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Cooper Fortune Maloney is the next best brother—and he knows it. But when Alana Searle wins him in the Chatelaine, Texas, bachelor auction, he doesn't mind being second choice. The flirty ranch hand has a few tricks up his denim sleeve he's sure will win her over. The surprise is on Coop, however, when he learns what lovely Alana is hiding—and what she seeks!

Jordan Del Toro's dreams of happily-ever-after were shattered when the man she loved married someone else. Coming face-to-face with Rafe Reyes again—back in Charming to be best man at her brother's wedding—is Jordan's greatest test. A lot has changed. Rafe has a young daughter and Jordan will soon be planning her own wedding. But she can't ignore the emotions Rafe is reawakening. Is the single father still the best man for her?

Sadie Stephens has loved her brother's best friend, Lincoln Carver, since she was a girl, but a family feud involving a runaway bride closed any options for a romance. Lincoln's only interest in her now is one of obligation and guilt. After all, he's the one responsible for the lassoing "incident" (don't ask. Lincoln's life was perfect until his matchmaking granny stuck her nose in his business. Now, he's accidentally injured his best friend's sister, the woman partly responsible for a family feud.

Nashville-based musician and part-time cowboy Jackson Carver is back in his small town of Stone Ridge, Texas, for the wedding of his older brother. Caught in forced proximity with a matchmaking granny and his ex, it isn't long before Jackson and Eve are revisiting tender feelings that never died.

Colton Henderson has been gone for years from his small Hill Country town. The former Special Ops soldier is finally back, but his family is shocked when he brings along his new fiancée. But Jennifer and Colton have a secret between them. She's running from a suddenly dangerous man and Colton isn't her fiancé. He's her bodyguard.

The men of Stone Ridge are finally getting what they want . . . more women! A cowboy born and bred, Sean Henderson is always willing to help a neighbor in need. Throw in a small town contest in which he's "forced" to date dozens of gorgeous women at once, and fine, you've twisted his arm. Ladies: meet Mr. Cowboy. But what he doesn't expect is for a woman from his past to be one of the contestants.

From a bestselling author, a feel-good, sweet romantic comedy involving a midwife with a secret, a hot doctor, and a reunion a long time coming. No shortage of small-town shenanigans, including a matchmaking aunt, and a town far too involved in the outcome of this second-chance, first love romance.

It's Christmas, and wounded rodeo cowboy Wade Cruz could use a miracle. He's back home to restore his run-down family ranch but the local biddies are convinced he'd be the perfect candidate for their future reality dating show. Wade isn't even a little bit interested but then his best friend's sister, Daisy Carver, suggests a fake dating relationship to throw the matchmakers off his back. In return, virgin Daisy asks experienced Wade to educate her in the ways of love . . .

Becoming a single dad overnight was certainly not part of confirmed bachelor Beau's plans. Neither was becoming someone's husband, but when an old fling claims he's a father, he's determined to do the right thing. Lucy's plans to leave for Seattle and start a new life come to a screeching halt when her best friend needs help. She's harbored a secret crush on Beau for many years, but it's too late now. He’s about to become a family man. Unless this is all a big mistake.

Celebrity stylist Kailey Robbins wants a second chance with the love of her life, ex-military pilot Joe Hannigan, but can she convince him that this time she'll settle down into small town life?

Genevieve Hannigan has longed for her brother's best friend Wallace as long as she can remember. When she couldn't have the man of her dreams, she married his Doppelganger. But Genevieve quickly finds that substitutes are never as good as the real thing. Now, with a disastrous two-month marriage behind her, she's back in town and about to go after studly, hard-bodied contractor Wallace—the only man who's ever put the cream in her pie.

Strike One . . . in one night, Brooke Miller loses her boyfriend, her job and possibly her reputation. She vows revenge on her old boss by bringing a defunct vineyard back to its former glory. But ex-baseball star Billy Turlock swoops in and buys her dream vineyard. Strike Two . . . Billy hopes the new family business will give him direction and purpose, now that he can no longer play baseball. He can't afford to fail again, and for that he needs Brooke, who has hated him and all athletes since high school . . . even if he's never forgotten her.

When CMA award winning country singer Winona James accidentally gets pregnant one wild night with a cowboy, she will finally get her greatest wish. At thirty-nine, a pregnancy was unlikely, and she's thrilled. But as a three-time divorcee, Winona doesn't need another marriage to add to her collection. and when the father proposes a marriage of convenience, she can't get out of Stone Ridge fast enough.

Mallory "Baby" Gillham needs a second chance. When Liam Turlock meets Mallory while hiding behind a rack of banana hammocks at the Tatas and More lingerie shop (don't ask) he has an idea. He and Mallory will pretend to date so that 1. Mallory can repair her good-time girl image; and 2. Liam can get his matchmaking family off his back. So for now, or at least until Liam goes back home to Colorado, he and Mallory are a thing to anyone who asks, especially anyone with the last name of Turlock. But fake has never been this real . . .

When I discover I'm the descendent of the first licensed female pilot in California, there's only one thing to do, right? Yes! Take flying lessons, of course. It must be in my blood. Except the grumpy former Air Force pilot who's taken over his late father's flight school under duress doesn't seem thrilled to see me. Maybe that's because I spilled hot coffee all over his crotch in one of my "I love Lucy" moments.

The Wilders, the infamous Wilder Sisters and the men who love them. A series that delivers an "emotional punch" from a fresh new voice in contemporary romance. Emotional stories about second chances and the family ties that bind us.

When Marco Reyes saves a woman dangling from a first-floor balcony, the rescue leads him down a path he’d never expected. While he’s been dubbed “rebound guy,” Phoebe Carrington inspires a lot more than temporary. But she’s Silicon Valley royalty, and he’s a public servant. They come from different worlds, but a link in their pasts means they may have been fated to meet all along.

When the hot single dad next door asks me to babysit one morning in a pinch, I figure I can help him out temporarily. I'm supposed to be the resident baby expert at RockYourBaby, after all. Unfortunately, behind the computer monitor, my entire life is one big, fat lie. It's my late mother who was the baby whisperer and I'm simply trying to keep her online baby business afloat until we can sell it to the highest bidder.

Fallon McQueen needs a date to a wedding. The pickings at the speed dating events she's attended are slim indeed, and it doesn't help that she has someone specific in mind . . . Then she meets . . . Santa Claus. Jack Cooper is tired of the big city. He needs a break from the streets of Los Angeles. But when he stops a deadbeat from breaking and entering, he's simply trying to do a good deed. Now he has a hot but crazy blonde asking him to be her date to a destination wedding.

Lt. Firefighter Dylan Reyes believes the sunset kiss legend is nothing more than a tourist attraction. He's a big fan of exit plans, science, and health insurance. But since the last time his best friend, Charley, was in the city, he hasn't stopped thinking about her naked. One night, and a realistic dream, changed everything. When Charley Young spreads the word that Dylan has kissed a woman at sunset and is now engaged, her prank sets off a sequence of events. Her intent was to keep single women away from the hunky firefighter, but it has other far-reaching consequences.