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A snow storm. A warm cozy fire. Two hearts that desperately need grace and healing and a Christmas miracle. After college, Kane Kirkland returned home to Mistletoe Mountain a changed man, fifty pounds lighter and a new Christian. Six years later, with a successful real estate career and a fresh boost of confidence, all he wants for Christmas is a chance at love with longtime crush Sydney. Something happened to his sweet friend while he was away. Something dark and life-altering ripped the joy from her spirit. And he intends to find out what… After a disastrous relationship unraveled ...

A flight medic and an acrophobic marshal…can they overcome their fears to embrace a forever love? After an injury forces Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryker McLane off duty, he retreats to his hometown to recover and reevaluate his career. But that down time quickly disintegrates after someone threatens his childhood friend “Dane.” But Danae isn’t his best friend’s little sister anymore and protecting—and resisting—the beautiful and generous woman takes more energy than hunting down her attacker. Flight Medic Danae Huntley has loved Ryker since the day he joined their motley family at ...

Can the high school coach convince the city manager that small town love is better than big city stress? Sedona Letts had bigger plans for her life than Reunion Ridge. She left the small town and never looked back…until now. After her doctor warns her about potential dangers of the constant high pressure of her City Manager’s job made even more stressful with the recent election of new council members, her sister’s broken leg presents Sedona with the perfect opportunity to take a breather and return to Reunion Ridge to help with the family's B&B. But when she reconnects with old flame...

After her divorce, Summer Kyleson moved to Texas to put a little distance between her and her abusive ex-husband. The freelance photographer sets her heart on marrying a cowboy. Someone kind and hardworking, a family man who'd be a good daddy to her son Logan. All things her ex-husband wasn't. And another law enforcement officer hubby ranks dead last on her list of potential candidates. Deputy US Marshal Maverick Kester knows he disappointed his father when he chose a career in law enforcement over ranching, but Maverick wasn't cut out for long hours on the back of a horse. Now, with ...

A routine audit… Hardly. Especially after the crazed client tries to snatch her daughter! Wilhelmina “Willow” Berkshire doesn’t have a choice but to seek help from her ex-fiancé, right? After all, the man carries a gun. But that same blue uniform killed her mother and brother, and trusting Gunner again after…well, she’d forgive him since he agreed to protect Tessa. But how ironic that her “safe” job hurled her daughter into danger. She trusts Gunner with Tessa’s safety, but Willow’s heart is off limits. A “new” man… Leaving Mina a month before their wedding was ...

Mayor Reese McConnell has big plans to reinvent Apple Blossom Flats from a sleepy mountain suburb into a thriving city of its own. It took a year for him to get the green light from council for their first annual autumn festival, and it needs to go off without a hitch or the council won't fund another one. But when his teenage son starts getting into trouble, Reese is torn between being there for his son and doing his job. He certainly doesn't welcome advice from Andi Palmer. According to the town gossips, the former high school counselor was fired for leading students astray. She should ...

A leaky sink. An orphaned puppy. A naval officer who wants a second chance. Will love and faith win Arden's heart? Or has that ship already sailed… Arden Mayhall doesn’t know what to do with her life anymore. Approaching sixty, it’s not as if she can go out and find a job to fill the time she used to spend caring for her beloved husband. Her degree in early childhood education was helpful for raising her children and nurturing her family, but now her adult children and adorable grands don’t need her as much. So, what now? Since her husband’s passing, time, once a precious ...

A wealthy heiress. A shy veterinarian. A shelter of adorable furbabies. A prescription for happily-ever-after or disaster? Money doesn’t define wealthy heiress Micaela Stanford. Her faith, friends and family, and caring for abandoned animals are her passions. Safe from the gold diggers in sleepy hometown Cider Lake and practically engaged to a man with a hefty portfolio of his own, she’s comfortable in the long-distance relationship. But Bradley views their relationship as more of a business merger, and all these visits with the shy and handsome vet are making her reevaluate that ...

A disenchanted romance writer… After a humiliating, very public breakup, best-selling romance author Sapphire “Gem” Benton flees to her childhood home in remote Montana to write her contracted novel. With a deadline looming like an enormous black cloud, she’s got nothing so far. Until daily jogs with long-time neighbor and friend Cash Griffin jumpstart the words and spark the inspiration for her fictional hero. A spy on medical leave… Back home for some much-needed down time and a medical procedure, Cash hopes the doctor can pinpoint what’s going on with his gut so that he can ...

Torturous nights spent alone, worrying about her undercover detective husband’s whereabouts. Resenting his constant companion—danger—and the thousands of unanswered phone calls and texts. And then that dreaded call, the one she knew would come eventually. After his tragic death, Avery Derose doesn’t want any part of that life anymore and opens The Favor, a shelter for troubled and hurting teens. Among her first guests? A frightened runaway and…Deputy US Marshal Trent Burdine, a man who challenges her vow never to love another lawman. Some days Trent Burdine doesn’t like his job....

Another Valentine’s Day and Quinn Randolph is dateless again, but that’s all right by her. She prefers the company of her sweet lab Rosie to men and their broken promises. Especially Pierce Karson’s! How dare the man show up now and try to steal the perfect piece of property she already claimed to expand her floral shop! When he chose to become a lawyer rather than a doctor like his father and older brother, Pierce’s family cut him out of their lives. New York offers him what he lacked growing up, respect. But when he inherits the family house in Cider Lake and runs into Quinn again...

Can two longtime rivals set aside their competitive natures to make beautiful music together? When the soloist drops out of this year's Christmas program, Kason Tanner knows the perfect replacement to step into the role on such short notice. Tamsin Malcone. Longtime rival, competing for top grades all through school and years later for the same worship leader's position at Hope Creek Community Church. The job Kason got. Tamsin still hasn't forgiven him. He'd considered rewriting the part to a male lead and assigning one of his brothers, but they were both tied up tracking a serial arsonist....

As a persistent arsonist strikes again, will this Christmas flip destroy their friendship and their business…or will it be the restoration of a lifetime? Delusional. Insomniac. Guilty. All words to describe him, Dawson Tanner, full time contractor and volunteer firefighter who hadn't caught a full night's sleep in weeks. How else did he explain these sudden mesmerizing hallucinations of Charli Blare, his longtime friend and business partner? Her bright smile. The excited lilt in her voice as she'd given him the tour of the broken down house she wanted them to tackle next. The crazy vision...

Can two forever friends finally surrender their fears and become a forever family? Her “no dating” policy exists for good reason. Sierra Danby doesn’t trust men. Except for one man. Camdon Lambright has always been there for her, a rock for her and for his family. But they’re friends, and she intends to keep it that way. Why would she risk losing her best friend to something so fictitious as romance? Besides that, isn’t her daughter proof that men could be ruthless? His priority is Operation Romance Sierra. In over a decade, he never once pushed the boundaries of their friendship....

Will theirs be a summer reunion or a summer to forget? After losing his parents and twin sister to a tragic accident, Mannix Tomlinson hit bottom. Beer and bitterness destroyed his marriage to his high school sweetheart, but he’s a changed man now. Solid, stable and sober, he’s finally ready to start a family of his own. But the only woman he can imagine spending his forever with filed divorce papers on him eight years ago. When Rowan Albright faces her groom at the end of the aisle, this time they’re not the ones getting married. She never stopped loving Mannix, but his weekend beer ...

A prodigal and a burn survivor. Two hearts that a hammer can’t fix, but God can. The prodigal… Carson Lambright left town the day after graduation. He couldn’t live up to his high school sweetheart’s expectations of happily-ever-after or deal with the reality that he might be just like his father. The media blamed his family for his celebrity father’s death, but Carson knew the truth about who was to blame. Back in town for his sister’s wedding, the hunger to build a life with Jillian, to plant roots surprises him. But to stay, he needs a job, and companies in the small town ...

He's content with "just friends." Barrett "Bear" Stanford doesn't do relationships anymore. Not since losing his high school sweetheart to leukemia and another girlfriend to a car accident. A former SEAL, these days he's satisfied driving a fire engine and volunteering at the children's hospital with his therapy dog, Jammer. His fellow firefighters are his family now, and he won't let them down. She craves a "forever love." Pediatrician Brinkley Collins is totally smitten with the handsome firefighter. It's not just the kids who adore him and Jammer. For two years, she's pushed the ...

Waverly Parks isn't living her best life. Far from it. Selling occasional pieces of art doesn't pay the bills like her wedding hairstyling business, but being around blissful brides every weekend makes her regret breaking up with her high school sweetheart. No man has ever measured up to Hudson Tanner with his solid faith and fierce loyalty to family and friends. So, when a friend begs her to come home for a Christmas Inn wedding gig, Waverly agrees. Maybe visiting the small town for the holidays will make her appreciate New York's eclectic and expensive vibe, and she can finally slam the ...

Davina "Davy" Canderhart grew up around race tracks. Her father, a team owner and racing legend, taught her everything about winning and taking care of her car. She learned from the best, so it bugs her when her dad hires her ex-husband to locate and fix a troublesome issue with her engine. If she doesn't let Kavan work on her car, she might be stuck in this miles-long losing streak. But being around the kind and handsome man makes her doubt herself and her femininity again, makes her regret what she gave up. If only her dad had taught her how to hang onto a husband… Why couldn't Davina ...

As chief of cybersecurity for the company he co-founded with his buddies, Shepherd "Shep" Roberts shouldn't get stumped over how to fix a simple bug for a product under development. But, as the solution evades him and his team, slowing down the Phantom's production schedule, his buddy brings in an expert to help. It wouldn't bother Shep so much if that person wasn't Dylan Kendar, his college sweetheart. Back then, he'd thought she was "the one," but she ditched him for a jock. How can he possibly work with Dylan without getting his heart crushed again? Stubborn man! Couldn't Shep see how ...