Story By Bartow Sophie
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Bartow Sophie

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Kisses, Family & Hope
Updated at Apr 4, 2023, 02:10
                                Listen to your heart.                                   It always knows. After a health scare, Ava King leaves the running of her family’s corporation to others and sets off to find balance in her life. She wants her family, a career, and love. And spending time with her grown daughter Emma, in swan Harbor, seems like the perfect opportunity. But while there, a mystery behind a charm bracelet leads her to a shocking discovery. Finley Reade had reinvented himself several times for love. Now with two grown sons, who have found happiness, he’s ready to find the woman to fill the lonely places inside. Ava King is everything he wants, but with her daughter engaged to his son, she’s unwilling to give him a chance.Then they both encounter Captain Jack, Swan Harbor’s eccentric resident. His sage advice has Ava rethinking everything and slowly, she learns to share pieces of her heart with Finn. But secrets from his past threaten to derail any hope for a future with Ava or his sons. He must decide, should he stay and fight for the family he so desperately desires? Or leave everything he loves behind?Are family and love worth fighting for?
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Kittens, Puppies & Love
Updated at Sep 7, 2022, 01:01
Enjoy this steamy small-town romantic suspense series with a sense of family that will have you falling in love. The word cloak means to cover, hide, or disguise.  Would you shed yours and expose your heart for love?Veterinarian Emma Foster arrives in Swan Harbor with her goal list in one hand and clinging to the many layers of her cloak with the other. But she didn’t anticipate the lure of the small town or the pull of a man’s magnetic blue eyes. Their potent combination threatens to derail her well-ordered plans.Investigator Killian Reade has used his good looks, flirty talk, and sexy accent to layer masks over his true self. Until a flash of yellow peels off one. And the people of Swan Harbor add cracks in another. But when Emma looks through him, instead of at him, he’s forced to take a journey. One that has him searching for the man he’s meant to be.As their barriers begin to fade, an off-hand comment made by Emma leads Killian to uncover disturbing behavior in their small town. When all is revealed, will they wrap the layers tighter or will they allow love in and set their hearts free?Welcome to Swan HarborKittens, Puppies & Love is book two in Contemporary Romantic Suspense from Swan Harbor Series. Kittens is a slow-burn, friends to lovers mystery romance. While each story can stand alone, there are secondary threads that run through the series. Reading them in order adds to the richness of the characters and town. Download a copy and enjoy your stay in Swan Harbor.  
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Brothers, Hope & Hearts
Updated at Sep 7, 2022, 01:00
Enjoy this steamy small-town romantic suspense series with a sense of family that will have you falling in love. Forever begins with a little hope…When Elsa Winters realizes the man she loves won’t allow himself to love her back, she flees New York City to start a new life in Swan Harbor. The comfort of being there with Emma, her best friend, and dealing with her new pediatric practice, help distract her. Except, Elsa can’t forget the man whose eyes spoke to her.Paramedic Liam Reade knew Elsa was dangerous to everything he’d come to believe. But words from his past have him thinking he doesn’t deserve a happy ending and he lets her walk out of his life. However, fate had other plans.An enemy from his brother’s past threatens, and Liam rushes to Swan Harbor to warn Killian. The town’s hope soothes his battered heart, pushing him to rethink his idea of the future. As the danger surrounding them grows, can Elsa, Liam, Killian, Emma, and their friends work together to save Swan Harbor before everything blows up around them?When hope is all you have, is it enough?Welcome to Swan HarborBrothers, Hope & Hearts is Book three in the Contemporary Romantic Suspense from Swan Harbor Series. Brothers is a friends to lovers, second chance, medical mystery romance. It is also book 2 in Swan Harbor’s Hope story. While each story can stand alone, there are secondary threads that run through the series. Reading them in order adds to the richness of the characters and town. Download a copy and enjoy your stay in Swan Harbor.  
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