeous woman who sees past his façade to the man he once was . . . and can be again. When a chance roadside encounter brings Derek into her life, veterinarian Hayden Hunter isn’t fooled by his bad attitude: All bark and no bite, he’s hiding a wounded heart beneath that gruff demeanor. And Hayden wants to be the one to kiss it all better. Soon they both find that a dose of passion is potent medicine. But when a hidden enemy lashes out at Hayden, Derek steps up to do what he does best: put his body on the line in the name of love.

Getting Away Was Supposed to Fix Everything. Divorce might have thrown Morgan’s life into a tailspin, but at least she had a plan for recovery. Going on a girls’ trip—as far away as possible—was supposed to be just the thing to pull her out of her funk and get things back on track. But when tragedy strikes before she even makes it home from the safari, Morgan finds herself unable to return to the broken life she knew before. Instead, she stays put and takes a safe, unassuming job as one man’s housekeeper—Owen, an intriguing game warden with a sticky problem of his own. Caught up in dangerous forces they don’t understand, Morgan and Owen work together to unravel what—or who—is killing a rare animal in Owen’s nature preserve. They can’t deny the growing attraction between them, but when foes look like friends, the couple is pushed to the brink—and threatened with consequences worse than either is willing to contemplate. Will they learn the truth in time to save the last of the herd, and themselves? Or will they fall victim to the treachery surrounding them, and lose their hopes for a new life together? Only time will tell. Finding Home is book one in the Lost and Found series. With a dash of suspense, an exotic setting, and slow-burn chemistry, this steamy travel romance will have you turning the pages and longing for more. A previous version of this novel was published as book one in the Second Chances series. This edition has been extensively re-edited and updated. About the Series: Lose the burdens of the past and find what’s meant to be. Meet the Flynn and O’Connell sisters: four women who just need one more chance to get things right...and fall in love with the four heroes who are only too happy to hand it to them. Interconnected standalones filled with emotion and heat, this series is packed with real, relatable romance and plenty of sparkling dialogue.