As the head elf at Santa’s Christmasland, I never expected to be butting heads with the new executive—or going on a date with him. But when he asked me to go home with him for Christmas, I surprised myself by saying yes.
Oh, and he’s from the North Pole.
And apparently, I’m an elf.
Teddy Claus
Training to take over the family business was no small undertaking, but for the last few years, I’d been working my way up through the ranks, mastering each branch of our enterprise.
But everything was different when I arrived at our Christmas themed amusement park and met her.
Maybe that was why I invited her home with me for Christmas.
It felt like I’d been searching my whole life for something, and I’d finally found it.
Maybe, what I’d needed all along was Ivy by my side.
Brick Wall is a college hockey romance with a hero who falls hard and fast for the one girl he can’t have.
JT
Life hasn’t always been easy, but things are beginning to look up. I’m the starting goalie for the BU Wolves, Coach Baylor has become the family I have always wanted as a kid, and my dream career is waiting for me. All I need to do is defend my net for the next few seasons so I can prove to the Boston Bruisers that they drafted me for a reason. That’s a pretty bright future for a man with a past like mine.
When I hit up a party with a bunch of my roommates, I never expected to fall hard. But from that night on, it’s out of my control. Maggie Baylor is the one for me, no matter how much she tries to deny it.
Just when I think we’re getting somewhere, she ghosts me. But there’s one thing Maggie doesn’t understand: I’m not letting anything or anyone—not even Coach—stand in our way.
Maggie
As a transfer student, I have one goal: finish my senior year without any drama. And, ok…I may have lost sight of that goal before the year officially started. But that’s not my fault—Hottie Gym Shorts Guy was…well, hot. And sweet. And so very talented. That’s why I bolted the next morning. I didn’t move back home to fall in lust or worse, love. I came back to Bainbridge to spend time with my Uncle Hudson and earn my degree.
Besides, there won’t be any drama because I’m never going to see him again.
Except I do. We just keep running into each other. It’s fine, though. I can resist.
Until I can’t. JT is crumbling all my defenses. I’m on the verge of letting myself fall in love, even if I know my uncle will disapprove, when two little pink lines appear. I brace myself for impact because the only thing I know about love is that it doesn’t last.
But JT doesn’t leave my side. He slays my dragons and rubs my feet and makes me reconsider everything I thought I knew.
Is this really something I can believe in, or will our world come crashing down just when we need each other the most?
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Brick Wall is the third book in the Bainbridge U hockey series, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If you love a stoic hero who’ll do anything to protect the woman he loves and the family they’ve created, no matter who tries to stop him, JT Norris will melt your kindle. If you can’t resist a jaded heroine who learns to trust again, Maggie Baylor is your kinda girl. If you want all the laughs, all the feels, and every single bit of steam, and no third act break-up, then settle in with your favorite snack—Maggie recommends dark chocolate peanut butter cups—and dive into this forbidden love, surprise baby college hockey romance.
It was supposed to be one night to feel alive after getting out of a dud of a relationship. Now I’m having a baby, and I only have the soon-to-be dad’s first name.
After my breakup, I need to find a job and place to live, but I can’t move into the house my grandma left me unless I’m married. Fortunately, the guy renting the place doesn’t know that, so I stop by and find out if he can move at the end of his lease.
Only when the door opens, it’s him. My one-night stand. I do the only reasonable thing possible. I tell him we’re going to have a baby and promptly puke over the railing of the porch. Next thing I know, I’m on his couch, and he’s demanding a paternity test.
Except he doesn’t just want the test. He wants to make sure I don’t tamper with the results. He doesn’t believe me. Apparently showing up jobless and homeless to persuade him to move doesn’t make me trustworthy. Guess I’m not the only one with a dating history that leaves me jaded.
He insists I stay in the house that should be mine, right where he can monitor me. And the longer I’m around him, the more I can see that below his gruff exterior is a softie who planted acres of pumpkins for his cousin. A guy who wants to reconnect with his family. A man who makes me want to be more to him than violet promises.
Renee Harless is a USA TODAY bestselling author with an affinity for wine and a passion for telling a good story.
Renee Harless, her husband, and children live in Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She studied Communication, specifically Public Relations, at Radford University.
Growing up, Renee always found a way to pursue her creativity. It began by watching endless runs of White Christmas – yes even in the summer – and learning every word and dance from the movie. She could still sing “Sister Sister” if requested. In high school she joined the show choir and a community theatre group, The Troubadours. After marrying the man of her dreams and moving from her hometown, she sought out a different artistic outlet – writing.
To say that Renee is a romance addict would be an understatement. When she isn’t chasing her kids around the house, working her day job, or writing, she jumps head first into a romance novel.
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The job was supposed to be easy. Get my best friend’s older brother back on his feet and put my life back together.
But when we end up sharing a bed, all those plans flew out the window.
He was a notorious underground rodeo champion. Ladies’ man and legend. It’s not until he sustains an almost career ending injury that his family learns his secret – he wasn’t just the head of Sunny Brook Farms after all.
What started as professional morphed into something more, and not only because the cowboy refused to wear a shirt around the house.
Not that I was complaining.
But he was like a tempting piece of dessert that I needed to steer clear of.
Except, the more time I spent with him, the more I learned he was more than what he seemed. He was protective and devoted, and when I had my first taste of him, I was hooked.
We knew it was wrong.
We knew it would be our secret.
Neither of us wanted to cross the line drawn in the sand. There was his sister to consider and my crushed heart.
But all of it was about to get more complicated when that pink plus sign showed up.
🧡Review🧡 The job opportunity from her best friend to help her brother recover from an injury couldn’t have come at a better time as not only has Kelsey’s relationship with her boyfriend ended but her job became collateral damage. She isn’t certain why she is attracted to the cantankerous cowboy but when she gets some unexpected news there is no one better to have by her side.
Right or wrong Andrew has always felt like he was on the outside looking in when it came to his family. It is because of this feeling that he finds himself injured and he isn’t pleased that his family has hired Kelsey to help with his recovery. Even though they didn’t get off to the best start as they spend time together, she shows him what family and love really means.
Humorous banter and a swoony romance. It was wonderful for both Kelsey and Andrew to see their family for who they are as they support each other through the challenges they are facing.
Even as a young child Jenni Bara would conjure up all kinds of tales with her endless imagination. She’s improved her skills since the days of scaring her younger cousins with ghost stories, but her love for books and stories has never changed.
In her everyday life, she is a paralegal for family law writing unhappily ever afters for people every day. So in turn she spends her free time with anything that keeps her laughing including life with her kids!
All joking aside she is blessed to have not only very amazing kids but super supportive parents as well as a loving extended family always happy to share their opinions!
Her favorite spots all have the best views of the sunsets and she loves to share the views through photos.
She just began her career as a romance author writing books full of life, love, and laughter.
Everything in my life is rigidly planned, nothing ever takes me by surprise, until her.
Wren Jacobs.
I swear the woman was put on earth to drive me insane. She’s too young, too beautiful, my daughter’s best friend, and one of my best friend’s daughters. In other words, completely off limits.
And for one weekend she’s the art curator assigned to help me pick up my newest painting.
My only job is keep my hands off the forbidden woman almost twenty years my junior. Every whisper of daddy Wilson that falls from her lips drives me closer to forgetting my rules and realizing this nightmare might be the fantasy I need for the night.
Even if one night could be enough, will everyone finding out destroy it all?
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓖𝓸𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓮 & 𝓢𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓪’𝓼 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓹𝓮𝓻 by USA Today bestselling author Ginger Scott is coming November 26th! We’re so excited to share the cover with you today!
Kissing my brother’s best friend has been my only Christmas wish for years. But now he’s on my permanent naughty list—and not in a good way.
I’ve been in love with Noah Drake since the day he showed up at our house for a sleepover in junior high. His tousled blond hair and emerald eyes were my obsession, as was his raspy laugh that always seemed to fill our house whenever he was around. When he finally kissed me this past summer, I thought it meant he felt something too. But then he acted like it never happened. And now that he’s the hot shot college hockey goalie with girls literally throwing their panties at him on the ice, he’s gone from being the object of my dreams to the nuisance in my waking nightmares.
To top things off, I’m stuck playing elf to his Santa all winter break. And while he seems determined to pick up where we left off for some winter fling, I’m equally intent on being the one girl he can’t have. Not anymore.
But when he starts granting wishes to strangers to bring their holiday magic back to life, I can’t help but lend a hand. And soon, his good deeds start to overshadow his past bad ones. And a few slips of his tongue make me begin to think maybe he wasn’t blowing me off after our summer kiss. At least, not because he wanted to. So, with so much mistletoe hanging around, maybe I’ll let him catch me standing under it . . . just once. In the spirit of Christmas, of course.
Cover designed by Ginger Scott
Cover illustrations by Katy Mendoza
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Damien Caroline Mathis is sweeter than any confection I could create in the kitchen. She’s everything good in the world, but I come from a long line of deadbeat men, so I know I don’t deserve her. But that won’t stop me from doing everything I can to win her heart. Caroline If there’s one thing life has taught me, it’s that you can’t trust sweet words and a charming smile. When I discover I’ve been paired with Damien Leblanc, “the Bad Boy of Baking” for a Halloween baking competition, I promise myself I won’t succumb to any of his shenanigans. It doesn’t take long for me to realize I never stood a chance at resisting him. But are his affections real or a ploy to win the competition? *** Welcome to Midnight Falls, Texas, the small town that’s big on Halloween. Literally. Around here, the festivities don’t end. But finding forever in a town big on scares hasn’t been easy for the lovelorn residents. Until now. This Halloween, everything changes. Love is in the air, and these matches were written in the stars. All these hunky alphas have to do to claim their spooky-ever-after is prove themselves worthy of the sassy women who drive them wild. No love potions, spells, or magic needed.
USA Today Bestselling Author, Kat Baxter writes fast-paced, sweet & STEAMY romantic comedies. Readers have dubbed her “The Queen of Adorkable.” and her books “laugh-out-loud funny,” and “hot enough to melt your kindle.” She lives in Texas with her family and a menagerie of animals. Kat is the pseudonym for a bestselling historical romance author.
❤️ Review ❤️ Caroline is convinced by Kelsie and Gracie, her two best friends and partners in their bakery, to participate in a realty baking show where she is partnered with Damien, a celebrity chef. After seeing his video, she is uncertain, but not only will it allow to pay off her debt to her family but help out the bakery as well.
Damien has a reputation as the bad boy of baking due to his baking videos but that is only part of who he is. When he sees Caroline’s video, he wants to be her partner not only on the show but in life as well.
Damien and Caroline are perfect for each other both personally and professionally even if they had a misunderstanding to overcome.
Alana Wolf has never been one to mind her own business. As a reporter, she’s always searching for the truth. But she didn’t anticipate it would lead to people wanting her dead.
He was in the wrong place at the right time.
Ty Weaver didn’t think his day could get any worse. But he knew something bad was going to happen when he saw the car racing down the street.
Unable to get the woman from the crash out of his head, Ty visits Alana in the hospital the next day. That’s when he learns that she hadn’t simply lost control of her car.
Discovering that Alana has gotten herself into a mess, Ty offers his help—she needs a bodyguard; he needs a distraction.
It should have been simple. But where the heart is concerned, it rarely is.
Time is running out for Violet which means her horse ranch is in jeopardy if she doesn’t marry. She needs a husband and with no man in her life she is running out of options. A marriage of convenience between her and Callum could be the solution to her problem however even if they want it to remain an arrangement the people in their lives don’t agree.
Callum is a man who has always put the family business first to the detriment of his personal life. He is content with the choices he has made but when Violet needs a husband having her as a wife would also alleviate the concerns of his family but there is nothing pretend about the feelings they are developing for each other.
The banter between them is humorous, the camaraderie between the family the family is touching and the romance between Callum and Violet is both unexpected and undeniable as two people who didn’t think they were looking for love find it when they least expected to.
A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports.
Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!
When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.
As the head elf at Santa’s Christmasland, I never expected to be butting heads with the new executive—or going on a date with him. But when he asked me to go home with him for Christmas, I surprised myself by saying yes.
Oh, and he’s from the North Pole.
And apparently, I’m an elf.
Teddy Claus
Training to take over the family business was no small undertaking, but for the last few years, I’d been working my way up through the ranks, mastering each branch of our enterprise.
But everything was different when I arrived at our Christmas themed amusement park and met her.
Maybe that was why I invited her home with me for Christmas.
It felt like I’d been searching my whole life for something, and I’d finally found it.
Maybe, what I’d needed all along was Ivy by my side.Find more books by Jennifer Chipman here:https://www.jennchipman.com
There are snowflake decorations and twinkling lights hanging from every tree branch…
Shops stink like gingerbread, and everyone seems….
Disgustingly festive.
It must be Christmas.
And to that, I say… bah-humbug.
I’m immune to this whole Christmas cheer thing that’s going around. People expect me to put up a tree and listen to carolers parading around the neighborhood? No, thank you!
Just when I thought I’d successfully avoided another holiday season, Holly Douglas and her daughter Noelle come tumbling into my life. What’s worse than two cheery, festive females? The fact that they’re taking over my entire apartment and filling it with that dreadful Christmas cheer.
Before I can even say “ho, ho, NO,” there’s cookies in my oven, a tree by the window, and mistletoe hanging from the doorway.
As a blizzard bares down on Evergreen Lake, something even more surprising is happening right under my own roof. Their infectious holiday spirit is starting to get under this Grinch’s skin. Without warning, I’m celebrating the holidays and agreeing to things I never thought I’d do.
Now all I have to do is figure out is how to keep Holly and Noelle once the storm passes…
And that might take more than a little mistletoe magic.
Evergreen Lake: Under the Mistletoe Series: (9 books)
Hope’s plans for her and her daughter Noelle to spend the holidays with her father are derailed by the weather. She now finds herself staying in Evergreen Lake, but fate intervenes when not only does Chris comes to her aid, but he offers them a place to stay as well.
Chris doesn’t have happy memories of the holiday season so all he wants is for it be over. Inviting Hope and Noelle into his home they are determined to still enjoy the holiday as they show him how wonderful the season and a life with them could be.
Both Hope and Chris have tumultuous pasts which creates a few challenges, but I enjoyed seeing them open their hearts to each other and have the second chance at love that they both deserve.
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Ash is a professional hockey player who comes across as brash and is known for his performance on the ice and his charm with woman off the ice. When he meets Gina there is no denying the feelings he has not only for her but for her daughter Zoe as well.
Gina believes who knows the type of man that Ash, but she soon realizes that she doesn’t know him at all. She believes that she needs to keep things casual, for both her and her daughter’s sake, but that is proving to be more difficult than she expected.
The interactions between Ash include humor and heat and the way he is with Zoe as well as Gina is sure to touch your heart.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. Cathryn lives in beautiful Nova Scotia with her husband, who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. When not writing, Cathryn can be found Skyping with her son living in Seattle (could he have moved any farther away?) shopping with her daughter in the city, watching a big action flick with her husband, or hanging out and laughing with friends.
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Bax Mayson thought he had escaped the family curse—until he saw Olivia Gannon again.
It’s been eight years since he last laid eyes on his best friend’s little sister, and now, fate has thrown her back into his life. As if their undeniable connection isn’t complicated enough, a mysterious threat looms, determined to tear Olivia away from him.
For Olivia, moving back home wasn’t supposed to change everything—until it did.
Running into Bax was the last thing she expected, but that one encounter sets off a whirlwind of events she couldn’t have imagined. Now, with family tensions rising, exes resurfacing, and a hidden enemy out for revenge, Olivia must figure out who—or what—they’re fighting. Because one thing is certain: she and Bax have something worth fighting for.
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