How Evie sees her life as she approaches her thirty-fifth birthday: pretty close to perfect.How Evie's mom sees her life: doomed for spinsterhood and in need of matchmaking at every turn.Between her three lifelong best friends, a good job, and a beautiful home, Evie has nearly everything she needs. She's in no hurry to find love...until her first (and unrequited) love, Wesley, unexpectedly returns to town for the birthday party Evie's mom is throwing, and stirs up all kinds of long-buried feelings.As the boy next door, Wes was one of Evie's closest childhood friends. Somewhere between playing out scenes from their favorite movie and listening to Wesley's endless mixtapes, Evie fell in love. As the old friends catch up after years apart, Evie realizes she never fell out of love with Wesley, and begins to wonder if her feelings for him might not be as one-sided as she always assumed.While her mom attempts to find Evie's perfect match, Evie can't help...

Three reasons Stella shouldn't fall for Leland:1. He's her brother's best friend2. She's a bit of a disaster, and he deserves better3. He's her fake boyfriendEver since the car accident that dashed her dreams of skating professionally, Stella has made countless bad decisions. At almost thirty-five, she has a failed marriage under her belt, no job, and she's living rent-free with her best friend after returning to her hometown.Her latest bad decision? She agreed to go to the high school reunion hosted by a former friend...and she roped her brother's best friend Leland into being her fake boyfriend so she wouldn't have to attend said reunion alone.The timing is perfect, though: with Stella's past mistakes and disastrous dating history haunting her, a fake relationship is exactly what she needs to prevent her from continuing her journey down the Hot Mess Express. Bonus points for the fact she actually enjoys Leland's company while they spend...

What happens when the so-called Queen of Christmas feels more like Scrooge? In actress Josslyn Hazelwood's case, she decides to escape it all: the heartache and mess of her very public divorce, the press, and, most of all, the holidays and everything that comes with them. Spending a few weeks in the small town of Honeywell Hollow as "just Joss" is exactly what she needs.Liam Doherty is happy to help Joss test her BFF's theory that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. Her no-strings-attached holiday fling soon becomes more entangled than a string of Christmas lights, and she finds herself not only caught up in a whirlwind romance with Liam, but also getting sucked into the festive fun of Honeywell.Joss knows she's falling for both Liam and Honeywell, but the ghost of Christmas Past is determined to visit this Scrooge after all. No matter how much she tries to escape her past and Christmas, she's forced to confront them both before she can...

*10% of all pre-order proceeds from Do-Overs & Mixed Signals will be donated to the author's local food bank.*What do you do when the guy you've talked to for weeks on a dating app doesn't show up when you finally agree to meet, and then ghosts you? You block him and forget about him, of course. That's exactly what Hollie did, and then she took it a step further by deleting the app entirely.So what if her thirty-fifth birthday is looming and her life looks completely different than she expected it would? Who has time for dating and romance these days anyway? Not Hollie—her job as manager at the local food bank keeps her busy, as do her three best friends. That's all she really needs in life.Or so she convinces herself until a tall, dark, and handsome Brit walks into her life. Hollie can't figure out why the handsome stranger seems so familiar until it hits her: Spencer is no stranger. He's the guy who ghosted her on the dating app all those...

Christmas in the Air is a 6,000-word short story for fans of Something in the Air . Check in with Rose and Declan and see how they're preparing for their first Christmas in London!This short story, based on actual events, takes the reader back to 1874 and the first murder committed in Valley County. As the US Marshal attempts to uncover what took place one gets the chance to see the American frontier through the eyes of the early settlers.This story also introduces the reader to a major character from the Dawn Trilogy, and helps them understand why Ross Peters (lead character in the trilogy) and Garren become close friends and leaders in the early days of the US Marshals.

Can serendipity bring them together again for the third Christmas in a row?Sylvie and Cole met by chance two Christmases ago and spent a magical, memorable afternoon together. Despite their shared attraction, they knew their connection was a case of 'right place, wrong time', and they weren't meant to be.Or so they thought until the next Christmas when they ran into each other again in a different city. This time it was a case of being in the right place at the right time, but their circumstances were still the same, and being together just didn't make sense. That didn't stop them from indulging in a night of passion. After all, who were they to question what felt like a combination of fate and Christmas magic?Now it's almost Christmas again and it seems like their luck has run out. Will serendipity bring them together again or are they destined to remain apart with nothing but beautiful memories of their time together?*Unlike the other books in the...

Willow Stewart's lifelong dreams are coming true. She's opened a café in her hometown, and it's thriving. Sure, maybe she doesn't have much of a life outside of work and she's almost completely broke, but she's taking off weekends—plural—to celebrate her best friend's upcoming wedding and that's progress, right?She's also flirting with Jasper Perry, the brother of the groom, whenever he's within ten feet. And, even though Jasper is a bit stiff and overly formal, she's pretty sure he's flirting with her too. He's also showing her a side of himself he doesn't seem to show many other people. The only problem is, Jasper's life and job are in Toronto, and that's a place and a lifestyle Willow gave up and has never looked back. Will she have to give up Jasper too?

Louisa wouldn't say it was love at first sight when she met Fergus, but...okay, it was love at first sight. Her anxiety usually makes her painfully shy and awkward around men, but something about the hot Scot instantly put her at ease.As her thirty-fifth birthday approaches, Louisa knows it's time to take control of her life and step outside her comfort zone. There's a whole, wide world out there waiting for her, and Fergus wants to help her embrace it. The problem is, comfort zones are comfortable for a reason, and the thought of trying new things and maybe even letting love in is terrifying.Fergus had no intention of looking for love when he moved to Canada to work for his cousin. Still grieving the death of his mother, he puts his head down and focuses on work. It doesn't take long for love to find him, though—unexpectedly, and in the form of a group of friends who become his chosen family.One of those friends is Louisa. Sweet, beautiful Louisa who...

**Ivy's new boss is sexy, Scottish…and comes with an expiration date.** When Ivy reluctantly takes on a new part-time job, it’s a means to an end. Doing this favor for her pain-in-the-neck roommate means Ivy can have her apartment to herself again much sooner. The last thing she expects is Hugh—the hot Scot who just happens to be her new boss—asking her out on a date. And then another. And another. Something about Hugh makes Ivy want to let her guard down and open up, which would be perfect if he wasn't possibly returning to Scotland in a matter of weeks. But maybe that doesn’t matter. Maybe Ivy can learn to live in the moment and have a little fun, even if it means setting herself up for heartache later. *ONLY YOU is a standalone contemporary romance about taking chances, unexpected friendships, and holding on to the things—and people—that matter most.*