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One near-death experience, one tough as nails FBI agent, and one grumpy boss who’s determined to break all the rules to protect her. Falling for your boss might be the ultimate cliché, but FBI agent Michelle Lewis, resisting Gary Fencik is starting to feel impossible. After a dangerous kidnapping nearly ended in disaster, Gary has her riding a desk. When she demands to be sent back out into the field he agrees on one condition: she only works with him. As they team up to thwart a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack, the line between professional and personal starts to blur. When Gary gets ...

Twenty-five years ago David Macetti humiliated her in the worst way imaginable, and it's something she'll never forget. When Jenny Rizzo agrees to attend her high school reunion, she’s hoping to find out that her fantasies have come true and that the boy who hurt her is now a fat, bald, miserable convenience store clerk. She’s disappointed to see that David is rich, has a full head of hair, and looks even better than he did in high school. Dave never stopped loving Jenny, and he wants to make things right. He's not the same selfish jerk he was in high school. It’s hard to resist him ...

She was the one who got away – until she needed a rescue. Andrew I’d always thought the ‘Lawson Lightning Bolt’ was just a family legend. Everyone knows that love at first sight is just something they made up to sell romance books. Then I met Katy and everything changed. I knew right away that she was my soulmate, but she was only visiting my small town in the mountains for a few days, so I had to let her go. Until the day she called me from jail… Katy I spent my entire life avoiding romantic entanglements. So when I met the mountain man lawyer who made my heart pound and cartoon ...

Sometimes you need a bump on the head to help you see what's important. Claire and Jonathon have been engaged for two years, but she has been hesitant to actually set a date for the wedding. When she’s involved in a freak accident, Claire decides that it is finally time to stop dragging her feet and plan the romantic beach wedding they've always dreamed about. She’s ready to spend the rest of her life married to the man she loves, but Claire soon learns that life doesn't always turn out like it’s planned. Beach Wedding is a sweet and unconventional story about second chances, loss, ...

He’s her brothers’ bodyguard. She’s off-limits… which only makes him want her more. After years of running the family farm alone, Jen Oliver isn’t thrilled when her world-famous rockstar brothers come home to roost—especially with their grumpy, alpha security chief in tow. Nick is bossy, brooding, and way too hot for her own good. Worse, he’s making himself right at home on her farm. Nick has spent his life protecting others, but the fiercely independent farm girl stirs something in him he’s never felt before. He’s supposed to be watching the band—not falling hard and ...

She’s planning a benefit concert for Ukraine. He’s her rich, ridiculously charming co-chair. Falling for him was not on the agenda. Alona Pavlenko has no interest in flashy lifestyles or former boy band heartthrobs, especially not ones with billionaire brothers and a tabloid past. As the daughter of immigrants, she’s focused on what matters: her community, her culture, and organizing a fundraiser to help refugees from the war-torn homeland she still holds close to her heart. Jayden Oliver may have once been music royalty, but these days he’s traded in stadiums for courtrooms and ...

Growing up as the only lion in a family of bears, Bowie always felt a little bit different. A lion with distinctive bear traits, Bowie has the kind of personality that helps him get along with everyone. It’s an asset in his work as a police officer, but it hasn’t helped him find his true love. His siblings have all found their mates, but so far no female has piqued his lion’s interest. Just when he’s resigned himself to a life of bachelorhood, he gets a job offer that will change his life… After Becca’s father was murdered by hunters, her family was plunged into poverty. It took...

Sometimes, it takes stitches to mend the past… When an accident sends writer Janna Frazier to the emergency room, it’s not just the blood loss that’s making her woozy. She is shocked to learn that her doctor is the man she fell in love with at a New Year’s Eve party twenty years ago. The one who disappeared without a trace, leaving her pregnant and humiliated. Dr. Steve Jacobs had almost forgotten the woman he fell for all those years ago. Now he learns that taking Janna’s virginity and then losing her phone number had more serious consequences than he ever imagined. Having found ...

After looking death in eyes, she’s ready to live life on her terms – not become someone’s wife again. Muriel The only thing harder than going through cancer treatment was getting dumped by my husband of twenty years. Apparently, he thought the “in sickness” part of our vows was optional. After clawing my way back to health, I’m determined to live the life I already wanted. Sure, some might say that fifty-seven is a little too old to start over, but I’m ready for the challenge. After my ex-husband and I sell our house, I take my friend Julie up on her offer to sublet her condo ...

It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation – until a stray dog crashed into their lives. They’ve just concluded one of the largest cases in the history of Portland’s FBI office and now agents Michelle and Gary are ready to try something new: relaxing. It’s their first vacation as a couple and lounging on the beach in Hawaii over the Thanksgiving holiday sounds like the perfect way to unwind and reconnect as a couple. But when a dog named Chester convinces them to follow him, things start to get a little hairy. Or furry… Chasing criminals and rescuing animals isn’t how they ...

Last year Liz got divorce papers for Christmas. This year, she’ll get the gift of love… When an unexpected divorce leaves her with nothing but an empty house, Liz Delaney decides to finally pursue her lifelong dream of opening a café in her small town. By day she’ll serve fancy coffee drinks and by night there will be themed cocktails, music, and art. The only thing standing in her way? A grinchy bureaucrat named Nathan Holly. Despite his festive last name, Nathan hates Christmas. He also hates businesses that serve liquor. He grew up in a town that was devastated by unemployment, ...

She’s always wanted an adventure, and she’s going to get it, even if she has to pretend to be someone else! All her life, Michelle has longed for the kind of adventures that she reads about in books. Instead, the forty-year-old cafe manager has a boring life, a boring job, a boring apartment, and a cat who hates her. Nothing exciting ever happens to her. Until she meets Derrick… The handsome but grouchy detective thinks that she’s his FBI contact. When he crashes into the café where she works, demanding that she go with him to find their target, she figures she might as well go for...

This wedding is supposed to be a chance for her to finally make peace with her daughter, not fall in love with one of the guests… Erika is thrilled when her daughter April invites her to her destination wedding at the Mountain Ridge Resort. After years of estrangement, the mother and daughter are finally finding their way back to a solid relationship. Erika fully intends to focus on her daughter April this weekend, not herself. She needs to show her daughter that she's no longer the selfish person she remembers from her childhood. Reed never had time for love, but he has always enjoyed ...

When they agreed to spend Christmas with their children, they had no idea it was a set up! Chloe Now that my daughter is married, she has this romantic notion that we should all have a big family Christmas. My kids work together to reserve a beautiful house in the country for the holiday, but there’s just one problem: my kids are a no show. My ex-husband is there though, looking better than any man should look while wearing a Santa hat. Tim When I realize that our daughters have come up with an elaborate plan to get me and Chloe back together, I’m one hundred percent on board. I’ve ...

Twenty-five years ago their friendship ended over a misunderstanding, but now that they’ve found each other again, he wants more than friendship. But can they forget their painful past? Lainie Halverson always had a crush on her super-hot friend Mark Barone, but she knew that he didn’t see her as more than a friend. When Mark invited her to the prom after she was humiliated by another guy, she assumed it was a pity invite. Little did she know her refusal would lead to an ugly fight and the end of their friendship. Mark Barone has just realized that he made a big mistake all those years ...

Fifteen years ago a lie tore them apart. When they find each other again, will they still feel fireworks? Noah When I came back and discovered that my wife had filed for divorce while I was on a business trip, I was devastated. Carmen was my first love. My only love. And I had no idea what I’d done to make her disappear without a trace. The one day I get a taste for Italian food… Carmen When I got a letter saying my husband was cheating on me, I divorced him and left town without a word. I’ve got a good life with my friends and my restaurant, even if I sometimes miss the easy ...

He broke her heart. Now he’s her next-door neighbor -- and he wants a second chance. Peggy never forgot her first love. How could she, when the boy who once held her heart grew up to become a world-famous rock star? But that sweet, guitar-playing boyfriend disappeared the day Justin Oliver traded small town life for sold-out arenas… and left her behind with nothing but betrayal and regret. Twelve years later, Justin is back in town. He’s moved in next door, and now he’s bringing flowers, flashing that same devastating smile, and claiming fate brought them back together. She vowed to...

He called her fat. She dumped a beer on his head. Now she’s his editor and they’re stuck working together. Ten years ago, curvy book editor Janie Williams had a run-in with rockstar Johnny Oliver she’ll never forget—and never forgive. But when fate (and her boss) assign her to ensure that his first book gets completed by deadline, Janie has no choice but to work with the egotistical heartthrob who once humiliated her in a crowded bar. Now Janie’s job – and her future -- depends on keeping the scattered, frustratingly sexy musician on track. Moving him into her apartment is the ...

She’s the vice principal. He’s the new teacher. Falling for a coworker was not on the lesson plan… After leaving his rockstar life behind, Jim Oliver is ready for a fresh start as a high school math teacher in the small town where he grew up. A quiet life. A steady job. No more wild tours or screaming fans. But his plans for peace and quiet go out the window the moment he lays eyes on the school’s gorgeous new vice principal. Paige Howard is smart, strong, and determined to keep her past where it belongs—behind her. She’s worked too hard to land this job to mess it up by hooking...

Who would have thought emergency planning would be such a disaster? The small town of Lawson is out of compliance with a state requirement to create a disaster preparedness plan. Not wanting the town to be left unprepared for a major event, the governor sends in his top expert in emergency planning, Stephanie Holly. Steph has spent her entire career in a field that’s dominated by men. She’s clawed her way to the top and she’s not going to let a small-town mayor like Christopher Lawson ruin her perfect track record. She’s going to get him to create a plan if she has to trap him under...