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Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family. Angie Gutiérrez would love to spend the holidays with her family, but she doesn’t have a choice. Moving to New York from Colombia to follow her dream of becoming a filmmaker means sacrifices need to be made, like spending the holidays alone.

On New Year's Eve, in 1923, someone walked into Mickey McFadden's queer speakeasy hidden beneath the Big City Little Theater and shot her and her dog, EZ, dead. Or sort of, mostly, kind of dead. Because instead of crossing over, they become trapped within the bar's walls. And though EZ eventually manages to wriggle his way free, Mickey remains, her spirit frozen in time.

Still reeling from the unexpected loss of her parents, Edie McLean doesn't have time to grieve. She's the fourth-generation owner of the McLean Family Coffee Shop, her family's legacy. Unfortunately, this legacy is littered with decades worth of bad business, regrettable purchases, and massive debt. The McLean family motto was always that "good coffee is in our blood," but the shop has become an eyesore and its small, loyal customer base isn't enough to keep it afloat—and if Edie doesn't find a way to turn business around quickly, the family's legacy will end with her.

Dani Bond may be young but she knows what she wants. Design sustainable buildings for her father's development company and marry her best friend since elementary school, Kelly Tompkins. Easy, right? Her socialite Mom has other ideas. Determined to groom a pageant queen, her mother's matchmaking attempts and warnings of unsavory rumors fail to dampen Dani's growing fondness for Kelly. The farmer's daughter with eyes blue as Texas skies and a dazzling smile had captured her heart on day one.

On a seemingly ordinary April weekend, with her beloved wife Sophie out of town, Jensy Willett finds herself reminiscing about the extraordinary events of the past eight years of her life. From the long, slow arc of her recovery as the victim of a school shooting, to her hard-earned success as a photographer, Jensy contentedly reflects on the peace and contentment she has found at last. Now in her mid-forties, she has a new career, a new appreciation of life, and a love for Sophie that has only grown stronger over the two decades of their lives together.

In the aftermath of a fateful decision that threatened to tear them apart, Jensy Willett and Sophie Barnes begin the fragile quest to rekindle their love. Their slow, hesitant journey leads them to rediscover the happiness, trust, and passion they once shared, and reveals a new world of adventures, opportunities, and startling revelations. But once again, fate intervenes, and an unforeseen event shatters their world in a way that neither Jensy nor Sophie could have anticipated. An uncertain future. A changed world. When their lives come crashing down, what will the future hold?

Lex Bennet didn't plan on falling for Eva Montgomery—her fiercest collegiate basketball rival, turned teammate, turned secret girlfriend. Now, with the cameras off and the season over, they finally have a shot at something real. For once, Lex isn't chasing wins. She's chasing a future.

There must be an apocalypse right around the corner in this paranormal romcom from USA Today bestselling author Christi Barth.

Prince Arael Kendall's past comes back to haunt him when the Nightmare Crisis throws his life into chaos. In a last ditch effort to make things right, he runs away from home and finds himself in the company of Hazel Redwood, a happy-go-lucky teen with their own secrets to sort out. As an odd string of coincidences begins to reveal the duo's missing pieces, the monsters called Nightmares continue to ravage the world to the west.

College student Kayla Monroe seems to have everything. Stunning looks, smarts, and loads of money thanks to her privileged upbringing. But something’s gone wrong. Ever since the start of her sophomore year, people have been avoiding her. Her friends shun her. Guys no longer flock to her. Even her former stalker, an awkward geek, now wants nothing to do with her. She is on the brink of utter despair when she encounters a young man in the park. The man is charming and movie star handsome. Kayla thinks maybe her luck has taken a turn for the better. But she couldn’t be more wrong.

Anna Burke presents Book 4 in the Seal Cove Romance series.

I'm popping bonbons and riding the high of securing the lease on my jewelry boutique off Main Street when I make a Galentine's Day pact with my girlfriends. Fueled by a sugar high and bravado, I promise to step out of my comfort zone and book myself a life-drawing portrait. All my life, I've let other people define how I see myself but not anymore. Or so I tell myself. Because . . . getting naked? In front of a stranger? It's a lot. Especially when the artist turns out to be Bentley Cormack, my one true love and the man who left me behind.

One night, while walking at Savannah Beach, a teenager named Tony-Paul had an encounter with three sightseeing vampires. Join Tony-Paul de Vissage as he relates these stories of three hapless vampires and how they found love, lost it, found it again, and fought to keep it.

Katy yearns for the ultimate bad boy, and the Devil grants her wish...sort of. Can a monumental underachiever of a demon and a “good girl” find true love? Lisa helps an old gypsy woman and is given a black cat and a wish charm that works...at the wrong moment.

Six months ago, Liss Jemison's life was mostly normal. Then a freaking demon crashed her roommate's party and "normal" was replaced by a chaotic, terrifying world filled with half-angels, demons, and way too much evil. Now Liss is the only powerless human among her friends...which makes her an enormous target. And a certain gorgeous grouch of a Nephilim just won’t shut up about it. As the fiercest Nephilim warrior, Zavier Carranza is doing everything he can to prevent the release of the Titans and the overthrowing of Heaven and Hell.

Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed. It’s not easy being a businesswoman in 1912, but she is determined to continue what her grandparents started decades ago, no matter what it takes. So when Margot finds Mrs. Gilroy, her father’s former assistant, dead in the office with a half-finished note confessing to nebulous misdeeds at B&H, she seeks out help from a very discreet, private investigator to figure out what's going on. Her company, and her good name, are at stake if scandal breaks...and she could lose everything, including her freedom.

Spencer Adams was never expected to be anything more than a high school dropout. She'd been a troubled teen, spending more time at the skate park than in school, at least until her music teacher introduced her to the guitar, and music class became her lifeline. Ten years later, she is the guitarist in a band that has become a breakout success, and she wants to use that success to help teens. She takes on a volunteer project with local youth as a way of honoring her past, not knowing that it will force her to revisit the one part of her past that she'd hoped to forget.