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Twelve years ago, Alyssa Rossi fled Louisiana under a cloud of scandal and criminal accusations. But her self-imposed exile in Italy comes to an abrupt end when she has to return to New Orleans for the sale of her jewelry company to an international conglomerate. There, she comes face-to-face with Clay Duvall, the duplicitous lover who betrayed her.

Professional organizer Crystal Ward's latest client, her neighbor Roscoe Tremaine, is changing his will, an announcement that sets off an explosive reaction within his family. That same night, a gas leak ignites, destroying his house, killing him, and rocking the Ward family at its foundation. Her husband, Rick, is injured in the blast, so Crys hires Roscoe's former caregiver, Wink Keller, to help him recover after surgery. But trouble is just beginning. Both Crys and Wink are beneficiaries in Roscoe's will, and their alliance sends accusations flying from the Tremaines' side of the fence.

Professional organizer Crystal Ward is at a crossroads with her business, Organizing Chicago. Her husband, Rick, isn't on board with online advertising, and their friends and family are running out of referrals. And now her client's husband is outraged to learn that Crys donated novels he had promised to his brother. Crys's only hope of salvaging the situation is to recover the titles. But she shouldn't have judged those books by their covers.

Curtis Keller is a lucky man. He has the love and support of a family like no other. But he's never fallen in love with a woman. He likes to play the field, have a good time, and enjoyed friends with benefits. But when wild child Simone Pierpont comes into his life for the first time he considers settling down—until she abandons him. Simone Pierpont fell in love. She hadn't meant to, but her best friend's brother-in-law had treated her, the Parisian oil heiress, with more compassion than she'd ever known. What was she to do? So she left him stranded on a yacht in the French Rivera.

John Forrester is a simple man whose never needed more than his work, his truck, and a small apartment with his flat screen TV. After a bad breakup with his ex-wife John swore he’d never get married again and has done his best to keep to himself. But one woman always creeps into his mind—Arianna Keller. Arianna Keller had an amazing career, center stage on Broadway. However, her run in New York is over and circumstances have forced her back home to Nashville, Tennessee.

What more could you need than unrealistic romantic expectations from movies, and best friends to watch them with? There's always the funny, mouthy, less-than-perfect best friend in a rom-com, but the sidekick is never the one to get the love interest. Since Ruby can't even keep a roommate, she's fairly sure that's the life she will continue to live, so she has always assumed her role with pride.

Have you ever experienced that one moment that made you stop and take notice of a person you see every day, but never truly saw before? That’s what happened to me the day Eli Markham walked away from the school bully, instead of fighting. It wasn’t the first time he’s done this, but it was the first time his eyes found mine in the crowd and held me captive. Now, I can’t get him out of my head and I’m seeing him everywhere. Problem is, I’m not the only one taking notice of him. Someone, something, has got him in its sights and they want him bad.

Russell Walker’s life was spared when his truck veered off the road and flipped. When he wakes after surgery, he can only assume the medicines are making him see things, because the woman he loved - who broke his heart - is taking his vitals. Chelsea Quinn has spent the past four years keeping clear of Russell Walker after she married another man and had a baby. Now she is thrust back into his life as his caretaker. But sometimes the pull of love is just too strong, especially when the lives of those you love are threatened - and someone is looking for revenge.

Lava Rowe-Darkus is a Waker: A person who, on the brink of sleep, rises in a dreamlike reality; Nightworld is a sunless, bioluminescent plane that is led by five territory rulers. When Lava awakens there, she discovers that she is a guardian charged with saving the Waker people. There is a mysterious corruptive force that threatens not only their freedom, but their lives. Meanwhile in reality, Lava is a graduate student facing her own battles. Haunted by the memories of her missing father and sister, she struggles to cope while moving forward in her life.

Gwen is back with the Twelve, but she must redeem herself to the others and, more importantly, Lucifer himself. In order to prove herself, she must capture Berlin and Moscow, but there is a problem—there are still two Gargoyles left to destroy and they still have Collin, a half-demon, half-human who has the same powers as the demons.

Olivia Dawson can’t seem to catch a break. Her boss is retiring and her immediate supervisor, an awful woman with a personal vendetta against her, looks to be getting his job. Her love life is in shambles, her best friend won’t shut the hell up about Star Trek, and her elderly neighbor won’t stop hitting her car with his pickup.

Pilar Sagasta steps into a world of mystery and intrigue when she travels to Arizona to connect with distant relatives. This contemporary murder mystery reaches back to the perilous times of the early 20th century that changed the world's political landscape. The story, brimming with memorable characters and haunting historical details, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and an early 20th-century Arizona brought startlingly to life by the words in a forgotten diary.

Even though Mindy hasn't updated the house she inherited from her grandmother, her house is favorite to hold Rom Com Movie Club, where she and her best friends since college gather to swoon over cheesy, unrealistic rom coms.

Todd Walker stepped in to help his friend Lydia Morgan run her businesses while she took time to recover from a traumatic event. As a ranch hand taking control of her venue at the Bridal Mecca, he's certainly out of his element. Jessie Hanson is not one for wedding details, and yet her mother and sister think she should accompany them while planning her sister's wedding. Jessie's a photographer, and her family encourages her to open a studio, and isn't it convenient that there is vacant space at the Bridal Mecca.

A second chance wasn't what Ella Mills expected when she'd moved back to Georgia after her divorce. But when Gerald Walker and his family needed help, they turned to her first. Gerald had thought he'd moved on from the sexy blonde lawyer, even trying to stir up a romance with a dear friend to get Ella off his mind. However, when Gerald is accused of kidnapping and murder, Ella is the first person he goes to. Luckily for him, her feelings still run as deep as his. Though their romance might rekindle, he will have to prove his innocence first, and Ella will have to come to his defense.

Nichole Lewis' children are the most important people in her life, and are the reason she's relocated to Georgia to start a life away from the chaos that had surrounded her. Meeting Ben Walker and giving in to the attraction for the man only made her decision to stay more appealing. However, when the past she'd escaped finds her and her children, it might be time to run again, with or without Ben.

Audrey Walker, in true Walker spirit, is embarking on a new adventure as an entrepreneur and isn’t looking any further into the future than opening her own salon. When Gregory Bishop, one of the hottest actors in movies, crosses her path, it’s not hard to fall head over heels for the sexy movie star who is infatuated with her. But when his fame and fortune causes someone to go after them, destroying what Audrey has invested everything in, she will have to decide if it’s worth loving Gregory at the risk losing everything that she’s built.

Bridal consultant Laura Torres had driven by the enormous house in Boulder at least a thousand times, wishing she could get an invitation inside. The possibilities of using the house for a wedding venue had dollar signs going off in her head. But the owner wasn’t one to make friends outside of a close-knit circle he kept. When Laura convinces her clients to have their wedding at Toby’s house, she knows she can make him a proposition that will net her a windfall. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for the lonely millionaire who thinks she’s only out for his fortune.

As far back as he could remember, Bruce Griffin had a crush on his best friend Alex’s little sister. But when a best friend knows all the good and bad about you, sometimes the bad parts mean he forbids you from having anything to do with his sister. Sarah Burke was brought up on the basketball courts, just like her brother was. She could handle herself in any situation, so she wondered why her brother found it necessary to forbid her from having anything to do with Bruce Griffin, someone she’d had eyes for since she was a little girl.

Gia Gallow has traveled the world. Having settled in America, Gia has a successful business and dear friends - and the attention of both Dane and Russell Walker. Due to her own family's dramas over dueling hearts, she might have to forget about her feelings for Dane to keep peace within the Walker family. But, sometimes, even running thousands of miles away can't keep a heart from going after what the heart wants.