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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles β€” September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Bestselling Cleo Coyle

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Close to Her Heart by C.J. Carmichael

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CLOSE TO HER HEART
By: C.J. Carmichael

Carrigans of the Circle C #3
Tule Publishing
October 2014
On Sale: September 23, 2014
Featuring: Dani Carrigan; Elliot Gilmore
ISBN: 0150329423
EAN: 2940150329423
Kindle: B00N56EGLK
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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 β€œnot 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 beyondβ€”Elliot reveals himself a better man than she ever guessed.

Is it possible that Elliot hasn’t been playing the fieldβ€”but waiting for her?

Carrigans of the Circle C

Promise Me Cowboy
PROMISE ME COWBOY
#1.0 β€’ October 2013
Good Together
GOOD TOGETHER
#2.0 β€’ February 2014
Close to Her Heart
CLOSE TO HER HEART
#3.0 β€’ October 2014
Snowbound in Montana
SNOWBOUND IN MONTANA
#4.0 β€’ November 2014
A Cowgirl's Christmas
A COWGIRL'S CHRISTMAS
#5.0 β€’ November 2014
A Bramble House Christmas
A BRAMBLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS
#6.0 β€’ November 2015

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