A USA Today bestseller's "emotional" romance about starting over "is sure to please readers who enjoy plucky heroines and stories set in small towns" ( Booklist).Sometimes you have to create your own destiny. . . .Christy Knight grew up in Destiny, Ohio, but lately she feels that her future lies elsewhere. Her parents are gone and the beautiful jewelry she creates doesn't pay the bills. Maybe it's time for Christy to grow up and find a guy w...

It's tough to play it cool on a sultry summer night . . .The perfect daughter. The perfect prom queen. The perfect wife. Jenny Tolliver's been the good girl all her life, and it's gotten her nowhere. Now that her marriage has been busted up by her cheating ex, she's decided it's time to regroup and rediscover herself. This summer she's headed back to her hometown of Destiny, Ohio, to the very lakeshore cottage where she grew up, to figure out what life holds in store for her next.

A feel-good story about marriage, making up, and miraclesMARRIAGENot even a bridal-veil-stealing dog can ruin Haley and Ben's wedding day. And when Haley's beloved Aunt Nan gives them a gift that's not to be opened "until your first big disagreement," Haley is sure the box will sit gathering dust for a lifetime. After all, she and Ben are the perfect couple. Aren't they?MAKING UPBut life comes with stresses. Architect Ben's career dreams are rooted in losses...

Lose your heart to Summer Island, where summers are easy, winters are cozy and friends welcome you with open armsSummer Island has always been home to Meg Sloan. She runs the Summerbrook Inn, like her grandmother did, and she loves the laid-back pace of life and the close-knit community the island offers. Meg also loves Zack Sheppard, but what she doesn’t love is Zack’s refusal to commit to an exclusive relationship.Seth Darden arrives on Summer Island in search of...

It's the perfect season on Summer Island: the time for beaches, ice cream, bike rides and second chances…Trent Fordham thought he'd left Summer Island behind for good. But when he inherits his parents' vacation home—the one he'd assumed was sold long ago—he finds himself stepping right back into his past.Allie Hobbs is having a quiet afternoon in her cottage when a sudden storm leads a stranded cyclist to her front door. She's expecting anyone but Tr...

Starving artist Mia Drake is starving—for a way to make money since moving back to Sassafras, South Carolina, and for a man to bring her increasingly wicked fantasies to life. The only local work for a painter is to put a fresh coat on the walls of The Rose Tavern—but that means staying professional with hunky owner Rick Rose, who’s exactly the kind of man she hungers for…Rick asked for white paint on his walls, not a giant mural on his ceiling. But sexy, sassy Mia seems to spread ...

She loves Christmas!Opening a Christmas shop in her hometown of Winterberry, Kentucky is a dream come true for Lexi Hargrove. Lexi is no stranger to loss, but her holly, jolly approach to life has sustained her. She couldn’t have imagined the first person to walk through the door of the Christmas Box would be Travis Hutchins, her long lost high school crush who stood her up for a date a dozen years ago. He’s looking for coffee, not Christmas – and makes it clear he’s a holiday hate...

Five days before her wedding to a man she admires but doesn't love, Katrina Spencer escapes to a private island. There, she can let the sun warm her body as she contemplates a future without the passion she craves. Then she lazily opens her eyes, only to see Brock Denton . . . muscular, half-naked, the one who got away—the one who makes her body tingle with arousal.How Brock arrived is a mystery, but it's clear he's in danger. Kat faces danger, too, in the arms of a man who is dete...

The daughter of an over-protective father, Millicent Anderson has never been permitted an ounce of freedom? her father has kept her completely sheltered from boys, and even quashed her dream of being a teacher. But when a family trip leads her to tiny Moose Falls, Montana, and she catches sight of bad boy Johnny Pickett, her heart flips -- and before she knows it, she's breaking all the rules to be near him. In Johnny's arms, Millie discovers passion, and Millie is just what Johnny needs t...

The last thing she needs right now is a man . . .Lindsey Brooks had it all—an awesome job doling out advice to the lovelorn, a fabulous high-rise apartment, and a to-die-for fiancé. But then she got dumped—wearing nothing but a "Kiss the Cook" apron—and desperate to escape, she retreats to a tiny Montana town to reclaim a family treasure. She never dreamed anyone would try to stop her—or that he'd be sexy as sin.Too bad she finds such a hot one . . .Rob Colter isn't...

It started with a box for collecting heart wishes…Among the constants in Taylor Mulvaney’s life are the heart-shaped box made by her father, the mysterious hearts she sometimes sees, and her longtime crush on Luke Montgomery. The valentine box has a way of connecting her and Luke time and again – and even after Luke breaks her heart before leaving their hometown of Sweetwater, Kentucky for good, she never gets completely over him.The box brings them back together when they ...

The Red Diary, an erotic tale from rising romance star Toni Blake, takes readers on a sensual adventure in a story of seductive retribution.Lauren Ash keeps a private journal filled with her deepest, most intimate sexual fantasies... When house painter Nick Armstrong finds it, he plans to use the red-hot content to break Lauren’s heart—a proper revenge for the wrongs his family suffered at the hands of Lauren’s father so many years ago.Racy and fun, intimate and to...