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When your dating app’s haunted, true love’s your only tech support Mara Foldes has officially swiped left on love. A Brooklyn copywriter with more bad dates than tax deductions, she’s sarcastic, caffeinated, and thoroughly done with modern romance, until she insults the wrong woman at a speed-dating event. Turns out “Grizzy,” the quirky matchmaker with too many rings and opinions, is actually Griselda, a four-hundred-year-old witch who curses Mara’s dating app with a spell from hell: sixteen first dates, each one a full-blown fairy tale that resets at midnight. Cinderella’s ...

A holiday rom-com stuffed with secrets, sarcasm, and a scandalously slow-burn romance. Harper Quinn, true-crime podcaster and reigning queen of sarcasm, thought surviving Thanksgiving with her dysfunctional family was punishment enough. But when her ex-best friend, and brooding former baking rival, Rowan Hale shows up as the caterer, things go from frosty to flaming faster than you can say “burnt yams.” Snowed in, turkey-trot-muddied, and stuck decorating with glittery cornucopias and unresolved feelings, Harper and Rowan are forced to face their biggest mess yet: each other. As pies ...

When shy small-town librarian Sophia Winslow wins a dream vacation to the Greek islands, she imagines days filled with sun-drenched reading and quiet, solo strolls through olive groves. What she doesn’t expect? A major contest mix-up, and being forced to share the prize with her charming ex-boss and arch-nemesis, the outrageously handsome corporate golden boy, Alex Drake. Stranded together on Naxos, faking coupledom to secure honeymoon perks and dodge nosy locals, Sophia and Alex agree to keep their distance. But when a stray dog named Zorba adopts them, a local tavern owner mistakes ...

What if the love of your life was a stranger you met in an airport, destined to slip through your fingers time and again? In the bustling chaos of JFK Airport, April Connors, a driven New York City marketing consultant, shares a fleeting, flirty conversation with Andrew Sebelton, a charming tech entrepreneur with a disarming grin. Exchanging only first names, their playful debate over airport coffee feels like a one-off encounter, a moment destined to fade as April, noticing his “cute bum,” watches him disappear into the crowd.Both assume they’ll never cross paths again, just another ...

In the lavender-scented hills of Provence, love has never been so... allergic. Ethan Blackwood is a scandal-plagued Hollywood star in hiding. Armed with nothing but a fake name, a tragic bee allergy, and a battered sense of pride, he escapes to the sun-drenched village of Roussillon to lay low, ideally somewhere without insects, pitchforks, or public humiliation. Elise Moreau is a passionate eco-blogger and fiercely independent beekeeper who’s fed up with celebrity influencers exploiting her beloved Provence. So when she spots a suspiciously handsome stranger fumbling with lavender soap ...

She came for the byline. She stayed for the chaos. And the chef. When sharp-tongued food writer Maya Torres lands in sleepy seaside Crescent Bay to expose its booming culinary scene, she’s got one rule: no falling for the locals, especially not Jude Callahan, the ex-flame who once broke her teenage heart and now runs the town’s hottest restaurant (and still looks annoyingly edible). But sparks fly faster than a flambé when a fake-couple act for the food festival goes wildly viral. Between flying flour, stolen glances, and a town full of matchmaking meddlers, Maya’s sarcasm starts ...

Nora Finch has always loved history. She just never expected to fall into it, literally. One moment, she’s running her barely-surviving time-travel-themed tour company in the sleepy Scottish village of Glenmoore, dodging rent notices and awkward family dinners. The next, she’s hurled back to 1745, armed with nothing but a sarcastic archaeologist, a cursed runestone, and a head full of historical trivia that’s suddenly become uncomfortably relevant. Enter Oliver Black: grumpy, brilliant, and deeply unimpressed by time travel, fake marriages, or Nora’s flair for spontaneous chaos. ...

Ellie Harper thought she’d signed up to vlog a charming international wedding festival. She didn’t realize she’d be battling runaway veils, viral mishaps, a meddling ex, and, worst of all, Javier Ruiz, the grumpy, infuriatingly gorgeous venue owner who seems determined to rain on her sunny American parade. When a fake relationship for publicity becomes the festival’s hottest ticket, Ellie and Javier find themselves dodging jealous rivals, surviving bull runs (yes, with actual bulls… sort of), and dancing through tomato-throwing chaos. Between palace masquerades, sword-wielding ...

One runaway royal. One amnesiac movie star. One unforgettable love story written under Amsterdam’s stars. When blockbuster darling Sophia Hart vanishes from Hollywood headlines after a career-shaking scandal, the world assumes she’s hiding in Los Angeles. In reality, a late-night stumble along an Amsterdam canal, and the obsessive devotion of a fan, sweeps her into a tulip-filled village where her memories slip through her fingers like water. Across the city, on a creaky houseboat anchored in the Prinsengracht, Remy van der Linden, aspiring screenwriter, secret royal runaway, and ...

She brought tofu to turkey country, now her heart’s on the menu. Ava Sterling, vegan podcaster, political firebrand, and proud Seattleite—dreads returning home to conservative Willow Creek, Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. But when a freak blizzard traps her in town, she finds herself stuck at The Ember café... and face-to-face with Cole Ramsey, the charming, flannel-wrapped local who also happens to be the Republican state representative. Their debates are fiery, their chemistry hotter, and just when Ava thinks she can’t be surprised again, Cole reveals a softer, greener side. Toss in a ...

Two kitchens. Two cultures. One Thanksgiving where love, and tempura, might just save the day. When a glitchy travel app sends rising Japanese-American chef Miki Tanaka to the wrong Plymouth, her dreams of catering a high-profile Boston Thanksgiving implode in a swirl of snow, soy sauce, and misplaced ambition. Stranded in a pilgrim-obsessed small town that still hosts reenactments, Miki finds herself roped into co-catering Plymouth’s annual “Pilgrim Palooza” with her old culinary school rival, Tom Harper, a single dad and history teacher who worships canned cranberry sauce and ...

She came for the blog post. She stayed for the diamond heist, the runaway Vespa, and the kiss that could rewrite her heart. When ambitious travel blogger Sofia Rossi lands in sun-kissed Positano, Italy, she’s got one mission: expose scandal-plagued Hollywood heartthrob Alex Thorne hiding out in plain sight. A juicy exposé could catapult her career, especially when the man once accused of diamond theft is now wandering local lemon groves in suspiciously tight linen shirts and tragic sunglasses. But Alex isn’t the smug diva she expected. He’s infuriatingly charming. Endearingly lost. ...

She came home to save a diner. She never expected to uncover the town’s biggest secret... or her own heart. Nora Bennett isn’t looking for romance. After a brutal breakup and a career burnout in Chicago, all she wants is to prove herself by saving the Driftwood Diner, her family’s shabby, beloved coastal landmark. But Coral Bay has other plans. Between the meddling knitting club, a mayor with condo-sized ambitions, and a carpenter who drives her crazy in every possible way, Nora’s carefully color-coded plans begin to unravel. Ethan Caldwell has spent years hiding in plain sight. By ...

Saltflower Bay shimmers with golden dunes, rare blossoms that glow beneath the moon, and a history steeped in pirate lore. To botanist Zeryn Quill, the island is both breathtaking and foreboding. She has come to study the elusive saltflowers, but her true purpose is far more personal. Five years ago her beloved sister Ismeria vanished here during the summer festival, leaving only whispers of a mysterious women’s society known as the Saltflower Pact. The island is alive with secrets. Lanterns blaze along the boardwalk while rituals unfold under starlit cliffs. Locals warn Zeryn to stop ...

It started with a collision. It might just end with forever. Ava Sinclair didn’t fly halfway around the world to fall for a man who thinks “winging it” is a life skill. The no-nonsense New York marine biologist came to Cairns with one mission, secure a grant to protect the Great Barrier Reef, and definitely not to get entangled with Brody Tanner, a maddeningly charming eco-tour guide whose grin is as reckless as his dive plans. But when a tropical storm smashes her research sub into his boat, Ava and Brody are forced into an unlikely alliance. The catch? To outsmart a ruthless ...

Emma Hartley’s perfectly planned life implodes somewhere between the airport carousel and a suspiciously aggressive tuk tuk driver. She arrives in Bangkok with no luggage, no hotel booking, and no fiancé, just a heatwave, a bad case of jetlag, and an unshakable suspicion that the universe is laughing at her. Enter Kit Srisuk: a maddeningly laid-back Thai tour guide whose “mai pen rai” (no worries) approach is the exact opposite of Emma’s colour-coded spreadsheet existence. He’s infuriating. He’s charming. He knows all the hidden gems she can’t find on Google Maps. And now, ...

Two hearts. One farm. A legend ripe for love. When hula dancer Leilani Kealoha inherits her aunt’s struggling pineapple farm near Honolulu, she vows to protect her heritage. Enter Kai Nakamura, her childhood friend turned mainland developer, back with modern hula moves, a secret agenda, and a plan that clashes with her traditions. A desperate bid for a loan forces them into a fake engagement, igniting a rivals-to-lovers spark neither can ignore. Between rehearsal disasters, wardrobe malfunctions, and Kai’s mistaken-identity stint as a celebrity instructor, their chemistry builds in step...

She’s sugar. He’s smoothies. Harbor Cove’s not big enough for both… unless love finds the recipe. When pastry chef Zoe Thompson trades the city skyline for Harbor Cove’s sunlit boardwalk, she hopes her seaside bakery will be a sweet, slow chapter, less stress, fewer blood sugar crashes, and no complicated entanglements. Then along comes Kai Roberts, bronzed surf instructor, heart patient in recovery, and self-proclaimed king of “clean living”, whose wellness booth pops up right across from her store. From the moment they lock eyes over a festival stall, it’s war: sugar ...