It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and Charlotte and Seth are not looking for romance. Armed with emotional-support bear spray, Charlotte is in self-imposed isolation and on guard from men. Having a stalker can do that to a person’s nerves. Just across the hall and giving off woodsy vibes is Seth, a recently divorced arborist. As in today recently. Heights, he’s fine with. Trust? Not so much.

Lana Fleming’s sister has vanished from the set of TV’s hottest show, and no one seems to care. Desperate for answers, Lana sneaks in as an extra, only to get stranded with Griffin Hart, an A-list action star with a reputation for good abs and bad decisions. Though Griffin didn’t expect to be cast as a librarian’s sidekick in a real-life thriller, he’s weirdly into it—and into her. Even more unsettling—she sees right through his playboy persona. But their meet-cute soon turns deadly when they uncover a Hollywood scandal for the ages.

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.

Liv’s happy with life in her thirties. She has two cats, one BFF, and no boyfriend, which is just how she likes it. Plus, she loves working at a not-for-profit software company where she can be her authentically autistic self. This is her happy ever after. But when her beloved firm merges with a repulsive rival, Liv finds herself competing with her sort-of-ex for the top job. Sure, Finn had been Liv’s best friend, with his nerdy good looks and their shared love of Tolkien, but there was that one night, their song, and … well, she doesn’t like to talk about it.

Meet Randi Burnett—she’s brilliant, she’s beautiful, and she works for the bride. Missing groom? Intoxicated in-laws? Crying ring-bearer? You name it, she wrangles it. Too bad her personal life isn’t thriving like her side gig as a bridesmaid for hire. Recently dumped, Randi throws herself into her biggest challenge yet when she’s hired as a maid of honor and pretend best friend for an ice queen bride. There’s just one problem—the best man is infuriating, overprotective, and anti-marriage.

Georgette Sinclair was a jilt. She ended a perfectly suitable engagement to a perfectly suitable man, less than two weeks before her wedding. Georgette’s stepmother washed her hands of the ungrateful girl. She had already fired off three of Georgette’s sisters and her own two daughters. Georgette’s selfish actions put a blot in that good lady’s copy book. Until enough time passed to win her family's forgiveness, and fresh scandal distracted the ton, Georgette was sent to Rosborough Hall, to cheer an invalid relative. She thought to have left folly behind, but it pursued her there.

Felicity Debenham was never a thief, she was a companion, not a lady for hire. But accused of one and forced to seek employment as the other, she finds herself on a journey from London to Derbyshire in the dark winter days before Christmas. Felicity is brought to a near deserted stately home to comfort its invalid master, and cheer his household and his loyal best friend. A death, a hasty marriage, and a fugitive journey will combine to change her life forever.

Pale, plain Harriet Welles is the vicar's sister and his housekeeper. Her quiet life has begun to chafe her restless heart, when the American heir to Lavender Hill arrives. Peregrine Dashiell's surprising inheritance brings him from the streets of Boston to embrace his family legacy in Derbyshire. He takes the reins of a grand but troubled estate, while coping with the village's memories of his beloved predecessor, and the return of a devious scoundrel. A good beginning is threatened when his own unsettled past arrives on his doorstep. Harriet finds untapped depths of loyalty and courage ...

Will, Viscount Wingrave, whiles away his time gambling and bedding married women, thwarted in his wish to serve his country by his controlling father. News that his errant son has fought a duel with a jealous husband is the last straw for the Earl of Marstone. He decrees that Will must marry. The earl's eye lights upon Connie Charters, unpaid housekeeper and drudge for a poor but socially ambitious father who cares only for the advantage her marriage could bring him.

Major Calborne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he's become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing. When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls' former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience.