Close At Heart

”I now know why you were able to perceive my pheromone on Laura“ “Bad, it's definitely a bad thing and I'm finished completely!” “The day you say yes to me, I'm going to mark you as mine,” “And in case you didn’t know, I am very loyal to her and not even the fact that you are my mate will make me leave her. So Kiara Logan, I , Alpha Noah Colton reject you as my mate and future Luna. You are free to go out there and find Love and protection in another man’s arms for you will never find it in mine” Then he turns around and walks away. Kiara had been locked up for the first eighteen years of her life by her father, on her eighteenth birthday, she was given freedom to live like any other werewolf. She was excited to take this new face of her life little did she know that a lot of adversaries awaited her. Read to find out how Kiara overcame the challenges that life tabled threw at her, especially the fact that she was rejected by her very own mate, Alpha Noah.

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Dani Carrigan has always relied on logic when making important life decisions, but when she discovers she's pregnant - and that there's a chance her baby may be born "not perfect"-- logic lets her down. It would help if the baby's father would pop the question, but widowed father Adrian seems more interested in protecting his six-year-old daughter than committing to his new relationship with Dani. The last time she felt this alone and scared was when she was 16 and her mother died, leaving Dani to raise her younger sisters with precious little help from her distant and disapproving rancher father. She felt so inadequate then, but is she any more prepared to be a mother now? Support comes from an unlikely source. Dani always saw her next-door neighbour and friend, divorce attorney Elliot Gilmore, as a charming, handsome, playboy-type. But with each challenge she faces, from pregnancy, to delivery and beyond--Elliot reveals himself a better man than she ever guessed. Is it possible that Elliot hasn't been playing the field--but waiting for her?

Jessie Medina, enthused about starting her professional job at St. Joseph's High School in Texas, confronts challenges that include gender discrimination and determining the role of love in her new life.

Unless it's under reconstruction...never close your heart. Essence best-selling author Monica F. Anderson delivers a delightful, stand-alone sequel to her acclaimed novel “When a Sistah’s Fed Up” in this humorous and heartfelt story about love, family, and the power of forgiveness… Ambitious and beautiful, Faith Henry is a savvy woman. By all measures—her career, friendships, and financial accounts—she is certifiably successful. Right? Not so fast. She’s hopelessly entangled in the ties that bind: Her millennial daughter, Sloane, has returned to the nest with an electronic ankle monitor, gender-fluid child, meek husband, and very bad attitude. Her son, Trey, is in a relationship with an older woman who has questionable motives. Friends are tsk tsking Faith’s choice to replace her decades-long significant other with a series of online mismatches—and that longtime manfriend is wasting no time moving on. Things are so bad, even her ex-husband is a friend. And she’s tempted to grant him benefits. How did this happen? Ten years ago, vowing to control her own destiny, she left her marriage and career in politics. She strategically crafted and executed a fail-proof plan to build a new life. Her life. On her terms. Those goals are almost within her grasp. As the talent behind the popular Never Close Your Heart podcast, Faith’s insightful advice is increasingly going viral. She’s attracting the potentially lucrative attention of a media conglomerate—complicated by the not-so-welcome overtures of a menacing superfan. As her followers can attest, Faith’s superlative advice about relationships is unequaled. Amid the swirl of drama, controversy, and danger that threatens her and her family, will she heed her own words? Connect with the author Monica "Dr. mOe" Anderson at https://linktr.ee/drmoea

The book Close to my Heart is an odyssey of my life with love for nature, time spent with my family, personal relations, pains of waiting, separating, and joys of meeting. Most of the poems are vivid imagery, deeply passionate and come straight from the core of my heart. A reader can connect to any poem and experience the same feelings during their lifetime. The mood in the Close to my Heart reflects a variety of experiences of contentment, regret, delight, loneliness, separation and ecstasy in personal, professional, and emotional life. I did not follow any traditional regular poetic scheme; however the flow of the verse sounds rhythmic. Some poems are short and some are long, yet remain focused on a particular theme and topic. Usually it's the rejection, abandonment and the solitude that turns you to Almighty. Nowhere it is mentioned in the book; however a reader can perceive my trust and subservience to the Omnipotent. Occasionally it takes many pages to express one's thoughts but anthology Close to my Heart is a squeezed collection of my poems with myriad thoughts and scores of experiences. Any critique or analyst can spend years paraphrasing those thoughts into writing. For a reader's convenience, anthology is divided into very succinct six sections: Realization, Nature, Prayers, Connection, Charismatic Kullu, and Close to my Heart.

There's nothing like forced proximity to make passions ignite! Lose yourself in this trio of full-length small-town contemporary romances. DON'T YOU WANNA STAY After accidentally buying an historic fixer upper in an online auction, publicist Deanna partners with YouTube famous DIYer Wyatt. As they battle home improvement hell and rising attraction, can they keep from giving the viewers more of a show than they ever intended? MADE FOR LOVING YOU When Paisley becomes the target of malicious harassment, the police have no suspects, no leads, no way to make her feel safe. As her stalker escalates, she turns to the one guy she knows can protect her. Ty’s determined to put a stop to the harassment, even if it means moving in with the woman who’s so much more than the girl he used to love. He just has to remember to guard his own heart in the process. BE CAREFUL, IT'S MY HEART The historic Madrigal theater, in the heart of downtown Wishful, is about to close its doors forever. A last ditch fund-raising effort, a production of White Christmas, is probably the only thing that could bring Tyler Edison back to the stage after all these years. Little does she know that the leading man who broke her heart just blew back into town. Auditions start at six o’clock.

Wes and Sutton's friends to lovers marriage of convenience romance. Blurb coming soon!