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Miss Dinah Ashmore has a problem: her sister has gone missing, and the constable isn’t taking it seriously. She decides to take matters into her own hands by hiring a Bow Street Runner, not understanding the danger she has put herself in. Nathaniel Calvert, Earl of Hawthorne, is an agent of the Crown. His assignment is to root out a radical group and bring them to justice. When Miss Ashmore mistakes him as a Bow Street Runner and explains her plight, he suspects that the missing sister might be connected to his case.

Ryan needs a nanny for his daughter, and I need a job. So I do my best to convince him I'm exactly what he's looking for. It's a win-win. The only problem? I may have a tiny crush on the hottie single dad. Not that he would ever see me like that—he's grumpy, and well…I'm not.

Agree to be on the Married in the Wild survival reality show? Check. Collect a paycheck that's enough to help with my mom's medical bills? Check. Get married? Um… Check? Enter Bennett Forrester. My best friend's older brother is gorgeous, a huge flirt, and always in the wrong place at the right time when it comes to catching me in my most humiliating moments. So I'm not surprised that he's there when my wedding falls apart just as the cameras are showing up. I am surprised when he offers to marry me instead.

Sebastian Radcliffe can't wait to move to Trinity Falls with his son. His happy memories of summers with his grandfather in the familiar countryside sustained him through years of hard work in the city after losing his wife. But when they arrive at last, he discovers that the whole town resents him for buying up so much land. If Trinity Falls is the perfect Christmas village, Radcliffe might as well be its Scrooge.

Desperate to escape the dome of control my father has dropped over my life, I visit my brother in Texas with no plans to use my return ticket home. But after spending every cent of my savings to pay off my student loans, I need a job. Stat. Otherwise, I'll be forced to ask my brother for help and admit how bad things have gotten at home. So, when the production company I'm interviewing with in Sheet Cake, Texas, wants proof that I've got long-term roots here, I invent a fake local boyfriend. Which would have been fine had they not asked to meet him. Today.

Life is weird. One day, you're in the garden, tending your tulips and growing your flower farm business, and the next, your doctor is handing you a prescription for synthetic blood and signing you up for vampire support groups.

I go through crushes faster than a kid goes through presents on Christmas morning. When I crash into my annoying(ly hot) nemesis and we get stuck on the elevator during a blackout, the last thing I expect is to develop feelings for him. Nate Cruz is opinionated, a stickler for justice, talks with his hands, and is the space heater keeping me safe while we're stuck on this freezing metal box. He's also the first person to ever push past my defense mechanisms and see me as more than "the girl who messes up everything" that my family sees.

It started innocently enough with a harmless inquiry about a cute guy at a coffee shop. The goal was to get back into the romance game. The search turned into a social media frenzy. #DesperatelySeekingDane was not available. Talk about a buzzkill. Just when I thought things couldn't become more dramatic, a TV production company reached out to me as a last-minute contestant in a dating contest because of my five minutes of online fame. It was an instant yes because one of the three bachelors was a major movie star and my lifelong crush.

There is nothing like hiding a secret identity from your roommate besties to complicate... everything. And when they decide I need a love life makeover, I can't tell them why I don't have time for their schemes. Retirement home nurse by day, lead singer of a rock band by night. Not on the schedule: Men. I'd rather cuddle with Bernice, the hangry boa next door. I can't think of an excuse fast enough to get out of betting my prime parking space against them finding me true love, but luckily, they pick the worst possible guy for me.

Della Hampton answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride in the isolated mining town of Kirwin, Wyoming. Her hasty decision turns desperate when she arrives to find her intended dead. Della is determined to do whatever it takes to remain in Kirwin and find a new name for herself. Bastien Graham is a brand-new foreman ready to prove himself. Within days of stepping into the position, a mail-order bride is abandoned in town. Bastien, now assigned to take her down the mountain and into town, soon discovers the lady has other plans.

Carly Catterson has one rule: never date a coworker again. After her last office romance ended in humiliation—complete with a public breakup and a change in careers—Carly swore off love in the workplace. And especially love with Nate Farnsworth, the infuriatingly charming office rival at her new job. But when Nate needs a fake girlfriend to fool his parents, and Carly needs a way to make her ex squirm, a mutually beneficial arrangement is born. The plan is simple: fake smiles, staged hand-holding, and absolutely no real feelings involved.

My roommates say I'm a workaholic, so my best friend and bossiest roommate makes fixing my love life her summer project. But makeover schemes? And blind dates with her weird library patrons? Not the answer. Help! Then she calls in her brother, Joey, as a dating coach, and it's officially my worst nightmare. Joey is one of Austin's hottest heartthrobs, and I fell for him when I was fourteen. No other guy has ever measured up. I'll do anything to keep Joey from finding out—including putting up with a bombshell transformation.

Hi, I'm Piper, and I'm in love with a vampire hunter. I thought my life took a weird turn at the beginning of summer when I was diagnosed as a pre-vamp, but let me tell you, it's gotten crazier. A few months ago, I didn't even know vampires existed, and now I'm rubbing shoulders with the vampire elite, going into business with one of their princes, and dreaming about a moonlit garden wedding with a tasteful carnivore reception menu.

I've spent my life battling to manage my parents' impossible expectations and trying to catch the eye of Brian Single, a man whose head only turns for mail. Bemoaning my humanity shouldn't really be at the top of my priorities after I've just moved out of my parents' house and in with the mailman himself, but—haha—it is.

Responsible young widow Lydia has to put her grief aside to support her young family. When no one will hire her, she realizes that the only road to security for her and her children is to ignore her broken heart and marry again. Charming and irresponsible Willem has finally discovered a business opportunity he's passionate about, but in order to gain control of his inheritance, he must prove to his father he's ready to take life seriously.

Hayes may think he can show up at our home, fling a contract in my face, and I’ll drop to my knees and thank him for saving the day, but he’s got it all wrong. However, we’re forced to spend time together, giving me a glimpse into the grumpy man behind the suit. There's more to him than I imagined, especially when I learn why he needs this job. Soon, I can’t deny the chemistry that sizzles between us, but he’s the enemy. Wanting him should be wrong.

How difficult could it be pretending to be in love with a virtual stranger? I’ll do anything to get my trust fund on my twenty-fifth birthday, even if it means striking a deal with the new barista. My parents think they can manipulate me into being the robot they deem acceptable to society by withholding my trust fund, but the joke’s on them if they think I’ll give in to their demands.

The group of close family and friends are determined to settle the ownership of the beachfront property once and for all. But it seems there are forces outside of their control determined to shatter all their dreams. As she takes time to reconsider her career, Eliza’s daughter finds herself in the middle of conflicting feelings for two very different men. Balancing what she wants with what she needs, this shrewd businesswoman discovers that sometimes the best decisions are made with the heart, and not the head.

When Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she’s uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. At 53, she’s too young to retire and too old to start over. Then her estranged father’s widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs. Eliza sees the trip to a place called Shellseeker Beach as a distraction from her loss and maybe a way to get some closure on the difficult relationship she'd had with her father.

When Dr. Kellan Webb is offered the opportunity to trade in his job at a fancy city hospital and take over the small practice in his hometown, he's overjoyed. Working one-on-one with patients and raising his son close to his family will more than make up for the pay cut. And Kellan always has a plan for the future. Sure, his brothers might tease him for being so serious all the time, but Kellan knows there's nothing funny about shouldering his responsibilities like a man. Then, a beautiful young pregnant woman arrives at his house in the middle of the night.