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I've been in love with my brother's best friend for as long as I can remember. Once upon a time he was my knight in shining armor, but now? He acts like I’m his worst enemy. I don't know why Cooper Jenkins insists on keeping me at arm's length—which is hard to do when he’s my partner at the Academy—or why he insists on shielding me from every other boy at school. I don’t want to be at Oakwood high anymore than he seems to want me there, so why won’t he leave me alone?

Ellise has a broken heart. But not the kind you’re thinking. Something happened at her old job that made her lose her confidence. Starting over in a new city seemed like the best way to find her mojo—until she runs into Dr. McSauce-Spiller in the cafeteria. Carter McKnight wasn’t looking for his dream woman, but he stumbles right into her, spilling red sauce all over himself in the process.

I live by three rules. One: I never get lower than an A in any class. Two: I never lose a cross-country race. And three: I never talk to Cade Kelley. Well, number three came crashing down the moment Principal Connell asks me to guide Cade back onto the right path. Something about helping him turn his life around. If only Principal Connell knew our history, he’d understand just what he’s asking.

I’m pregnant and I don’t know what to do. I can’t tell my parents. Kevin never wanted a baby. The only person who knows is Boone, and he swore he wouldn’t tell anyone and even though I’ve just met him, I believe he’ll keep my secret. Morning sickness is no joke, so when Mom mentions needing to go out of town to help her sister, and I encourage my parents to go. With them gone, I won’t live in fear that they will discover what I’m trying to keep hidden. Now it’s Boone and I.

Everyone at the ballet academy thinks they know me—the prima donna. The diva. The mean girl. They’re wrong. What they don’t know is that I’m moments away from losing my meticulously planned out life. I’m not one to show weakness but my ankle has a different agenda. Adding Ryan to that equation only complicates things more and suddenly the only person who can save my future—and my secrets—is the one person I’m not sure I can trust.

It’s a few days before Christmas and despite her efforts to keep her life from crumbling, fate isn’t on her side. Just as she wrangling her five-year-old into her car, the wind picks up and her car door scratches the paint of the Jaguar next to her. The car that just happens to belong to Collin Stewart—the boy who broke her heart years ago.

Millie has given up on love. After all, men never seem to show up when they’re supposed to. Joseph is trying to atone for his mistakes that he made before his daughter passed away. He’s left behind his privileged life to travel from town to town, paying off stranger’s medical bills. They were perfectly happy living their single lives until Millie rear ends Joseph in the parking lot of the hospital where she works. Fate intervenes and they find themselves thrown together. But love isn’t that simple.

I'm in trouble. One stupid bet with a teammate and my starting spot on the Wolves Football Team is on the line. I need a romance overhaul and I need it fast. There's only one woman who can help me: Dr. Heather Campbell. Her red curls may be wild but she's as button-down as they come. At least ... I thought so. After a few days with her, I'm not so sure I know Heather like I thought I did and my heart's telling me to get closer. She's the kind of woman I want forever. The trouble is, I'm not a forever kind of guy.

Even though I’m around hot football players every afternoon, they are not allowed to date me. If they even come close to flirting, my dad, Coach “The Boss” Davis, makes them run laps around the field until they puke. Not only has he forbidden me to date anyone at all, he’s even made me the football team’s water girl so he can keep tabs on me. What Dad doesn’t know is that I spend every last second of those two blissful hours of practice in the scorching California heat staring at Tyson Blake. He is the epitome of perfection. And Dad hates him.

Zach "The Stud" Stedman has it all. As an Offensive Lineman for the Georgia Patriots, life couldn't get any better. Until Danielle returns. Danielle is just trying to survive. As a single, working mom, she's put her past behind her and is trying to do what's best for her son. Reuniting with Zach was not part of her plan. If only Zach wasn't so nice. If only she were stronger. If only he wasn't the exact thing that's been missing in her life, then keeping a secret from him wouldn't be so hard.

Two years ago, I kissed my best friend’s brother and the next day, he pretended that it never happened. Now, my best friend’s marriage is in trouble and she’s asked me to fake a marriage with her brother so we can all fly to a tropical island for a couple’s retreat. I love my friend and would do anything for her, I’m just not so sure my heart can handle seeing Michael again. Especially when there’s only one room…and one bed.

Jenna is home for Christmas, and she's just trying to survive her mom's insistence that she get married, and her feelings for Dean that haven't really disappeared. Showing up with her new fling seems like the best way of avoiding both of them.

My plan was perfect: convince my best friend and school quarterback, Ethan, to be the final prize for my matchmaking test where the proceeds go to sending the band to Paris. Plus, if it matches me with my lifelong crush, that's a bonus, right? What could go wrong? Apparently, a lot. First, the test matches me and Ethan. Which is easy to explain. Computers make mistakes all the time, right? Second, the girl I switch myself for seems perfect for Ethan. Maybe a bit too perfect. Third, my date with my crush goes horribly wrong, and my first kiss tanks.

Naomi is ready to start her life with Walker on Harmony Island. She's convinced the best thing for her is to forget Magnolia, and especially Colten. She's determined to pick up again where she left off - even if that means forcing herself to ignore the things about Walker she can't explain. When Walker comes home and announces that he has another monthlong trip on the oil rig, panic sets in. That is, until Colten shows up. If Walker is the man that she's destined to be with, why can't she stop thinking about Colten?

I wanted Asher and I to move past his confession. We’ve been friends for so long, we can get over anything, right? Wrong. Not only has our relationship fundamentally changed, but he disappears for a month and comes back to Harmony, engaged. Apparently, he rekindled his relationship with his high school girlfriend. Gloria insists that I write the expose on their wedding. Asher’s fiancee is the daughter of the Mayor of New York City. It’s the kind of story that will restore the town’s trust in the paper after the Proctor disaster.

Previously, Her Protector James is broken and running from a past he can’t face. He’s fine living his solitary life, away from anyone who he could hurt. Love was the last thing he deserved. Layla is finished with her no good, ex-fiancé. Just when she thought she’d rid him from her life, James shows up claiming that she’s in danger and must come with him.

Maggie is 36, recently divorced and embarrassingly unemployed. With a bank account nearing zero, she does the only thing she can think of: make a business proposition to her gorgeous and successful estranged mother. To Maggie’s utter surprise, her mother agrees. Any funds she can create off the sale of the dilapidated family inn on the island of Magnolia would be hers to invest.

The contract said it all, feelings were forbidden. My ex husband left me pregnant and penniless. When my best friend tells me about a once-in-a-lifetime job opening to be a personal assistant to the city's most eligible billionaire, I decide to go. After all, I have no health insurance and a baby on the way. When I get there, I sign what I think is a NDA. That's when the mistake is realized. I just signed a contract stating that I agreed to fake marry Reed for one year and the only way I can get out of it is by paying an obscene amount of money. Which I don't have.

I'm just trying to survive. The gelato shop my grandmother left me is struggling and I can't help but feel like a failure for letting things get this bad. When the annual fishing tournament starts up in Magnolia, I'm determined to win.

Welcome to Magnolia. Fiona is waiting for her court date to come around. In the meantime, she's determined to find a job to help out her mother's struggling coffee shop. As luck would have it, Maggie has heard of a recluse on the far end of the island who is looking for a housekeeper-slash-chef. Even though Fiona isn't the greatest homemaker, she'd determined to give it a shot. Until she meets Jackson. He's dark. He's broody. And he has a secret that she can't quite figure out. As much as she wants to walk away from him, she discovers that there is more to him that he lets on.