Everyday Goddesses Series

Magic in a Cup... That's how everyone is describing Rhea Cronun's coffee. Since she'd opened her café a few short months ago, it was the "in" place to be. Everyone smiled going in and going out, but Rhea's was the brightest of them all. Now that her future was secure, she didn't need anything more. Or anyone. Especially if she could read shadows behind a smile. She'd been there and done that and wasn't going to repeat the cycle. Aisin Leehy was giving back. He'd earned some good money and now offered grants to deserving businesses and ambitious people who wanted to make their lives better. He'd taken a risk on a coffee shop in Eden, but by the time he got there to check it out, he wasn't the man he used to be. Still reeling from a blow to his very identity, Aisin finds what might be the road to his recovery in the small town. Rhea is queen of the hearth, and her warmth is enticing. Her daughter Willow has stolen his heart and he's beginning to believe in fairies. Will he finally be able to accept that love is what it takes to make a family?   

Tree roots, dragon claws, earth and fire…   Gwenhwyfar Cronun is no longer the kick-ass warrior she used to be. All those skills evaporated the minute she was medevacked out of the Middle East. By the time she touched down in Eden, she'd not only lost her career, and an arm, she'd lost the man who'd encouraged her to be the best that she could be. She's reverted back to ordinary and she refuses to saddle him with weakness. Ioan Sayer is ex-army. He's retired from service to chase a dream and a woman who's been haunting his nights since the day he'd loaded her aboard medical transport. When he shows up in Eden, he finds the odds of gaining ground questionable, but he's never retreated before and this is the most important battle of his life. He'll do whatever it takes to bring her back to the land of the living. When Ioan shows up, armed with love and a purpose, Gwen finds herself facing the fiercest adversary of her life. She knows he won't let her wave a white flag in surrender even though she's lost the will to fight. He's trying to convince her she's still a fire-breathing dragon with courage and heart but the age-old demons say otherwise. If she can fund the strength to follow her captain into hell one last time and lay siege, she just might have a future.   

Minerva Holt's pretty turned up nose says a lot about her. There were some days she thought she might drown in a soaking rain because of it, but she was stubbornly unwilling to change her opinion on some things. Like the man who'd just opened up a food truck outside the courthouse, even though his baklava is to die for.  Simon Iraklidis could tell she was persnickety and it wasn't just because there was money in the way she walked. All she needed was a crown and a scepter to complete the resemblance to royalty but he wasn't about to pay homage.   But when Minnie's friends suggest she go for some zing, her bodacious southern charm becomes apparent. The switch from buttermilk to bourbon with a ninety-proof twist does more than tempt Simon's taste buds. Can he work up the courage to take the first sip? Minerva Holt's pretty turned up nose says a lot about her. There were some days she thought she might drown in a soaking rain because of it, but she was stubbornly unwilling to change her opinion on some things. Like the man who'd just opened up a food truck outside the courthouse, even though his baklava is to die for.  Simon Iraklidis could tell she was persnickety and it wasn't just because there was money in the way she walked. All she needed was a crown and a scepter to complete the resemblance to royalty but he wasn't about to pay homage.   But when Minnie's friends suggest she go for some zing, her bodacious southern charm becomes apparent. The switch from buttermilk to bourbon with a ninety-proof twist does more than tempt Simon's taste buds. Can he work up the courage to take the first sip?

Cerridwen Moore is still looking for normal. She knows it isn't avoiding a parking garage for fear it will collapse or checking every building she enters for fault lines or, the most pitiful, using a night-light. Since the day of the cave-in in Turkey over four years ago, her life has become a series of what if's, the biggest one that hovered like a dark cloud concerning a body buried in a cavity below ground. It hadn't happened yet, but there was always tomorrow. When Zain Bishara is hired by the medical examiner, the same office where Cerri works, he comes with a resume that reads like an Indiana Jones movie. Archeologist turned pathologist, he knows exactly why Cerri is afraid of her shadow, and it has nothing to do with their similar backgrounds. Even as he builds trust between them, he continues to hide a secret that he guards like the Holy Grail. When tomorrow comes and Cerri's worst fears turn into reality it's Zain who helps her regain her footing but any hope he had of putting their relationship on solid footing in the aftermath is dashed when his secret comes spilling out. What will it take for him to convince her he's not his brother's keeper?

Lilith Varsela is the closest to the Amazonians of ancient myth than anyone in the small town of Eden will ever meet. A fierce advocate for the most vulnerable, she is armed with her stiletto heels and sharp tongue. Her passion for her cause leaves little to spend on a man and her mantra's become single today, single tomorrow. Niall Graeme used to be one her best friends but that was before his betrayal, the one she is still nursing. After spending years trying to worm his way back into her good graces, he shifts tactics and finally grabs her attention.  When Lil seems willing to let bygones be bygones, Niall pushes for more, but he knows domesticating a feral cat will take patience and time. He's got a well-spring of patience, but the clock stops when he's hit with a surprising revelation. Will he be able to get it ticking again before Lil gets away?V

Inanna Rusnik is the fourth generation to till the soil and plant wildflowers at Gardens of Eden, the small town's nursery. She wants nothing more than to continue the legacy by finding the right man to grow a family with, and she hasn't been shy about looking. When she's sidelined by an unforeseen development, she begins to see the world through a new lens, finding delight in the everyday tasks that have always given her life color and texture. Tihomir Lukić has been working at the nursery for years, at first, helping unravel the mess Ina was left with, and now guiding her through another crisis, one that's becoming more complicated by the day. Attracted to her like his bees to honey since the day she'd hired him, he wouldn't mind being at her beck and call if he thought it could go somewhere, but he knows she's biding her time until she can pick up where she left off. With each passing hour Ina spends with Ti, hidden feelings rush to the surface and fantasies begin to spring to life, as lush as her perennials after a spring rain. He's a man who wears nature like a second skin and is gorgeous to boot. She wants to entangle their roots and let love blossom, but he knows everything about her past. How can she convince him he's the one she's been looking for all along?

Brigid Frazier's been climbing a precarious ladder out of nowhere for years and although she's making progress, she knows that any misstep could cause a tumble back into oblivion. She's finally given in and begun working with an illustrator for the children's book series she's writing, and it looks as if she's cleared another rung. When his family is finally found, Gabriel Bresnahan comes back to Eden to face his past, carrying the same shattered heart he'd left with. As memories stir and the friends he'd left behind welcome him back, he begins to breathe again, but he's not sure even the truth will heal him. There's only one person who can help him now and when she lets him move with her for a few days, feelings he shouldn't have, begin to flourish. With Gabe so close at hand, Breet feels the ground shift beneath her and all she can do is cling tightly to reality. He might be the man she wants, but he's not the settling down kind and she's anchored deep. No matter how many different endings she's imagined, who they are and where they came from make it impossible to be together. There's absolutely no point in risking her heart again. Is there?