Cynthia Thomason

He's more than her protector… Being a cop in a small Georgia town is a pretty peaceful job, and one that Boone Braddock takes pride in. Babysitting the governor's daughter, however, isn't Boone's idea of police duty. Especially when it's Susannah Rhodes, who has an impulsive streak a mile wide.Boone was Susannah's crush in high school. He's still unmistakably handsome. Worse yet, it's impossible to keep anything from him–like the real reason she's...

It takes courage to fall in loveTo everyone in her rural Ohio community, Jude Foster O’Leary’s dead husband is a war hero. Yet how can she forgive him for choosing the military over his family when they needed him most? And now the charitable foundation she established in his name is in danger of going belly-up, until Liam Manning comes to the single mother’s rescue. But the financial adviser’s arrival in Dancing Falls wasn’t happenstance. Despite her attraction to the driven professional in his...

He'd spent the past twenty years trying to outrun his violent family history.Now–against his will–Nate Shelton is back in Finnegan Cove where it all began. Where it's got to end. And not just for his dad's sake. But Jenna Malloy will never forget the murder she witnessed when she was a girl. Or that Nate is the son of the man who killed her father.How could either of them know they'd be blindsided by a secret that would force them to face the truth and their feelings for each...

Life is meant to be livedSurprising her family for Christmas seems like a good idea…until Carrie Foster loses control of her car in a freak blizzard. Now she’s stuck in the middle of nowhere with a fractured leg, the unplanned-for guest of the man who saved her life.Keegan Breen lives in a secluded cabin on his family’s neglected campgrounds, which nature-lover Carrie sees as a potential paradise. The haunted war correspondent is a world away from the boy he was once. But together, can they...

Dare to dream… these sparkling romances will make you laugh, cry and fall in love – again and again!When it comes to love… he’s playing for keepsBryce is living in his small hometown; back coaching his old team; and back in love with his high-school sweetheart. But this time around, he’s determined not to lose Rosalie’s heart ever again. Only problem is, Bryce’s first love has been keeping a big secret from him all these years.And when he discovers the son Rosalie never told him about, the...

She gives him peace…But can he give her the same?A new PR job at the Findlay Roads hospital is exactly the fresh start Tessa Worth needs. The challenge? Coaxing the gruff but brilliant Dr. Noah Brennan out of his shell.Noah and Tessa grow closer as she helps him heal from the loss of his wife and daughter, but Tessa is afraid of revealing her own secret. Can they find hope and healing…together?

The road she's meant to be on Hoping for a fresh start, Kitty Galloway packs up her son and a few bare necessities and hits the road. Only now they're stranded in the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the mercy of small-town justice. But it's the temporary gig she gets caring for an injured pilot that makes her start believing in second chances.After completing his tour of duty, Campbell Oakes came home a hero to his North Carolina town. Until a freak accident forces the decorated...

If he discovers the truth, all bets are off… When Brady Carrick bets he can turn Molly Davis into a professional poker player, he has no idea the widowed mother has a grudge against him. Accepting Brady’s challenge is a way for Molly to start a new life – and punish Brady for destroying her old one…All she has to do is keep her real identity from Brady until she earns a seat at the big poker tournament. That, and steel her heart against him. Because the closer they get, the harder it is to...

Armed with a can of mace and fuming mad, Dorie Howe is determined to get what’s hers from the old con man who fleeced her. Even if she has to cut a deal with his ex-cop son, Bret Donovan.With her brother in jail and no way to pay his lawyer, she’s desperate enough to agree to Bret’s terms. Desperate–and intrigued. Helping Bret get his mountain retreat in order wouldn’t be the worst job she’s ever had. The spring air is fresh and the scenery is gorgeous. As long as Bret can keep his policeman’s...

Single dad – sexy cop!Billy’s a dad who knows he’s in over his head – and has been ever since his daughter was dropped on his doorstep. Despite his attraction to newcomer Evie, he resents her interference…until Gemma faces a real threat, and Evie is the only one who can help.She’s only just arrived at this seaside tourist town as the new principal and Evie’s already heard about the area’s biggest troublemaker – nine-year-old Gemma Muldoone. If having a cop for a father hasn’t turned this kid...

You can’t live a lie foreverOne magical summer: that was all it took for Alexis Foster to fall deeply in love with Daniel Chandler. And then she gave him up to keep Daniel from sacrificing his own dreams. But the passionate bond they shared is rekindled when Alex returns to her family’s farm…with a powerful secret.Ohio’s youngest state senator, Daniel’s star is on the rise. He’s also discovering a kindred spirit in Alex’s seventeen-year-old daughter. Alex has to tell him the truth even at the...

Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterBobbi Lee Blanchard has scrimped and saved for years as a waitress to buy Bayberry Cove's favourite restaurant and give her two sons a good life. Zach Martingale is everything Bobbi Lee isn't: successful, refined, handsome. But he wants the restaurant too. Bobbi Lee is giong to have to resort to drastic measures, including getting a makeover!