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When Marco Reyes saves a woman dangling from a first-floor balcony, the rescue leads him down a path he’d never expected. While he’s been dubbed “rebound guy,” Phoebe Carrington inspires a lot more than temporary. But she’s Silicon Valley royalty, and he’s a public servant. They come from different worlds, but a link in their pasts means they may have been fated to meet all along.

Sabrina Wilder’s sex scandal derailed her singing career, and when there’s interest from Nashville in staging a comeback, an image consultant is hired to repair her tarnished halo. But the handsome man who arrives to "help" is stubborn, bossy, and issues orders. When one night in Hollywood turns their relationship into a tailspin, these two opposites suddenly can’t stay away from each other. But they’re headed in two different directions for very different lives.

When Rhett is asked to attend the celebrity wedding of the year at a beach resort, he agrees. He plans to hide out in the small town, relax, and regroup. But when he’s faced with a younger woman’s obsession with him, Rhett knows just how to discourage her. And he wants Jessie to help. Like nearly every other woman in America, Jessie crushed on the hot and hunky Rhett. She’ll be sure to protect her heart, but for now, she’s going to play along. Until fake becomes too real…

A scandal ended the careers of the Wilder Sisters, the chart-topping country-rock band. When Lexi Wilder's celebrity imploded, Luke Wyatt's took off. Lexi hasn't seen Luke once during his year-long national tour but now he's back to their coastal hometown of Whistle Cove. They once had a special connection, and he was her first love, but Lexi isn't sure she can forgive Luke for choosing fame over her…

Joleigh Moore lives an almost reclusive life on her small farm in Missouri. But when she witnesses the murder of her boyfriend, Mack, she worries the assailants will come after her next. Planning to hide out until Mack's killers are caught, Joleigh stows away in a neighbor's station wagon and lands in a small Minnesota town. Later, she discovers a large amount of cash in her journal and realizes Mack must have hidden his drug money there. Joleigh now has what the men were willing to kill for.

Each of the ten stories in Have Mercy on Us is an illuminating window into a human life. In the way of all the best fiction, these stories enlarge our understanding of what it means to be alive, with characters who leap out of the book. In this award-winning collection, the people are varied in age, race, and origin. Spare, romantic without being sentimental, these powerful stories are, above all, about love, and the impossible and remarkable ways we yearn for connection. Cupolo’s writing is rich with vision, insight and grace—cause for celebration.

Genevieve Hannigan has longed for her brother's best friend Wallace as long as she can remember. When she couldn't have the man of her dreams, she married his Doppelganger. But Genevieve quickly finds that substitutes are never as good as the real thing. Now, with a disastrous two-month marriage behind her, she's back in town and about to go after studly, hard-bodied contractor Wallace—the only man who's ever put the cream in her pie.

Strike One . . . in one night, Brooke Miller loses her boyfriend, her job and possibly her reputation. She vows revenge on her old boss by bringing a defunct vineyard back to its former glory. But ex-baseball star Billy Turlock swoops in and buys her dream vineyard. Strike Two . . . Billy hopes the new family business will give him direction and purpose, now that he can no longer play baseball. He can't afford to fail again, and for that he needs Brooke, who has hated him and all athletes since high school . . . even if he's never forgotten her.

Sophia Abella has a good life, even if she is a little stuck. Not quite single, not quite married, she keeps men at a safe distance. But when her Marine husband returns to town and takes the job of chief of police, it might finally be time to get that paper work done once and for all. After all, most of her family already thinks she's divorced.

Dumped by her fiancée, Diana wants a life do-over. What she needs is a change of scenery and she just might find that in Starlight Hill. But when Diana is the victim of a fire and rescued by her teenage crush, she'll be forced to remind her heart frequently that she's sworn off men. Tough and wild Scott has changed from his days as a love 'em and leave 'em type, making it difficult for Diana to remember why she gave up on love in the first place.