The Art of Love

By Ali Vali

In the game of love, there can only be two winners.

Architect Jolly Andolini has built her career on both award-winning structures and meaningful connections—but has no talent for it when it comes to her love life. Margot "Mimi" Mulle’s star is rising in the art world, and she’s finally getting her big break with her first major gallery show. Thrilled, she invites Jolly as her date.

But when gallery owner Bianca Griffin sets her sights on Jolly, she’s determined to win her affection, even if it means upsetting Mimi. Sparks fly, loyalties are tested, and hearts collide as they navigate the unpredictable nature of their hearts.

In the art of love, will destiny decide who belongs together?

Content advisory: infidelity

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The Other Side of Forever

By Kel McCord

Singer-songwriter Kenzie McCall thrives on freedom—writing what she wants, when she wants, for whoever she wants, with no strings attached. Deadlines? Not her thing. Commitment? Even less so. But when a movie studio offers her best friend, pop sensation Braxton, a starring role if Kenzie writes the theme song, she reluctantly agrees. There’s just one catch: the song has to be about love, and Kenzie has never truly fallen for anyone.

Rachel has life mapped out: white picket fence, two kids, a dog, and a marriage filled with spark—

and is determined to find someone who wants the same future. When Rachel hears Kenzie sing for the first time, the connection is instant, electric, and impossible to ignore. But how can she plan a future with someone whose life is anything but stable? Kenzie is constantly jetting off to meet with celebrities, and Rachel’s cozy suburban dream feels like Kenzie’s worst nightmare.

Will they be able to write their love story together, or are they destined for different endings?

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The Secrets of Rhydian Hill

By Ronica Black

A doctor in need of a new start.

 

A woman running from a killer.

 

A love story that could end in tragedy.

 

When Dr. Gianna Walford finds her girlfriend in bed with another woman, she needs a new start and Cliffside, a small seaside town in Oregon, is just the place. Getting to know her patients on a personal level and making old fashioned house calls is a nice change from hospital bureaucracy. On one of those house calls, she meets the beautiful but mysterious Kiera. She’s kind and unassuming, but extremely guarded and private. Intrigued, and determined to help Kiera’s ailing neighbor, Gianna makes numerous visits, only to discover more than she bargained for.

 

Jenny McAllister   witnessed a murder, escaped a killer, and reinvented herself in Cliffside as  Kiera Davenport . So when Gianna arrives and interests her, first with her good looks and compassion, and then her relentless curiosity, Jenny is more than unnerved. With a killer searching and willing to do anything to silence her, she can’t let anyone close or her real identity will be discovered. 
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Beautiful Things

By Emma L McGeown

How many chances do you get at a love that lasts forever?

In the summer of 2010, Niamh is pouring drinks at a Greek bar, trying to savor her last taste of freedom before college. Harriet is enduring a family holiday from hell. Their worlds collide one magical night sparking a whirlwind summer romance of discovery, only to be torn apart by family and circumstance.

Years later, in the heart of London, their paths cross again. They’re older and wiser but neither has forgotten what could have been, and their connection is undeniable. But life has moved on, things are complicated, and the timing still isn’t right. Or is it?

A warmhearted romance of missed chances, undeniable chemistry, and a stubborn love that maybe, just maybe, can find its way back.

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Love Takes a Village

By Karis Walsh

When Lena Preiss unexpectedly loses her job, her father convinces her to travel to Leavenworth, Washington, and help in her aunt’s new restaurant. The charming Christmas village in the Cascade Mountains is a gorgeous place for Lena to relax while between jobs, if not for the minor difficulty of feeding hundreds of tourists every night. Luckily, chocolatier Devin Meyer is on hand to take care of dessert.

Devin knows chocolate and enjoys nothing more than mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate entirely by hand. She has returned home to help her father with one last holiday season before he retires and sells their family business. She is determined to spend the season planning for her future, but the beautiful and overwhelmed Lena proves to be more of a distraction than she expected.

Against a snowy backdrop glittering with Christmas lights, Lena and Devin learn how to shed the expectations of others and forge their own path—maybe one that they’ll share together.

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Secrets of the Heart

By Jenny Frame

As head of the infamous Sharkey family crime syndicate, Nikki Sharkey trusts no one with her secrets.

Sometimes she’s had to bend the law, and sometimes she’s had to break it. But there’s one secret not even

her closest family knows, and Nikki would do anything to keep it safe.

 

Logan has always had to fight, from surviving living in care, to winning gold at the Olympics. Just when

she’s about to win it all, she gives up her shot at greatness to look after her grandfather. Then she

discovers her closest friend is in danger and has a child, Isla, Logan didn’t know about. Logan promises

to protect Isla no matter what. The only problem? Isla’s adoptive mum is the leader of Scotland’s biggest

crime family—the Sharkeys.

 

When Logan’s friend is found dead, Logan is determined to keep her promise. Logan knows Isla is the

secret of Nikki Sharkey’s heart, but as she gets closer to the truth of what happened to Isla’s birth mother,

the passion burns between Nikki and Logan, and secrets threaten not only their future together, but their

lives.

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Talon and the Songbird

By Julia Underwood

In 2073, the world fractured into isolated enclaves after the collapse of centralized governments. When Makayla Odin returns from grueling years of captivity in the southern battlegrounds disguised as a male to survive, she's matured and ready to reclaim her position as leader of the Aurora enclave. But unexpected complications arise when she must share her bedroll with the injured Talon de LaTerre, Raptare's commander, whose brutal devotion to her people is matched by her fierce beauty.

Months later, Talon arrives in Aurora to negotiate a defense alliance. Instead, she discovers that the "fledgling" who caught her attention is Aurora’s new co-commander. Talon doesn't do relationships but can't shake her memories of the woman she knew as Mak. Especially when both Consulting Councils insist Makayla remain at Raptare to conduct extended negotiations with Talon.

In a world where survival depends on strategic alliances, Makayla and Talon must navigate not only complex politics but also the dangerous territory of their hearts.

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The Great Popcorn Romance

By Georgia Beers

Opposites attract, and Riley Shaw stands no chance of resisting Hannah Kramer’s magnetic pull. But opposites know just how to drive each other crazy...

How it starts: Her best friend Kyle suggests Riley take a job at Poptacular, his grandmother's gourmet popcorn shop. Spending the summer mixing caramel and cheddar sounds like fun, right?

Spoiler alert: It’s not fun.

Enter Kyle’s little sister Hannah and her stubborn refusal to try any ideas that aren’t her own. Their working styles are completely different. In short, she is infuriating. And hot. Why does she have to be hot?

How it’s going: Years have passed, and Riley’s no longer a victim of her teenage hormones. She’s a high-powered consultant who travels from city to city, helping struggling businesses. Distance weakens a magnetic field, and Riley doesn’t think about Hannah Kramer. Not ever.

So, when Kyle calls to say Poptacular is in trouble and on the brink of closing its doors, her first thought definitely isn’t of Hannah. No, heading back to her hometown is not on her bingo card. But for Poptacular’s co-owner, popcorn is Hannah’s whole life, and Riley can’t stand to see her dream fail.

How it ends: With the Great (hot and buttery) Popcorn Romance, of course.

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Three Blissful Days

By Dena Blake

Kendall Jackson has supported her family her whole life, but when her girlfriend unceremoniously dumps her and her biggest client leaves her in the lurch, she’s floundering to find a new income stream and nurse her broken heart. Then her ex bids on the same outdoor renovation project that Kendall desperately needs, and she just loses her mind. That’s the only explanation she has for attempting to make her ex regret her decision by announcing she’s dating beautiful park ranger Ivy Patterson.

Ivy is a romantic. She wants a real relationship, not a fake one. But her mother won’t stop matchmaking and constant blind dates are more tiring than fun. When Kendall begs her to play along, Ivy doesn’t see the harm, especially if it keeps her mom satisfied. But there’s nothing fake about how attracted she is to Kendall. What happens when their feelings become all too real?

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Coda

By Anna Gram

Some loves never truly fade. They just wait for the right moment.

In college, Parker Thompson poured her heart into an anonymous love letter to Hannah Wells—only to be met with silence. Heartbroken, music became her emotional refuge and she buried herself in building a career as a respected music editor. Now in her forties, Parker is certain those old feelings are long gone. But when a union strike forces her into an unexpected sabbatical, she returns to her alma mater for homecoming… and comes face-to-face with Hannah.

Hannah Wells never expected to see Parker again, let alone feel drawn to her. A dedicated music teacher, Hannah has spent decades helping others find their voice while suppressing her own. Freshly divorced, the last thing she wants is another intense relationship. Parker might not be the lovesick kid she once knew, but Hannah has had more than her share of being overwhelmed by other people’s emotions.

Parker is intriguing, magnetic, impossible to ignore—and completely wrong for Hannah. But sometimes love's melody refuses to end.

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EF5

By Kris Bryant

Fate intervenes on behalf of love when characters are unexpectedly stuck together. With too much time and an irresistible attraction anything could happen.

In EF5 by Kris Bryant, wedding photographer Alyssa Bates is running late to a job she desperately needs when officer Katy Emerson pulls her over for speeding. She gets a warning from the sexy woman in uniform and the sirens alerting them to an approaching tornado. Their only option is to shelter in an abandoned diner where they must resist temptation and fight for their lives.

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The Moon to Me

By Ana Hartnett

A beautifully vulnerable story of love lost and love found, The Moon to Me explores grief, family, and the lengths one will go to honor the truth of their heart.

Eaden is left reeling from the unexpected loss of her mother. With her first summer break from teaching on the horizon, she makes it her mission to personally deliver a letter from her late mother to her great-aunt in Cobh, Ireland. She could mail it, sure. But her mother always said a person could put physical miles between herself and her woes.

And Cobh is far. Maybe just far enough...

The one person Eaden can’t escape—and maybe doesn’t want to escape—is Florence, her cousin Riley’s ex-girlfriend. Inconveniently, Florence ends up as Eaden’s travel partner. It’s hard to resist the one person who makes Eaden smile in her darkest times, but Riley is family and still has feelings. Given how on-again, off-again they seem to be, maybe Florence does, too.å

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Corporate Confessions

By Spencer Greene

In the superficial world of Hollywood glamour, tenacious journalist River Westwood’s path collides with Maxine Stone, the ice queen CEO of Stone Enterprises. Maxine is reluctantly paired with River as her biographer for a six-month project, sparking a battle of wills that ignites an unexpected burn of attraction. 

As they clash and spar, their animosity might not be animosity at all. Perhaps it is something deeper. Caught in the crossfire of their own making, River and Maxine are inexorably drawn to each other. Are image and ethics too dangerous to comprise or will the demands of the heart rule in the end?

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