But why did he disappear for so long? What has he been hiding? And could this really be their second chance at falling in love…? Perfect for fans of Carole Mathews, Mhairi McFarlane and Carrie Hope Fletcher. Readers LOVE Belinda Missen: ‘a captivating and compelling read I highly recommend!’‘A delightfully funny, engaging and warm-hearted read’‘the characters are brilliant, the setting is gorgeous and the writing is compelling’‘A pleasant. light funny read, well written and thought-provoking.’

    At least there’s one bonus—her first love, sexy cowboy neighbour, Garth Mackenzie, is there and the attraction between them is still explosive. But Lucy has no intention of getting stuck in this two-bit town and she counts down the days until she can go back to her real life.After an engineering degree and working in the mines of Western Australia, Garth has returned to the Outback and is home to stay. His goal is to settle down, start a family, and work his beloved land with the girl he’s always loved. But if it comes to Lucy choosing between the glamour of the city or making a home with him in the Outback—he’d lose, hands down.

    Now a famous Hollywood action star, Dante is filming a movie in town to help the local economy, as well as make amends with the people he hurt when he abruptly left Mistletoe all those years ago.Librarian Lucy Marshall isn't thrilled to see Dante. He was once her best friend and first love until he left her behind without a word of goodbye. When Dante makes her an offer she can't refuse -- use of the library as a filming venue in exchange for a lucrative donation, Lucy finds herself spending a lot of time in Dante's company. With the magic of Christmas in the air, Dante and Lucy begin to forge a new bond. But can two people leading such different lives find lasting love the second time around?

    Hightower Enterprises, one of their biggest donors since way back when Olivia’s grandmother ran the charity, has been taken over by Ebenezer Scrooge the Second, aka CFO Guy Hightower, and he’s declared there will be no more money coming to Christmas from the Heart.Guy is simply being practical. Hightower Enterprises needs to tighten its belt, and when you don’t have money to spare, you don’t have money to share. You’d think even the pushy Olivia Berg could understand that.With charitable donations dwindling, Olivia’s Christmas budget depends on Hightower’s contribution. She’s focused her whole life on helping this small town, even putting her love life on hold to support her mission.When Guy’s Maserati breaks down at the edge of the Cascade foothills, he’s relieved to be rescued by a pretty young woman who drives him to the nearby town of Pine River. Until he realizes his rescuer is none other than Olivia Berg. What’s a Scrooge to do? Plug his nose and eat fruitcake and hope she doesn’t learn his true identity before he can get out of town. What could go wrong?

    Each year, the close-knit community gathers in the town square to decorate and light a massive tree. Carols are sung, hot chocolate is shared—and a surprise left under the Christmas tree is about to bring two special people together! Midnight Confessions Holiday kisses don't end with Christmas—there's still the New Year's Eve party at Jack's Bar to attend. Locals and newcomers alike find themselves eager for that special countdown…and that midnight kiss. So join us in Virgin River this year, where Robyn Carr's trademark humor, warmth and sincerity will have you celebrating the festive season in your favorite mountain town.the festive season in your favorite mountain town.

    For her, her family and, at times, it seems most of the West Yorkshire village of Midhope.Giving birth only two months after Harriet, her lifelong best friend Grace has her own craziness to contend with. As both women hurtle down unexpected and very different paths, they flounder in a maelstrom of passion and confusion, perilously clinging on as the chain of events threatens not only their comfortable, ordinary lives but also their very existence...Warm, witty and wonderful, the unputdownable bestseller from Julie Houston is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Milly Johnson, Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell.

    I like to know what’s coming next. I plan my days, my holidays, my love life.Which is why, when my fiancé, Paul, unplanned our holiday—and our entire future—just before Christmas, it felt like everything was slipping out of my control.But I didn’t panic. Instead? I planned.I figured a trip home to Oregon to see my family for the holidays would help me forget my failed engagement. Or at provide distraction in the form of Mom’s sugar cookies.The only thing is—you can’t plan the weather. And as soon as I checked in for my flight, my plans were screwed again, and instead of going home for Christmas, it looked like I’d be spending Christmas eve snowed in and all alone at the airport.When a tall, rugged Irishman offers to distract me, first with chocolate, and then with a drink, and then with… other things… I realize that maybe it’s okay to leave things a little unplanned now and then.Let it Snow is a standalone holiday novella that was first published as A Holiday Delay. It has been rewritten and re-edited.

    But those erotic cookies have nothing on the sexy stranger Abby saves from a snowy country road. Could Lander Reynolds be the Christmas treat she's truly been longing for? Sugar And Spice by Kimberly KincaidWhen caterer Lily Callahan goes up against hotshot pastry chef Pete Mancuso in the bake-off of the season, the stakes are high - and scandalously passionate. Will the gorgeous gourmand steal Lily's heart - and the top prize in the Christmas cookie competition?

     A new place to raise my little one as I worked to pull my life back together. It’s never been an easy life, raising my kiddo alone, but I find strength in the little things. The kind woman that I work for has been like a second mother. And I had no clue how hot her marine son was until he comes home for a visit. The guy is 100% alpha male. Everything I find attractive and usually fall hard for. He’s got a decision to make. Leave the service or reenlist? Time is ticking down. But the longer he stays, the more I want him to stay. Where love didn’t seem like a possibility before, I feel like I’ve found a reason to breathe. Him.

     Sex. And all the best gifts worth giving... *On the Naughty List is a collection of holiday stories from some of today's brightest stars*Lori Foster Christmas Bonus The workplace is heating up for the holidays when two colleagues who are planning a Christmas party side-by-side end up making love their main order of business.Carly Phillips Naughty Under the Mistletoe A no-nonsense lawyer intent on seducing her boss ends up having a scandalous-and utterly magical-moment with his twin instead.Sugar Jamison Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas Dina Gregory returns to New York for the holidays. Her mission: To locate her young son's father. Her surprise: His HOT brother.Beth Ciotta Some Kind of Wonderful Two old friends-who seem to have little left in common-are come home for the holidays. But when they end up stranded together during a blizzard, they know just how to keep each other warm. . .

    And she doesn’t understand the first thing about life in Montana.I know her type, city girls looking for a hook-up that’s different and wild, as long as they can go back to their pedicures and fancy cocktails the next day.I sure don’t mind giving her a good ride and letting her play cowgirl for a night. Everything about her makes me sweat. Her voice, her curves, and especially her tongue.But is she working for me? Or for the corporation trying to buy my ranch?This ranch has been in my family for three generations. Some sexy little slip of a girl from downtown coming in here and telling me how to run my business? Not happening, lil lady.Although I’m big enough to admit that maybe spanking that bare butt of hers wasn’t the right way to deal with this.Even though I know she liked it.Truth is, she’s all I can think about. I crave her, but I don’t know if I can trust her.I’m burning to be with her, but if she thinks I’ll give up the ranch without a fight, she’ll find out just how cold a Montana winter can be.

    

    just like Malory Towers for grown-ups" - Sophie Kinsella"A brilliant boarding school book, stuffed full of unforgettable characters, thrilling adventures and angst..." - Lisa JewellIn the final part of three instalments, the girls of Downey House are up to their usual tricks - and their teacher, Maggie, is a little distracted by developments in her relationship...

     After unexpectedly inheriting a bookstore, Nora and her younger sister settled in Holly, NC, a place where it’s Christmas year-round. As the legal guardian for her sister the past few years, romance has been the last thing on Nora’s mind. But she broke her rules for the town’s golden boy—former SEAL Jackson O’Connor. When Jackson does something stupid and almost loses Nora for good, he realizes just how far he’s willing to go for the woman who’s stolen his heart. But it might take a Christmas miracle to get Nora to give him a second chance. Length: novella Author note: This novella is part of the All He Wants for Christmas anthology. It may be purchased as part of the anthology or as an individual title.

    Or she did...until her best friends rescue her from her painfully wholesome life for a wild night out in the one place a good Christian would never find her…the hottest strip club in the county, just outside the city limits.Utterly forgettable, Mabel Lee never caught the eye of hot guys. Not once.But the elusive Viper, he definitely looked. After years of stripping, Kellen Savage’s nights on stage blend together, the faces all the same. Until her.When the prim and proper cross between school marm and 1950’s housewife sitting front and center gives him an unintended show of her own, he’s fascinated by the spectacle as she stubbornly tries to keep up with her fast friends. He might just have to rethink his bachelor status.Unfortunately, he has that pesky personal rule about bedding the clientele.But, you know what they say about rules…