"When Holly Burke saw who she'd drawn for Secret Santa, she knew she had to do something to make it special. It was Christmas, after all, and if anyone deserved some extra Christmas cheer, it was Mo Davy."
"When Quinn Haavik arrives in Newport Beach for the city's annual holiday market, all she's expecting is a week of sun and sand and a few good days of business. Christmas magic was nowhere on her radar until she crosses paths with Nora Kile and finds herself knocked off her feet. One look into Nora's eyes is all it takes for Quinn to be hooked, but time is not on her side. Will the magic she found on the sunny shores of Newport slip through her fingers, or will she be able to find a way to carry it into the future?"
"Life under a microscope is stifling for anyone, but for Grace Easton, the world's most recognizable pop superstar who has both feet firmly cemented in the closet, it's particularly hellish. After walking away from the love of her life five years ago because she wasn't ready to come out, she's become a master of smiling for the cameras that hound her every step to hide the fact that she's miserable.
Most days, Veronica Adams would say that she's happy. Her work as an actress is fulfilling, and while it's not easy to heal a broken heart when the woman responsible for it is a global superstar, with every year that passes, the ache in her chest gets a little easier to manage. She's not over it, but she's past it.
Or so she thinks.
Theirs was a love story that once played out in secret before being crushed under the weight of the world's attention. When they're thrown together in an impromptu chemistry read and then by an unexpected offer, they're forced to confront the past. Their broken hearts are proof that love isn't always enough, but maybe, just maybe, this time will be different."
"Working as a chef aboard a private yacht might not seem like a vacation for most people, but to Lauren Murphy, a highly-regarded sous chef at a top New York restaurant, the opportunity to spend seventeen days in the Virgin Islands, sailing from one tropical location to the next, while having complete freedom to create her own menus is a dream come true. Enter Grey Wells, the owner and captain of the Veritas, and the most complicated person Lauren has ever met. Cold and distant one minute and then cautiously friendly the next, Lauren is compelled to get to know her better. What happens when she does, however, is enough to change both of their lives forever."
"Flying solo at a wedding is the absolute last way Aubrey Gill wants to ring in the new year, so when she rolls into Whistler for the event, it's with one goal in mind—survive the weekend. The Fates have other plans for her, however, as Beau Demers crashes into her life the moment she arrives. Young, gorgeous, and irresistibly charming, Beau quickly slips past her defenses, and Aubrey finds herself with a 'date' for the weekend after all. It's all for show, of course, except for the part where it's the truest thing she's ever known. And as the festivities go on, Aubrey can't help but wonder if maybe, just maybe a kiss from Beau at midnight could lead to her own happily ever after."
"Emerson Riis has a job she loves, friends she considers family, and her goofy malamute Sasha for company. As far as she's concerned, life in the small town of Mystic is pretty much perfect. Enter Mari Davenport, a Hollywood screenwriter with a dozen blockbusters to her name, who arrives in a car that is completely unfit for the north woods of Minnesota. Their paths cross in a way that could have been plucked straight from one of Mari's romcoms, and though their attraction is instant and their chemistry off-the-charts, the fact that Mari must return to LA at the end of her six-month writing sabbatical looms ominously on the horizon. As Emerson and Mari's feelings grow, will they find a way to rewrite the ending to their story, or are they meant only for this sweet but short-lived season of halcyon nights?"
"Professor Kate Walker is a tenured, world-renowned engineer. She has a job she loves, a daughter she adores, and friends who've been with her through thick and thin. It's a fulfilling life that doesn't really need anything—or anyone—else. Especially not a charming, downright amazing woman who happens to be twenty years her junior.
Carter Burke has lived a storied life and has the Olympic medals to prove it. She's got her dream job coaching a collegiate women's lightweight rowing team in her beloved Boston, and is happily married to the sport she's dedicated her life to. She's happy with her life and not really looking for more, but all that changes when a blonde professor with hypnotizing sea glass green eyes waltzes into her boathouse.
The Charles River has played host to countless scenes of overwhelming joy and crushing heartbreak over the years—but never quite on a scale like this. Because when hearts are involved, the stakes are infinitely higher. Carter is hooked from the moment she first lays eyes on Kate, and their chemistry is undeniable, but is that chemistry enough to help Kate push past her reservations and into Carter's arms?"
"Emma Beauchamp and Campbell Jordan’s rivalry on the ice was legendary. Retirement should have closed that chapter of their lives, but when Campbell joins the faculty at Stonebridge—the prestigious Berkshires boarding school where Emma now teaches—it takes on a brand new life. There's plenty of distrust and lingering animosity, but as circumstances force them to find a way to not only coexist, but work together, Emma and Campbell find that being on the same team isn't as awful as they'd feared. Will their years spent battling it out for team and country be too much to overcome? Or will they finally acknowledge the truth behind the electric connection they share?"
"The only thing worse than Eve Morrison's parents' annual holiday gala is attending the event solo.
When her plus-one for the event backs out at the last minute and offers up his cousin as a replacement, Eve doesn't say no. She has every confidence the long weekend will be a disaster, but at least this way, she'll have someone who might support her through it all.
Aspen Collier-West is in the middle of her busy season as a charter pilot and doesn't appreciate it when her cousin calls in an old favor, but they both know she owes him and can't tell him no. Even though standing in as the plus-one for his best friend for four and a half days will throw a colossal monkey wrench into her schedule.
Neither of them heads into the long weekend thinking it'll be anything special. Eve just wants to emerge in one piece, and Aspen is simply repaying a debt she owes. Their low expectations are yanked from under their feet the moment they meet, and suddenly, the long weekend feels far too short for either of their liking. Will they find a way to make things work long-term, or is their whirlwind, storybook weekend destined to become nothing more than a fond memory?"
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