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After the last four years, Bear West is tired of being the fifth wheel during his family’s yearly holiday get-togethers—but he’s not ready to put his heart on the line. It’s safer to hire someone to be his girlfriend. Except when he meets Winnie Fordham, his heart’s beating a different tune.

Ashley Carlson never expected to be a single mother - or a widow - but losing her husband derailed everything. When her grandfather invites her to help him at his vet practice, it sounds like just the fresh start Ashley and her son need. If only her appointments at Dixon Ranch didn’t involve the infuriating presence of Blake Dixon questioning her every move. They’ve both got their walls up, but when the ranch is on the line, they are both on the same team. Putting aside their differences and their pasts, Ashley and Blake must decide if the risk of love is worth the reward.

Okay, so I can be a little ditzy at times, but that doesn't change the truth of what I saw. Someone is out to get me, and they're making it impossible to accomplish my normal Christmas routine. See, I love Christmas and snow and everything December, so when I got invited to the town of Rudolph to review the new lodge, I couldn't be happier. And it was going great until I witnessed a murder.

Caprock Canyon is the place Stephanie Fredericks loves to be for the holidays. Except for this year, since her siblings are all married, and her mom is trying to help fate by setting her up with every single man in the valley. Since that's the last thing she wants, she hires a no-strings-attached date for the season—Kit Beckett.

An accident, a loss of memory, a past that could ruin your future! She wants to remember who she is after the accident, but when pieces begin to fall into place that point to a troubled past, will she be able to convince Brody she's changed? Dr. Brody Cavanaugh thought he was done with love until a mysterious woman appeared in his life, but when her past paints a different picture of her, will that tear him apart?

So what if the guy Addison Sparks had a crush on when she was 13 just so happens to be her next door neighbor when she moves across the country for a fresh start? And so what if she embarrasses herself in front of him. Repeatedly. If Ian Kendrick hadn’t grown up to be so good-looking, kind to his grandma, skilled at carpentry, and completely dateable, then it wouldn’t be so difficult to stay away from him. Addison is just getting over a breakup, though, and Ian is, too.

Bandit Ochoa is between a rock and a hard place. His late grandfather willed his entire estate to Bandit—with one caveat—Bandit has to marry and stay married for a year before he can take possession of the estate. The issue? He doesn’t have any prospects, and with his stuttering, there isn’t a woman alive who would want him, but Winnie West has a solution, her friend Skye Alvarez. Skye didn’t pick a winner the last time she married, and Bandit’s confidence is nonexistent. Will they let their insecurities dictate the future, or will they realize they’re perfect together?

She wants her fiancé’s betrayers found. He yearns to fix a horrible mistake. When tensions explode, will they find an ally in each other - or an enemy? If you like page-turning adventure, fascinating characters, and engaging stories of triumph, you'll love Sara Blackard's riveting inspirational security romance series.

Max has loved Layla since the moment he met her, but the time has never been right to tell her. When she breaks off her engagement, will he finally get the courage to tell her how he feels or will he lose his chance forever? Layla has been using relationships to determine her worth, but when her latest one falls apart, she decides to give up on men all together. When she realizes Max has feelings for her, will she stand by her conviction or will she give love one more try?

He's given up on love. She's a romance writer. When they are thrown together at a cottage on the beach, will love bloom or sparks fly? Justin and Ava must decide if it's time to create their own fairy tale ending, even if it's not real. A fictional relationship for two people who are ready to escape reality sounds like the perfect plan, until it isn't. Real feelings can get hurt, even when you're fake dating someone. Image isn't everything, and Ava and Justin have to choose. Is love real, or make believe?

Ivy thought she was just going on a date with Luca, but when they find a baby on the side of the road on the way to the restaurant, her life changes forever. Whose baby is it? And why did they leave it? Though Ivy fights to take care of the baby, CPS places her with a foster family, breaking Ivy's heart. When the baby is kidnapped from foster parents, Ivy and Luca decide to disappear to protect the baby, but will they ever get to come home? And what will happen if they fall in love along the way?

An ex-Army operator defining a new life by rescuing abused horses. A socialite striving to escape her devious family. Will the evil that threatens them rip them apart? Derrick Nicholson’s last fifteen years have been spent living the life his older brother never got to have. After a tragic accident took his brother, Derrick has become obsessed with perfection. Everything has to be triple checked. He’ll never allow his lack of attention to cause disaster again. Too bad Kiki Payne, his friend and housemate, is a distraction he can’t seem to ignore.

Drew Dixon is down, but not out. Romance was never part of his plan. Then he meets the single mom next door and starts questioning everything. Becca Adams isn’t looking for love, either. The only thing on her agenda is being the best mom possible to her little girl. And if that means signing her up for horseback riding lessons with the ridiculously attractive Drew, so be it. Drew is everything Becca isn’t - wild and carefree. She can’t afford to get attached to him...no matter how much she wishes she could.

Matchmaker Meg Austen is focused on one thing - finding the financial backing to create the app for her company Love, Austen. When the investment firm tells her she needs a boyfriend to prove her faith in her matchmaking process, she fears her dreams might never become a reality. Sure, she can match up other people, but love for herself? She's not interested.

No one gets a second chance at first love...right? Shyann Riggs had dreams bigger than her small town could hold. Now she’s back in town and itching to get the family farm ready to sell. Too bad the only help available comes in the form of her first love - the man whose heart she shattered when she left...Garrett Dixon never expected to see Shyann again. He certainly never thought she’d show up on his doorstep, asking for help. Now all he has to do is figure out if he wants to help her sell her last tether to home...or convince her to stay.

Mason Dixon holds the record for the most receiving touchdowns but there's something from his past holding him back. When an injury brings his past to his present, his life careens out of control. Will the new team doctor be able to ground him once again? Clara Bradford never stopped loving Mason, but she also thought she'd never see him again. Now that she's the new doctor on his team, will she finally reveal the truth to him? Or will it continue to tear them apart?

A football player who's lost. A woman in danger of losing all she loves. Could he be the Christmas Miracle she's been praying for? Pro football player Tucker Jackson has a chip on his shoulder. His mother died when he was young, his father threw himself into his work, and the team he now plays for is in danger of losing their season. His anger drives him to a bar where an ensuing fight earns him service at a community center. Can he find a way to tame his ire before it destroys his dreams forever?

The last thing Chloe Savage needs is a boyfriend. But she’s caught the eye of Travis Goldman, and the more he gets to know her the more he realizes she is a lot like the heroine in his book, the girl of his dreams. Fiercely independent and struggling with inexplicable health issues, Chloe is determined to get her own place and strive for contentment on her own, without the help of any guy. Travis Goldman’s dream is to become a best-selling author. He’s been working on a young adult fantasy novel and now he is ready to submit his manuscript to eager agents.

Elizabeth is out of control. Can her great aunt and a disgraced preacher succeed in reforming her? Elizabeth Garrett crossed the line. Her latest flirtation embarrassed her father, a Massachusetts judge. He is determined to see her reformed or sent away. Who better than his Aunt Mindwell to oversee Elizabeth’s reformation? With a name like that, Elizabeth is sure her freedom is gone. After his wife’s death, Reverend Gideon Frost loses everything: His faith, his congregation and most especially, his way.

Harrison Coulter is in the spotlight. Rumored to be the next candidate for governor, there is just one problem - the people won’t elect the most eligible bachelor to the state’s highest office. He needs a wife, but he isn’t looking for love. Poppy Bloom has roots as deep as the produce she grows on Bloom’s Farm. When her livelihood is threatened and she finds herself helpless to make a difference, Poppy agrees to a proposal she never saw coming. How will God use this marriage that was strategized instead of starry-eyed to open them both to the power of love?