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Energize your summer reading with exciting stories from the Pen Dames!
LADY ADEL'S CAPTAIN
by Loretta C. Rogers
Disinherited by her stepbrother because she refuses to marry as he wishes, Lady Adel Fitzhugh needs a miracle. When a storm drives a coach of travelers to their door, her miracle arrives in the form of Captain Liam O'Shea. Captain O'Shea is taking his motherless young daughter to live with the nuns during his five-year deployment to India. Adel seizes the opportunity to begin a new life, offering her services as governess. Liam accepts Adel's offer on the condition she raise the child at his family estate in Ireland. Fearing that if he dies in battle his daughter will be at the mercy of profiteers, he also proposes a marriage of convenience. If he returns, Adel will be free to file for an annulment and return to England. She agrees but has no idea the task will require all her strength and determination once she reaches his ruined castle and becomes "the O'Shea" to his people. And what if she wants to stay?
by Katherine Eddinger Smits
Sybilla Sanborn must break a centuries old curse before everything she cares about goes up in smoke.
Sybilla is a nurse gifted with the ability to heal with her touch but cursed with visions of future tragedies she cannot prevent because no one heeds her warnings. With help from the mediums of the spiritualist town of Cassadaga, Florida, she learns she is descended from both the first person executed for witchcraft in this country and the man who accused her.
Conn Ahern is an Iraq war vet dealing with pain and PTSD while working as a paramedic and struggling to save the ranch his grandmother founded. He’s an atheist who wants nothing to do with the people of the town.
When Conn and Sybilla meet, sparks fly, but not always in a good way, and their relationship fans the flames of jealousy and revenge in someone who doesn’t want them to work things out.
During a séance, her ancestor’s spirit reveals how Sybilla can rid herself of the curse and save Conn, but the price may be too high.
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ABBY'S ATTRACTION
by Barbara Cairns
In the 1960s, a sassy ten-year-old girl decides to get a summer job at the Homosassa Springs Attraction. This popular attraction in Florida had huge alligators leaping out of the water for marshmallows, chattering spider monkeys entertaining visitors along Pepper Creek, and a delightful baby hippopotamus named Lu.
Abby McDowell wants a summer job so she can earn money to win a writing contest and surprise her demanding Mama.
But will Abby's friend Eddie get her into trouble with his outrageous dares? Will Abby convince Mr. Cournoyer that she won't climb over the alligator wall? Will Abby win the contest and her mother's approval? What kind of job could a ten-year-old girl get anyway?
In Abby's Attraction, readers will not only learn what happens to a feisty tomboy but also about the history of one of Florida's favorite state parks.
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by Jennifer Taylor
Bethan Owen would give her life for her identical twin. With the care of Elunid’s troubled mind resting on her shoulders, she knows the love of a man will never be possible. But she can’t fight her attraction to the mystifying Henry Stephens, who, despite his lowly occupation as a night soil man, captivates her with his courtly manners and vitality.
Henry’s entire life revolves around building a fulfilling life for his mentally challenged son. When the vibrant and beautiful Bethan captures his heart, his world changes, but the secrets he harbors remain. Will he be able to give himself completely to the one he loves?
When Elunid’s behavior becomes more unstable, she makes a vicious enemy. Bethan is forced to make the greatest sacrifice, exchanging her life for her sister’s. Can Henry save Bethan and keep their love alive? Or will the dangerous adversary destroy all that is dear to them both?
by Flossie Benton Rogers
Razzle dazzle -- cool jazz and hot kisses... The Goddess Epona is breathless over a lover's tryst with Eshigel, the dark Guardian of the Between. Before she can meet him, she must hear appeals from her Dark of the Moon supplicants, a captive child and a succubus seeking revenge. Ambushed and abducted, Epona awakens in the human realm of the Roaring Twenties. Bereft of her powers, she assumes the guise of a flapper in a speakeasy and sets out to save the child. In a battle against the demons determined to destroy his goddess, Eshigel undergoes a dangerous rite involving a half woman and half serpent Lamia. Can a Goddess and her dark Guardian overcome evil for the sake of love?
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