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After signing divorce papers and leaving her New York life behind, Nova Walker needs refuge. She finds it in small-town Texas with her Aunt Gigi, along with the opportunity to earn her keep working in Gigi’s diner. Since she’s going to Arcadia Creek, Nova expects the cowboys, but she doesn’t expect the extremely attractive firefighter who—living up to his fiery title—seems to butt heads with her at every turn. With his charm and cocky attitude, Dusty Hayes—as hickish as they come in this backwater place—has a knack for pushing Nova's buttons and propelling her competitiveness into overdrive.

Olivia Brannon knows her goals are unconventional. As a young woman in Regency England, her best bet—according to society—is to marry well and secure a steady future for herself. But Olivia has never been interested in convention. She’d prefer to follow in her deceased father’s footsteps and journey to foreign lands in search of rare and valuable antiquities. Eager to make a name for herself in the antiquities world, Olivia jumps at an invitation to join a wealthy widow at the famed Cloverton Hall to evaluate her private antiquities collection.

Here are three things that I know. 1) I’m an expert at reading body language, 2) I excel as an intelligence operative, and 3) Ledger Lancaster—daring, fearless, and recklessly charming—is my rival. Or enemy, depending on the day. What I didn’t realize from our first mission overlap a year and a half ago—a mission I thought Ledger was using to gain the upper hand only for me to beat him at his own game—was that his interest in me wasn’t an act. How could I have guessed?

Shaw Daniels is the bane of my existence. Always has been. Always will be. When we were kids, he annoyed me to no end by being good at everything. He didn’t have to study or really even try. Meanwhile, I tried too much and still lost to him. Then when we were teenagers, our rivalry became twisted. He started sabotaging all my relationships. I retaliated by doing the same to him. Now, we’re adults and we should be able to move on. But when I become a physical therapist for his professional hockey team, it seems as though we can’t let go of our rival tendencies.

She has the touch when it comes to food, but PJ McKinley's dream of opening her own restaurant is one building short of reality. So when a Chapel Springs resident offers her beloved ancestral home as prize to the applicant with the best plan for the house, PJ believes she was meant to win. Contractor Cole Evans is confident, professional, and swoon-worthy - but this former foster kid knows his life could have turned out very differently. When Cole discovers the contest, he believes his home for foster kids in transition has found its saving grace.

Felicity ist verzweifelt, als der Mietvertrag für ihr kleines Restaurant in New York ausläuft. Eigentlich hatte man ihr eine Verlängerung schon mündlich zugesichert, doch wie sich herausstellt, hat der berüchtigte Immobilienhai Ethan Jones das Gebäude gekauft, deswegen weht plötzlich ein anderer Wind. Dass er Felicitys Existenz zerstört und ihren Stammgästen den Lieblingsort nimmt, ist so einem eiskalten Unternehmer wie Mr. Ethan Jones leider egal. Kurz darauf ist Felicity an Bord der Staten Island Ferry, als deren Motoren auf einmal mitten auf dem Wasser ausfallen.

In the fast-paced world of advertising, Samantha Lee and Samuel Carter—both known as "Sam"—are top contenders in their field. With sharp minds and unyielding determination, they’ve always been rivals, each striving to outdo the other in a high-powered agency. But when a surprise merger forces them to work together on a critical campaign, their rivalry takes on a new dimension. As their competitive spirits clash, so do their hearts. Through late-night brainstorming sessions and unexpected moments of vulnerability, Samantha and Samuel begin to see each other in a different light.