"I waited until my 18th birthday to tell my best friend, Nick, that I loved him.
That I wanted him to be my first. Even though he was twelve years older than me, I knew he was my person. He'd always been my person. But when I showed up at his apartment, he was with… Sheila. Ugh. I thought we were meant to be. He thought I was a kid with a crush. I did the only thing I could do. I left for school and a new life. Until that life fell apart.
Now, six years later, I'm back in Calico Cove living with my parents, broke, jobless, and trying my best to ignore Nick.
Only Nick's life was just turned upside down when he found out he has two half-brothers, who also happen to be hockey legends, and he needs me more than ever. I'm not going to let myself fall for him again. I'm not going to let him break my heart. I'm not going to… yeah, I think I probably am."
"How did I become the hot hockey player's nanny? I'm glad you asked.
It started with a catsuit and a debt I could never pay off. My dad stole money from lots of athletes, and I've spent years trying to make things right. There's only one last name on the list.
Hockey legend Liam Locke—who hates me.
Years ago, we shared a passionate night that he believes was all part of the plan to trick him. It wasn't. I fell hard for Liam that night. Truth—I'm still falling.
When a little girl unexpectedly enters his life, he makes me an offer I can't refuse. Become his live-in nanny and he'll wipe out the debt. Tess is the sweetest, funniest little girl, so how can I say no?
Soon, the three of us are on vacation together, and I don't feel like the nanny. I feel like family. And the heat between Liam and me could melt ice.
When he finds out the secrets I've been keeping, the gloves come off, and what started as a way to fix the past begins to feel like a future I never thought I'd have."
"Sydney
He's grumpy, he's growly, he's a super-hot professional hockey player. He's also—after a crazy night in Vegas—my husband.
Don't worry, nothing happened. He's too honorable, and I'm not that kind of girl, despite what the media writes about me. But I've got a problem. I can't have one of those crazy, spontaneous Vegas mistakes. Not while I'm trying to get my career back on track.
I need a real marriage. Which means I need a fake husband. And he's just the man for the job.
Wyatt
I'm willing to help her out. Because she's sweet and funny and strangely innocent for all her years in the spotlight. But I've got family issues happening, retirement questions dogging me, and I don't have time to do something stupid. Like falling in love.
Except it's starting to feel too late...
This is dedicated to all the ladies who are suckers for huge grumpy bearded hockey players who chop wood without a shirt."
"I was the Runaway Bride of Calico Cove—which, sure, wasn't my finest moment, but now I desperately need someone to rescue me from my conniving family.
My unlikely hero? Roy Barnes, the grumpiest fisherman in town who recently became the guardian of his orphaned baby niece.
We are a match made in marriage-of-convenience heaven: he protects me from my furious father, and I help him with baby Nora. Perfect, right? Wrong.
Because our fake marriage isn't about love—it can't be about love. Those are the ground rules.
Except everyone knows rules are meant to be broken.
In addition to the runaway bride and grumpy single dad, The Grump, The Bride & The Baby contains a kleptomaniac baby who refuses to eat her vegetables, a storm at sea, and a damsel in distress who learns how to save herself."
"To: Jackson (Not My Prince Charming) Dumont
From: Lola Pappas
What did you think was going to happen when you came back to Calico Cove after being gone for years? That I would forget how you were my best friend before you became my worst enemy? Or did you want me to pretend that night at the bonfire when you humiliated me in front of everyone didn't happen?
I don't care that you're handsome as sin and rich AF, or even that you're pretending to worry about my family's diner—I'm not falling for your charm again.
To: Lola
From: Jackson
Please let me prove myself to you. I can still be your Prince Charming.
Not My Prince Charming is a Cinderella retelling including one nasty stepmom, two clueless step-sisters, a godfather with gold eye shadow, a best friend lost and found, hot action on a boat, and a LOT of groveling."
"He's the billionaire Beast of Calico Cove, and I'm his sacrificial lamb…I mean, his new employee.
Malcolm Bettencourt is a recluse with a nasty scar across his face and a bad attitude. He has a bone to pick with my family over a loan my dad can't pay back, so to save our lobster business, I agree to be his live-in housekeeper and cook.
We have nothing in common, and there's no reason to think he would want anything to do with someone like me. Except I can't stop thinking about him, and he can't stop looking at me.
This Beauty and the Beast retelling includes a grumpy hero, a sassy heroine looking to lose her v-card, and a Pretty Woman moment with a black Am-Ex. Oh, and an age-gap romance with someone who may or may not be her lobster."
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