Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. When Maddie and Robert got engaged, she knew she wanted a holiday wedding. After all, the two of them had met at Christmas, he'd proposed at Christmas, and Christmas had always been a magical time for her and her girls. But each year after their engagement, the yuletide season seems to get preoccupied with everyone else's needs. Between Maddie's four daughters and their budding families, her mother's never-ending escapades, and Robert's job and his son, it never seems to be the right time for the two of them to walk down the aisle. As Christmas approaches yet again, it appears Maddie may finally be able to make her own wedding a priority. But when a secret comes to light that threatens the entire foundation of Maddie's family, the magic of the season seems too tarnished and tainted for a walk down the aisle. Will the secrets of the past douse the Christmas spirit and...

Sloane Reid has never believed in ghosts, even though she made a career out of playing a ghost slayer on film. When the studio tells her at twenty-nine she's too old to be a scream queen, Sloane retreats to her aunt's remote Florida cabin to figure out what comes next. Her trip is anything but relaxing when she encounters Chelsea, a young girl who died near the cabin thirteen years ago. Chelsea is desperate for Sloane's help to reveal the truth that haunts her, but Sloane can't solve the mystery alone. She needs to ask for help from local deputy Tristan Rogers, which means she'll have to convince him she's not crazy. Or a criminal. As Sloane and Tristan unlock the secrets of the past, the stakes grow higher for them both, and soon Sloane finds it may be her own life that needs saving.

She returned to Cedar Creek to escape her mistakes, but the past followed her home. Dani moved to Chicago to pursue her dreams, and one by one, she achieved them all: an exciting job, a beautiful house, and a handsome and adoring husband. But when his early morning arrest reveals that she's really married to a Mafia hitman, Dani's perfect life is shattered. Divorced, unemployed, and almost bankrupt, Dani returned home to Cedar Creek, always looking over her shoulder in case the Mafia followed her home. But after two years have passed without incident, she's finally started to believe she can let down her guard. Then one fateful Friday night, she wanders into a bar, intent on forgetting her problems, if only for a night. But there are two men in the bar who make that impossible. One is her high school sweetheart, the one she left behind to chase her dreams in Chicago. The other is a stranger with an ominous grin that sends chills down her...

Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. In the heartwarming small town of Granite Ridge, Lindsey's life has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis since discovering she and Maddie are sisters. A former workaholic turned aunt extraordinaire, she revels in the newfound joy of time spent with family. When a promising business venture and an enticing real estate opportunity beckon, Lindsey makes plans to move closer to the family she never knew she needed. But amidst the excitement, fate throws an unexpected curveball when the ghost of her past resurfaces—the high school flame she once pushed away. Their reunion reignites emotions she's long kept buried, threatening the walls she built to shield her heart and forcing Lindsey to confront her fears. Navigating the complex dance of past regrets and present possibilities, Lindsey grapples with the chance to rewrite their friends to lovers story. Will she risk the...

Vampire by birth. Human by choice. Until death revived his curse. Born of an ancient, cursed bloodline, Nick has always loathed the monster inside him, but he was never so determined to be human as when he met his true love, Aria. A deal with darkness granted Nick what he longed for most—a life as a mortal husband and father. Aria worked hard to trust herself and others after escaping an abusive relationship. When she met Nick, his steadfast love and patience slowly convinced her that she and her young daughter could finally have their happily ever after.Together, Nick and Aria have found peace and become their best version of themselves. But when an early morning tragedy returns Nick to his vampiric state, the future of their family is in jeopardy.As they struggle to find a path forward and come to terms with the past, neither of them realize much darker forces are at play. Can their love withstand the trials they...

Set sail to new adventures and escapes with eight best-selling authors in the exciting new Sail Away series! In the past three months, Katie Torrey has lost her long-distance boyfriend, her beloved Manhattan apartment, and her all-consuming job. When she realizes the only one she's truly heartbroken over is the apartment, she decides it's time to do some soul-searching. Katie's life crisis comes at the perfect time for her sister Maya, who needs Katie to come and watch over her surf shop while she cruises with her friend Ben. Maya gets free labor, and Katie gets a week at the beach to regroup and make a new life plan. But when Maya gets injured and can't make the cruise with Ben and his family, Katie's tempted to take her place. A tropical vacation with all expenses paid sounds even better than a week at the beach, but there's a catch. Maya had agreed to pretend to be Ben's girlfriend, so Katie and Ben would need to share a room and live under...

Surviving the plane crash was the easy part. Lauryn Vargas is a sucker for a good romance novel, despite her firm belief that love at first sight is purely fiction. But when she looks up from her book to find the man of her dreams walking across the airport toward her, Lauryn wonders if it's time to rethink that philosophy. She's holding out hope for a chance to strike up a conversation, but when their plane goes down in a fiery crash on a remote mountainside, it seems their fated love story was destined to be a tragedy from the start. Stranded in a cold, dark forest and struggling with the aftermath of injuries, Lauryn quickly discovers she isn't out of danger just because she escaped death in the wreckage. Can an ill-prepared librarian become her own heroine to make it through the longest night of her life, or has she reached the final chapter in her saga? Welcome to the small town of Cedar Creek! Get to know the families,...

Sloane Reid has dealt with the spotlight of movie stardom since she was sixteen, but now that she's settled down between films in the small town of Cedar Creek, fame has become a liability. She wants to complete an apprenticeship to do PI work, but it's not easy to operate undercover when fans scream your name and ask for autographs. So far, she's been able to keep her romance with the local deputy under wraps, but as her star rises with the buzz around her latest film, so does the risk of having their relationship become front page news. Rachel Graves knows she can't afford to keep her late husband's family farm, but she's certain that what she's seeing in the woods behind her house is a sign from Vincent telling her not to sell it. She confides in her brother, the only person who won't think she's crazy or just seeing things. He suggests she talk to the Hollywood actress in town who's working on becoming a PI and is rumored to be able to talk to ghosts. It seems...