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LizAnne Axtel
~~Sparkling hot short stories with happy endings

Memories have the power to bring a smile to our face, tears to our eyes, and many other emotions that you can’t always put a name to. What happens when you lose them? If you can no longer remember things that helped shape you? When you’ve forgotten necessary details? The authors in this series have accepted the challenge to find out. There are numerous reasons the mind can be impacted. These are just a few of them.
The mind may forget, but the heart always knows.
Toccata and Fugue:
Forget-Me-Not Series
The deepest connections are often forged in darkness.
Although thankful a heart attack ended his beloved father’s slide into Alzheimer’s, his death leaves gifted cellist Jeffrey Nikkolas’ life an empty void. Even the music he loves offers little solace. Yet, in the depths of his sorrow, he discovers an unexpected connection. A beautiful woman who also knew his father.
Costume designer Sapphire Turner loses time in the present as fugue states release a barrage of unwanted memories. When fate orchestrates a series of serendipitous encounters with an intriguing man, she hopes the exciting musician won’t notice her lapses. So she buries the pain behind a whirlwind of creativity.
Bound together by the memories of his father they form a deep connection. Will the darkness of their shared sorrow hold the key to healing their wounded hearts?

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Can two would-be single parents embark on an amazing journey together?
Jaelyn Hulls has completed her second surrogate pregnancy. Longing to experience the joys and challenges of motherhood firsthand, she yearns for a child of her own. With nothing but dead-end relationships in her past, and no prospective father in her life, she plans a stay at White Fir Lodge to study her file of options and choose her baby’s donor.
Fox Shipman, a successful and driven businessman, is determined to become a single father, free from the complications of clinging, status seeking women, and romantic entanglements. To guard his heart, he’s arranged anonymous, casual meetings with possible surrogates on the neutral ground of White Fir Lodge.
When their paths cross, Jaelyn and Fox discover an unexpected instant connection. Is risking their hearts to these complex desires and conflicting visions of the future too risky or will these would-be single parents embark on this journey together?
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Makin' Music
Will her music soften his grumpy heart?
Perfectly happy with her new job and life in a small, sandhills town, Jessi Swanson has no intention of falling for any of the eligible ranchers her married friends insist on introducing. Men her own age aren’t exciting, she prefers someone a little older, more intriguing and experienced. She meets the single father of a talented student and he’s all she’s dreamed of… and more.
Single father Cam Varga allows no distractions to interfere with raising his daughter. He’s done the relationship thing. They never work out. Then he meets the new band teacher and his orderly world skews out of control. Age difference aside, he has no business lusting after his daughter’s mentor. But he can’t ignore the music swirling through him when he sees Jessi.
Past pain and betrayal have held him hostage. Can Jessi finally break the bonds and allow his heart to heal?
