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Two years after losing her husband to a traumatic brain injury, baker Rachel McCleary needs a change. For the short term, it means helping one of her former students make his fledgling business thrive. And hopefully adding some benefits to the friendship that helped bring her back to life. But when the trouble that's stalked his business from the start lands her in its crosshairs—and the hospital—he can't deny that there's nothing short-term about his feelings. Determined to protect her at all costs, he enters into a dangerous race to neutralize the threat.

Delaney Newell is trying to rebuild her life from the ground up. After a humiliating scandal and a hard-won recovery, she’s focused on staying out of trouble, finishing her EMT certification, and keeping a low profile in Wishful, Mississippi. Complications? Not on the agenda. Sean Murphy is a sexy, steady firefighter with a protective streak and a not-so-secret crush. What started as casual drinks quickly sparks into something far more serious. But Delaney’s past isn’t just messy—it’s combustible. And someone’s just lit a match.

Sandra Crawford has worn many hats—devoted mother, two-term mayor of Wishful, and the woman who built a life from the ground up. With her son’s wedding to the town’s favorite sweetheart just days away, she’s focused on saving the celebration after a storm destroys the venue. The last thing she expects is to walk into a dinner meeting with the man whose heart she broke in college.

Mary Alice Reed is done with heartbreak. After a quiet breakup turned very public when her ex proposed to his best friend just weeks later, she’s determined to move on with grace—and maybe a little extra eggnog. Organizing Wishful’s beloved holiday charity is the perfect distraction. No romance. No drama. No problem. Until Dr. Chad Phillips volunteers to help.

As a romance author, Paisley Parish is a hopeless romantic. Seeing her friends exchange promises of forever does her heart good, even if the whole thing does highlight her own regrettably single status. But that's what cake and champagne are for. She just has to escape the douche canoe who won't take no for an answer.

After years as an Army Ranger, Sebastian Donnelly is content to be left alone with his horses. He's better with them than with...people. But that changes when his boss's little sister shows up. There's something about her, a vulnerability that tugs at his need to rescue. And a sexy, vivacious charm that ignites an attraction he ought to ignore. Desperate for a break before her last semester of law school, Laurel Maxwell is excited to see her brother marry the woman he loves.

Maggie Reynolds has spent over a decade building a career that kept her too busy to think about the past—or the man she left behind. But when a health scare forces her home to Eden’s Ridge to recover, she’s confronted not just by her family, but by the one person who’s always seen beneath her armor: Porter Ingram.

Corinne Dawson knows what everyone in Wishful thinks of her—and she’s worked too hard rebuilding her life to let their whispers slow her down. Single mom, nursing school graduate, and walking proof that people can change, she’s laser-focused on her future. Romance? Not on the to-do list. Tucker McGee is the last bachelor standing in his crew of happily-ever-afters, and he’s fine with that. Mostly. Helping organize a hometown Dancing With the Stars fundraiser seemed like a harmless distraction—until Corinne ends up as his partner.

Professor Audrey Graham shouldn't be alive. But she didn't walk away from the accident that should've taken her life. She shouldn't have ever walked again, according to the doctors. But after two years of physical therapy and countless surgeries, she's got a second lease on life. First stop? Camp Firefly Falls to try and catch up on some of the living she never did before her accident.

Hannah Wheeler moved to Wishful to start over—closer to her sister, with quieter dreams and a slower pace. While waiting tables to get by, she’s quietly taking on holiday decorating jobs around town. It’s her way of bringing a little cheer—and reminding people, including herself, that she’s more than just what they see on the surface.

Photographer Lexi Morales never planned to come back to Wishful. But when her mother’s injury brings her home, she’s thrust right back into the orbit of the boy she never quite got over—her best friend, Zach Warren. Only he’s not a boy anymore. And the feelings she thought were long buried are stirring to life all over again. Zach doesn’t understand why Lexi pulled away all those years ago, but now that she’s back, he’s determined not to waste the second chance fate’s handed him.

She’s determined to succeed on her own. He’s the charming bookstore owner who never expected the girl of his dreams to walk through his door—again. Cecily Dixon came to Wishful to prove herself—without leaning on her influential last name or trust fund. Her marketing internship is winding down, and with no job lined up yet, she’s trying to figure out what’s next. The plan? Keep things simple, stay under the radar, and definitely don’t fall for a guy who makes her want to stick around.

Piper Parish doesn’t do impulsive… usually. But when the man she’s been waiting for finally calls, it’s not for a date—it’s a proposal. A fake one. Myles Stewart needs a wife to access a trust and save his beloved newspaper, and Piper is all in. What starts as a practical solution soon feels anything but platonic. Myles never expected his pretend marriage to come with real feelings. But as cozy domesticity blends with simmering attraction, the line between fake and forever blurs. Now the only thing more complicated than keeping their secret… is wanting it to be real.

Impersonating her twin for staff orientation at Camp Firefly Falls is sure to end badly, but Sarah Meadows can't say no. It's just a quick two-week break to help her sister out of a jam, then she'll be back to finishing her stalled master's thesis. Except when her sexy, ex-park ranger partner uncovers her secret, Sarah's summer takes an unexpected turn.

After a long series of stinkers, when a respectful match from an online dating site asks to meet Avery Cahill in real life, she agrees. Invoking her favorite romantic comedy, they arrange to meet in a local coffee shop with a flower and a book. Under a serious deadline to finish a group project for his MBA—solo—the only thing Dillon Lange wants is peace and quiet. When a beautiful stranger sits down in his booth at the coffee shop, he knows he ought to say something about not being who she thinks he is, but he can't resist her smile or her engaging conversation.

After thirty-five years being married to the badge, former police chief Robert Curry has more than earned his retirement. Time to kick back, relax and be bored out of his mind. At least until he gets dragged to a dinner party he won't soon forget. Veteran romance writer Dinah McClure has dealt with short deadlines, grumpy editors, and two ex-husbands—but she's never faced writer's block before. Her niece brings together three former and current police chiefs to help tackle the problem, but it's one silver fox who captures her attention.