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Dani Higgins was looking for adventure when she joined the K-9 unit, but she never expected her first case to leave her stranded in the snow and pinned under a tree. Nor did she expect to develop feelings for the handsome stranger who cares for her. Will she be able to forget her past and give love another chance?

He let her get away once. Now he’s back, and he’s playing for keeps. Twelve years ago, Justin McKinnon fell in love with the girl next door—Caroline Taylor—but their families had hated each other for decades, and no one was interested in putting the bad blood aside. What started as a spur-of-the-moment kiss at a barn dance turned into a forbidden, secret romance that would rival Romeo and Juliet. Caroline Taylor has everything she ever wanted. She owns the best bakery in town, has a loving family, and she’s friends with everyone.

The bad boy and the golden girl have traded places….I’m back in Harvest Hollow after ten years to prove a point and to even a few scores. I’ve opened a new bar, and anyone expecting the old sweet and shy Jolie McGraw to be running it is in for a shock. I’m not the only one who’s changed: when the sheriff comes to tell me I’m the prime suspect in the most ridiculous crime in town history, it’s none other than Lucas Cole, the former star of my teenage stress dreams, wearing the badge.

Tina West has spent her life feeling like she stood on the outside, but since taking a job at Stryker Security, life seems to be turning for the better. Tina never imagined when she took a job as a nanny she’d end up training for search and rescue. Yet, when her boss shows up with a retired military dog and the opportunity to train with him, Tina snatches up the chance to help those who are lost.

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?

Joanna Drake can’t wait to escape to Freedom Ridge for the holidays. She needs to put hundreds of miles between her and her creepy coworker who won’t seem to take no for an answer. When she runs into her brother’s best friend at the ski resort, every relationship gets complicated. Between hiding their fake relationship from her brother and flaunting it in front of her pursuer, Aiden and Joanna find themselves wishing the relationship was as real as it seems under the mistletoe.

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.

Rock Henderson needs a wife - and fast. His dying mother's last wish is to leave this world knowing her son is blissfully married...and producing grandchildren. It's just a small lie to make her eternally happy, one he doesn't think he'll have to make good on until Zelda shows up the week before Christmas with her nurse and her 20-pound tabby cat. With his ex-fiancée long gone and his wheelchair-bound mother sitting in the living room of his penthouse demanding to meet his wife, he's desperate - and hard-pressed - to find a stand-in on such short notice.

A little dare never hurt anybody. I’m ready to rock my senior year. So what if my parents are recently divorced, the captain of the cheerleading team hates me more than tan lines, or that I’ve been forced to wear the school’s smelly mascot costume? Those things I can handle. (Maybe.) But if I get to sing my original song at the town’s big centennial event, I’ll be on my way to living the life I’ve always dreamed. But there’s only one problem: Collin thinks-he’s-God’s-gift-to-women Preston. Foster kid. Bad boy. And quarterback of the Rock Valley High football team.

When Clayton is offered his family business, his initial excitement is weighed down by overwhelming worry. The only problem? He's a butcher, not a bookkeeper. Numbers were never his thing, but he's determined to make it work. That leaves him with only one choice: He'll have to learn the books or give up what he's always wanted. Unless Emmalee can find a job, she will have to forfeit her lifelong dream of living successfully in a quiet, friendly small town. The only problem? There's only one job available and it's not even remotely close to business management.

Twenty-two-year-old Garnet Adams longs to marry and have a houseful of children. Forced to support her widowed mother, she embraces her role as a teacher, although the Carrie Town board of education's rules for female teachers leave no opportunity for a social life. She contents herself playing the violin at church. Tall, bearded, and rough around the edges, Deputy Noah Scott would rather hunt than socialize. Garnet thinks he’s a rude, insensitive drifter, and Noah's sure the last person he'd want to court is a schoolmarm - especially with her unladylike sneeze.

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.

Princess Snow has been sheltered since birth, raised in a secret garden at her terrified father's behest. But when her father dies, and her brother grants Snow's freedom, life seems ready to finally begin... just in time for her brother's new wife to reveal a heart of jealousy and fear. Barely escaping the castle alive, Snow stumbles upon a group of kind-hearted mountain men—and the aggravatingly handsome prince who claims her brother asked him to find her.

Tripp Sharpe and I have been best friends since middle school. And when he moved away to go to medical school and become a doctor? We’ve kept up by texting, phone calls, and every funny reel we come across. I have one simple rule for myself: protect our friendship at all costs—even from myself. But when Tripp moves back to town, I can't ignore the attraction I feel. If it were anyone else, I’d just avoid him. But it's hard to avoid a guy who thinks we're still the same ol' besties we've always been.

A woman seeking solace. A ghost hunter seeking the truth. And the storm that threatens both their lives. Sabrina Morningstar hides from her past in a beach house rumored to be haunted. When a ghost hunter disturbs her tranquil coastal life, she’s forced to face her past… and the storm to come.

Andy Pennington believed in living life to the fullest, playing and joking around, taking chances, and fighting for every second, every feeling. In this job, you never knew when you would take your last breath, until he came face to face with that terrifying moment–and her.

You'd think running into a famous movie star in our small Texas town would make it a good day. Yeah... not when I do it. You see, in Matt's case, I don't just run into him. I knock him to the ground and fall on top of him and smash his lungs. All that, before I even recognize him.

I thought I had found my soulmate, but then Ian went MIA on me. To add insult to injury, that promotion I had my heart set on didn't materialize. Cue my confidence nosediving into the abyss. Enter stage left, my buddy Patrick, with a plan to shake things up and get me trying new stuff. Except the more we hang out, the weirder things get. Could it be possible that I'm starting to feel more than just friendly vibes for him? Nah, that's just crazy talk... or is it?

I'm a secret princess on the run. You'd be running, too, if your uncle was going to make you marry Carlisle the Argyle. I need a fake husband fast! Except I have my head stuck on a shrub. (Long story...) And wouldn't you know it -- the person who answers the door and finds me in this predicament isn't the granny matchmaker I was expecting. It's a man!

From enemies to lovers, second chances, and prime romances, the short stories in this book will give you hours of enjoyment. Kirsten and Tristan show that first impressions don't have to be lasting ones when they learn to work together in Small Town Dreams. Molly and Dillon prove that second chances do exist, especially when true love is involved in Small Town Second Chances. Tess and Samuel show that people can change for the better when faced with extraordinary circumstances in Small Town Rivals.