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They’re both aiming for Best in Show—but first they’ll have to survive each other. SHELBY: As a Houston pageant princess, I’m used to turning heads—especially when it comes to my perfectly groomed Shih Tzu, Princess. The annual Sweetwater Dog Show is our chance to dazzle the judges and sweep the competition. Then Weston Tate barges onto the scene with his rowdy Blue Heeler, stomping all over my grand entrance. Our dogs can’t stand each other, and apparently neither can we. But when a string of strange mishaps threatens to shut down the show, we’re forced to team up and sniff ...

He’s her mountain man; she’s his secret Valentine... Tessa As the quiet owner of The Velvet Book in Hope Peak, Montana, I’ve always been more comfortable lost in fictional love stories than living them. So when Ryder Hawke—the town’s rugged wilderness tour guide and my brother’s best friend—asks me to be his fake girlfriend, I hesitate. We’re complete opposites: he’s adventurous and wild, while I prefer the coziness of my bookstore. But I can’t resist helping him out, even if it means risking my heart. Then I start receiving steamy, anonymous Valentine notes that make my...

A beautiful injured girl. A brutish orc hunter. When they're snowed-in for Christmas, will their forbidden passion be enough to warm cold enemy hearts, or will it prove too hot to handle? RUE: I’m promised to my father’s enemy to pay off his debt. However, I detest Azrael and could never be his bride. I run away into the forest to think, where I fall into a ravine and injure my leg. A giant, green brute of a man finds me. He tells me he tends a reindeer farm and is searching for one of his reindeer who got lost. I’m sure he’s going to kill me. However, instead he takes me to his ...

In a world of high-seas adventure, forbidden love, and hidden treasure, one determined woman and one pirate captain will risk everything for a chance at both riches and romance. Wendy Darling never imagined her ordinary life would be upended by a pirate's vendetta, but when her family's dark past resurfaces alongside a coveted treasure map, her fate is sealed. Desperate to clear her father's tarnished name, Wendy is thrust into a perilous world of piracy, where she must embrace danger and deception to find the legendary treasure. Her daring mission soon leads to her capture by the notorious...

One tree, one set of handcuffs, and a flannel-clad lumberjack… what could possibly go wrong...or is it right? Clementine: I never expected to get caught—literally—by a six-foot-something lumberjack named Vaughn Ridgeway. I was just trying to protect an old-growth pine tree, chaining myself in protest, when he came striding out of the woods with that brooding scowl and an axe slung over his shoulder. He thought I was some clueless hippie causing trouble for his family’s logging business. Sure, I might’ve been wearing tie-dye leggings, but I wasn’t about to be scared off by a ...

Some stories can't be written—they can only be lived. BRYNN I came to Montana to find the passion I've only ever written about. Manhattan's suffocating walls and my publisher's cutting criticism have pushed me to the edge. They say my love scenes lack authenticity, that I know nothing about real desire. A sudden mountain storm, a slick road, and one catastrophic skid later, I'm stranded in a ditch, freezing and terrified. Just when I'm certain I'll become another cautionary tale, he appears—a mountain of a man with eyes that have seen things no one should ever have to see. MACK I didn't...

MINDY I uprooted my life—and my twin boys—for the mountain man who promised me a new beginning. But the second I step into Skyline Bar & Grill in Hope Peak, Montana, Levi Voss stares at me like I’m a total stranger, and my kids declare they hate him on sight. Did I chase a dream that never really existed… or will the flames between us ignite something real? LEVI I had no interest in dating, let alone instant family. Then my sister posed as me on a matchmaking app. Now Mindy Barnes shows up in my bar with two rowdy boys, a moving truck, and a key to my cabin I damn sure never sent. ...

1890. Destiny Snow works in the sewing room of the Cleveland orphanage where she lives but longs for a better life. Even though she knows she’ll never be able to bear children and has never celebrated a real Christmas of her own, she is plagued by a recurring dream of sitting in a rocking chair next to a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, singing an infant to sleep. Desperate to escape her dreary and monotonous life, Destiny answers an ad for a mail-order bride out west. But when she meets Stuart “Stormy” Holling, a former logger turned woodworker with a peg leg, is she prepared to...

I’m Jade O’Hara Raines, and I ran from my fated mate. Not because I wanted to, but because I had to… I was born to an unruly pack known for having frequent run-ins with the law. My marriage to Cronin Raines, the newly appointed Sherriff and Alpha of our biggest rival clan, was to be a peace treaty between our families. However, after my brother was accused of murder and my husband testified against him, I was left torn between the two. Bax claimed he was innocent, but I didn’t know who or what to believe. To complicate matters, I’d just found out I was pregnant with Cronin’s ...

Did she make a deal with the devil? Or will the forbidden fruit be worth every bite? RAYA: I thought I had finally put my troubled past behind me. Moving from Texas to Orange County, I reinvented myself and quickly became the star bartender at Sweet Cocktails, thanks to my secret recipe for raspberry martinis. But everything changed when an undercover agent revealed my secret ingredient comes from the private land of Maxwell Evans, a reclusive billionaire with dangerous ties to a drug cartel. Now, I'm caught in a web of deception, forced to spy on Maxwell in exchange for keeping my secret ...

Some masterpieces require coloring outside the lines... Lena: As Kings Valley Elementary's part-time art teacher, I jumped at the chance to enter our school in the district-wide mural competition. My students' creativity could shine—and maybe my own artistic career could finally take off. But when renowned art critic Aaron Reid volunteers to "advise" our project, my colorful plans hit a gray wall. He wants rules and structure; I believe in artistic freedom. The fact that his daughter and mine are best friends means I can't even avoid his perfectionist presence. Though I hate to admit it, ...

When Heaven and Hell collide... Drago “Devil” Barone: Running the Barone clan is in my blood. Being ruthless is part of my nature. I have no mercy for those who cross me. Until I meet her. Angela “Angel” Rossi. She is as light and angelic as her name makes her sound. She is the perfect person to be nanny to my two children. Kidnapping her isn’t even in the top ten of the worst things I’ve ever done, but falling in love with her might be. When my demons collide with her light, will either of us survive the fall out? Angela “Angel” Rossi: My mother always told me I was ...

Emma: I’m so excited my older brother is being transferred to the Denver Warlords, our hometown’s hockey team. I haven’t spent near enough time with him. When I accidentally fall into the lap of his teammate, Leo, one night when we’re all out at a bar, it’s love at first sight. At least for me. I’m pretty sure Leo is falling for me, too, but I can tell he’s holding something back. I just wish I knew what it was. And why my brother keeps warning me to stay away from him… Leo: I can’t believe it. The man responsible for causing the injury that almost ended my career is now ...

What happens in Vegas? Apparently, fairy tales gone wild… Moving to Vegas was supposed to kickstart my singing career, not drop me into a twisted fairytale. But here I am, Elspeth “Ellie” Moon, at a Halloween party, locking lips with Prince Charming. Tall, gorgeous, and those tongue kisses? Wow. Things are going swimmingly, right up until he croaks—literally—and turns into a frog. Yeah, you heard me. A frog. Turns out, he’s cursed by his ex-girlfriend, the Wicked Witch, and every time I kiss him, poof—frog mode activated. If we ever hope to take things past first base, we’ve...

I’m Dani Lane, and I’m a supermodel. At least, I used to be before I gained weight. I just couldn’t keep starving myself anymore. But now I’m not getting jobs, and my modeling contract is in jeopardy. Add to this is the fact that my boyfriend just broke up with me, and you could say I’m pretty miserable right now. My shorter, skinnier younger sister, however, is having the time of her life. She just got engaged and the wedding’s coming up. It will be a destination wedding, held at the Hillcrest Resort. The problem is that I don’t have a date, and I need one fast. So when I ...

Lily: Joining VitalityFit was supposed to be my ticket to success in Sweetberry Hollow’s cutthroat real estate market. Instead, I found Damian Strong—a personal trainer whose smoldering presence ignites a fire within me that I can’t control. As our workouts grow hotter and our connection deeper, can I uncover his dark secret before it consumes us both? Damian: In Sweetberry Hollow, blending in is essential for my mission. But Lily Green’s vibrant energy and irresistible charm make her impossible to ignore. As our steamy sessions blur the line between passion and peril, can I find a ...

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride… Shelby: It’s my 30th birthday, not that anyone seems to remember. Instead, everyone is focused on my brother Sam’s wedding. I’m happy for him, but still. This will be the sixteenth time I’ll be a bridesmaid since my college graduation, but at least this time I get to be maid of honor. Only that means I have to walk down the aisle with him. Jagger, my brother’s best friend and my lifelong crush. If that isn’t bad enough, he’s brought his model girlfriend. It seems I can’t win. Bringing my best friend, Chip, seems like a good idea until he...

The one thing you can’t buy is love… Cord: I lost a gambling wager, and now I have a debt to pay to my business rival. I can either fork over the intellectual rights to the new app I just created that's predicted to earn millions, or I can return to my hometown in the Texas desert and convince the one who got away to fall in love with me again. The only thing is, I don’t do love. In fact, I’ve been accused of being heartless. But now I find myself packing up and heading back to my roots and the one person I swore never to see again, the one I gave my heart to years ago and who ...

When the best-laid plans go awry on the university campus…could it be Fate? Bonnie: I’m getting married. Jonathan finally proposed, and in six months’ time we’ll be husband and wife. Meanwhile, I’ve decided to go back to school to get my MBA. To help save money for the wedding I signed up to do a work study as a part-time admin assistant. But when I meet my new boss, astrophysics professor Dr. Ford Kingston, who has a reputation for his fiery temper, suddenly my world is turned upside down. Will I be able to resist the passionate professor when all I want to do is give in to his ...

One bite of temptation, and now I'm navigating a world of candy, curses, and second chances... Slipping after getting out of the bathtub and hitting my head on the toilet seat wasn’t exactly the way I’d imagined ascending to the pearly gates, but nevertheless, there I was, Bethany Snow, knocking on heaven's door. Looking back, I should have suspected something when I spied the freshly baked devil’s food cake next to the manna on the buffet. I would have blamed my choice to go for the devil's chocolate on PMS if I’d still been alive; however, after one bite of sweet temptation, I was...