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Vienna Price never intended to return for more than a passing visit to Hope Harbor and all the bad memories she’d left behind. But when your career tanks, home is where you go to nurse your wounds and chart a new course. Only temporarily, of course—because as much as she loves her quirky mom, anything more than a short stay would drive them both crazy. A trip to Oregon isn’t in Matt Quinn’s plans either, until a perfectly timed appeal for help arrives from his sister.

After a short and difficult marriage, recently widowed Edith Sherman has learned her lesson. Forget love. Forget marriage. She plans to fill her thirties with adventure. As she awaits the final paperwork for a humanitarian trip to South Africa, she accepts a short-term nursing position in a small Midwestern town. The last thing she needs is a handsome local catching her eye. How inconvenient is that?

Katy Hart is thrilled about her future with Hollywood's Dayne Matthews. But as she plans a wedding and looks for a house on the shores of Lake Monroe, she receives tragic news. Now everything about the future they planned together is hanging in the brink. Only a miracle can help them find their way through. Now Katy and the Baxters must travel to Los Angeles and sort through their options.

Plans are being made for a family reunion, and nearly all the Baxters have a reason to celebrate―except one. As the preparations get underway, a deadly diagnosis sends shockwaves through the family and threatens to tear them apart.

Forty-five-year-old Erin has grown restless with her life, which is odd because she’s spent the past twenty years roaming the globe. Between summers in Alaska and winters in the Florida keys, she’s climbed the steps of Machu Picchu, hiked long sections of the Great Wall of China, and kayaked down the Amazon. Lately, though, Erin has felt the urge to put down roots, strengthen her neglected relationship with her sister, Reggie, and reconnect with her two best friends, Michelle and Nina.

After 15 years, James Harper returns to his high school reunion. In his hand, he carries a letter he never sent to Ruby Sullivan. Beneath the old oak tree where he once sketched the sound of her laughter, James confronts a past filled with love and unspoken regrets. And when he sees the girl from his youth again, he realizes that nothing remains as it once did in his dreams. Struggling with his own cowardice, James learns to let go of the boy who loved in silence and finds the courage to embrace the man he can become.

As the assistant to the coach of the River City Renegades, my life is a whirlwind of schedules, crisis management, and saving the day when things go sideways. I love my job, but sometimes I wonder if there's more for me out there. Then, I discovered my dad needs help. I'll do anything to support him—even if it means stepping out of my comfort zone. So when the team's publicist decides Ollie Decker, my long-time friend and the Renegades' star defenseman, needs a fake girlfriend to boost his image, I volunteer. After all, it's just pretend, it pays, and who knows Ollie better than me?

„Das Leben steckt voller unerwarteter Momente und wundervoller Überraschungen, und wenn du immer versuchst, alles im Voraus zu wissen, verpasst du vielleicht die Magie des Augenblicks.“ „Die sind gut. Du solltest sie aber vielleicht mit Zitrone versuchen. Limone und so, du weißt schon.“ Was fällt dem Kerl eigentlich ein? Aurora kann nicht fassen, dass Elia sich gleich zwei der für die Gäste gedachten Orangentörtchen schnappt und ihr noch Verbesserungsvorschläge macht. Wobei die Idee gar nicht so verkehrt ist.

Some stories begin with a coincidence, a fleeting moment that changes the lives of two people forever. This novel is about such a moment—one that unexpectedly intertwined the destinies of two souls. It is the story of Leah and Ryan, whose paths crossed on a cool morning in Linz. She, a young woman full of dreams and hopes; he, a musician on tour, intoxicated by the world and his music. What began as a brief encounter evolved into a deep connection that endured for years.

Harper Lane is a top-tier realtor who knows every corner of her small-town market, but nothing could’ve prepared her for the crime scene hidden behind the garden walls of her latest listing. Or the brooding detective who shows up with a badge, a scowl, and zero patience for her curiosity. Detective Jace Maddox doesn’t do chatty civilians, and definitely not the ones with camera-ready smiles and cats named after fruit. But Harper’s tangled in something dangerous, and when the bodies start piling up near properties she’s connected to, keeping her at arm’s length stops being an option.

Bis sie zufällig Steve Lightman trifft. Hotelmagnat. Wahnsinnig gut aussehend. Unfassbar charmant. Und sexy wie ein Gott. Es beginnt ein leidenschaftliches Spiel aus Verlangen, Temperament, Liebe und Fersucht. Kannst du dir selbst treu bleiben, wenn du zwischen Lügen und Intrigen feststeckst?

Wir wollen uns nicht verlieren, aber behalten können wir uns auch nicht. Dazu sind wir zu verschieden. Er ist das Chaos, ich die Struktur. Er liebt die Freiheit, ich brauche Beständigkeit. Endlich geht Rosalies Traum in Erfüllung: Zwei Monate mit dem Wohnmobil um den italienischen Stiefel. Meer, Kultur und leckeres Essen. Allein. Weg vom stressigen Job und ihrem stressigen Mitbewohner. Wie alles hat die strukturierte Krankenpflegerin jede Station ihrer Rundreise akribisch vorbereitet. Ein plötzlicher, noch dazu männlicher Reisebegleiter und sein greiser Minihund gehörten nicht dazu.

Hoffnungsvolle Herzen auf dem Weg zu neuen Ufern … Mit fünfundzwanzig läuft in Daisy Mays Leben nichts so, wie sie es sich vorgestellt hat. Ihr Kindheitstraum, Künstlerin zu werden, erscheint ihr genauso unerreichbar wie eine feste Beziehung oder genug Geld für eine Anzahlung auf ein Haus zu sparen. Doch eine unerwartete Erbschaft könnte all das verändern. Als Daisy erfährt, dass sie die neue Besitzerin eines zwölf Meter langen Hausboots ist, macht sie sich auf den Weg nach Wildflower Lock. Die frische Landluft und das ruhige Wasser des Ortes geben ihr das Gefühl, dass alles gut werden wird.

Grounded Hearts is a slow-burn romance rooted in second chances, quiet strength, and unexpected beginnings. When Emma Cole, a fiercely independent landscaper, takes a job for a newly arrived Air Force officer, she has no interest in complications — especially not the handsome, disciplined Captain Ryan Maddox. But a scrappy stray cat named Tango keeps showing up between them, blurring the lines between boundaries and belonging. As seasons change and their connection deepens, Emma must confront her fear of abandonment, and Ryan must decide if he’s ready to put down roots.

He came to Maplewood to escape the flames. She’s spent her life holding everything together. When sparks fly, will they fight each other, or fight for something more? Leah Brooks has spent years keeping her late father’s beloved grocery store running, her community close, and her heart firmly guarded. She doesn’t have time for feelings, or for the quiet, steady firefighter who keeps showing up with polite smiles and a dangerously charming orange tabby named Val.

Nora Bennett, a children’s book illustrator new to the city, crashes her bike in a park while swerving to avoid a squirrel. Bruised and embarrassed, she’s tended to by a calm, kind paramedic named Liam Carter—and his unexpected partner, a French bulldog in a service vest named Mattie. Nora is immediately charmed by both, especially Mattie, who offers emotional support in the form of face licks and tail wags. Days later, Nora volunteers at a local safety fair and is surprised to run into Liam and Mattie again.

Shania lives out her Christmas dream, and Erik is trapped in a holiday nightmare. Chamberstown’s newest resident, Shania, revels in the winter season as she opens her bookstore and starts anew. However, the town’s lead postal worker, Erik, makes his Grinch-like-attitude clear from the moment they meet.

I've tried my whole life to curb my feelings for Liam, who is not my cousin, even if our family is like, well, family. After he brought a girlfriend home for the holidays last year, I decided it was high time for my crush to finally die. And since we haven't run into each other at all since then, it's been easy. (If not altogether effective.) Even our family stopped trying to push us together. But then Liam walks into my office just before Christmas, and I find out he'll be working here as a consultant. Oh—and he got special permission from my boss to have me directly under him.

Morgan Jones es una valiente reportera acostumbrada a enfrentar peligros en zonas de conflicto. Pero cuando una terrible experiencia la deja marcada, decide huir y refugiarse con su abuela en un tranquilo pueblo rural. Allí conocerá a Connor, el nuevo empleado de la tienda de su abuela, un hombre enigmático que es el único capaz de lograr que la carga que ahora la persigue desaparezca. Sin embargo, siente que oculta algo y que no es quien dice ser.

Nestled at the end of a tiny, cobbled backstreet, is a charming, careworn bakery, its doorstep scrubbed clean and pale green linen blinds neatly drawn. Every night, long after customers have gone and the last crumbs wiped from the shelves, a key turns in the lock. This is a haven, a place where a candle burns through the night for anyone feeling lost or lonely. Frankie, kneading dough through the night and shaping croissants to bake for morning, hopes the bakery will keep her safe from the heartbreak of her past.