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Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Under the Mistletoe Collection. Six contemporary novellas, all adding sweet romance to the Christmas season.

He needs this job to honor his late wife. She needs to complete her late fiancé’s bucket list.Former action-movie star Chet Winters has counted the days since he lost his wife last New Year’s Eve. When he’s given a shot at starring in a reboot of her favorite TV show, he jumps at it. But there’s a catch: the producers won’t hire him unless he can prove he’s regained emotional stability. They require him to bring a steady girlfriend to his five auditions. In other words, five mandatory dates for this bereft widower. Social worker Holly Day lost her fiancé to war. With his good ...

The girl of his nightmares might be the girl of his dreams.Dr. Luke Hotwell is the best heart surgeon in the whole hospital network. He’s on track to be named most valuable surgeon. So, when a gorgeous redhead comes storming into his office and accuses him of malpractice, he’s upset. A lawsuit could ruin his goals. He can’t quit thinking about her threats—or the woman who made them. Sheridan Chandler is a life coach deeply devoted to her clients. They’re like family to her, and even though she’s peaceful and positive, if one of them has been wronged, her warrior instincts bubble...

A torching kiss on a long-ago high school dare just might flare up again.Swoony Award 2021 Winner: Best Medical Romance Dr. Jasher Hotchkiss, first rate knee surgeon, never wanted to return to his hometown of Mendon. Not after what happened years ago that made him the town’s most hated teenager. Nor did he want to practice general surgery. And he certainly doesn’t want to form any ties in Mendon. Except … Sage Everton appears at an ambulance call. Sage? Nurse-anesthetist Sage Everton is widowed and is convinced she carries a hex that ruins the lives of men she begins to care about. ...

Sweetheart Morgan marries a stranger - her handsome next-door neighbor Josh - solely for college financial aid. But now she can’t stop running into him or thinking about him. Which is bad - because Josh has a serious girlfriend he plans to marry. Things leap from awkward to agonizing when a well-meaning philanthropist compels Morgan and Josh to move into his mansion as “newlyweds of the year.” Their arrangement is purely hands-off, but now they’re sharing a house, and chemistry between them is skyrocketing.

Dowdy art exhibit coordinator Ava Young is happy with her man suits and sensible clogs. She likes the way they clip-clop on the museum's tile floor. But they don't win her any lovelorn looks from her office crush. In fact the handsome new guy calls her "sir" when they first meet. Oh well. She's always known the only way a guy would take a second look at her was if she was the only person in the room. And on fire.

When she’s named in a mysterious stranger’s will, does Brooke dare ask her lifelong crush to serve as her lawyer, even though she’s accepted another man’s ring? Town beauty queen Brooke Chadwick knows Dane Rockwell will never take a second look at her, his best friend’s younger sister, no matter how much she’s longed for him. Dane is a Rockwell - of the felons, frauds, and cheats Rockwells. How can he possibly ask Brooke - of the upstanding, reputable Chadwicks - to accept his proposal? Now Dane is back in town with three things.

Lisette Pannebaker speaks five languages and has a brilliant business plan - personal language immersion. Clients can hire her to shadow them and speak all day in any language they need to learn for business or travel - whatever. But there's a major hitch: she's far too pretty. Clients with less than honorable intentions sign up just to have Lisette at their side. Solution? A make-under. Way under. The bad wig, icky makeup and puffy sweaters work like a charm. None of her male clients show her the least bit of interest. Lisette's totally relieved. Until...Erik.

It's the perfect plan. Until someone ends up dead.Brick Barlow serves drinks at his dead-end job at the posh Catalina Resort, but he’s getting nowhere. And he’s got debts—big ones—but they’re not his fault. Not entirely. So, how is it Brick’s coworker Conner, who makes the same wage as Brick, drives a fancy new sports car, and Brick is about to have to live in his own car. It’s easy, Conner says. Just six magic words, and the girls' fathers are handing over the cash. It’ll be even easier for you. Brick doesn’t like it. It’s not ethical. But, then again, it’s not ...

Christmas, sleigh bells, and dashing through the snow—toward love.Hotel owner Ellery Hart’s business is on the rocks. Rooms are empty, the lobby is ugly, and a huge loan payment is due. Unless she can pay, she will lose her grandpa’s legacy, the Bells Chalet. While her mom would have her marry the rich banker who is holding the hotel’s title ransom, that idea is beyond unacceptable. Ellery needs brilliant business solution. But how to make one happen fast? Bing Whitmore has been running the family business, Whitmore Thoroughbred Stables, on his own. But when his heart is broken by ...

A dreaded holiday wedding, Christmas duets, and dating the off-limits crush.Math-wiz Chelsea and her brother’s best friend Wyatt are two-thirds of the well-loved Christmas Tree-O. She’s always had a thing for Wyatt, but he’s been declared off-limits by her overprotective brother. This year, however, brother is out of town, and Wyatt is showing some clear interest. When Chelsea needs a date to her meanest cousin’s wedding—to Chelsea’s jerk-ex-boyfriend—Wyatt is the clear option. But a romance could endanger the friendship and their singing group’s dynamic—not to mention ...

Two Friends + Onstage Chemistry = Christmas TroubleClaire Downing is the last person to audition for the Sugarplum Falls’s notoriously bad town Christmas play. She's far too shy, and the holidays are the busiest time of year for her clothing boutique. Besides, the theater world belongs to her diva best friend. Claire's bestie's boyfriend, Owen Kingston, has no intention of trying out for the play, either—even if his diva girlfriend insists. The former construction company owner volunteers to build sets instead. Anything to keep her in town and not traipsing off to L.A. before he can ...

A Christmas wedding. A dream mansion. And a loaf of hot, homemade bread.Artisan baker Natalie Tanner is the last person who should plan a wedding. She can’t even plan a dinner party for three. But when her little sister’s Christmas wedding preparations fall apart back in Massey Falls, it’s up to Natalie to return to her hometown and give it her best. To her shock, the wedding venue is Yuletide Manor. Yes, it's her childhood dream mansion, but it belongs to Hunter Hawthorn, who humiliated her and broke her teen-aged heart. Hunter Hawthorn has agonized for years over his cruel mistake. ...

Snow, a hunting lodge, and a flight—both to and from—love.Music composer Jesse Parrish has a dream contract! He’s been signed to write the soundtrack for a film with award potential. This one job could make his whole career. Twelve themes, all due to the producer at Christmas—but he’s completely blocked. He doesn’t have a single theme, let alone twelve. He needs to get out of Vancouver and somewhere he can think. Aspiring private pilot Mattie Daines has been crushing on Jesse since before he started dating Mattie’s older sister. His music makes her heart sing—but what kind ...

Can a single night at a class reunion change everything?She was the wallflower. He was the jock. She sent him anonymous love notes. Now, he's at the 10-year reunion to find out who his mysterious pen pal was. Tansy has come a long way since her nerded-out days as a high school nobody. She owns a successful tech business, learned to do her hair, and might even wear her sexiest red dress to the reunion. One big worry: Bridger might be there. What if he overlooks her again? Basketball star Bridger only ever dated the popular girls, but he shared his secret heart with someone else—someone ...

A disowned spy with one last chance, a divorced teacher needing to rediscover herself, and the search for a missing woman that brings them together. Intelligence op Birch Cardon has accepted a mission to rescue a diplomat’s kidnapped daughter. If he succeeds, he will reclaim his stolen career. Except, the woman goes missing and his intel contact turns out to be his college crush. After a messy divorce, Arden Pike takes a trip to see her college gal pal as a way to rediscover her single self. When her friend goes missing, Arden is stranded with no phone, no ID, and no access to her hotel ...

Their first Christmas kiss—on a high school stage—was their last. He intends to change that.It’s Christmastime, and Olivia Olsen has returned to her hometown of Mendon with the goal of giving back. Years ago, she sped away in a cloud of humiliation—at the insistence of her overprotective family. The last person she wants to see in Mendon is the person who not only remembers her embarrassment but who caused it: Cody Haught. What's Cody Haught doing in her hospital? And why is he even better-looking now? Dr. Cody Haught, bachelor surgeon at Mendon Regional Hospital, can't believe his ...

She's stuck in the broken office elevator under the mistletoe—with the office flirt.Tolkien fan Amanda isn't just the most efficient worker at the advertising firm, she's also the iciest. At least toward Calvin the consultant and perennial player. He's sown so many wild oats, he could qualify for a farm loan. So, right before Christmas, when they're stuck in the rickety elevator of Winters Plaza, and the mistletoe above them is demanding a connection, Amanda has no interest. That is, until he mentions he is desperate for a wedding date—in New Zealand, where her favorite movies were ...

Two stuck people. One healing space. A Christmas miracle could un-stick them—together.Hazel Hollings is stuck. Her career as a professional musician is shattered, thanks to an unexplainable paralysis in her hand. With no other options, she slinks back to Massey Falls at Christmastime to see her only living relative. But can she even set foot in her childhood home, with its flood of musical memories? Isaac Ivey is stuck. Roller brushes and paint cans were not his career plan. Even though he’d dreamed of a career as a painter, he never thought it would turn out to be this kind of painting...

Her unattainable crush just flirted with her—during class. In front of everyone.Daphne only has one semester left in law school. All this time, she's been crushing on Tighe. Tighe, the unattainable. Tighe, the all-American athlete and student and dream guy. She's never spoken to him outside study groups, where they stuck to the topic. She got too nervous around him. Besides, rumor had it Tighe was engaged. Rumor also had it, they'd broken it off. Everything changes one day in class when Daphne is called on to take part in moot court against Tighe. That is, she's called on because she's ...