Living in a year around Christmas town has its drawbacks. The caroling, the decorations, the insanely cheery spirit, it never disappears. It's why I like to hibernate away in my cave - I mean housekeeping a healthy distance from the holly jolly spirits. And all was going according to plan until my nemesis, Storee Taylor, moved in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Without blinking, she turned my simple world into a real nightmare-before-Christmas, especially when she decided to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest - which she was determined to win.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.

Five Years Earlier: Henry Dunne knows three things: that agreeing to host this raucous house party was a terrible idea, that he absolutely cannot show up to his nursing shift tomorrow with a hangover, and that the beautiful redhead in the corner will be sleeping in his bed tonight.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

A fake bride, a groom who’s not the man he claims to be, and their highly inconvenient spark of attraction… Lorelai Woods is convinced she's engaged to the perfect man, until she discovers he’s part of a cattle rustling gang trying to steal her blind. In a desperate bid to regain control of her family’s ranch, she applies for a job as a Pinkerton agent. Unfortunately, they need her to serve undercover as the fake bride of a fellow agent for a few weeks before launching an investigation into her family’s troubles. John Langston was pressed into sailing on a pirate ship when he was ...

An impoverished spinster in love with a man who’s married to his job…and the twist of fate that makes it his job to protect her… Madeleine Caruthers has been madly in love with her pastor for over a year, but (despite her conviction that the attraction is mutual) he’s made it clear he’s married to the church. So, when her friends summon her to Texas, she doesn’t think twice about signing on as a Pinkerton agent to help bring a dangerous cattle rustling gang to justice. As far as she’s concerned, women can marry their jobs, too. Pastor Josh Michaelson hates the fact that he’s...

A marriage of convenience that sparks an accidental attraction… Jolene Lilygate makes a childhood pact to come to the aid of her two best friends — anytime, anywhere, no questions asked. So, when they summon her to Texas years later, she packs a bag and boards the next train. She soon finds herself serving as a detective-in-training with a highly experienced but very grumpy Pinkerton agent. When the agency assigns them to work undercover as a married couple, her grumpy partner shocks her by proposing a marriage of convenience instead. Agent Edgar Barella jumps at the chance to sink his ...

A soldier returns from war and immediately becomes entangled in the mischief of a delightfully interfering matchmaker in this sweet and swoon-worthy mail-order-bride romance. Grace Byrd is secretly in love with Lieutenant Charley Arrington, her oldest sister's beau, so her heart is shattered when he goes missing in action. She inwardly vows to live out her days as a spinster, unable to imagine giving her heart to anyone else. He suddenly resurfaces, still recovering from battle wounds on the inside and out, and attempts to claim her oldest sister’s hand in marriage. However, he quickly ...

A wealthy heiress running from an arranged marriage, the hotheaded deputy who waylays her carriage, and their accidental attraction that everyone warns will never lead to happily-ever-after. The newest deputy of Christmas Mountain, Jesse Hawling, is determined to impress the boots off his fellow citizens. A poor cowboy who practically raised himself, he’s well aware of the black spots in his reputation he’ll need to overcome to gain their trust — a quick trigger finger and an even quicker temper. Iris Hildebrand has always obeyed her family’s wishes, right up to the point where her ...

Though an innkeeper and his mail-order-bride constantly disagree about how to run a business together, attraction sparks the moment they meet in this sweet, opposites-attract historical romance! Edward Remington is on a mission to restore the Texas inn he’s inherited to its former glory — proving to his family that he can survive without their wealth. It’s not an easy task, with a trio of cowboy brothers attempting to jump a claim on the place, neighbors to the south disputing land boundaries, and no women in town to soften the edges of the brawling settlers. He submits an application...

An impoverished debutante is in a hurry to marry, a rough and tough cowboy is on the hunt for a wife, and neither is being completely honest about their reasons. To the world, Daisy Danvers is a spoiled debutante who always gets what she wants. But she has secrets — big, festering, riches-to-rags secrets that she doesn’t want her best friend, Meg, to find out. Daisy enlists her help finding the perfect husband to claim her hand in marriage the moment she steps off the train in Arizona. Her very life might depend on it. She neither expects her troubles to follow her west, nor a whole ...

When Cedar Falls’ most eligible bachelor decides to pursue the only woman in town who’s NOT trying to capture his attention… After the tragic loss of her fiancé, Laura Bennett can’t imagine risking her heart a second time, so she devotes herself to charitable causes instead. She soon becomes known for her inability to turn away a stray animal, including the rider-less horse that wanders her way with a broken horseshoe on Christmas Eve. She pays an emergency visit to the blacksmith, doubting she’ll find the handsome bachelor at home. To her surprise, he’s hard at work at his ...

A wealthy heiress hires a rugged bounty hunter to pose as her fiancé in this sweet and swoony opposites-attract historical romance! Thanks to a lavish inheritance, Rachel West can finally afford to follow her dreams and open the Cedar Falls Finishing School for Young Ladies. Unfortunately, a former co-instructor from Boston follows her to her hometown, claiming a deathbed promise to look after her. All too soon, he's pressuring her to marry him, making her fear he's only interested in getting his hands on her money. Bounty hunter Boone Cassidy is accustomed to far more dangerous ...

A single mother finds out she has a bounty on her head that her brother’s best friend is determined to collect in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! Charity Powers isn’t aware of her late husband’s debts, and she certainly isn’t trying to dodge payments when she and her four-year-old daughter board a train. They arrive in the cozy small town of Cedar Falls, Texas, to attend her brother’s wedding. The moment Schmidt Barnes tracks her down, he realizes something more sinister is afoot. Unfortunately, his lovely target can’t afford a lawyer to defend her, and she’s way ...

An aspiring author writing under a pen name accidentally sparks a crime in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! It’s a good thing she’s secretly courting a gunsmith who’s been working hard to teach her a thing or two about self-defense. However, secrets have a way of piling up and coming back to haunt a person (especially in small towns like Cedar Falls), and Rose Marie Addington’s growing pile of secrets is no exception to this rule. For a woman who spends so much time reading and writing about happily-ever-afters, she can’t help but worry if true love is strong enough to...

A runaway bride meets the cowboy of her dreams, but she's afraid to take a leap of faith on love in this sweet and clean historical romance. Tennyson Barra, a claim jumper turned rancher, is ready to settle down with a wife and family of his own. He figures the easiest way to find the perfect woman is to let the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Company do the searching for him. He never counted on his prospective bride being kidnapped by highwaymen on her journey west. Or being the man sent to rescue her, only to discover she never intended to follow through with their marriage contract in the ...

A nurse trying to dodge an arranged marriage, a doctor seeking true love, and his mail-order marriage proposal… Dr. Rory Jude is tired of coming in second — second in his father’s affections, second-in-line to run the family business, and the second choice of his fiancée who always seems to have her eye on a wealthier prospective groom. Seeking a fresh start, he leaves the city to open a doctor's office out west. He finds himself in a town desperately short of marriageable women, until a chance encounter with a mail-order bride agency owner opens his eyes to another way to find a ...

A lonely federal marshal working undercover, a wealthy heiress posing as a mail-order bride, and a marriage of convenience that turns out to be anything but convenient… Meg Gladstone is a wealthy heiress who’s never experienced life outside the palatial fortress where she was raised. The moment her late father’s shipping dynasty transfers to his business partner, she finally pursues her dream of living an ordinary life. After hearing the hype about becoming a mail-order bride, she walks into an agency and is surprised to learn they are advertising things like love, family, and ...

A lonely soldier, a few interfering friends, and the mail-order bride contract they coax him into signing — just in time for Christmas! Elizabeth Byrd's friends beg her to join them in Cowboy Creek as a mail-order bride. At first, the former battlefield nurse is scandalized by the idea of marrying a man she’s never met, but the war has taken everything from her — her brothers, too many friends to count, and her fiancé. There’s nothing left for her in Atlanta but more heartache. Seeking peace and solitude, Captain David Pemberton retreats to his hunting lodge in Texas the moment the...