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At the Happily Ever After Bookstore, happiness is always found within the pages of the books on its shelves. Its owner, Leona, revels in finding each reader just the right book to bring them joy. She also enjoys meddling just enough to bring readers together who might not know they are destined for one another. In need of a holiday pick-me-up, Sadie seeks out Leona’s advice for a good holiday romance. While scanning the book selections, she knocks into Charlie McGowan, who is certainly out of his element.

Regan Keller fell in love with a wealthy and powerful man once. He was her boss. When that turbulent relationship ended, she swore she’d never again date someone she worked with. That was before she literally fell into her new boss’s lap.

Susan Hayes moved to Georgia to start the life she wanted to live and build her catering career. On the brink of having everything she ever wanted, Eric Walker and his family happened into her life. Eric Walker’s life had been quiet, structured, and boring until his uncle gambled away the family’s property and jeopardized Eric’s livelihood. Now midst family secrets learned, someone ruining his business and trying to drive him off his land, he fell in love. Things will never be the same for them - especially if someone succeeds in destroying the Walker family and killing Eric.

Automne 1943. Abigaël, 16 ans et désormais orpheline, trouve refuge en Charente, dans la ferme de son oncle paternel. L'accueil n'est pas très chaleureux, car sa nouvelle famille voit d'un oeil méfiant l'arrivée de cette citadine un peu trop curieuse et vive d'esprit. Bien malgré elle, Abigaël se retrouve vite au coeur des activités de la Résistance et mêlée à de dangereux secrets. Prise dans la tourmente de l'histoire et de ses sentiments naissants pour Adrien, un jeune réfractaire au STO, elle n'a pas d'autre choix que de grandir rapidement.

Always the bridal consultant, never the bride. That was former bad girl gone business professional, Pearl Walker's life until she put her hands on Tyson Morgan while measuring him for a tux. Tyson was happy being a miserable man, taking care of his family's land, and not invbolved with a woman. However, even he can't resist the pull of attraction to the beautiful, and off-limits, Pearl. The feud between the Walkers and the Morgans had torn apart friends and families for generations. What might happen when Pearl Walker and Tyson Morgan become business partners - and more?

Seeing the future is a curse that Abigail Weston has carried her entire life. Knowing how and when someone will be hurt, or the whereabouts of missing people haunts her enough to move away from the town that no longer trusts her. When real estate developer Carson Stone meets the intuitive Abigail, he can't help but feel the connection to her and wonder if love at first sight is possible, especially since they share a passion for old buildings. She believes they all should remain, while he builds new ones in their place.

Lydia Morgan spent the better part of 15 years avoiding Phillip Smythe out of resentment. Through her therapy, after a brutal attack, she now realizes he’s the only person who can help her move on. Having Lydia's full attention was something Phillip wasn’t used to—and neither were the rest of of their friends—but never having given up on her, he wasn’t about to walk away when she said she needed his help. Could the years of resentment simply be shrugged off, or would the deep secrets that Lydia still carries force Phillip to finally step away?

Kennedy Devereaux, owner of Kennedy Devereaux Designs, is a sight to behold in her signature pink colors, accented with custom designed jewelry. Intriguing enough that Joel Kingsley, the man building the new business next door, can’t help but keep coming around, just to get to know the woman in the designer clothes. He finds she’s not such a mystery, and his charm easily wins her over - until she finds that he’s forgotten to let her in on the secrets of his past.

À Paris, une jeune femme se jette dans la Seine du haut du Pont-Neuf. Tourmentée par son passé, Élisabeth ne peut plus vivre avec son terrible secret. Quelques semaines auparavant, elle a fui le château des Laroche, sa famille biologique, en Charente, pour se réfugier dans la capitale. Sauvée par les mariniers, Élisabeth se livre enfin à son fiancé et lui raconte l'intolérable vérité.

Though Liz’s journey is to learn about her grandmother, she finds these lessons turn inward. Content with her life of solitude, Liz is challenged to live a big fat life with no regrets—which just might include a crazy cat, a house in Palm Beach, and a man.

Carlos Keller was finally moving on. He'd asked Kathy to marry him, and now he could forever put behind him the disappointment of his failed first marriage to the only woman who ever held his heart, Madeline.

Once a month, for as long as they’d been friends, Lisa, Mindy, Ruby, and Tina gathered for Rom Com Movie Club night. Facial masks, nail polish, and wine could settle the world around them as they dished on movies that made them want to love—even if the premise of happily ever after seemed far-fetched. Lisa didn’t have much of an idea of what happily ever after was supposed to look like, but life had always thrown obstacles at her. She never considered it might throw a man her way, which would cause a rift with her best friend before her wedding.

A mother’s secrets threaten a daughter’s future.... Bethany Waterbury left Hollywood and the shadow of her mother's death to give herself a fresh start. Her main intention - to connect with the family she’d never really had the chance to know. Author Kent Black is enjoying his chart-topping success and living freely wherever his travels take him. But when he meets the illustrious Bethany Waterbury, his wanderlust subsides and the thought of a steady future begins to take over.

Juin 1944. Abigaël a réussi à surmonter le chagrin que lui a causé le départ d'Adrien, le maquisard dont elle est éperdument amoureuse. En faisant la connaissance de Maxence Vermont, un riche notaire, la jeune femme est stupéfaite : ce nouveau venu est le sosie presque parfait d'Adrien de qui elle reste sans nouvelles. Troublée par cette ressemblance, elle tombe rapidement sous son charme. Mais au moment où se prépare un joyeux événement, le destin frappe à nouveau. La Gestapo menace en effet le bonheur de sa tante ainsi que la sécurité de tous ceux qu'elle chérit.

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.

Arch rivals on the race track, Jake Walker and Missy Sheridan have found themselves tangled in a web of family lies that could get them both killed. In an attempt to form an alliance on the track, they must put aside their differences. However, when heat and attraction take over, keeping their minds on the race becomes harder than ever. As the stakes grow, can they race against each other allowing the best racer to win when they know that the cost to cross the finish line might be one of their lives?

Paige Devereaux, the owner of Paige Devereaux Yoga, is eagerly starting her entrepreneurial journey, following in the footsteps of her older siblings - without their input. Oliver Westcott has worked with Paige’s brother-in-law for years, as a partner in his tap house, but he’s intrigued by the yoga instructor’s quest to create something for herself - and the attraction between them is searing. But bad luck has a way of following Oliver around, and this time it might destroy everything Oliver and Paige have worked so hard to build - including their budding romance.

Max Devereaux, owner of Devereaux Construction, chose to build his business and stay rooted in the town he grew up in when the woman he loved got the opportunity to move to New York and chase her dreams. He never regretted his decision, but when cooking show star, Meghann Carr, comes back to town to take care of her ailing mother, she seeks out Max to help her fix up her mother’s house, and the pain of letting her go is fresh again. The only way to save his heart is to turn her away, but does he have it in him to let her go again?

Chase Devereaux, owner of Devereaux Limousines, is happy with relationships that don’t last more than a night. "No strings attached" is how he prefers to operate, until he spends a night with his sister’s best friend, Hillary. Since they were teenagers, she’s had a hold on his heart - how is he supposed to go on like normal when she’s all he can think about? He has to move on altogether.

Someone has decided to become the moral compass for the women in town, and now they're turning up dead. It will be up to Detective Lacy Pratt to find their killer before her relationship with Declan Matthews, brother to one of the victims, marks her as a target.