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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Being voluntarily set up with my best friend has its perks.MakWhen my roommate Heck invited me to his family’s Christmas celebrations, I was hesitant. They were notorious for setting him up with literally anyone, and I was allowing myself to be served up on a silver platter.What I didn’t expect was Ace, Heck’s cousin who offered me his warmth on the porch swing in the winter cold, complete with kind eyes and a sinful smile....

Never take a sample from a stranger…CrystalI’m on the final day of Aria Falls’ Bagel Festival, and I have my aim directed right at those Sunday-exclusive bagel sampler booths. I want a blackout bingo for the sampler punch card, there’s nothing that will stand in my way.Except him, it seems.Jerome eats half my bagel samples, teases me, and even flirts with me. But I find that somehow, I’m not upset at it. I want more...

How did the grouch cross the road? Well, with the help of an insistent aunt to a shy scout; that’s how!CerenaAs promised, I was spending my morning running around with my nephew to fill in all the requirements for him to earn his community badges for his scouts troop.But patience is running thin, and stomachs are grumbling, so I have to step in and show him just how easy it would be to speak to a stranger and help them acro...

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...

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 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 ...