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Fake engagements are all fun and games—until your grumpy childhood prank rival becomes your “fiancé” next door— and your daughter thinks he’s Prince Charming. I came home to Cape Haven for a fresh start with my daughter, not to relive my rivalry—and secret crush—on Jack Carter, who still can’t resist a well-timed prank. Jack—grumpy lawyer, former heartbreaker, secret cinnamon roll—is not supposed to make my heart flip every time he grins. Now thanks to his matchmaking brothers, the entire town thinks we’re engaged. . Our plan? Fool the neighbors, dodge my lurking ex, ...

Four feel-good, uplifting romances set in the coastal small town of Chapel Cove, Oregon, where life begins at forty! Escape into a world where past wounds can heal, humor abounds, and love is found again. A second-chance at love with a single dad for a woman starting over at forty. A single mom's reunion romance with the teen love she unwillingly parted from. A twice-burned plus-sized woman teetering on the edge of a third chance with a fish-out-of-water city executive. A neighbor romance for a woman looking for home and family and a man grieving past tragedy who meet at Christmas. All find...

Flour, butter ... Murder! Recently divorced baker Jenny King sifts through a pound of clues and red herrings to catch the killer in this bestselling cozy mystery series thousands love. 5 stars - 'Great storyline. Second time I've read this series and I still loved it.' When forty four year old Jenny King moved to a remote island for a second chance at life, she didn't know it would involve murder. She's working at the Boardwalk Cafe, baking sweet treats to forget the bitter pill that is her life. Then a stranger's body washes up on the beach and her aunt is arrested. Compelled by ...

Fake dating my grumpy billionaire boss to save a small-town could cost me my career… and my heart. After a viral meltdown burned my love life and my PR career, I’m here to disappear. But drowning grumpy billionaire Harrison Cross in coffee ruins my fresh start plan. To him, I’m a walking disaster. To me, he’s an off-limits stop sign with gorgeous eyes. Now the local paper is digging into his past, investors are sweating, and the town jobs are on the line. My solution - a fake relationship, because nothing says “stable businessman” like staged dinner dates and public hand-holding...

She’s a billionaire runaway bride, my arch enemy, and now … my new roommate. Mermaid Shores is my sanctuary. Here, I’m not Noah Clark, the grumpy A-list actor. I’m just another summer resident alone in my grief. Until Caroline Knight storms into the bar in her wedding gown. Running from the altar, hiding from her mother… and the police. She’s always been my rival, the bane of my prep school existence. We are anything but friends and this is drama I don’t need. I should’ve ducked and run, and now I’m stuck. Because her car was confiscated and the hotels are full. What kind ...

Here are 3 heartwarming, cozy and joyful romances to fill your world with love. Quirky characters and a spiritual element bring these fun, lighthearted stories to life. In The Grump and The Runaway Bride, A-list actor Noah Clark is taking a reprieve from the limelight to nurse a grieving heart in the quiet solitude of his family cottage in Mermaid Shores. The last thing he needs is a surprise reunion with billionaire Caroline Knight, his former prep school rival, who is running from the altar and in desperate need of shelter. Lending her his guest room seems the noble thing to do, yet her ...

He’s a grumpy billionaire single dad, my instant enemy… and the keeper of my deepest secrets. Everyone knows I’m an incurable flirt. They’d never guess my heart belongs to Cal, a man I’ve never actually met. We’ve shared our deepest thoughts through letters for the past nineteen years. No man in the real world has ever measured up to the closeness I feel with him. Certainly not Matt Morgan, Mermaid Shores’ newest billionaire in residence. A grumpy single dad, who hates me for no reason. Stuck together in a small town like ours, he’s hard to avoid. As my run-ins with Matt ...

Falling for my brother’s best friend was meant to be. I never believed in love at first sight until I saw Rhett. We just clicked. Instant familiarity, undeniable attraction, sparks flying. There’s no denying he felt it too. But finding out he’s my brother’s best friend with a shady dating history, our instant attraction comes to a screeching halt. Except he’s everywhere I turn and it’s like we’re moving in the same orbit, connected by an invisible tether that won’t let go. There’s so much more to him than meets the eye. He’s handsome, rugged, kind, easy to talk to. Did I...

Fake dating the town’s hockey hero to save my bakery wasn’t part of my recipe —but he might be the secret ingredient my heart needs. I’m a baker, wallflower and quiet matchmaker ready to cook up a match of my own. He’s Ethan Carter: handsome chaos in hockey skates, who just ruined my bakery with one of his pranks. Now the mayor’s teamed us up to co-chair the town’s sweetest showdown—the Cocoa & Cupid Cookie Contest—mixing flour storms with slap shots and photo-ops. We’re faking a romance to save the bake-off and his struggling hockey league. Pretending to date him is ...

Planning my cousin’s wedding is a piece of cake. Until a grumpy billionaire from my past appears… as an unexpected guest. Theo Danvers. It was hate at first sight and it still is. It’s not because he’s a grumpy billionaire, or because we’re polar opposites who bickered our way through summer camp. It’s the stinging rejection of a failed first kiss that’s haunted me for the past twelve years. Now I’m stuck with the enemy, sparring our way through a week of wedding festivities. And it doesn’t make sense why our eyes keep meeting or why I’m so comfortable with his arms ...

Planning the Winter Lights Festival with my brother’s grumpy best friend wasn’t supposed to entail falling for him. I’m burnt out, broken hearted, and back in Cape Haven to make the Winter festival sparkle and prove I fit in. Not to fall for Caleb Carter, my new boss and my brother’s grumpy best friend. He’s all rules, routines, and resting grinch face. I’m the sunshine bringing paper lanterns, and floating cocoa stations into his perfectly ordered world. Stuck together on the frozen docks, tangled in twinkle lights—sparks are flying—right through our gloves. I’m not ...

I swore I’d never go back to Cape Haven. But here I am—face-planting into my old life and straight into the arms of my brother’s best friend and my first love. When my love life and my career crashed harder than a seagull in a hurricane in Boston, I landed home, clutching the keys to my late grandma’s crumbling lighthouse and whatever pride I had left. With the town challenging me to restore the lighthouse in 90 days or lose it forever, Mason comes to the rescue, hammer in hand, gruffer and more irresistible than ever. Mason Carter’s all muscle, mood, and dry sarcasm. I’m a ...

Exclusive Beach Party Takes Murderous Turn Dumped by her cheating husband, 44 year old Jenny King is trying to build a new life in the small seaside town of Pelican Cove. Locals are lining up at the Boardwalk Cafe for her tasty cakes and muffins. But when her aunt, a local artist, is accused of killing a stranger, Jenny is forced to set her apron aside and put on her sleuthing cap. Jenny battles with the cranky local sheriff and quirky local characters to get to the truth. Aided by her new friends, she will move heaven and earth to find out who the dead stranger was and what he was doing in...

All Adrienne wanted was a fun new job on a cruise ship—instead, she’s dealt three big surprises. "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" Surprise number one, wonderful: Her best friend Samantha has joined the cruise! Surprise number two, also quite good: the First Officer is rather handsome. Surprise number three, definitely not good: Samantha is suspected of murdering a VIP cruise passenger. Throw in a few more surprises—an over-the-top boss, a potentially homicidal chef, and a blast from Adrienne’s past—and this cruise might end up being Adrienne’s last. Join Adrienne...

I’m a rockstar’s daughter haunted by my overbearing ex. He’s my grumpy general contractor, a single dad and… my very fake boyfriend. To most people I’m a spoiled vapid Hollywood brat. That’s definitely the impression Joe Mansfield has of me. He’s a local, grumpy general contractor with two young sons. And he’s constantly negating every idea I have. We don’t exactly get along. Until he unexpectedly protects me from my controlling ex by pretending to be my fake boyfriend. Playing along with the charade gives me a glimpse into his sensitivity. As we’re stuck together ...

He’s the enemy who ghosted me, the best man at my best friend’s wedding, and now… my only ride home. Ben Hawthorne doesn’t remember ghosting me after the best kiss of my life. He doesn’t remember me at all. Spoiled son of the New York City Ballet’s biggest benefactor, he’s off limits to me, a dancer in the ballet. Even if he doesn’t know who I am, or the real reason I’ve spent the last year hating him. Now he’s here, in my hometown Mermaid Shores, the best man at my best friend’s wedding. Every interaction is an excruciating reminder of how much I fell for him on that ...

Never fake date your best friend’s sister… especially if you’re a rock star. I’ve been officially canceled even though I’m not really dating the most hated woman in Hollywood. Retreating to my summer cottage in Mermaid Shores to escape the rumors, I’m ambushed by Sabrina Pelletier, sister of my one true friend, and the only woman I can’t forget. A recent mistake with her travel blog has her canceled as well. So when the paparazzi assume she is my new wholesome, hometown girlfriend, we fake a relationship to save our careers. Spending time together awakens long lost feelings ...

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An abandoned seaside home. A view to die for. And a raging fire that leaves a body in the ashes. Someone has been secretly hiding out in the house, determined to keep its secrets hidden, even if it means burning it to the ground. And no one can identify the victim. When local realtor and Shoreline Circle member Tamika Roy falls under suspicion, innkeeper Paisley Penrose—along with her loyal Labradoodle, Noodle—can’t stay on the sidelines. Working alongside Detective Grant Halloway, Paisley begins asking questions, and a troubling list of suspects emerges: a wealthy out-of-state ...

Planning a reunion with your ex isn’t fun… even if he’s a secret billionaire. Elijah Cromwell dumped me ten years ago and my heart’s never recovered. Inseparable since birth, our breakup is still the talk of our hometown Mermaid Shores. I can’t even think of him without feeling sick. Now he’s the surprise guest of honor at the high school reunion I’m planning, and minutes later, we’re stuck together… in a broken elevator, with nothing to say to each other. The entire town’s convinced we’re meant to be, but he married someone else and she died. He’s mourning her… ...