Renee Bernard

Laura Scott

Lori Handeland

Deborah Cooke

Claire Delacroix

Deb Marlowe

Claudia Dain

Susan Gee Heino

Jane Charles

Michelle Marcos

Jerrica Knight-Catania

Ava Stone

D.M. Marlowe

Caren Crane

This Red Door Reads First Chapter Sampler contains: CONTEMPORARY Devil to Pay ~ Renee Bernard Valentine Wishes ~ Jane Charles Simply Irresistible ~ Deborah Cooke Kick Start ~ Caren Crane Learing to Live ~ Jerrica Knight-Catania A Soldier's Promise ~ Laura Scott Live Like You Mean It ~ Ava Stone HISTORICAL Lady Falls ~ Renee Bernard Lady Admired ~ Jane Charles Much Ado About Dutton ~ Claudia Dain The Crusader's Bride ~ Claire Delacroix The Earl's Passionate Plot ~ Susan Gee Heino The Temptation of the Duke ~ Jerrica Knight-Catania Knave vs. Spy ~ Michelle Marcos An Unexpected Encounter ~ Deb Marlowe A Scandalous Deception ~ Ava Stone FANTASY & PARANORMAL Crescent Moon ~ Lori Handeland Eye of the Ninja ~ D.M. Marlowe

First Chapters

INTRODUCING Red Door Reads

Jeanne Adams

Nancy Northcott

Presenting three tales of secrets revealed and histories uncovered by DNA testing. A carpenter discovers his father isn’t the man he thought he was. Coming to terms with the truth complicates his relationship with his family, but also leads him to love with a childhood friend and helps him define a path for his future. A lawyer learns his grandmother had a secret marriage before his father was born. With the help of a talented genealogist, he tracks down his ancestry. Will he find the truth about his grandmother’s secret before whoever’s trying to kill him succeeds? A burned-out spy goes home for a holiday and re-encounters the woman he never dated but never forgot. As he and she grow closer, he learns her niece, his ex-girlfriend’s child, bears an uncanny resemblance to him. When the truth comes out, it will alter three lives.

Who's Your Daddy: A DNA Anthology

Katie Warren didn't want her husband to die— not really—but he did. A year later, Katie is plagued by guilt for wishing him dead and by the anger she still harbors toward him for betraying her. She has given up her volunteers gigs, called a cease-fire in the pageant war between her daughter and mother and has begun, sadly, to neglect even her most prized possession: her looks. Cross Springs has given Katie all the grieving time it can spare. She is pressured to run a new church program and the save Women's League’s annual fundraiser—punishment for leading every group she ever joined and doing a great job. Her best friend is throwing single men at her—punishment for being forty-five and still having a tiara-worthy face. Worst of all, her every move is once again headline news on the local gossip blog. She has no idea what that is punishment for. Knowing she can't move on with her new life until she gets closure on her defunct one, she pokes into her husband's mysterious affair. Her sleuthing is hampered by her meddling mother, her rebellious daughter, Cross Springs (where nothing is as it seems) and the anonymous blogger. What her probing turns up about her husband makes her realize she has lived life according to what others expected of her sash-and-scepter self and only expected what they were willing to give her in return. But life has changed and Katie finds out she has, too. She decides to take some chances, claim happiness for herself and put a stop to the Tiara Wars once and for all—on her terms.

Tiara Wars

Connie Burns knew one thing for sure: she never wanted kids. After 15 years of marriage, though, lots of things have changed. Her best friend moved out of state, remarried and is having a new baby. Connie is also dealing with the realities of life with lupus. All the changes make her rethink having a baby, but her husband and her doctor are against it. Both encourage her to test the waters by being a foster parent first to see how it goes, since stress is the worst thing for her lupus. Not only is Connie a typical "type A" personality, but she has a high-powered career, a bedroom-sized closet full of shoes, a penchant for perfection and a compact sports car. Though she's not exactly primed for motherhood, she agrees they should foster to bolster her chances of becoming a mother. When four-year-old Desi is placed with them, Connie's life turns upside down and her heart is quickly lost. But parenting isn't for sissies and this little girl comes with more baggage than most. Desi's mother is in hospice dying of cancer. Not only does Connie face traumas like hosting a birthday party for a 5-year-old, she also has to learn on the fly how to help Desi deal with a new school, a new family and the devastating death of her mother. As they take Baby Steps toward building a life together, Connie has to learn that life is messy, shoes aren't mission critical, and an imperfect life can be full of perfectly wonderful surprises.

Baby Steps

Caren Crane

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