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The corporate axe hurt her and those she loves. His secrets lead to sleepless nights. Will the truth make them enemies or lead them to forgiveness and a chance to love? When Tessa Carlisle loses her job, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer at her friend’s beach house. Her plan is simple—she’ll work at the local bakeshop until she’s ready to rejoin the corporate world. Dillon Lowe is on the fast track at his company until the board makes a decision that makes him reevaluate his life goals. What better place to make that decision than the family beach house no one uses anymore...

The Prelude-Olivia St. Claire wanted to be good at something. What better way than to start studying piano again? And what better teacher than former concert pianist Liam Wallace? She found him attractive, beyond attractive, but her heart was safe. He was married and he showed no interest in her. If he wouldn’t love her, she would make sure he loved the way she played. The Fugue-But her heart couldn’t be controlled. She now had the opportunity to perform with him. And that’s when everything fell apart. When she heard the music, she couldn’t control what she might say or do. She ...

He’s always in control. She holds onto her dream. Can they open their hearts for a chance at love? Studio head Quint Fairchild knows everything in Hollywood everything’s make-believe, including love. So why can’t he resist the small-town innocence of struggling scriptwriter Chrystelle Bach? She’s entirely too fascinating, but he can convince himself he doesn’t want her. He wants her script. Chrystelle’s determined to make it in Hollywood … her way. Then Quint offers her a contract to produce her TV series. She believes this will be the best Christmas ever until she reads the ...

She’s recovering from a broken engagement. He plans to turn her small town into a commercial success. Can she battle him to save her town and still protect her heart? A broken engagement sends Leah Rendell home to Mardale, Colorado, where the stability of family and friends keeps her balanced. Until billionaire Bryg Winslow blows into town with promises to revitalize the aging farming community, something that even captures her parents’ attention. Change the town where Leah grew up? She can’t bear the thought of this golden boy’s guarantees altering her safe haven. Determined to ...

He wants another chance. She harbors deep guilt from the secret she guards. Will embracing forgiveness pave their way to love? Zara Radisson's pleas for her husband, Trek, to step back from his corporation and bond with their teenage daughter falls on deaf ears. Their daughter’s broken heart breaks her own. Believing their marriage is a lost cause, Zara packs up and drives their daughter to her hometown of Sweet Mountain. Too late, she learns of the secret Trek has a right to know. Trek is baffled by Zara’s sudden departure. After he explained his corporate obligations, she said she ...

He’s sidelined with a football injury. She’s desperate to keep her school open. Until he heals he can help her, but at what risk to their hearts? River Jackson’s riding high as the Denver Flyer’s starting quarterback, until an injury sidelines him. When Coach needs a volunteer to deliver donated football uniforms to the learning center in The Grid, River’s glad to go. What he hadn’t expected was the tiny woman with sparkling dark eyes and dreams bigger than the old schoolhouse she’s renting. He has no intention of falling for her, especially with his career on the ropes. After...

He’s striving to reach the top. She’s standing in his way. Is taking a stance worth saying no to love? Maria Ferraro ignores her family’s attempts to find her a husband. With a job she loves and surrounded by nieces and nephews, her life is full. A chance meeting with Rudge Garland makes her wonder at the possibilities until she realizes the real reason he’s visiting her New York neighborhood. He wants to change it and not for the better. Rudge knows one day he’ll take over his father’s company. To prove himself worthy, he leaves no time for relationships. When he meets Maria, ...

He wants her back. She’ll never give in. Will a five-year-old secret drive a wedge between them or will they open their hearts to love? Dayton Montgomery's surprise visit to his college sweetheart gives him the shock of his life. He has a five-year-old daughter. The discovery gives him hope he’ll get a second chance with the woman he’ll never stop loving. When Merrie Denson finds Dayton standing in her doorway, her buried emotions surge to the surface. She shouldn’t have kept their daughter a secret, but her life has changed. She won’t sacrifice her faith for a relationship that ...

He’s desperate to change his image. She swore to hate him forever. When they strike a deal, is love part of the bargain?Gabby Adams believes she’s finally put the past behind her and heads to the mountains for a ski vacation. That’s ruined when she literally runs into Ryan Knight, the billionaire who wrecked her life. Now laid up with a broken leg, her vacation gets worse when she sees him at a party and can’t get away. Ryan can’t forgive himself for breaking up his brother’s engagement to Gabby. When he sees her at a party and tries to explain, a business associate confides to ...

She needs a date. He wants to take over her company. Will the sparks flying between them derail their chance for love? Alia Nash agrees to take a Christmas vacation to visit her family, but when she learns her sister will celebrate her engagement to Alia’s ex-boyfriend, she needs a plan. Because her company auditions actors for commercials, she has the perfect plan—audition a boyfriend. Hollywood producer Dru Kassandros knows that startup production company in New York has the technology he needs for his new sci-fi feature but getting the owner to make a deal proves more difficult than ...

She's running from her past. His scarred face makes him hide. Will the secret they share open their hearts to love? Her marriage in ruins, violinist Teagan Whitloch Munroe escapes into her music and the solace she finds at the Crystal Creek Ranch. Practicing in the woods helps her piece together her life, but she isn’t alone. When she hears someone hiking nearby, she demands he reveal himself, but the only revelation she gets is a soothing voice that heals the pain in her heart. Maimed by a crushing accident, the once famous architect Phineas St. Cyr protects the world from his ...

His need for speed cost him his sight. She’s struggling to forget her past. Will their bond help each other or unearth a love neither is prepared to face? A violent attack costs Claudia Temples everything including her faith. Determined to heal physically and emotionally, she accepts a position to help snowboarder Brock Amwell. Because he’s blind, her flawed appearance won’t shock him as it does others. A loner at heart, Brock never depended on anyone including God. Grudgingly, he hires Claudia to assist him, but what is it about this woman he can’t resist? As Claudia struggles with...

His loss made him a recluse. To protect her heart, she can no longer trust. Will they let the past steal their future, or will they risk their hearts in the season that promises everlasting love? After a recent breakup, Madison Grant accepts that her most attractive asset is her family name. Despite her broken heart, she flies to the Caribbean to be maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding and determined to have a good time. After the loss of his fiancée, Oliver Smith closes himself off from family and friends and focuses on his company. When his best friend asks him to be best man at ...

No one knows that concert pianist Cayden Kincaide’s musical career began in an impoverished shack in the Indiana woods. To have a career in music is beyond his wildest dream. Still there is a hole in his heart that he longs to fill. With Deneen, the teenaged beauty queen? With Rachel, the brilliant composer? With Linda, dedicated mother and teacher? A struggle churns within Cayden. He can no longer ignore the voice in his soul that keeps calling him back to Indiana. But the person who made Indiana whole is gone. Without her, Indiana is nothing.

He can’t forgive himself. She’s determined to be brave. When a stalker threatens her, he swears to protect her, but what price will her heart pay? Artist Victoria Whitloch escapes the clutches of a stalker only to stumble into the arms of the man she never wants to see again, bad boy prosecutor Garrett Reynolds. To protect Victoria, Garrett whisks her away to an isolated lodge. Major problem for Victoria—how does she help Garrett capture the stalker while guarding her heart against the man who broke it once before? Garrett thought his heart had healed when Victoria left him ten years ...

A struggling actress. A jaded Hollywood star. Will they deny their attraction or open their hearts to everlasting love? Struggling actress Addison Duvall hustles background acting jobs at the Hollywood studios in hopes of her big break. When she’s cast as the stand-in for the lead actress in a blockbuster spy film, she can’t believe her luck. The surprises rush in―her first test shot is with Hollywood heartthrob Spencer Kingsley. Her even bigger surprise is when the director yells, “Action!” and Spencer presses his lips to hers in a kiss. Behind Spencer’s Hollywood façade hides...

He longs for peace. She stirs things up. When the past comes calling, will he risk it all to come to her rescue? JT Whitloch can’t close his eyes without seeing the body of the woman who drowned in his swimming pool two years ago. Though he doesn’t remember that night, he blames himself for her death and walks away from a life that gave him everything he ever wanted…almost everything. His move to Crystal Creek gives him the solitude he longs for, but still he can’t find peace. Then Gretchen Moore moves to town, and she doesn’t just stir up his desire. She stirs up his past, a past...

She's agreed to a loveless marriage. He'll stop her no matter the cost. Will the price to protect their lives mean risking their hearts? The holidays are over, and aristocrat Anna Whitloch must leave Crystal Creek and return to Eastern Europe. She made a promise, a promise that will save her mother’s estate. Someone else has other ideas. Ideas that will get Anna out of the way permanently. Anna can take care of herself, so why was Deputy Rocco Ventali assigned to protect her? She can’t depend on him, as he proved that night ten years ago when they had planned to meet. He never showed. ...

She's running for her life. He'll protect her no matter the cost. They can fight the evil, but can they resist love? When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two-carat diamond sitting on her ring finger. Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s ...

He broke a promise to save her life. Her shattered heart will never let her trust. Will a stalker force her into the arms of the man who abandoned her or will her dead father's secret tear them apart forever? Hunter Whitloch’s Wall Street career is on the fast track until he learns about his boss’, Egon Gregory, underhanded dealings. Hunter’s and Egon’s confrontation means Hunter must turn a blind eye or return to Crystal Creek and walk away from a lucrative career and the only woman he’s ever loved—Egon’s daughter, Bryce. Hunter won’t let Bryce make a choice between him and...