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Emma Reynolds has spent her life lost in the pages of other people’s love stories. As the owner of The Reading Nook in the charming town of Pine Haven, Colorado, she sells happily-ever-afters by the dozen—she’s just never had her own. In her fifties, she’s convinced love isn’t in the cards for her, and her dreams of publishing a romance novel are tucked away like forgotten bookmarks. Enter Noah Carter: broody, bestselling suspense author and reluctant literary royalty.

Après un retour mouvementé au domaine familial et des mois marqués par l'angoisse, Romane s'autorise enfin à croire de nouveau au bonheur et à l'amour aux côtés de Mathis. Mais lorsqu'elle est victime d'une attaque brutale dans les écuries, l'équilibre précaire qu'elle avait réussi à trouver vacille. Et cette agression n'est que le prélude d'une série d'événements terrifiants qui menacent de détruire tout ce qu'elle chérit. Quand le corps de son agresseur présumé est découvert dans la forêt, empoisonné, la jeune femme comprend qu'une force bien plus sombre rôde autour du haras Sabatier.

À Paris, une jeune femme se jette dans la Seine du haut du Pont-Neuf. Tourmentée par son passé, Élisabeth ne peut plus vivre avec son terrible secret. Quelques semaines auparavant, elle a fui le château des Laroche, sa famille biologique, en Charente, pour se réfugier dans la capitale. Sauvée par les mariniers, Élisabeth se livre enfin à son fiancé et lui raconte l'intolérable vérité. Déterminée à oublier, la jeune femme décide de quitter la France et de retourner à New York auprès de ses parents adoptifs, les Woolworth, les seuls qui semblent l'avoir jamais vraiment aimée.

Though Liz’s journey is to learn about her grandmother, she finds these lessons turn inward. Content with her life of solitude, Liz is challenged to live a big fat life with no regrets—which just might include a crazy cat, a house in Palm Beach, and a man.

Le calme est revenu dans la vallée des Eaux-Claires depuis la tragédie engendrée par la haine de Garance, désormais en prison. En ce mois d’octobre 1955, Abigaël est témoin d’un accident de voiture en pleine rue. La jeune médium vit alors une nouvelle expérience, confrontée à une âme égarée d’une nature particulière. Cette rencontre lui permet de découvrir le camp américain établi près d’Angoulême, où elle se lie d’amitié avec un jeune couple devant faire face aux tristes conséquences du racisme.

Carlos Keller was finally moving on. He'd asked Kathy to marry him, and now he could forever put behind him the disappointment of his failed first marriage to the only woman who ever held his heart, Madeline.

Regan Keller fell in love with a wealthy and powerful man once. He was her boss. When that turbulent relationship ended, she swore she’d never again date someone she worked with. That was before she literally fell into her new boss’s lap.

En Corrèze, à Aubazine, le village de son enfance, elle mène de front son métier d'institutrice et sa vie de famille. Mais les rancœurs du passé la rattrapent...

What more could you need than unrealistic romantic expectations from movies, and best friends to watch them with? There's always the funny, mouthy, less-than-perfect best friend in a rom-com, but the sidekick is never the one to get the love interest. Since Ruby can't even keep a roommate, she's fairly sure that's the life she will continue to live, so she has always assumed her role with pride.

Septembre 1953. Une violente tempête s'abat sur la vallée des Eaux-Claires, comme un mauvais présage. Un arbre tombe sur le toit de la maison où Belle, la fille d'Abigaël et d'Adrien, est prise d'une forte fièvre et délire. Très inquiets, ses parents comprennent vite que leur enfant a été victime d'une vision, sans doute épouvantable.

Even though Mindy hasn't updated the house she inherited from her grandmother, her house is favorite to hold Rom Com Movie Club, where she and her best friends since college gather to swoon over cheesy, unrealistic rom coms.

Une traversée du XXe siècle, de Corrèze en Charente limousine, sur les traces de Marie. De son enfance corrézienne au début du XXe siècle, Marie garde le souvenir de l'affection des sœurs de l'orphelinat où elle a grandi. Et celui du jour de ses 13 ans où on vint la chercher, non pour l'adopter mais pour en faire une servante. Entrée au service des Cuzenac, dans leur ferme charentaise, harassée de travaux domestiques, elle s'interroge sur le sens de son destin.

Lydia Morgan spent the better part of 15 years avoiding Phillip Smythe out of resentment. Through her therapy, after a brutal attack, she now realizes he’s the only person who can help her move on. Having Lydia's full attention was something Phillip wasn’t used to—and neither were the rest of of their friends—but never having given up on her, he wasn’t about to walk away when she said she needed his help. Could the years of resentment simply be shrugged off, or would the deep secrets that Lydia still carries force Phillip to finally step away?

Once a month, for as long as they’d been friends, Lisa, Mindy, Ruby, and Tina gathered for Rom Com Movie Club night. Facial masks, nail polish, and wine could settle the world around them as they dished on movies that made them want to love—even if the premise of happily ever after seemed far-fetched. Lisa didn’t have much of an idea of what happily ever after was supposed to look like, but life had always thrown obstacles at her. She never considered it might throw a man her way, which would cause a rift with her best friend before her wedding.

Janvier 1953. Dans la vallée des Eaux-Claires, aux portes d'Angoulême, la vie reprend son cours après les tourments de la guerre. À l'âge de vingt-six ans, Abigaël est une épouse et une mère comblée. Auprès de son grand amour Adrien et de leurs filles, Belle et Édith, elle goûte aux joies de la vie de famille. Mais lorsque des silhouettes du passé viennent hanter ses nuits, "La Messagère des Anges" comprend la fragilité de son bonheur. En ce début d'hiver, elle pressent un terrible danger. Ses dons suffiront-ils à éloigner la menace qui se profile à l'horizon ?

A second chance wasn't what Ella Mills expected when she'd moved back to Georgia after her divorce. But when Gerald Walker and his family needed help, they turned to her first. Gerald had thought he'd moved on from the sexy blonde lawyer, even trying to stir up a romance with a dear friend to get Ella off his mind. However, when Gerald is accused of kidnapping and murder, Ella is the first person he goes to. Luckily for him, her feelings still run as deep as his. Though their romance might rekindle, he will have to prove his innocence first, and Ella will have to come to his defense.

Nichole Lewis' children are the most important people in her life, and are the reason she's relocated to Georgia to start a life away from the chaos that had surrounded her. Meeting Ben Walker and giving in to the attraction for the man only made her decision to stay more appealing. However, when the past she'd escaped finds her and her children, it might be time to run again, with or without Ben.

Audrey Walker, in true Walker spirit, is embarking on a new adventure as an entrepreneur and isn’t looking any further into the future than opening her own salon. When Gregory Bishop, one of the hottest actors in movies, crosses her path, it’s not hard to fall head over heels for the sexy movie star who is infatuated with her. But when his fame and fortune causes someone to go after them, destroying what Audrey has invested everything in, she will have to decide if it’s worth loving Gregory at the risk losing everything that she’s built.

At the Happily Ever After Bookstore, happiness is always found within the pages of the books on its shelves. Its owner, Leona, revels in finding each reader just the right book to bring them joy. She also enjoys meddling just enough to bring readers together who might not know they are destined for one another. In need of a holiday pick-me-up, Sadie seeks out Leona’s advice for a good holiday romance. While scanning the book selections, she knocks into Charlie McGowan, who is certainly out of his element.

Arch rivals on the race track, Jake Walker and Missy Sheridan have found themselves tangled in a web of family lies that could get them both killed. In an attempt to form an alliance on the track, they must put aside their differences. However, when heat and attraction take over, keeping their minds on the race becomes harder than ever. As the stakes grow, can they race against each other allowing the best racer to win when they know that the cost to cross the finish line might be one of their lives?