She heard him chuckle as he walked away. She’d pegged him right from the start. He was trouble, no doubt about it.
…Excerpt from
SURRENDER TO LOVE
by Raine English ©2015
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Mistress of Raghery
A Gothic romantic suspense.
Sheeva Desmond always believed she’d marry for love. But when she’s left penniless after her parents’ deaths and her fiancé cancels their wedding, she’s convinced love is a fairy tale. Desperate to find a way to support herself, she takes a position as governess to a troubled mute boy. She never expects to lose her heart to the boy’s handsome father. Or to become entangled in a deadly mystery.
Ronan Quinn, Master of Rathlin Island, spent years in an unhappy marriage. When his faithless wife threatens to leave him and is later found dead, he blames himself for not keeping her safe. He’s left with a hardened heart and a devastated young son. The beautiful governess he hires may have the courage to help his son and to heal Ronan’s soul. But a murderer from his past haunts the shadows and threatens them all.
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Surrender to Love
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A Gothic romantic suspense.
When Tara Spencer agrees to spend the summer caring for her ailing grandmother, she has no idea how her life will be changed by the handsome stranger next door. Will she have a second chance at love, or will his secrets put her life in jeopardy?
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Surrender the Night
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A Gothic romantic suspense.
Tara Spencer’s relationship with Easton Douglas is heating up, until his ex-girlfriend, a former Spencer Douglas employee, returns to work at the brewery and puts Tara’s romance with Easton at risk. Everyone’s on edge now that Sabrina Shaw is back, and Easton vows to find out why his grandfather would rehire a woman who stole secret brew recipes to give to their competitor, and what she might be after now.
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Surrender to Desire
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A Gothic romantic suspense.
A murder at Tara Spencer’s newly inherited brewery makes her wonder if taking over her grandfather’s half of the business was a good idea. While searching for clues to the murderer’s identity, she questions her romance with brewery manager, Easton Douglas. Will their steamy relationship survive, or will she discover a truth that puts her—and their love—in danger?
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Chasing Happiness
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A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Zoe, Katie, and Ariana are the owners of the Rosebud, a flower shop in quaint Lakefield, Maine. But the three childhood friends have more than a business in common. As teenagers, they made a pact to be married by twenty-five. Will these women fulfill their vow, or ill they lose at love and be destined to remain single?
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Cherished Memories
Book 2: Love Always Series
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Zoe Goodwin must decide whether or not to sell her childhood home. Memories of the past are making her decision a difficult one, until she runs into an old classmate who wants to turn her quaint cul-de-sac into a high-rise apartment complex, displacing the elderly residents she’s known her entire life.
Ryan Cooper thinks buying up the properties on Blossom Court will be a piece of cake. After all, he’s prepared to offer above market value for the homes. What he never expects, though, is to fall in love with the woman who might thwart his plan and break his heart in the process.
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Too Good to Believe
Book 3: Love Always Series
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
When ex-model Ariana Black leaves her hectic New York City lifestyle to open a small flower shop in Maine with her two best friends, she thinks she’s leaving her problems behind. But when she starts receiving threatening letters, her tranquility is shattered. Will the handsome police officer assigned to the case be able to protect her, or will he do more harm than good by breaking her already fragile heart?
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Second Chance Bride
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Kya Reynolds is planning her dream wedding. However, fate steps in when a telepathic rescue dog convinces her she’s marrying the wrong man and leads her to Mr. Right.
Widower Devon Young believes he’ll never find happiness again, but when his golden retriever falls for a spunky pit bull whose owner lights a spark in him as well, it might not just be the dogs that are falling in love.
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Saving Laurel
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
When actress Laurel Todd decides to spend Christmas in Vermont, it’s with the intention of selling her family’s estate, resolving once and for all the issues that have been haunting her for years. She never expects to encounter the ghost of her first love, or develop feelings for his best friend.
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The Christmas Gift
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at love during Christmas with a little help from a French bulldog.
Still moping over her last relationship, Riley Wayne is in no mood to celebrate Christmas. But her sister isn’t about to let her stay melancholy for long. Determined to play matchmaker, she sets out to get Riley and her first love, Mason Carr, back together again.
Mason plays along and agrees to give Riley a job at his doggie daycare facility. However, when things don’t go according to plan, he just might lose—for good this time—the only woman he’s ever truly loved.
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An Angel for Christmas
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Alexa Stevens needs a job, or she and her daughter might wind up living out of the car. Blake Collins needs a nanny to help with his spoiled ten-year-old. What seems like the perfect match turns out to be anything but when the two girls and a rambunctious mutt create havoc at Christmas.
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Some Christmas Magic
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
When Harper Malone’s boyfriend dumps her just before Christmas, leaving her with his gift—a nonrefundable holiday vacation for two at a Vermont ski lodge—her childhood crush steps in to take his place. But will memories of the past ruin the trip or will she rekindle a lost love?
No matter how many women he dates, Cole Underwood just can’t find the right girl. Because he’d found her in high school a decade ago and lost her there too. This Christmas he has a chance to win her back, but will he make another huge mistake that might drive her away for good?
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Forever My Valentine
A sweet small-town contemporary romance.
Returning home after a disastrous job relocation, Miranda Kane is determined to avoid the man she left behind—and whose heart she broke. Until she finds a hidden treasure in a music box. An engagement ring engraved with a decades’ old date. And the only man who can help reunite the precious ring with its owner is the last man she wanted to see.
When Ian Anders sees Miranda come into his antique shop, his defenses go up. She walked away from him once without a backward glance. Since then he’s given up on love. But when their eyes meet and sparks fly, he wonders if maybe there’s a Valentine’s Day miracle in store for them.
A snowy night’s journey to bring the ring to its elderly owner turns into a second chance at romance for Miranda and Ian. But as the frost melts from around their hearts, it exposes old hurts and deceptions. This Valentine’s Day could be the start of something wonderful. Or the proof that their love was never meant to be.
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Tin Angel
A contemporary holiday romance.
Alice Hart is a lonely old woman who believes true love happens only once in a lifetime. When the angel Christmas tree topper given to her by the fiancé she lost sixty years ago comes to life, Alice’s wish to be young again is granted, but she’s given only ten days to find true love or die unfulfilled. So she concocts a story that she’s Alice’s long lost niece, hoping to attract the attention of the handsome tenant renting her upstairs apartment.
Disillusioned by his experiences with high maintenance women, Jack Billings yearns to find an old-fashioned girl who is more interested in his heart than in material things. When his elderly landlady vanishes, her newly arrived niece, Ally, seems to hold the clues to her disappearance. Jack at first dismisses Ally as another material girl, but as he digs deeper into Alice’s mystery, he learns that Ally is more than what she seems and worries that the girl he’s coming to love might be a scam artist or worse.
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Date with a Vampire
A paranormal romance.
Melody Johnson dreams of meeting a man as dashing and wonderful as the heroes in the books she reads. Being a realist, she knows that’s highly unlikely. Besides, men always leave her for someone more exciting—until she wins the lottery, that is. Pursued by scores of men happy to help spend her fortune, Melody longs to have her quiet life back. When a network executive offers a reality show, she seizes the opportunity to show the world she’s off the single’s market. Melody leaves her quaint hometown in New York for a sunny island in the Pacific where twenty gorgeous bachelors will vie for her heart and where she can stage a phony engagement. What she never expects, though, is to fall in love with a vampire.
Guystof LeBreque is a four-hundred-year-old Romanian vampire who hates the taste of blood. He’s roamed the earth for centuries, loathing the monster trapped inside him. After his mother’s death at the hands of vampire-hunting assassins, Guystof vows never to turn a woman into a vampire. But when his father gives him an ultimatum to marry a rich woman in sixty days or lose his legacy to his bloodthirsty brother, Guystof battles his conscience. Does he keep the promise he made to himself, or does he keep his brother from power? Guystof resorts to drastic measures. He becomes a bachelor on a hit reality show. What he doesn’t anticipate is losing his heart to the woman whose mortal life he must end.
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About the Author
USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Raine English began her career as a journalist, but writing romance novels was her passion. Her stories have won many awards, including finalling in the Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® and winning the Daphne du Maurier Award.
When not behind her computer, you can find her reading, usually something involving the supernatural. She lives in New England with her family and two French bulldogs, Bailey and Dolly.
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