Posted March 2, 2021 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, NetGalley, Small Town Romance, Sourcebooks Casablanca, Women's Fiction / 0 Comments
Making a fresh start in a new part of the country is challenging, but fate and good fortune lead young single mother Josie Waterhill and her six-year-old daughter to a cozy Midwestern town right on the river. There, Josie can raise Zoe away from the violence of the life she once knew, and make a new home in the historic tea house where they’ve been invited to stay.
The tea house seems too good to be true, until Josie’s elderly landlord Myra welcomes more guests—journalist Carter O’Brien and his giant rescue dog, Buttercup. Carter is charming, compassionate…and way too curious. Carter’s interest in Josie deepens and he inadvertently stirs up trouble when he uncovers things that Josie would rather not have known. Ready or not, Josie has to let go of her painful past so she can create a glorious future.
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Tags: Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, Summer by the River, Women's Fiction
Posted May 14, 2020 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments
Love can lead to your forever home
Olivia Graham isn’t in a position to have a dog of her own, but her new position as a volunteer rescue driver for the local animal shelter will keep her close to her four-legged friends. When she’s called to transport dogs and cats that have been displaced by flooding, she doesn’t hesitate to help, but her aging car isn’t as reliable as she is…
She’s picked up by veterinarian Gabe Wentworth, former EMT, and firefighter, who’s also heading to the rescue site. After a bad breakup, Gabe’s embraced the hermit life. When he meets Olivia, he can’t deny their irresistible mutual attraction, and his first thought is to run the other direction. But the more he learns about the woman who would risk everything to save vulnerable animals, the more he realizes what he might be willing to risk…
Titles in the Rescue Me series include — A New Leash on Love – Sit, Stay, Love – My Forever Home – Love at First Bark – Head Over Paws –
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Tags: Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, Head Over Paws, Rescue Me #5
Posted July 28, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments
Animal portrait painter Mia Chambers and architect Ben Thomas have volunteered at the High Grove Animal Shelter for years, and they share a complicated history. Ben has secretly loved Mia all this time, but she was married to his best friend. Now she’s newly widowed, with a young son, and Ben doesn’t know how to tell her what’s in his heart. All he can do is stay close, help her as much as she’ll let him, and watch for the right moment to bare his soul.
When a dozen adorable border collies get dumped in St. Louis’ biggest park, everyone at the shelter mobilizes for a large-scale rescue. Rushing to the park to round up the frisky collies, Ben and Mia unexpectedly plunge into a new phase of their entangled lives. Who knew that opening their hearts and homes—to animals in need and to each other—would lead to so many upheavals…and new beginnings…?
Titles in the Rescue Me series include — A New Leash on Love – Sit, Stay, Love – My Forever Home – Love at First Bark –
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Tags: Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, Love at First Bark, Rescue Me #4
Posted November 27, 2018 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments
Vet school drop-out Tess Grasso dreams of having her own pet therapy business, but she meets one disastrous obstacle after another. There’s no denying she has a way with animals, so in the meantime she puts her skills to use at a local no-kill shelter. Between helping her furry companions and a budding relationship with fellow dog lover Mason Redding, Tess begins to find fresh confidence…
What Tess doesn’t know is that Mason is recovering from an accident, hoping to get back to his pro-baseball career. He’s afraid the truth will ruin everything-and he’s right. But in the midst of hurt and betrayal, a free-spirited stray Husky enters their lives, and teaches them a few things about faith, love and forgiveness.
Titles in the Rescue Me series include: A New Leash on Love – Sit, Stay, Love – My Forever Home –
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Tags: Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, My Forever Home, Rescue Me #3
Posted April 3, 2018 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments
These dogs aren’t the only ones in need of rescue.
For devoted no-kill shelter worker Kelsey Sutton, rehabbing a group of rescue dogs is a welcome challenge. Working with a sexy ex-military dog handler who needs some TLC himself? That’s a different story.
Kurt Crawford keeps his heart locked away from everyone. Well, everyone except the dogs who need his help…and always have his back. But as Kurt gets to know the compassionate, beautiful woman he’s been assigned to work with, he can’t help but feel a little puppy love…
Titles in the Rescue Me series include: A New Leash on Love – Sit, Stay, Love –
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Tags: Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, Rescue Me #2, Sit Stay Love
Posted July 29, 2017 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments
When Craig Williams draws the short straw and has to take his daughter’s adorable new puppy to a shelter after the holidays, it’s just another painful episode in the fall-out of a miserable divorce.
He needs to pick up the pieces of his life, and, after a fiery confrontation with Megan Anderson, the young woman running the shelter, he wants to put the whole episode behind him. However, when he keeps finding new ways to reconnect with her, he realizes Megan’s compassionate and caring nature just might be the perfect salve for his broken heart.
Titles in the Rescue Me series include: A New Leash On Love –
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Tags: A New Leash On Love, Contemporary Romance, Debbie Burns, Rescue Me #1