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She came home to say goodbye. He never expected to fall in love. After her aunt's death, thirty-eight-year-old Camille Langley returns to the North Carolina lake house she hasn't seen in decades with one goal: fix it up, sell it, and get back to the life she's built in Michigan. Her plan is simple. Until she meets Beckett Hayes. Fifteen years younger, infuriatingly patient, and more at home in the quiet little lakeside town than anywhere else, Beck is hired to repair the property before it's listed.

Five years ago, I walked away from three men I loved.Not because I stopped wanting them.Because loving them meant living in a world where control, manipulation, and violence were just another Tuesday. And I was terrified I’d lose myself in them.So I left.I built a life without them. Kept my...

The Year of Accidental Love Affairs is in collaboration with Nicole Lenz. Ten years ago, Graham Wilder almost kissed me at prom. Four weeks later, I asked him to meet me behind the auditorium. I waited forty-five minutes. He never came. So I moved to New York, perfected the art of being gloriously single by choice, and filed Graham Wilder under Things We Absolutely Do Not Discuss. Then I walked into my ten-year high school reunion. And there he was. Gray. My former Physics partner. Hillside High's golden-boy pitcher. The first boy I ever wanted enough to risk being hurt by.

At Camp Peachwood, summer doesn't just flirt. It misbehaves. Stella Kincaid arrives at the adults-only lakeside retreat expecting a quiet week of rest, fresh air, and maybe a little emotional maintenance after burnout hits hard. What she does not expect is Fox Turner, the camp's shamelessly charming guest-experience director, with a wicked grin and a talent for turning every interaction into a promise.

What happens at a destination wedding is supposed to stay at the destination wedding. Molly Bennett had a plan. Get her brother married. Keep the peace between her divorced parents. Survive maid-of-honor duties without a meltdown.

Wars end, enemies are defeated and territories are conquered and the combatants have to return to a life changed. America and the rest of humanity have fallen to the Fae, ancient mortal enemies of mankind. After building their strength for two thousand years, the Elves have claimed their vengeance and now rule Earth with an iron fist and dragon fire. Down but not out, a human resistance is building, but first daily life needs to be lived.

Riley doesn’t see a storm. She sees what’s left behind. As an ER nurse, she’s held shaking hands, stitched broken bodies, and watched families fall apart in the aftermath of tornadoes. Storm chasers don’t impress her. They frustrate her. Because while they’re chasing the thrill… she’s the one dealing with the cost. Jace has built a life on the edge of destruction. With millions of followers hanging on his every move, he chases storms across Tornado Alley, living for the adrenaline, the science, and the moment the sky turns that impossible shade of green. It’s not recklessness—it’s purpose.

When Briar Dawson gets stranded at the airport on her way to Derby season, the last thing she needs is a distraction. She's spent a decade clawing her way into rooms that weren't built for her, and she's finally close enough to touch the dream her father never got credit for. That is, until a stranger claims the stool beside her. He's expensive fabric, rehearsed answers, and possesses a confidence that comes from never having been told no. He's also, as it turns out, exactly the type of trouble she promised herself she'd never get into. Until now. One moment. No names. No future.

Last year, food critic Simone Clarke went viral with her cynical article "Love is Canceled This Year." This year, she's about to eat those words. When Simone is assigned to review VÉRITÉ for Chicago Taste Magazine's Valentine's Day feature, she expects the usual overpriced performance art masquerading as cuisine. What she doesn't expect is Julian Moretti. The arrogant, infuriating, devastatingly talented chef whose food tastes like a love letter and whose eyes see straight through her carefully constructed armor.

Maeve Calder has exactly one plan: close up The Howl, beat the freak Oklahoma snowstorm home, and spend the night wrapped in a fuzzy blanket and a filthy paperback. Then a stranded stranger barrels through her door. Graham Mercer is tall, tense, and built from control and caffeine. A college basketball coach racing toward the Sweet Sixteen. A man with too much pressure on his shoulders and zero patience for detours. The highway shuts down.

They say whatever you’re doing at midnight sets the tone for your whole year. Vivienne really hopes that’s not true… unless it is. Her New Year’s Eve is already circling the drain. A viral scandal has torpedoed her reputation, her father is breathing down her neck, and a museum full of judgmental donors is the last place she wants to be. Cue Brooks Hayes. The museum's Head of Security. Tall. Serious. Handsome in a broody, yet adorable way. Maddeningly unimpressed by her. The most attractive man she’s ever wanted to strangle.

One wrong number. One unexpected connection. One rivalry that's about to change everything. Text Me Never is a witty, emotionally charged enemies-to-lovers rom-com about two high-powered rivals brought together by a drunken mistext, a high-stakes resort competition, and a whole lot of sexual tension. He meant to text his ex. She was not his ex. But she might just be his downfall.