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Megan Turner never intended to return to her small hometown. But when her mom got sick, everything changed. So, she’ll make the best of the situation and oversee the restoration of the building that will become her bakery. She will not, however, make the mistake of falling for her annoyingly attractive contractor. Not again, anyway… Jake Sullivan lost the love of his life when he screwed up and broke Megan’s heart. But that’s in the past now. These days, being the best single dad he can be requires all his focus.

Melanie Danvers thinks her life is on track. She has a successful career, great friends, and a special someone in her life. But when she least expects it, fate throws her a curveball—a face from the past—the man who deemed their one night together a mistake. After eight years away, a temporary work contract brings Steven MacAlistar back to his hometown—a place to which he thought he’d never return. It only takes one encounter with Melanie to make him realize that despite the long absence, his heart has never left.

Natalie loved to make to-do lists and felt a real satisfaction when everything on her list was checked off. This made her the perfect wedding coordinator, but didn't always go over so well with other areas of her life. When Great-Aunt Wanda was alive she'd been almost like a mother to Natalie, whose mother dropped out of Natalie's life when she was fifteen. The first Mother's Day after Wanda's death, Natalie receives an eerie letter from her precious great-aunt with four challenges.

Mara’s magic has stopped working—at the worst possible time! With chasms opening in the streets and chaos in the lower realms, should Mara seek help from the king of the elves?

By day, Mara runs a clockwork toyshop. By night, she spies for the resistance. The last thing Mara needs is a ridiculously handsome fay to train in customer service and spy craft. Arnesto is persistent, bedazzling, and a twelfth-level fay wizard. He also casts spells in all the wrong places, talks more than he listens, and manages to get himself arrested. Mara is giving the incompetent fay one more chance to prove himself.

"Sounds like our moms are cooking up a scheme for Mother's Day. Did Evelyn tell you to bring a date and if you didn't, she could set you up?" "What? Yes, did Lois give you the same challenge?" The two old birds must've come up with the idea over a pot of their chamomile tea. "Yep, of course she offered it up with a big dollop of guilt on top so I couldn't refuse."

When widow Tisha Binford arrives in Redemption, Alaska with her seven-year-old daughter Sadie, she's carrying more than just their belongings—she's carrying the weight of her late husband's memory and the hope of giving Sadie a connection to the father she barely knew. Working at her in-laws' café and perfecting her pie recipes, Tisha believes she's building a quiet, safe life in this small coastal town.

Billionaire businesswoman, June St. Claire, is ready to tackle her next big project—finding a husband. She knows she'll never fall head-over-heels in love again like she did with her late husband, but a best friend and partner is just what she needs. Inspired by the TV show, The Catch, she heads to Little River and tackles this project like all business proposals—sending out applications and setting up interviews to pick the perfect guy.

Seventeen-year-old assassin Cottia is desperate to leave behind the work she’s been forced into. Her lord offers freedom in exchange for one last hit. The assignment is to start a war by killing a target during the Giddelian prince’s betrothal selection ceremony. When the prince uncovers her identity, he offers her a new opportunity. Will his invitation grant her freedom from the notorious underlord?

Hannah Orwell has returned to her hometown to take a new job as the host of a local morning show. Her childhood nemesis, Cameron Miller, has remained in Cool Springs all these years and is now the town’s head middle school football coach. Hannah and Cameron’s longtime pastor’s wife, Maureen (who is well known for her matchmaking), has asked Hannah and Cameron to both help her with this year’s children’s Christmas play. Can Hannah and Cameron forgive and forget the past, or are they doomed to repeat the patterns of their past?

Jonah Walters used to have the perfect life, but he ruined it with his self-centered ways. Brooklyn Lee once had big dreams, but an unexpected heartbreak made those dreams impossible. Now all Jonah and Brooklyn can do is lead lives of lowered expectations. After all, what's the use of getting your hopes up when there's no chance of your dreams coming true? The nosy pastor's wife, Maureen, is determined that Family Chapel's annual Mother's Day Tea will be better than ever this year. She's also determined that her nephew Jonah and little "Brookie" Lee will start to dream again.

Kincaid Ranch’s lead cowboy, Ted Stirling, isn’t looking for romance or entanglements. He settled in Herd, Montana over a decade ago after a devastating loss. He’s seeking comfort and friendship. Nothing more. If he was going to try for love again, he would pick someone sweet and sunny, exactly like kindergarten teacher, Stephanie Patricks. But she’s too young for him. Stephanie has nursed a crush on quiet, handsome Ted for years. Unfortunately, every time she’s around him, she gets tongue-tied.

Visitors from every land and province are traveling to Toresz for the new king’s coronation. Crown Princess MaudeLyn of Censarra arrives early. A day early, in fact. Forcing her way into the dress rehearsal, she delivers shocking news: according to the arcane laws governing royal marriage and succession, Rhees and the princess are betrothed! Solace and Rhees part on bitter terms. Homeless and heartsick, Solace begins the arduous journey back to her father’s house. Yet at every stop along the way, the people hail her as the Water Witch Queen.

Meg Hawke’s antique store is faltering. When her octogenarian neighbor Hank asks her to clean out his shed and sell antiques on consignment, she has a real chance at discovering forgotten treasure. If she steps foot on the Montana ranch, however, she’ll come face-to-face with her childhood frenemy and Hank’s grandson, Ryan.

Bridget O’Conner never dreamed she’d be heading West as a mail order bride, but she also never dreamed her parents would die within a year and leave her alone with her young brother, Ben. To Bridget, Sam Jones was her last chance to for her and Ben to have a home and security. But to young Ben, Sam is an unwelcome change that takes him far away from his old life.

When Cora’s high school sweetheart up and marries someone else, she knows she has only one choice left: Head West as a Mail Order Bride, or be doomed to a life of spinsterhood. She’s ready to make the best of her new life, but when faced with a gruff, uncaring husband and a lonely ranch in need of repair, she’s not sure she’s up to the task.

Devastated when her childhood love marries her sister instead, Nora Robertson leaves her old world behind for a chance as a mail order bride. She heads west alone, ready to begin her new life, but when she arrives in the small, dusty town, she is not alone anymore. An unfortunate event has left her to care for an orphaned infant—a child Joshua Ellsworth is not expecting at all. Joshua Ellsworth is a good man, however, and he readily accepts both Nora and the infant into his home.

To Mary Turner, the West is a chance to escape the trappings of her privileged life and find adventure and love. So when she agrees to become the Mail Order Bride to William Redding, she’s ready for the world she’s read about in her favorite dime novels. What she’s not ready for is a rundown ranch, a debt-ridden husband, and scorpions in her bedroom.

Leah Covington has decided to give up dating and focus on running the family restaurant alongside her uncle. Taking it over once he retires has always been part of the plan—and she is determined to show her uncle that she is more than capable of handling the job. However, a case of mistaken identity causes a frightening fall down the stairs, her plans crashing down with her as she lays her eyes on the handsome responding officer, Cam. Through Cam and his close-knit group of family and friends, Leah discovers a sense of belonging that helps her break out of her shell.

When Callie Browning agrees to travel West as a mail order bride, she never intends to stay. In fact, she plans to cancel the contract as soon as she arrives. With dreams of becoming a writer, Callie does not want to be tied to a home and responsibilities, and her ticket West is meant to be a way for her to escape all that. But Callie never expected kind and handsome Will Stanton.