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What happens when the one person who makes your heart sing is also the one person who could destroy everything you’ve worked for? Laurie “The Hatchet” Emerson is a ruthless leader in Boston finance who’s rumored to have a block of ice where her heart should be. If only. Recently widowed, Laurie fears she’s broken beyond repair, until a once-in-a-lifetime business deal reignites her passion for work and gives her a shot at proving to the world she still has some life left in her.

After years away, Clara Chandler finds herself back in her Vermont hometown, nursing wounds from a shattered life in New York City. But her return comes with a bitter surprise: the inn her family once owned is on the verge of being sold to the one person she never wanted to see again.

Eileen Makenna is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who has traveled the world for over two decades, chasing the next big story. She returns home for the holidays shattered by a life-altering event and facing the terrifying prospect she'll never be able to work again. When Eileen meets Naomi Weaver, a small-town girl who dedicates her free time to helping those in need, Eileen is entranced by Naomi's zest for life. Can Eileen overcome her inner demons and troubled family relationships to let Naomi in?

Forty-one-year-old doctor Stella Gilbert used to have it all. Her career was on fire, and she had a picture-perfect family - until she was blindsided by her wife doing the unthinkable. Three years after her divorce, Stella's loved ones worry about her non-existent personal life and her stubborn belief that focusing on her career and raising her daughter are all she needs to be fulfilled.

Elle Robinson's world is literally swept away when a raging flood sends her car careening toward certain doom, only to be rescued by Angela Lane – a spirited, self-reliant, and unexpected savior who pulls Elle back from the edge of calamity. In the aftermath of their brush with mortality, passions ignite between the two women, mirroring the uncontrollable rise of the floodwaters. However, fate has a wicked sense of humor.

Saffron Oliver is the golden girl. Golden hair. Golden skin. Golden movie career. Only one problem: She hates it. She flees to her sister’s seaside town - where she meets the confident and charming Kirsty McBride. Kirsty is everything Saffron wants to be. Perhaps also, everything she wants. But Saffron can’t have it all. So now, she has to decide: Does she crave Kirsty enough to blow up her golden life?

Lizzie’s life has been turned upside down after a disastrous family Christmas, and she has to put her head down to do what’s right for the Petries. The problem is Lizzie can be adorably clueless. From a crackpot social media group spreading malicious rumors, a mom bully, an old nemesis, and even COVID-19, will Lizzie be able to navigate through so many trouble spots without losing her mind?

Girls are a risk college freshman Ainsley Carmichael can't take. Her powerful political family sees her as the Chosen One who will someday be president. Upholding a carefully crafted veneer is second nature until the first day of class when Maya's mysterious gray eyes hold her in thrall.

Lizzie knows how to keep a secret. The graduate student’s former lesbian lover is blackmailing her, and not even those closest to Lizzie know the full story of their abusive relationship. And when Sarah, the beautiful woman of her dreams, crosses her path, Lizzie isn’t anywhere close to revealing her skeletons. Sarah knows Lizzie isn’t telling her everything.

Cori Tisdale fears she'll never find a woman who loves her for her and not because she has a famous mother and rich uncle. In an attempt to protect herself, she fills the void in her life with a "friends with benefits" relationship. That is until Cori meets the beautiful and mysterious Kat Finn. Cori quickly falls for the artist, and not everyone in her life is happy about it. Will Cori be forced to choose between love and friendship? Confessions from the Heart is a smart and funny prequel to the best-selling lesbian romance series.

Holly Lovelace is a multimillionaire tech genius and the CEO of her own company. But if she can’t come up with a brilliant innovation and convince her investors that she’s back in tip-top shape by the end of the year, Holly could lose everything she’s worked so hard to build. Ivy Winters is a social worker on an island that’s a vacation paradise during the summer months but suffers from a lack of economic opportunity and the scourge of addiction the rest of the year. When the promise of a huge grant falls through, Ivy loses hope of helping her community.

Mock election. Real world danger. Ainsley's relationship and reputation may not survive the campaign trail. Still reeling from the targeted attack on her family, Ainsley is determined to keep a low profile during senior year. But a mandatory class project pulls her back into the political fray as the mock Democratic presidential candidate. With the entire campus watching, Ainsley knows it's only a matter of time before her rival turns the spotlight on her and her secretive girlfriend.

Graduate student Lizzie Petrie feels more comfortable around books than people. Although an expert in the Hitler Youth, she’s a novice in love. Her former lesbian lover is blackmailing her, and not even those closest to Lizzie know the full story of their abusive relationship. When visiting high school, English teacher Sarah crosses Lizzie’s path at the campus. Their attraction is instant but not without complications. As they start to spend more time together, suspicions arise from both women

Dagny is convinced she’s about to get engaged while on holiday in England. What she doesn’t expect is getting dumped. To make matters worse, it happens on Christmas Eve. Allison receives an assignment from her boss that will make Allison’s journalistic career. The investigation will call for one thing: her complete dedication to the story and nothing else.

JJ Cavendish thought she’d escaped her dark past. After publishing her tell-all memoir, she’s ready to settle down with Claire and devote her attention to running a scrappy online news venture. But when her new business partner exploits JJ’s notoriety to keep the company afloat, avoiding the limelight becomes impossible. As JJ keeps hungry movie producers at bay, she fields an intriguing offer from an old enemy who could help her expose a cyberbully, stop a string of suicides, and get her company the scoop it needs.

While Lizzie's wife is determined to plan the perfect Christmas party, every guest seems intent on wrecking the festivities. And one in particular is out to destroy the entire Petrie clan. Lizzie does everything in her power to save the holiday, but the harder she tries to control the unruly guests, the more things unravel. Will Lizzie survive the holidays with all the Petries under her roof?

Cori Tisdale was on top of the world. A basketball star at Harvard and a promising author with a lucrative book deal. A few years later, Cori’s life is falling apart. Her beautiful girlfriend, Kat Finn, has a shopping addiction. To make ends meet, Cori takes a part-time job at a coffee shop. Just when Cori thinks her life can’t get any worse, an old crush appears out of the blue.

Lizzie's about to expand her family. But can she reconcile with the one she already has? Lizzie is terrified about becoming a parent. But when she and her pregnant wife find out that they're having twins, her anxiety reaches a whole new level...Lizzie attempts to patch things up with her estranged father and brother. To her surprise, Lizzie's father has his own plans to grow the family tree. When Lizzie's brother reacts strongly to their father's secrets, Lizzie wonders if they'll ever come together as a unified family.

The mega conglomerate Marley works for wants to acquire the venerable but struggling Braithwaite Books. The centuries-old shop is owned by Cleo Braithwaite, a woman with a fierce and frightening reputation. Cleo turns out to be nothing like the rumors but refuses to sit still long enough to be dazzled by the meticulous spreadsheets and slides Marley has prepared to seal the deal. Instead of making her proposal, Marley soon finds herself on an impromptu walking tour of London with the charming Cleo.

Brittny Parker, an American graduate student, is moving to London with her lovable Boston terrier, Cooper, in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Could life get any better? How about adding a super-sexy woman next door? The problem is her snooty neighbor is not a dog person. In fact, she despises Cooper from the moment he knocks her over and sends her groceries spilling all over the ground.