Love Takes a Village

By Karis Walsh

When Lena Preiss unexpectedly loses her job, her father convinces her to travel to Leavenworth, Washington, and help in her aunt’s new restaurant. The charming Christmas village in the Cascade Mountains is a gorgeous place for Lena to relax while between jobs, if not for the minor difficulty of feeding hundreds of tourists every night. Luckily, chocolatier Devin Meyer is on hand to take care of dessert.

Devin knows chocolate and enjoys nothing more than mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate entirely by hand. She has returned home to help her father with one last holiday season before he retires and sells their family business. She is determined to spend the season planning for her future, but the beautiful and overwhelmed Lena proves to be more of a distraction than she expected.

Against a snowy backdrop glittering with Christmas lights, Lena and Devin learn how to shed the expectations of others and forge their own path—maybe one that they’ll share together.

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Secrets of the Heart

By Jenny Frame

As head of the infamous Sharkey family crime syndicate, Nikki Sharkey trusts no one with her secrets.

Sometimes she’s had to bend the law, and sometimes she’s had to break it. But there’s one secret not even

her closest family knows, and Nikki would do anything to keep it safe.

 

Logan has always had to fight, from surviving living in care, to winning gold at the Olympics. Just when

she’s about to win it all, she gives up her shot at greatness to look after her grandfather. Then she

discovers her closest friend is in danger and has a child, Isla, Logan didn’t know about. Logan promises

to protect Isla no matter what. The only problem? Isla’s adoptive mum is the leader of Scotland’s biggest

crime family—the Sharkeys.

 

When Logan’s friend is found dead, Logan is determined to keep her promise. Logan knows Isla is the

secret of Nikki Sharkey’s heart, but as she gets closer to the truth of what happened to Isla’s birth mother,

the passion burns between Nikki and Logan, and secrets threaten not only their future together, but their

lives.

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Talon and the Songbird

By Julia Underwood

In 2073, the world fractured into isolated enclaves after the collapse of centralized governments. When Makayla Odin returns from grueling years of captivity in the southern battlegrounds disguised as a male to survive, she's matured and ready to reclaim her position as leader of the Aurora enclave. But unexpected complications arise when she must share her bedroll with the injured Talon de LaTerre, Raptare's commander, whose brutal devotion to her people is matched by her fierce beauty.

Months later, Talon arrives in Aurora to negotiate a defense alliance. Instead, she discovers that the "fledgling" who caught her attention is Aurora’s new co-commander. Talon doesn't do relationships but can't shake her memories of the woman she knew as Mak. Especially when both Consulting Councils insist Makayla remain at Raptare to conduct extended negotiations with Talon.

In a world where survival depends on strategic alliances, Makayla and Talon must navigate not only complex politics but also the dangerous territory of their hearts.

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The Great Popcorn Romance

By Georgia Beers

Opposites attract, and Riley Shaw stands no chance of resisting Hannah Kramer’s magnetic pull. But opposites know just how to drive each other crazy...

How it starts: Her best friend Kyle suggests Riley take a job at Poptacular, his grandmother's gourmet popcorn shop. Spending the summer mixing caramel and cheddar sounds like fun, right?

Spoiler alert: It’s not fun.

Enter Kyle’s little sister Hannah and her stubborn refusal to try any ideas that aren’t her own. Their working styles are completely different. In short, she is infuriating. And hot. Why does she have to be hot?

How it’s going: Years have passed, and Riley’s no longer a victim of her teenage hormones. She’s a high-powered consultant who travels from city to city, helping struggling businesses. Distance weakens a magnetic field, and Riley doesn’t think about Hannah Kramer. Not ever.

So, when Kyle calls to say Poptacular is in trouble and on the brink of closing its doors, her first thought definitely isn’t of Hannah. No, heading back to her hometown is not on her bingo card. But for Poptacular’s co-owner, popcorn is Hannah’s whole life, and Riley can’t stand to see her dream fail.

How it ends: With the Great (hot and buttery) Popcorn Romance, of course.

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Three Blissful Days

By Dena Blake

Kendall Jackson has supported her family her whole life, but when her girlfriend unceremoniously dumps her and her biggest client leaves her in the lurch, she’s floundering to find a new income stream and nurse her broken heart. Then her ex bids on the same outdoor renovation project that Kendall desperately needs, and she just loses her mind. That’s the only explanation she has for attempting to make her ex regret her decision by announcing she’s dating beautiful park ranger Ivy Patterson.

Ivy is a romantic. She wants a real relationship, not a fake one. But her mother won’t stop matchmaking and constant blind dates are more tiring than fun. When Kendall begs her to play along, Ivy doesn’t see the harm, especially if it keeps her mom satisfied. But there’s nothing fake about how attracted she is to Kendall. What happens when their feelings become all too real?

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Chasing Her Scent

By MJ Williamz

When gorgeous neurosurgeon Sheridan Rousseau walks into Lisette Mouton’s charming little bookstore in Quebec City, she unknowingly holds the key to a mysterious box hidden in a secret room. Upon opening the box, they discover an ancient locket with a photo of Marie Antoinette, a vial of perfume, and an old map.

Attraction simmers between Lisette and Sheridan, helped along by their scheming assistants, and the clues they discover in the bookstore lead them on a hunt across Canada for buried treasure. Best third date ever. But as the weeks go by, the trail grows cold, and Sheridan wants to return to her waiting patients. Lisette has been walked away from before, and she isn’t letting Sheridan give up the hunt—or, it seems, her too. Will the map to love prove to be the greatest mystery of all?

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Heart's Run

By D. Jackson Leigh

Stock transporter Tobie Mason is driving a trio of valuable thoroughbred racing mares from Kentucky to a California farm when her rig becomes involved in a multiple vehicle pileup, and the most valuable of the three escapes to join a herd of wild horses. When she seeks help to recover her horse, everyone in the small town nearby gives the same answer: Go see Wild Maggie.

Maggie Wilkes has been tracking and keeping records on the area’s wild horse herds since she was old enough to ride. She has no problem with working horses that are treated well, but the racing industry is near the top of her blacklist. That’s why she has no intention of helping Tobie Mason recover her escaped mare even though the heat growing between them comes from more than their differing points of view. They can’t agree on anything. There’s no way they’re going to fall in love, right?

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Scandalous

By Kris Bryant

Hollywood is full of scandals…what’s one more?

When Amelia’s identical twin sister, Zoey, asks her to step in for her at a conference for supernatural TV shows while she auditions for a blockbuster movie, Amelia reluctantly agrees. She could use the money to keep her mini highland cow rescue, Mizzou Moos, afloat. She can pretend to be famous for twenty-four hours. What could possibly go wrong?

Lindsay Brooks hates playing babysitter to the stars, but that’s part of her job as assistant producer for the breakout show Thirteen Witches. Things get confusing when sparks fly between her and one of the main leads at the con, and all hell breaks loose when evidence surfaces of the actress and her identical twin switching places. Everyone’s in an uproar about getting duped, but Lindsay’s more concerned about finding out which twin she made out with.

That kiss made her melt and no one else has ever made her feel like swooning, but tracking Amelia down and getting to the truth might change the course of her career. She’s prepared to lose her job, but losing her heart would be scandalous.

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The Art of Love

By Ali Vali

In the game of love, there can only be two winners.

Architect Jolly Andolini has built her career on both award-winning structures and meaningful connections—but has no talent for it when it comes to her love life. Margot "Mimi" Mulle’s star is rising in the art world, and she’s finally getting her big break with her first major gallery show. Thrilled, she invites Jolly as her date.

But when gallery owner Bianca Griffin sets her sights on Jolly, she’s determined to win her affection, even if it means upsetting Mimi. Sparks fly, loyalties are tested, and hearts collide as they navigate the unpredictable nature of their hearts.

In the art of love, will destiny decide who belongs together?

Content advisory: infidelity

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The Other Side of Forever

By Kel McCord

Singer-songwriter Kenzie McCall thrives on freedom—writing what she wants, when she wants, for whoever she wants, with no strings attached. Deadlines? Not her thing. Commitment? Even less so. But when a movie studio offers her best friend, pop sensation Braxton, a starring role if Kenzie writes the theme song, she reluctantly agrees. There’s just one catch: the song has to be about love, and Kenzie has never truly fallen for anyone.

Rachel has life mapped out: white picket fence, two kids, a dog, and a marriage filled with spark—

and is determined to find someone who wants the same future. When Rachel hears Kenzie sing for the first time, the connection is instant, electric, and impossible to ignore. But how can she plan a future with someone whose life is anything but stable? Kenzie is constantly jetting off to meet with celebrities, and Rachel’s cozy suburban dream feels like Kenzie’s worst nightmare.

Will they be able to write their love story together, or are they destined for different endings?

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The Secrets of Rhydian Hill

By Ronica Black

A doctor in need of a new start.

A woman running from a killer.

A love story that could end in tragedy.

When Dr. Gianna Walford finds her girlfriend in bed with another woman, she needs a new start and Cliffside, a small seaside town in Oregon, is just the place. Getting to know her patients on a personal level and making old fashioned house calls is a nice change from hospital bureaucracy. On one of those house calls, she meets the beautiful but mysterious Kiera. She’s kind and unassuming, but extremely guarded and private. Intrigued, and determined to help Kiera’s ailing neighbor, Gianna makes numerous visits, only to discover more than she bargained for.

Jenny McAllister witnessed a murder, escaped a killer, and reinvented herself in Cliffside as Kiera Davenport. So when Gianna arrives and interests her, first with her good looks and compassion, and then her relentless curiosity, Jenny is more than unnerved. With a killer searching and willing to do anything to silence her, she can’t let anyone close or her real identity will be discovered.

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Feeling Lucky

By Krystina Rivers

What would you change if you won the lottery?

Lucy Crowne and Tanner Laszlo have low expectations when they stumble upon a lottery ticket and agree to split any winnings, but life quickly turns upside down when the fantasy of riches becomes reality.

Lucy used to be an eternal optimist, but she’s been stuck. Stuck in a dead-end job with a misogynistic boss. Stuck with an ex dragging their feet in a divorce. She’s desperate for a change, but how does she make it happen?

Tanner doesn’t want to change. She enjoys her construction superintendent job, traveling from city to city every few years for the next development project. With no plans to ever settle down, Tanner doesn’t even realize something might be missing.

Lucy and Tanner turn to each other while navigating the highs and lows of winning a life-changing jackpot, but what happens when, despite suddenly having enough money to buy almost anything, they start to discover that maybe all they need is each other?

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Iceberg

By Gun Brooke

A recent widow, Lady Arabella Grey hires the young and unconventional Zandra Lancaster as governess to her children. Despite Zandra’s impressive recommendations, Arabella is skeptical and unimpressed by Zandra’s youth and artistic nature. But Zandra is brilliant with her daughters, and Arabella’s inexplicably drawn to her.

Zandra harbors secret reasons for needing this position, and when she reciprocates their attraction, her feelings escalate. Impropriety abounds as she craves Arabella’s company and increasingly intimate touch.

An extended trip to Manhattan with Arabella and the children changes everything. As they embark on the RMS <i>Titanic</i>’s maiden voyage, their love is undeniable, but so is their course toward unforeseen danger, risking not only love but their very lives.

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It Happened One Semester...

By Aurora Rey

After years of hard work, Hudson Greene is keen to launch her tenure-track career at the illustrious Coteau College. But her first day takes an unexpected turn when she walks into new faculty orientation and discovers that Callie Shaw—her unforgettable one-night stand from the local Pride festival—is also the dean of advising.

Callie loves guiding students through the chaos of academia, even if it means dealing with clueless professors. She goes with the flow, and her covert Shit Professors Say social media account provides an outlet for chronicling faculty missteps. Dating one, though? Definitely not on her syllabus.

Mutual attraction proves hard to resist, and technically there’s no rule against faculty-staff relationships. But between campus politics and Callie’s secret, policy might be the least of their problems. Can Hudson and Callie navigate office hours and off-the-clock romance, or will their shot at love turn into an epic fail?

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It's Kind of a Bad Idea

By Sarah G. Levine

Annika Silberberg hates weddings, despite being a wedding dress designer with her own bridal salon. She doesn’t believe in lasting romantic love, cutting off dates when any of her girlfriends try to get too close. But when her sister Maia asks her to be co-maid of honor with Maia’s adorable best friend Gabi, Annika can’t refuse.

Gabi Mendon doesn’t know how to date. After ending her eight-year relationship with Matt, her no-stress college boyfriend, she is out on her own for the first time in her adult life and finally ready to embrace her true sexuality as a lesbian. Only, she has no idea where to start. What’s an overthinker to do?

Enter Annika, renowned serial dater. What starts as a simple arrangement—Annika giving Gabi tips on queer dating and introducing her to the sapphic scene—quickly turns into hot secret hookups and nights spent getting to know each other better.

Over the course of Maia’s wedding year, from engagement party to dress fittings, to bachelorette and bridal shower, Annika and Gabi must decide if what they have is worth keeping, or if they need to rip out the stitches of their relationship at the seams.

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Thankful for You

By Tagan Shepard

A Bucks Mill Romance | Book 2

All Karen Petersen has ever wanted is to be someone’s number one. She’s lived in the shadow of her older brother, never getting any attention from parents, who value financial success that she could never achieve as a third-grade teacher in small town Bucks Mill, Virginia. All her girlfriends turn into friends or acquaintances. Even her best friend doesn’t have room for her at the top of her priority list.

So, of course, the intoxicatingly beautiful new art teacher Bianca Harper has an equally perfect butch wife already on her arm. Then again, Bianca seems just as eager as Karen for the limited time together their packed teaching schedules allow. Bianca definitely isn’t a cheater, but things aren’t exactly as they seem. Has Karen finally found the one who truly wants her to be their person?

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What Happens On Location

By Nan Campbell

Helen Cho, film producer and CEO of a new production company, knows that achieving her career dreams means making hard decisions. With her latest feature film in crisis, she needs a new director immediately. At the top of the very short list of replacements? The woman responsible for breaking up Helen’s marriage.

Nora Darmody’s dreams of a directing career have not panned out as she hoped. When the offer from up-and-coming Propolis Pictures falls into her lap, there’s no way she can say no, even if that means working with Helen Cho. Because the last time Nora checked, their friendship died the moment Nora moved out of her pool house.

Both their careers hang in the balance. If they’re going to work together, Helen has to ignore her angry feelings of betrayal, and Nora must dim the spotlight of attraction that glows whenever Helen reenters the frame. Can they let go of the past and trust each other again, or will old wounds and unspoken feelings derail them before the final cut?

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When Love Comes Around

By Radclyffe and Others

Maya Sanchez never planned on starting over—not like this. After losing her wife in a tragic accident, she moves back to her Arizona hometown with her four-year-old daughter, determined to rebuild their lives. But their fixer-upper needs more than she can handle alone. Enter Nolan Wright—skilled contractor, ex-Army machinist, and exactly the kind of reliable help Maya needs. What she doesn’t need? The way Nolan makes her feel something she thought was long buried.

Nolan is trying to move forward, too—one renovation, one day at a time. Helping Maya should be just another job, but from the moment they meet, the connection is undeniable. As attraction kindles, so do the secrets neither of them are ready to share.

Falling wasn’t part of the plan, but love doesn’t wait for perfect timing. Can they trust each other enough to build something real, or will the past tear them apart?

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