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Vibrant Heart

The book cover for "Vibrant Heart" by Corrissa James. The lower half of the image is of a vintage car in an older-styled garage with brick walls and an arched door. The upper half of the image features a woman from the collarbone up with her head turned to the viewer's left and leaning into a man who appears to be kissing the left side of her neck.

When the ever-organized Melanie Olson returns to her small Nebraska hometown to prove to the commitment-phobe Raymond what a mistake he made, a flat tire threatens to ruin all her plans. Luckily, cowboy-turned-entrepreneur Jake Monroe stops to help the woman stranded by the side of the road, unaware that his world is about to be turned on end. Realizing that she’s traveling to the same wedding he is, he decides fate has dealt him a winning hand—until he discovers that she only has eyes for the town womanizer. Jake is determined to get the beautiful spitfire to look his way, but her intensity might be too much for even him to handle.

Can the big city girl convince the small-town cowboy to give Christmas a second chance? Or will the secret she hides destroy any chance of a relationship between them?

A Heart’s Promise

The book cover for "A Heart's Promise" by Corrissa James. A close up image of a woman with dark blond hair to the viewer's right leaning against a man's chest. The man appears to be gazing at her lovingly, though his eyes are out of frame.

Trish Cassidy is an easygoing woman with a goal: to manage her own ranch. But after her parents’ death, she finds herself stuck with a dominating boyfriend who has probably just ruined her last chance to connect with the local ranchers. Just when she thinks she must give up on her dream, the enigmatic Dalton James steps into her life, offering an opportunity to build a ranch from the ground up. What she doesn’t expect is her powerful attraction to her new boss—or how controlling he starts to become.

When Dalton James decided to build his horse ranch, the last thing he anticipated was saving a damsel in distress. Then again, Trish Cassidy isn’t someone who needs saving. So why is he so protective of her? More importantly, why does he feel like he has to do the right thing around her, even when she doesn’t want him to?

Heart So Sweet

The book cover for "Heart So Sweet" by Corrissa James. The top 2/3's of the image features a woman with auburn hair leaning to the viewer's left with her eyes closed and gently smiling. Behind her, we can see the neck and bottom half of a man's face - the rest of his face is outside the frame. The lower third of the image is a far-distant view of a very green, grassy field with a small building just off to the right of the image.

With four older brothers, rancher Susannah Clark is used to dealing with men and getting them out of trouble. But when her childhood crush Tate Trudell returns as sheriff of Harrington County, Susannah must decide whether to save her brothers yet again, even if means losing the man she loves.

Tate Trudell never expected to move back to Harrington, especially after how he left things with his best friend, Lucas Clark, just before Lucas left for the war in Afghanistan. But a lot has changed in ten years, including Susannah, Lucas’ little sister. When Tate discovers that her passion matches his own, he’s determined to be with her. To get the woman of his dreams, he must work through his bad blood with the Clark family—if Lucas doesn’t kill him first.

So Wills the Heart

The book cover for "So Wills the Heart" by Corrissa James. This is a close up image of a man and a woman, with the woman gazing to her left and smiling while the man is standing behind her, clutching her right shoulder, and his head it turned to the viewer's right, his hair covering his eyes.

When the tough gets going, artist Evie Jacobson runs away.

When her great aunt leaves her a property in rural Nebraska, Evie uses the opportunity to escape her boss, who’s deluded himself into thinking she loves him. But life in the country is a bit too tame for Evie—until she meets Jonathan Clark, a man who tests the limits of her spontaneity. When Evie discovers that Jonathan might not be everything she expected, will she run away yet again or will she have the strength to stay and face her greatest test?

Jonathan Clark’s afternoon break from working the ranch turns into a fantasy-come-to-life when he encounters Evie Jacobson skinny dipping in a private pond. His water nymph’s playful side excites him like no woman he’s ever met, and he looks for any excuse to be with her. But a rancher’s work is never done, and Jonathan must choose between his family and Evie—a woman who might have already moved on to someone else.

My Heart, My Gift

The book cover for "My Heart, My Gift" by Corrissa James - it features a man and womabn, dressed for winter, with the woman gazing forward and downward and the man is standing behind her, leaning forward to kiss the back of the woman's head on the side.

When Serafina Anderson makes a mess of her first semester of college, she does what she knows best: avoids facing her parents. This time she runs away to spend her winter vacation at the ranch of her cousin, Trish. Her escapades also lead her right into the arms of Andrew Clark, the small town’s most notorious troublemaker. But Sera sees beyond Andrew’s crass nature and recognizes that the bad boy isn’t as bad as everyone makes him out to be.

Andrew Clark hates Christmas—at least he has since his parents died. He refuses to buy into the commercialism of the holiday and does his best to shove the hurt he feels down so deep inside him that no one will ever find it. So when Sera ignores his bad temper and rude remarks, he wonders if he’s finally found the angel who can rescue him from himself—until he discovers that she’s been lying to him all along.

Corrissa James offers this inspirational love story to remind us that opening our hearts to others can be the greatest gift of all.

About the Author

Corrissa James was not always a country girl. In fact, she fought it all her life, traveling the world to live in far-flung cities like St. Petersburg, Russia, Caracas, Venezuela, Varanasi, India, and Guadalajara, Mexico.

She didn’t realize she was meant to live in the country until she returned to her roots in Nebraska, where she discovered the beauty of the fields around her (even if she was allergic to them) and the intensity of Mother Nature (who sure packs a wallop!).

Corrissa wrote her first romance stories in junior high, although at the time she didn’t really know what happened after kissing, so she improvised with lots of ellipses (…). Her professional writing career initially took her away from romance—but never far away as Corrissa could always be found with a romance book at hand (she’s particularly fond of the work by Johanna Lindsey).

Today she focuses on small-town romance stories, offering afternoon reads focused on strong women and the men they choose (never without some struggles along the way).

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