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Vivian Armstrong has taken control of Vortex, her family's security business, and she’s determined to prove her worth. She may be the youngest of seven and the only woman bodyguard on the team, but she’s every bit as tough as her older brothers. On a trip to Aspen Cove, she finds herself working for famous bass player Red Blakely, the personification of everything she detests in a man: arrogant, entitled, and too handsome for his own good. How can she protect him when all she wants to do is kill him?

Author Reese Arden has been hiding most of her life. Some would call her a wallflower, but she’s the root of that flower, hidden far beneath the soil, where no one can see her, hear her, or shame her. Her lifelong stutter has silenced her, but when she moves to Aspen Cove, she vows to give herself a new beginning and find the courage to be heard. Her first encounter with a handsome hitchhiker spurs her inquisitive writer’s brain. Tucked inside his pocket, next to his heart is a mysterious pink envelope. Could this man be her muse?

Never-married, retired librarian Elsa Buchanan isn’t known for subtlety; she’s known for getting her way. Aging and in questionable health, she’s worried her time for falling in love is overdue. Always up for a challenge, she sets her eyes on irascible Trenton Van der Veen, who is like a first-edition hardback book—quality through and through but showing a lifetime of wear and tear. Can she crack through his binding to enter his heart, or will she have to return him for a newer edition?

After being booted from her hit renovation show, Jewel Monroe moves to Aspen Cove to lick her wounds. No one seems to know who she is, and that’s a secret she wants to keep. Mason Van der Veen is in trouble. He scooped up several properties in Aspen Cove, hoping to turn the town into the next Colorado vacation mecca. Jewel is his secret weapon and has the notoriety to bring him the attention he needs, but she can’t help him if she stays a secret.

Welcome back to Aspen Cove.... One Hundred Decisions: Waitress Natalie Keane seeks peace and quiet. When she becomes guardian to her 12-year-old brother, her life is anything but calm. Add to that her growing feelings for a sexy shop owner, and her life is pure chaos. One Hundred Glances: Artist Sosie Grant has a bout with Lyme disease that leaves her unable to paint. She is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, specifically Baxter Black. One Hundred Lessons: Schoolteacher Mercy Meyer had dreams until her cheating husband stole them away. She’s sworn off men until sexy Alex Cruz.

Poppy Dawson has spent her life wanting what she can’t have—namely Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. She has to decide if she wants the life laid out for her, or the life she desires. Mark Bancroft is a good and honest man who’s been in love with Poppy Dawson ever since he can remember.

Join best-selling author Kelly Collins on another trip to Aspen Cove, where anything is possible when it comes to love....

Nurse Sage Nichols’ life is falling apart. Her favorite patient has just died. She’s lost her job. And she’s been evicted. When she finds out she inherited a bed and breakfast in a remote town in the Rockies, she’s determined to sell it and return to Denver.

After being booted from her hit renovation show, Reno or Wreck It, Jewel Monroe moves to Aspen Cove to lick her wounds. No one seems to know who she is, and that’s a secret she wants to keep. When that old familiar need to renovate burns inside her, she buys a rundown house.

When veterinary technician Beth Buchanan sees that plus sign in the test window, she knows she can’t lie to herself any longer. She doesn’t have the flu; she’s pregnant from a one-night stand, and it’s all her meddling mother’s fault. Indigo guitarist Gray Stratton gave up on love when he was manipulated into marrying a pregnant groupie, only to find out she wasn’t carrying his baby or any baby for that matter. The only thing she was interested in delivering was money into her bank account, and he’s been paying for that mistake ever since.

As the personal assistant to pop star legend Indigo, Deanna Archer moved to Aspen Cove for work. But when her longtime crush dumps her, Deanna is determined to get him back, even if that means enlisting the help of Aspen Cove’s new deputy sheriff, Merrick Buchanan, to act as her fake boyfriend. After all, the best way to get a man is to make him think he can’t have you, right? As her plan unfolds and her feelings toward Merrick grow, Deanna is faced with a dilemma: Does she stay on course or veer off in the direction her heart wants to take her?

Laatstejaarsstudente River Roberts is de beste van haar jaar. Maar buiten de collegezaal heeft ze moeite de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen. Omdat ze haar kans op een diploma niet wil laten schieten, wordt ze lid van een geheime studentenclub die als doel heeft de diepste seksuele verlangens van alumni uit te laten komen. Maar als ze verliefd wordt op een knappe cliёnt, beseft ze dat ze nooit heeft stilgestaan bij wat dit spelletje haar aan liefdesverdriet kan kosten...

Het leven van Paul Yoder staat of valt met het doen van grote dingen. Hij is charmant, intelligent en steenrijk, maar wat hij het liefste wil is iemand vinden die van hem houdt zoals hij is, iemand die meer ziet dan wat hij aan rijkdom te bieden heeft.

Beautiful but deadly, Katya Petrenko’s future has been decided. She’ll marry the man her father orders her to, or she’ll pay the price. After narrowly escaping a marriage to the wrong Wilde brother, she has now been promised to a notorious Russian hit man who has the Wildes in his crosshairs. Ultimately, Katya must choose between loyalty to her family and protecting Matt, the Wilde brother who stole her heart years ago. Matt Wilde has had his share of troubles. Born into mob life, it’s all that he knows.

Schoolteacher Mercy Meyer had dreams of the good life until her cheating husband stole them away. When the scandal broke, she moved to Aspen Cove where the only eligible bachelor isn't exactly family-man material...or is he? Rock star Alex Cruz moved to Aspen Cove hoping for a much-needed break from lurking groupies. Instead, he discovers he has a daughter...and he is in desperate need of help. Can Mercy get over her hurt to let Alex inside her heart? Will Alex bury his rock-star life for domestic bliss? Listen to find out in One Hundred Lessons.

Aspen Cove has offered Natalie Keane the peace and quiet she lacked growing up in foster care. While fear of getting too close to anyone has led her to settle on the outskirts of town, she’s found a happy routine, until life throws her a massive curveball in the form of the little brother she never knew existed. Thrust into parenthood, Natalie faces the enormous task of handling a rebellious 12-year-old.

Social media darling Goldie Sutherland grew up in the limelight. As the daughter of an award-winning movie star, she learned early on how fickle fans can be. Her mother taught her that beauty opens far more doors than brains. When her star power starts fading fast, she sets out to find a groom in a last-ditch effort to win back her dwindling fan base. Armed with nothing but a handful of cash and desperation, she rides into Aspen Cove searching for Prince Charming, but ends up with a mountain man.

Poppy Dawson has spent her entire life wanting what she can’t have - namely, Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. Growing up the daughter of a cattle rancher, she’d had no time for silly things such as love. But after watching her terminally ill mother wither, Poppy realizes that life is not only unpredictable, it’s short. She has to decide if she’ll settle for the life laid out for her or the life she desires.

He’s leading a double life. She’s following her heart. Will his sexy secret ruin their perfect romance? Grad student Luca Gregorio has smarts, sex appeal, and a dirty little secret he’ll never tell his devout Catholic family. To bankroll his education, he’s mastered the art of satisfying wealthy alumni’s wildest fantasies. But his own dreams of graduation falter when he falls for an alluring woman who makes him question whether the burden of student debt is heavier than the soul-crushing cost of selling himself.

Alexa Cross leaves Los Angeles with a scarred heart, beat-up car, and a secret. She's ready to move on and leave her past behind, but fate has had a way of knocking her right back down. Marooned in the middle of nowhere, she imagines misfortune has dealt its final blow, but this time, destiny seems to have a different plan when she ends up in a place aptly called The Last Resort.