Originally published: Mustang, Oklahoma: Tate Publishing, Children's Division, 2016.

A sweet love story between a patient looking for new glasses and the town's optometrist Danica Lara hasn' t been seeing clearly. Blinded by the lure of profit in a partnership with her best friend' s ex, she' s also battling changes in her vision, which prompts a visit to Dr. Grady Urban, the new optometrist in town. Yet the hunky doctor who looks deep into her eyes senses that she needs more than glasses. Trying to make a name for himself in a small town, Grady offers more than just optometry expertise as he plays armchair psychiatrist to clients who need some quiet hand-holding. With Danica, Grady finds himself attracted not only to helping her but also to partnering with her in a public school charity outreach. But mixing business and pleasure results in blurred vision for them both. Can Danica and Grady see clearly enough to make the right decision with their time and talents but still find love in the process?

Echoes of Color By Paulette After tragedy hits her family, teenage Albany flees her home in Arkansas and sets off to make a new life for herself. Her reputation grows quickly as a strong, spirited woman who won’t back down from a fight and who knows how to handle a gun. Echoes of Color, set in the post-Civil War United States, is a gripping epic of one woman’s ambition to build a strong, supportive environment for the family and friends around her. In both her courtship and marriage to Clayton Drew (a Frenchman known as both a skillful gunman and ladies’ man) and her raising of seven children, Albany continually stands up for what she believes is right, refusing to give in to anyone, including her husband. Echoes of Color will leave you crying, laughing, and gasping in surprise — and sometimes all on the same page.

NEW YORK FOLKS narrates the saga of Sure-Lite Brands Corporation, a producer of matches founded in 1893 by Hiram Ryder, a blacksmith's apprentice. Sure-Lite evolves, after a public offering in 1965, into a Fortune 200 NYSE listed corporation with CARSON'S a high growth retailer in the Home Center industry developing into Sure-Lite's principal business. A major power struggle erupts between the Ryder brothers for control of the company. Their struggle attracts predators, ambitious operating executives, slippery investment bankers, and corporate knaves, along with easy and hard ladies sporting high heels and sharp elbows. The narrative is brim with board of directors meeting conflicts, and self minded men and women who occasionally find themselves in foreign bedrooms. They are New York folks. Dwight Foster is also the author of Shattered Covenants, a seven book cycle narrating the formation, rise, decline, and fall of a major management consulting firm.

In this stunning debut story collection, everyone's got the blues but nobody is willing to sing it. Evelyn Smith, Candace Lambert, and Dorene Wahrmund chafe against rigid small-town expectations. Others in hardscrabble Nopalito find themselves fenced in--an aging gay liquor store owner estranged among his neighbors, a mother and son bound by mutual resentment, two neighboring farm boys attracted to each other. Their stories are driven by desperation, rarely spoken, that troubles the community's inhabitants as it nudges them toward connection, toward moments of hope. Meischen draws these characters with a tenderness that belies the hardness of their lives.

A boxed set of three full-length romantic comedies. Snoops in the City--What's an amateur PI to do when she falls for the man she's investigating? The Misconception--The sperm donor she hired has gone AWOL, so who's the man in her bed? A misunderstanding of biological proportions. Bait & Switch--After switching places with his identical twin to catch a criminal, Mitch is the one who's hooked - on his brother's girl!

❤ What to give to a man who has it all? Love ❤ The last bachelor meets his match ... Grady Roberts's best friends have found loves to last a lifetime and watched their brides come down the aisle to take their vows. When will it be his turn? Or will it ever be? He has everything – good looks, intelligence, fortune, and success. Everything except the close family he's longed for since a lonely childhood. Leslie Craig is human – she feel Grady's attraction . . . and his loneliness. She's developed a knack for helping people with problems and sorrows without ever revealing her own. But Grady, with an unnerving perception, doesn’t fall for that. How long can a woman hold out with a man like Grady pursuing her? When Grady discovers the secret of Leslie's private tragedy, he has to confront the reality that this time he might not be able to have it all. Heartwarming and feel-good romance continues in Grady’s Wedding, Book 3 of The Wedding Series. If you love moving, passionate contemporary romances with a touch of humor, this series will captivate you. Praise for Grady’s Wedding "I heartily recommend. Heartwarming." – 5-star review "Gotta Loooooooooove Grady" – 5-star review "I truly loved this book. It kept me on a high... Read from morning to night." – 5-star review “My favorite so far.” – 5-star review “Just plain loved these characters.” – 5-star review “I wish I could give this book more than five stars! As much as I loved the first two books in the series, Grady' s Wedding was even better. Absolutely fell in love with Grady and all he goes through.” – 5-star review Praise for The Wedding Series “A wonderful series that will make you laugh and cry. Each page is filled with love that will eventually come to the people who so need it. A must read!” "Perfect. The characters were multi-dimensional and played off each other in warm, thoughtful, loving ways. Each couple faced a different situation and overcame their obstacles together and with the insightful comments of their friends. ... Heart-warming." “Fun and serious all at the same time. Love how the friends intertwine and add new along the way. It was refreshing to read the different stories and having them all come together. Really enjoyed this series!” “Full of warmth, understanding of human nature, and great characters. They are connected, following the lives of college friends, and by the time you are finished, you feel as if you are a part of their extended circle. A dash of sex here, but not to the point that it overshadows the well thought out storylines. Definitely a feel good experience.” "Great love stories! … Must read all books in the series! … I laughed and cried! Must read.” Get all the books in Patricia McLinn’s The Wedding Series today! 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