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A waitress is keeping a huge secret to protect two people she loves — a task that would be a lot harder if the bachelor sheriff she's crushing on wasn’t forever lending her a hand. Tiva Nez's life has been a hot mess since the day she was born, so it’s just her misfortune to find herself posing as a single mom to protect her sister and nephew. No, Christmas is NOT the most wonderful time of the year. She would rather skip it altogether. Everyone knows Police Chief Adriel Montana is married to his job. He lives to serve his tribe on the reservation, including his favorite waitress who ...

When a tropical storm serves up a second chance at love for a once-burnt-twice-shy kind of guy... Champion surfer Ford Anderson is a classic shy guy. He’s far more comfortable riding the next big wave than he is braving the perils of dating. So when his best friend tries to coax him into a blind date, he turns him down flat. Only minutes later, he learns that his would-be dinner date is stranded on a sinking yacht. He wrestles with guilt as he launches a water rescue operation, knowing the lovely grad student would be safe on dry land if he’d asked her out to dinner like he was supposed...

A K9-certified EMT, the new girl in town he instantly falls for, and the blind date disaster that finally makes her notice him — just not the way he hopes. Knight Harlan is the heartthrob of Heart Lake — the guy every single lady in town wants to date (and most of them have). Everyone, that is, except his best friend’s sister, who makes it painfully clear she wants nothing to do with him. Holly Burke allows her sister to talk her into moving to Texas for one reason only — a fresh start. And that doesn’t include getting involved with yet another playboy. Despite Knight’s hometown...

A private investigator asks a hotheaded cowboy deputy to pose as her boyfriend during an unusually challenging case. Deputy Wheeler Remington always closes his cases, but his reputation for pushing the boundaries sometimes gets him in trouble. His willingness to color outside the lines, however, makes him exactly the kind of guy P.I. Dyoni Whitaker wants to team up with to investigate a dangerous gambling ring. Even though Wheeler also happens to be the renowned heartbreaker her brother has warned her to stay away from, she asks him to pose as her boyfriend to give him the perfect excuse ...

True love is priceless! That's why a jet-setting billionaire is determined to prove to a small-town doctor that he's searched the world for a love like theirs. The tabloids are calling Kellan Maddox a wealthy heartbreaker-turned-philanthropist, which is better than some of the things they've called him in the past. And it's true. He's turned over a new leaf by becoming the CEO of his family's world-renowned charity foundation. After accepting an invitation from a friend to visit storm-torn Heart Lake, he's working around the clock to assess the rebuilding needs of the local homes, ranches, ...

A city gal inherits a rambling old farmhouse in a small country town and moves there to recover from a bad breakup. She ends up next door to a hunky police officer, who makes her want to reconsider her self-imposed No Rebound Relationships Rule. Lincoln Hudson has been recruited to run the K9 unit in Heart Lake, Texas. He feels like the luckiest guy on the planet to discover his neighbor is the rising DIY blogging sensation, The Perfect Fix. She’s talented, entertaining, and hot! Unfortunately, she makes it clear she’s a self-made, self-sufficient woman who doesn’t need a man in her ...

A policeman exclusively works the night shift to hide his scars, while an undercover detective investigates a cold case in search of the justice she feels he deserves. The trail of clues leads to an unexpected complication. Newly promoted Police Sergeant Luke Hawling is determined to eliminate the growing drug problem in his hometown, even if it means going toe-to-toe with a dangerous motorcycle gang. The house fire they set a few years earlier left one side of his face permanently disfigured. A chance meeting with a gang member brings him closer to making an arrest — a job that would be ...

A former bull riding champion and an uptown clothing boutique owner (who don't get along) get elected to serve on Heart Lake’s town council together. Decker Kingston is always looking for ways to give back to his community, so he eagerly throws his Stetson into the ring to fill one of the two vacancies on the town council. Fashion boutique owner Chanel Remington is excited about continuing the Remington legacy of always having a family member on the town council. Unfortunately, her ideas for running Heart Lake are the polar opposite of Decker’s ideas. Their heated bickering during ...

Anxious to make it home for Christmas, a rodeo star hits the road in a hurry, only to discover he’s hitched his truck to the wrong trailer!In his defense, it’s the same model and color as his. Plus, it’s dark outside. Not to mention he’s trying to beat a snowstorm out of town. At the next truck stop, he finds himself face-to-face with the trailer's very lovely, very angry (and slightly terrified) rightful owner…and soon finds himself offering to make it up to her by posing as her husband for the remainder of the road trip. Yeah, she has her reasons for begging that kind of favor. ...

A newly elected mayor wants to ensure every child in storm-torn Heart Lake receives a gift for Christmas, no matter how hard one very grumpy rancher tries to derail her plans. Mayor Heavenly Remington doesn’t care how much budget finagling and last-minute fundraising it takes to purchase a Santa-sized pile of toys. Her hometown desperately needs a dose of holiday spirit. Weary of town officials making promises they can’t keep, single dad Wes Hawling taunts his fellow citizens into flooding the mayor’s suggestion box with prank requests for the forthcoming gifts — each one more ...

A cowboy falls head over heels for a gorgeous single mom who insists she’ll never date again. He’s determined to change her mind in this sweet, friends-to-lovers romance! Cormac makes it clear to his brothers that he’s not interested in being the next one to tie the knot. He’s met everyone in their small Texas town, and none of them are the one. The only woman who’s ever made him feel a spark of anything is Ellie Roberts — an out-of-towner who shows up at a charity rodeo with her six-year-old in the middle of an asthma attack. Cormac is a farmer and crop duster pilot by day and ...

A cowboy realizes he’s irrefutably in love with the girl who got away, and now she’s back in town. Devlin Cassidy spent the last eight years beating himself up for popping the question too soon. They were way too young back then to be talking about marriage. Unfortunately, she seems dead set on pairing off with his next younger brother this time around. Has she forgotten the Cassidy brothers’ rule against dating each other’s exes? Julia Benson wants to make a name for herself on the rodeo circuit before getting married. Leaving behind her high school sweetheart to make it happen, ...

Can one simple favor lead to a lifetime of happiness? Hope Isaacson swore off dating coworkers after a disastrous office romance, focusing instead on the bright future she’s building at Pinetop’s renowned dinner theatre. But when Roman Rios, a widower friend trying to dodge his sister’s matchmaking, asks for her help, Hope finds herself saying yes to a pretend date…just for one evening. One date becomes two, then three, and soon both Hope and Roman are grappling with sparks they never meant to ignite. Will they risk putting their hearts on the line again for a new chance at love or ...

A second helping of feel-good, small-town family fiction that's perfect for Hallmark fans! Binge read your way through sweet and swoony best friends romance, second chance romance, mistaken identity romance, and secret crush romance in the final installment of the Cowboy Confessions Series. Mr. Right But She Doesn’t Know It A cowboy falls head over heels for a gorgeous single mom who insists she’ll never date again, but he's determined to change her mind in this sweet, friends-to-lovers romance! Mr. Right Again for Her When a cowboy realizes his first love is THE ONE after it’s too ...

A renowned archeologist rarely visits her cozy hometown, because she’s secretly crushing on the sheriff. But a string of danger brings them together to unravel a century-old mystery involving a missing heiress. Bliss Hawling has been in love with Sheriff Gil Remington since their silly first kiss in high school. Someone dares him to do it, so it’s mostly a joke — to everyone but her. A few years later, he marries someone else. Now he’s a widower. After the funeral, she plans to leave town again and never return. However, Gil arm twists her into coming back for one last visit. The ...

When a mistaken identity leads to an accidental attraction... Whoever said two wrongs can't make a right must not have been in love! Anxious to put a recent bad break-up behind him, Police Detective Noah Zeller jumps at the chance to sharpen his search and rescue skills at the world-class Texas Hotline Training Center. The only downside is that the missing heiress case he’s currently working will have to go on the back burner for a few weeks. Or so he thought. Until a sassy-mouthed maid provides a clue that busts his case wide open. Farrah Carmichael is ecstatic to land a coveted ...

Bronc riding champ Ames Carson is at a major crossroads in his career. His brothers are gonna die laughing if they ever find out the hardest part of his decision is this — should he kiss his best friend before leaving town?He wants to. That’s a given. But he’s afraid of ruining a perfectly good friendship, if it turns out she doesn’t feel the same way about him. That’s the tough thing about being best buds with the girl next door. He knows literally everything else about her but THAT. He knows who her first crush was (not him), and the first guy she kissed (also not him), as well ...

An ex-bodybuilder is recovering from a broken heart and throws himself wholeheartedly into search and rescue operations, never imagining it'll come with a second chance at love. After a bad breakup, former bodybuilding champion Jett Channing decides to go on a girlfriend diet. So when his normal responsibilities as a forest ranger are interrupted to rescue a stranded hiker, he jumps at the chance to work off his wounded pride by doing something so meaningful and worthwhile. Gwyneth Moore can’t believe her T.V. celebrity boyfriend of three years is dumping her for an anemic-looking ...

Sometimes the biggest Christmas miracles are the ones you aren't looking for. Tess stopped believing in happily-ever-afters a long time ago. All she wants is a quiet holiday at her best friend’s mountain chalet — a few days to escape from the long shifts and low pay of her job at the diner. But a snowstorm forces her to seek refuge at Christmas Tree Farm on the outskirts of town, where she finds herself drawn to the quiet strength and irresistible warmth of its rugged foreman. Amid fresh pine trees and crackling fires, she starts to wonder if life has more to offer than a lonely future ...

A cowboy private investigator who doesn’t want to spend another Christmas alone. A single mom in a pack of trouble, trying to lie low for the holidays. The snowstorm that blows in a few sizzling possibilities. Following a chance encounter, East Whitlock hasn’t been able to get a certain sassy redhead out of his mind. Though the feisty single mom insists she can take care of herself and her small son, he can’t stand the thought of anyone so sweet and lovely being alone for Christmas — in a friend’s warehouse, no less. Every instinct in him is shouting that she’s in trouble, and ...