Southern Comfort

In this warm and witty new series, author Sarah Title introduces readers to the down home Kentucky hospitality of the Carson family and their Wild Rose Farm and Stables. It's a place where love is always possible-and sweeter than ever the second time around. . . Mallory Thompson and Keith Carson are far from impressed with each other when she arrives at his family's horse farm, fleeing an abusive marriage. Mallory sees nothing but a gruff man who's as patronizing as her soon-to-be ex-husband, and Keith has no time for a city girl who's afraid of dogs. But the struggling Wild Rose is too small to allow anyone to keep their distance. . . As one by one, Mallory wins the hearts of his family, from his cranky father to his headstrong younger sister and three-legged dog, Keith finds himself more than a little attracted to her stubborn charm. And the longer Mallory stays, the more she realizes Keith is nothing like the overbearing bully she married-and the more she fantasizes about being in his strong, loving arms. Maybe some folks get a second chance to make a first impression after all. . .

Welcome back to Hollow Bend, Kentucky, where love (and laughter) are just around the corner. When Andrew Bateman rolls into town in the midst of a snow storm, his first thought is that the place is hardly big enough for a dog crate, let alone the vet practice he's looking for. Next thing he knows, his life is flashing in front of him-a depressingly short flash-as he skids right into the side of the local bar. Things start looking up when the vision he wakes to is not the Angel of Death, but a doctor. Well, actually a vet. Make that a vet tech, wearing red mittens. Who invites him home, where every inch is covered in holiday sparkles, cookies to be decorated, and an odd assortment of stray dogs, cats and puppies. . . There's nothing merrier than a white Christmas in Kentucky!

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a ramshackle house must be in want of a handyman." Just because English professor Grace Williams is a woman whose "new" house is crumbling around her doesn't mean she needs an arrogant, condescending man's help, even if he does look gorgeous in faded jeans and a tool belt. What she needs is a working bathroom, not a ridiculous crush. Jake Burdette has no use for the university types who stumble around Willow Springs, with their noses in the air whenever they're not in a book. He may not be a scholar, but he's proud of the hard, honest work he does-even if he would appreciate a little more of it. He doesn't need Grace's pity, even if he does wish she wasn't so adorably sexy. They're all wrong for each other. But Grace's troublesome house seems to feel differently. . .

Cole Lucca was destined to be in a uniform. A brilliantly talented quarterback, hand picked to play for his dream team, Alabama. He's only ever loved Annabelle, but when she left she took his heart with him. He figured that she'd just forgot about him. That she ran off and never blinked an eye. Now after all this time, he was finally face to face with the only girl that he ever truly loved. Has too much time passed for him to take claim over her heart?Annabelle Woods wants a future as an actress, and believes that California will make all her dreams come true. There was a time when she had left her heart in his bed, and never got it back. She wondered if she'd ever get the chance. After three years and thousands of miles, will she finally be able to reclaim the missing piece of her heart?Maybe they're both wrong. Maybe all of their dreams are right here at home…Or maybe the past should just be left in the past.Secrets lead to destruction. Will destiny prevail? Kelly grew up in Southern New Jersey. She currently resides in Pitssford, NY with her husband and two kids. She developed a love for writing teen romances over the last few years. She has now completed three teen romances in hopes of getting them published. There really is nothing like falling in love for the first time, so this is what she writes. Her second book Never Say Never is the second book she wrote and is now available on Smashwords and Amazon. Unable to pretend to be the perfect daughter, marry the perfect Southern gentleman, and have perfect babies like her overprotective father expects her to, Ashton Winslow and her best friend, LuLuBelle set out on a vacation to change all that.Tired of being told she's perfect and pretending to be someone she isn't, Ashton sets out on a two week journey to reinvent herself. With no one watching her every move, or so she thinks, Ashton finds the one person who finally sees her for the woman she wants to be.Dane Woods has just come home from fighting overseas after losing his best friend. Everyone, including himself expected him to reenlist for another tour, but he couldn't break a promise he'd made to his dying friend. The last thing Dane has on his mind while tailing a Southern Princess like Ashton Winslow is falling in love. She was supposed to be two week job, but it turns into so much more.Will Dane risk everything to be with Ashton or will his lies and betrayal destroy her love for him?

There's nothing like a hot kiss on a cold day… Librarian Maureen O'Connell might have predicted she'd find herself crying into the ice cream case at the supermarket after a bad breakup-but she definitely never imagined that a guy hot enough to melt the Rocky Road would flirt with her right there in the freezer aisle. Only Gavin Fraser isn't a fantasy, he's a mouth-watering new flavor… When a freak snowstorm strands Maureen at Gavin's after just one date, it's a perfect excuse for something a lot steamier than hot chocolate in front of the fire. It's definitely lust. Can it also be love?

Lindsey Alford moved to Willow Springs, Kentucky, to prove to all doubters (mostly her parents) that she's all grown up. Something her neighbor Walker Smith never questioned-those short shorts of hers! Put a cute single girl with an overactive imagination next door to a reclusive hot guy, add in a decadent blue velvet sofa, a locked garage and a nursing home full of busybodies, and trouble is bound to pop up. Literally, in the form of an adorably naughty stray pup with a longing for two people to lick and a home all his own. Love isn't complex…it's a duplex!

Sometimes the best surprises come wrapped in a bow-tie… Helen Lee has a top-secret dream: to publish a romance novel. There's just one problem, and her most recent rejection letter doesn't mince words: Helen can't write a love scene to save her life. As Head of Reference at Willow Springs, Kentucky's Pembroke College, Helen is hoping her library research skills will do the trick. But she may have to resort to a far more "hands-on" course of study. Luckily, there's someone who's more than happy to instruct her… History professor Henry Beckham has noticed that his friend, Helen, is behaving strangely. Known for her laser sharp focus-not to mention her snorting laugh-she's been oddly distracted. He misses that laugh. But it all makes sense when he catches Helen researching erotic writing and discovers her ambition. She seems to think her only option is to die of embarrassment or give up and surrender to spinsterhood in the company of her two basset hounds. Good thing Henry has a much more real-life approach in mind. And his tutorial just might teach them both a thing or two…