She plays it safe. He’s a loner. When they both deny their instant chemistry, will this city girl and bush pilot realize they’re meant to be?California. Elle Blessing has painted herself into a corner. Desperate to maintain her veneer of success, the twenty-something influencer feels trapped in her miserable job and mostly platonic relationship. And when she reluctantly joins her fiancé on a trip to Alaska, she can’t decide if their hunky guide is annoyingly grumpy...

She’s detached from her emotions. He’s sworn off love. When their attraction is instant, can they bury the past and unearth happily ever after?Sarah Carter avoids attachments at all costs. Leaving behind her small-town Alaskan home after the presumed-fatal disappearance of her boyfriend, she keeps people at a distance in fear of reliving the pain. So when her mom needs assistance running the lodge after an injury, she’s less than thrilled to return to the Land of t...

She’s alone by design. He’s spontaneous to a fault. With the door about to shut on their past, will they rediscover joy in each other’s arms?Alaska. Grace Hart guards her independence fiercely. Leaving a marriage that left her unfulfilled, the thirty-nine-year-old maintains a quiet existence off the beaten path running a coffee shop with only a mini-Australian shepherd for company. So when her ex shows up two years later looking to reconnect, she gives him one mont...

She’s hiding from the world. He needs a wife fast. When a fake marriage solves both their problems, will they discover true love?Alaska. Vivian Locke knows the pain of betrayal. Still gun-shy seven years after her two-timing ex stole their New York restaurant, the talented pastry chef bunkers down while helping her folks run their tiny community’s grocery. But when the store unexpectedly goes up for sale, the desperate woman convinces a billionaire’s son that a sha...

I asked Santa for a fake boyfriend for Christmas . . .RoryI never meant to crawl under a workshop table to hide from my ex and his new boyfriend at a Christmas party. And I definitely never meant to ask the tattooed millionaire to pretend to be my boyfriend. But the minute he pulls me into his lap and kisses me in front of my ex, I know I’m in trouble. Hayden is willing to do anything I ask if I give him the same in return. I never thought ...

I'm snowed in with a sexy millionaire for the holidays . . .RomanA loud Christmas party full of strangers isn’t my idea of a good time. Until I’m caught under the mistletoe with a gorgeous guy who kisses me like he’s been waiting all his life to do it. And then he disappears just as quickly as he showed up. I’ve never believed in love at first sight, but I can’t get him out of my head. When I find him hitchhiking in foot-deep snow just a da...

Sometimes being on the naughty list isn't so bad . . .BostonWhen I’m caught stealing business secrets from my dad’s rival, I’m fully expecting to be arrested for corporate espionage. So I’m shocked when Cade Weston suggests something else instead—to spend Christmas week with him, doing whatever he asks of me. Including being his date to my dad’s Christmas party. With how vicious my father is when I fail, it’d probably be safer for ...

Tomorrow morning, you and Frank Armitage are getting wed. In my opinion, marriage is blind optimism at any time, but especially in wartime. It's an act of faith.Taking its title from a line in Philip Larkin's poem 'MCMXIV', An August Bank Holiday Lark explores the impact of the First World War on a rural community in East Lancashire.Set in the idyllic summer of 1914 rural Lancashire, everyone in the community is excited about Wakes week; a rest from field ...

MariahI had everything I needed—a husband, a beautiful son, and a life I loved. But one day, he decided it wasn’t enough, and my existence became suspended as I scrambled for footing.Six months later, I found myself strapping on my high heels and zipping up my sexy dress, throwing myself back out there and hoping a holiday singles party might change my life.Hailey was a light, and she made me feel alive and seen for the first time in months. So betw...

AlexI’ve been working all day in the local library, reorganizing bookcases and shuffling titles around, simply because hardly anyone came in today.I guess I should have realized that the light snow I walked through this morning to get here had now become a full-blown blizzard and had been steadily climbing while I worked.Snowed in, and the only company I have is from Dom Voss, the quiet contractor with biceps bigger than my head. He fell asleep in f...

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...

OliverBeing single was fine until my best friend decided to spend the holidays with her boyfriend’s family instead of with me. Now I’m sitting in an empty apartment, wallowing in self-pity.Until Theo knocked on my door.This sexy single dad needed sugar so he could bake cookies with his son, and now I’m invited to join them.How could I say no to that?All that was left to know was if this was going to be one night. Or could this be for...