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Kylie Cormier is loyal and devoted to her family at just about any cost. Nothing ever comes before her family and the small dry cleaning business they run together. Trying to finish her degree and help her parents out is a struggle, but she's tough and determined to succeed. When sheltered and naive Tony finally talks his father into giving him a role in the business, his first target is Cormier’s Cleaning and Alterations. It appears he might be late to the party as a rival gang is already encroaching on the territory he intends to claim. But Tony can't back down or he'll risk his ...

Gabrielle Evans needs a higher paying job. Zachary Lewis doesn't really need anything. He already has it all. When Gabrielle gets a chance to break back into the modeling scene, she's beside herself. The new job and money will change her life. And boy does she need a change. Her new boss is rude and she dislikes him as soon as he sneers at her for no reason. She can't ignore that he's drop dead gorgeous - far and away the only man to ever melt her insides with a single glance. Even that annoys her about him. Zachary runs his top notch jewelry company with creativity and efficiency. His ...

Brandon Phillips is sick of his shallow existence. Sure, he has money...and plenty of it, but that's part of the problem. How can he know that people like him for who he really is? Deciding to wander aimlessly where nobody knows him, he's hoping to find out what kind of man he really is. He's going to prove to himself he's not the spoiled rich kid he was raised to be. Jessie White loves music and it's now her job. As a blogger, she was often struggling to make ends meet, but after landing a permanent magazine gig, things are looking up.

Jessica Collins is content as a high school English teacher. She knows there's more outside the small town of Pinevale, Georgia, but she's not unhappy with where she is. After a bad breakup, she's giving dating a rest hoping her heart will heal and she's getting there. Until she gets roped into a bachelor auction for charity, that is.

Matt O'Connor seems to have it all. Young, handsome, rich. Extremely rich, actually. But deep down, he'd give almost anything to regain the life he'd enjoyed before his father's unexpected death. Though he pretends to take his new found responsibility in stride, secretly he's struggling under the heavy weight. Kimberly Walsh is a petite, red-headed powerhouse in more ways than one. She's a success in real estate at the very young age of 23 and she can take care of herself. But her success is often attributed to her parents who own the big firm she works for. She knows she's good, but she ...

Felicity Duncan has had a crush on Jack Taylor since she was a teenager. She follows the rodeo because of him. When she finds out he’s in her cousin’s wedding, she’s beside herself with nerves and excitement.

Lilliana’s ties to the Duncan family are strong. Losing her mother at a young age affected her deeply, and she’s compensated for that loss by clinging to her women friends. The Duncan wives love her dearly and protect her when necessary.

Bryce Duncan thinks hiring a party planner for his dad’s 60th birthday is downright silly. But when his mother leaves him no choice, he has to toss his idea—a family BBQ and a bucket of beers—in the trash. His mother, ever the meddler, hires party planner Lindsey Mackey, a vibrant young woman with a gift and dedication for memorable events. From the moment he meets her, Bryce finds himself annoyed by her constantly upbeat attitude. It’s going to be a long month of planning.

Jake Turner needed a change of scenery. So he made sure he got just that. The gulf coast of Alabama would be a drastic change from the hustle of the technology hub in California. Surely the beach would help him clear his mind so he could finish the project that was his billion-dollar company's next new thing. Gillian Payne was haunted by the past. Failures and should-have-dones were all around her. Running the beach bed and breakfast she inherited from her mother was harder than she'd realized it would be. Crisis after crisis kept her busy and worried.

I clutch my press credentials like armor as I walk into the Austin Stars stadium. After my career imploded in Chicago, this assignment is my last shot at proving I belong in sports journalism. Ted Brennan is everything I should avoid. He’s a catcher with gorgeous eyes and a smile that makes me forget why mixing business with pleasure never works. When his overwhelming family adopts me as his girlfriend after one conversation, I should run but I don’t. When he starts sharing team secrets over coffee dates, I should definitely run. Again, I don’t. Because Ted sees past my professional ...

Sam Duncan expects to win the ranch challenge that would put a cool 50 grand in his pocket. Not lacking confidence, Sam works his parcel of land in the competition and is certain his win will be a slam dunk. What he doesn’t expect is that Whitney—the only woman ranch hand at Duncan Ranch—will give him a run for his money. He’s not happy about it, and his disdain for her overflows.

Maddie Burns is back in town. Happy to be teaching in the high school she’d attended, settling back into small-town life feels familiar and safe. The fact that her high school sweetheart ex is still there isn’t even on her radar. She moved past him years ago and eventually got over her broken heart...sort of. Well, actually, she still has flashes of anger when she thinks about how things went down.

Annie knows better than to act on this crush—her boss is off-limits There’s so much more to Chad Bolton than just looks. He’s charming, willing to admit she’s intelligent, and he respects her input when it comes to his company… even though she’s a new hire. When the other men laughed her out of the board room for her suggestions, Chad asked her to head a new project for him. Who’s laughing now? Chad knew her ideas were outside the box—and brilliant Asking her to lead this project just made sense, but it’s a mistake. He can’t stop thinking about her. She’s smart as a ...

Entrepreneur Daniel is enjoying the success he worked hard to gain. His family runs a big ranch and he’d have a place there if he wanted, but his true calling is his coffee shop in town. He knows how to give patrons the best cup of coffee they’ve ever had and building the local coffee scene speaks to his creative side. Megan made a bold decision to open her coffee shop across the street from the most successful one in town. Truthfully, the shop across the street is the only real coffee shop in town besides hers. She’s normally confident but this potential mistake is shaking her up a ...

Rose feels like an outsider. Even though her family is in Rocky Ridge, she doesn’t belong here. She’d been living her dream running her own art gallery, but that was gone now. She should be thankful she’d been able to find a job, but working as a waitress would never take the place of being immersed in art every day. Mike has been quietly obsessed with the Reese family for as long as he can remember. They keep their distance from him, even though they’d given him a job. He had a bad reputation that he’d earned. The guilt and shame were what had made him leave Rocky Ridge. But now ...

Dakota’s a professional, even if some people don’t believe in her career choice. Cowboys have used holistic veterinary methods for years, they just had a different name for it. But when she comes onto farms with a unique ability to care for horses, people give her the side eye. She’d like to say Brady is different, and he is… he shares his opinion out loud that he thinks her work is silly. And when she brings one of her cousin’s horses in for a check up, she winds up stuck with loud, obnoxious, womanizing Brady. Talk about a nightmare. Whoever heard of holistic horse care? Not ...

All Nick wants is a little control over his life. His parents—the king and queen of Bestio—have chosen everything for him, from his job to his fiancee. For once in his life, he's determined to make his own decision. His final thought as his mount throws him is maybe he shouldn't have mixed alcohol and horses. Not working drives Aster up the walls. It's worth breaking the rules to take extra shifts at the hospital... until her supervisor catches her. Now she's stuck on administrative leave with nothing to do but explore the distant reaches of her family ranch. The last thing she expects ...

Reality looks different through the eye of a camera. As the youngest daughter of a wealthy rancher, Azalea has it all—good looks, a steady boyfriend, and a scholarship to a prestigious university. It's the perfect gilded cage. Azalea longs to break free and stand on her own, to find the passion that's missing from her life. But nothing in reality resembles her dreams... until she meets Leo. Leonardo Walton is a self-made billionaire, a genius investor with an unfortunate knack for upsetting people. Determined to boost Leo's public image, his PR manager signs him up for the reality show ...

When fate decides you're not meant to be, do you have to accept it? Her whole life, Lily has given up everything for the people she loves. When her best friends Wesley and Mia got together in high school, she stepped aside and tried to smile. When her father refused to hire help for their busy ranch, she became a full-time housekeeper. Now Wesley has returned after five years...but he's back with Mia, not her. Happiness has always hovered just out of Wesley's reach. Mia wasn't the answer. Neither was escaping his small home town to become a world-renowned chef. The last time he remembers ...

When the arguing reaches a fever pitch, is it time to admit feelings that have been bubbling under the surface all along? Madison Taylor can’t forget the huge argument she’d had with her brother’s best friend. Technically he was her friend, too, but now that they were older they couldn’t seem to get along. And a year after their unforgettable fight, he’s trying her patience again. Alex Clark is determined to become a cowboy by the end of their dude ranch vacation. He wants the accomplishment, but he also wants to impress his friend Madison. Even though she’s a little prickly ...