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This sapphic meet cute turned into a sticky disaster!EzTo celebrate Waffle Day in Aria Falls, I forced my best friend/business partner to turn our Sweet Treats food truck into a one-day-only waffle truck!It was all well and good until I saw a beautiful girl and tripped over my own dropped jaw, sending a syrupy mess all over the freckled redhead.That’ll put a damper on the date I wanted to ask her on.Stic...

Years of one night stands never stood a chance against one night in the back of McCrea’s car.LexAfter Thursday’s hockey game gone wrong, I needed a night with someone that was filled with fun and burning off the pain in my shoulder.What I didn’t expect was McCrea, who stepped in when a guy got too handsy at the bar.McCrea was hot as sin, with hazel eyes and a dorky shirt that I wanted to tear to pieces.We go...

How the mall Grinch stole my heart…TaylorWhen I brought my son, Micah, to a meet-and-greet with the Grinch at our mall, I didn’t expect to be falling head over heels for the green guy in a suit.But how he dealt with Micah, how even strangers spoke highly of him, and how open he is in his interest for a single mom like me, it’s getting more difficult to say no.Can I resist the Grinch? Or will I let him steal my heart?Gift...

KaylinnMy nephew’s dad left my nephew and my sister, and now I’m determined to make this holiday season the best they’ve ever had. I know I can’t replace his dad, but I can be the best aunt and sister they could want or need.That means taking them to things like this gingerbread competition for families.At least, until they decided to limit the families spaces to pairs, and now I can’t even fit at their table to watch them decorate their gingerbread...

Gray eyes, rain showerheads, and a pie baking competition…WildeFairview is a small city known for celebrating even the smallest of holidays on a grand scale. Today is no different.As I set up my station at the pie baking competition, I don’t expect to have to share my workspace with Thomas, a dark-haired, gray-eyed flirt of a man who seems determined to break my concentration.I’m baking for my gran, but I know she w...

I’d never been brought to my knees by freckles and a sundress, but…GrayI was grateful for Change Your Wipers Day and the timing of my own wiper blades flinging themselves from my truck, even more so when I arrived to find the shining woman in a sundress who was handing out the wiper blades.She helped me attach it, and I couldn’t tear my eyes away.I didn’t want to.And when I gave her my new name, she took it ...

From sharing a bed to sharing a bed…MaxAfter years of confronting and eventually accepting my asexuality, the last thing I thought would happen would be kissing my best friend.No, the LAST thing I thought would happen is that kissing them would send me into a spiral of romantic yearning that I’d never experienced before.Lou shares my food, my apartment, and even my bed when they need assurance and affection, but thi...

To save my nana’s house, I had to accept the auction.KnoxFreshly back home from pursuing my culinary dreams, my friend auctions me off as an in-home chef for his son for an entire month.What I didn’t expect was Lucy.He’s an artist, every bit as rich and proper as his father, but what I saw behind his eyes made me want to break past his barriers.Lucy paints his soul on the canvas—his pain, his heart, and the ...

A shelter dog is a man’s best friend…MattieYears after I’ve lost my family dog, Carmichael, I’m ready to try again.Ellie is an adorable and graying black lab at my local animal shelter, and I want nothing more than to take her home and be the family she needs.Bennett, the attractive shelter employee with a sweet Great Dane, isn’t convinced I know what I’m doing.Can I convince him to let me adopt Ellie? That I’m the perfect d...

If I were an ice queen, Casey has come to thaw my frozen heart.RobinAria Falls is a small city known for celebrating even the smallest of holidays on a grand scale. So why did I choose today to participate?Now I’m shivering at the shore of the freezing ocean, waiting my turn to jump in.Luckily, Casey takes my hand and plunges us both into the new year with a fresh start.Maybe it can be a fresh start for a ne...

A book fairy, a daddy, and an 8 year-old walk into the school book fair…TristanWhen my son begged me to take him to his school’s book fair and meet the new librarian, Mr. Miles, I didn’t think that Miles would be the embodiment of the book fairy of my dreams.He was stunning, good with my son, and flirted with me in ways that left me a stuttering mess.He’s way out of my league, but I can’t help but shoot my shot.Will ...

Winter is coming, and these theater friends find themselves falling into their own love stories amidst the snowfall of the winter months, starting from the frost coating the fall leaves through the wild snow storms of January.Between Friends and LoversAfter years of confronting and eventually accepting my asexuality, the last thing I thought would happen would be kissing my best friend.No, the LAST thing I thought would happen is that kissi...