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Imagine yourself shapeshifted not into a wolf or a giant eagle but into a 1959 MG Roadster convertible, all while the guy you’re crushing on is driving his date through your hometown. ~~~Christmas Creek’s favorite son, Nick Jolly, and its beautiful wallflower, Hayley Brockman, are so far in the friend zone that she’s picking his dates for him. When Hayley selects three social media mavens to help Nick promote Christmas Creek, everything backfires, including the antique convertible Nick picks up to drive them around. Unbeknownst to Hayley and Nick, they are being watched over by their ...

Framed for the murder of a congressional aide, Kevin Colson aims for the real killers—with a little help from loud-mouthed drama queen, Virgie Rivera. Kevin Colson: All I ever wanted was to make my father proud. I decided to run for Congress, but I had no idea the price I would pay. They say I killed a man. They have false witnesses and a fake video. I’m on the run, but I can’t seem to stay away from Virgie Rivera, the damsel not in distress who’s determined to get her man. Virgie Rivera: I’m not a drama queen, and I know Kevin didn’t kill that man. When I find him working for ...

Tina Lee is fresh out of jail and trying her level best to make it on her own. Returning home late from work, Tina discovers an abandoned puppy, skin and bones and blind. Timmy Li is the Rattlers’ star young pitcher and he’s wary of women making moves on his billionaire father who’s newly single. When he discovers Tina palling around with his dad, he’s determined to derail her—by dating her. When Timmy rescues Tina from a gang of abusive men, he has a hard time hating her—especially since she has a soft spot for Donut, the blind double dappled dachshund puppy. Besides, she’s ...

What did Ruby Rush expect when her world went up in flames and her face decided to take a vacation? Certainly not a wild adventure tangled up with demigods and the nosy Goddess of Death herself—Hella, that is! Ruby, hiding from the world with her half-burned face, thought she’d seen it all—until her BFF gifts her a magical mirror. Suddenly, a Viking warrior tumbles through the looking glass and introduces himself as Roger Rok, the dreamy demigod son of the Norse God of Love. Roger’s on a quest to find a berserker sword to prevent the whole world from going kaput. And guess what? He ...

Evie Sanchez is recovering from heartbreak by waitressing at her parents’ restaurant when in walks Romeo Garcia, the boy she left behind. Only now, he’s a hot movie star surrounded by gorgeous actresses and adoring fans. Bad boy Romeo Garcia never understood why Evie stood him up at the prom. When he rescues her from a flying coconut in the dumpster, he is determined to dig into her heart for the reason and show her what she’ll miss the rest of her life if she walks away again. Evie lands a part as Romeo’s co-star and falls into her role, totally in love. He plays his part, too, ...

Wedding bells are ringing, and Holly Jolly is determined to rope in her groom by hook or by crook before the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve. ~ ~ ~ ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the town, wedding bells are ringing but not for one Holly Jolly, Christmas Creek’s original elf. She is in charge of decorating for the other brides and grooms, but her longtime beau, Go-Go Gordon Gills, is not the marrying kind. When Gordon’s absentee father is sprung from prison, he shows Holly how little she knows about their checkered past. While her twin sister, friends, and ...

Someone’s stealing packages off the Christmas Creek porches. No one in the small town is prepared for this crime spree since they are such a close-knit community. Sheriff Brad Wing is on the case, and he sets a sure-fire trap. Will he catch this cold-hearted person, or will he find something he never imagined? --- Christmas Creek romances are a fun way to get into the holiday spirit. They are sassy, standalone romances centered around a town which celebrates Christmas all year round. Each story has a happy ending and can be read in any order, but of course, they are more fun if read ...

Bette’s bar is on the ropes when her biggest attraction, the barroom Santa, goes on strike two days before Christmas. ~~~ Meet Nixon Bright. He’s not the nicest Santa around, but then, he doesn’t have the nicest job. Nixon scraped the bottom of the barrel and ended up working in a bar—Bette Jo's Bimbo Bar—where sloppy sitters and spilled drinks make working conditions hazardous. All Bette Jo has is Bimbo’s Bar, a mountain of debt, and a baby girl to feed. To save her family business she needs a big attraction—the hunky barroom Santa she hired. When he proposes a dinner date to...

She’s pregnant and running for her life. Remi Bruckner paid a debt with her body. She’s pregnant by her captor, Congressman Gavin Greasley, and he doesn’t want her to have his baby. He’s a survivalist prepared for Armageddon. Reclusive bounty hunter Heath Ruger has everything he needs—guns, ammo, and food—stashed away in a remote mountain stronghold. The last thing he wants is company. When Remi turns to him for help, he agrees on one condition: she will never leave his property. Gavin isn’t going to let Remi go. He’s not easy man to spite. He wants his property back, and ...

Brittney Reed’s life is boring, according to her flamboyant talk-of-the-town sister who drafts Brittney to be the sexy elf at this year’s Pet Rescue event at their Christmas Tree Farm. Ben Powers has a single goal in life—to be drafted to play pro football. Unfortunately, his college team didn’t make the playoffs, and he’s spending Christmas at his grandfather’s place to avoid his football fanatic hometown full of siblings and fans. Santa Grandpa needs his help, and when Ben meets Brittney, trouble and romance lock hands and follow them everywhere. Ben finds Brittney is more ...

Diamond Dionne is a daring treasure hunter with a hidden agenda. When she and her sidekick, Amethyst Angelova, break into an ancient crypt, they find themselves in the clutches of Prince Renaud, a tortured soul driven by a thirst for revenge, along with his pet ferret, Fausto. In exchange for their freedom, Diamond proposes an unlikely deal—they must find the Louis XIV Sunburst Pendant, a mysterious item that can bend anyone’s will with the power to break curses. Deals with otherworldly characters are never what they seem, but that doesn’t stop Diamond and Renaud from trying to one-up...

Penny Barnes has never left home. She’s a pastor’s daughter, has a long-time boyfriend, and is a hometown sweetheart. Her fairy-tale life is upended when she discovers she’s adopted. Excited by the discovery of a genetic match, Penny is lured to a distant town with secrets of its own. She meets another lonely young woman who has more questions than answers. Her adoptive parents disappear. She runs into roadblocks and dead-ends, and someone powerful is determined to stop her from finding the truth. Mike Wolff drops everything to find Penny as she digs for through old secrets. When ...

Pete and Kim Hart’s nest is empty after Dale and Vanessa’s island wedding. When Pete surprises Kim with a few extra days on the beach, she is distraught to learn they will be alone for New Year’s Eve. Pete cheers up Kim by catching a large goose to ring in the New Year while Kim’s meddling sister insists on inserting herself into their second honeymoon. With chaos ensuing, will Pete and Kim’s new year be happy or goose? --- Pete and Kim have been busy all these years raising their six children whose romances form books 1-8 of this series. They finally get a chance to truly know ...

Fashion Designer Avery Cockburn lost everything in a single New York minute. Her fireman fiancé was gunned down next to her, and her business is in shambles. She fears her secrets caused her fireman’s death, and she wants to honor him at her next show. NYPD Detective Jason Burnett shot the killer and saved Avery’s life, but a year later, he has no leads and the case has gone cold. He believes Avery is still in danger so he stalks her—to the gun range, through clubs and parks, and hopefully into her heart. When Avery signs up quarterback Matt Swanson to model her new line of clothing,...

An avid romance fan discovers her favorite author isn’t the woman she imagined, but a mysterious man with secrets to protect. ~ ~ ~ Phylis Carpenter, a die-hard romance reader, arrives at the Unexpected Paradise resort, eager to meet her cherished author and online confidante, Maxine Foster. Dreaming of sunny days and deep discussions about passionate heroes and enticing plot twists, she’s in for a shock. Max Donovan, the man behind Maxine Foster’s tales, isn’t just any man—he’s the embodiment of the alpha heroes he pens. Preferring to remain in the shadows, he disguises his ...

Samantha Reed spent the last three Christmases in prison eating jail food and exchanging candy canes with her cellmate. She’s finally released, and she gladly accepts when a former inmate invites her to a White Christmas celebration at his family’s Wyoming ranch. Braden Powers hasn’t spent a Christmas at home since his mother died one Christmas Eve long ago. Now, his grandfather is dying, and Braden is asked to spend one last Christmas with his family. To make his grandpa proud of him, he convinces Samantha to pose as his mathematical genius “daughter” in exchange for a dreamy ...

Clare Hart thinks she’s a fairy.
 Not really, but she writes romances between fairies and humans, and she’ll do anything to turn her stories into real-life movies. On her way to Ireland, she meets a mysterious man who claims he’s over a thousand years old. 
Clare doesn’t believe him, but he’s wealthy and sexy and a wee bit daft.
 He promises to give her the money if she can use the Heart of Brigid to bring back his lost love, a powerful fairy princess.
 Clare uses her imagination to mesmerize the billionaire into believing she is the fairy princess, but her trick isn’t ...

If you love sweet romances (PG-rating), look no further than Rachelle Ayala's Have a Hart series. The Harts are a family of San Francisco firefighters. Their family motto is: Heart comes first. Larry and Jenna have it all—a fairy tale romance, a sweet and gassy basset hound dog, and a dream home on the way. While Jenna charges ahead with her dreams, Larry is plagued by nightmares and doubts about their future. As Valentine’s Day draws near, and with it, their first anniversary, Jenna plans a big surprise for Larry, a scarred and injured firefighter who is on disability. When Harley, ...

Have you wondered what the big deal is in Bitcoin? Like you, I was too busy working and raising a family to figure out Bitcoin. It felt like the domain of digital cowboys, gamers, and boys with supercomputers in their basements. Yet as time went on and Bitcoin’s tremendous growth has made millionaires on the upside and bald men on the downside, I decided to look into it—mostly out of fear of missing out. If Bitcoin is truly the future of money and it lives up to its promise as a non-inflating currency, then I want to not only get in on the action, but to understand the mathematics, ...