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Will Rusek had been burned by love. He vowed he would never give his heart away again. He had built a successful business with his younger brother, and life couldn't be better. One-night stands fit his current lifestyle, and he wasn't willing to change it for anyone. Will agreed to a blind date as a favor to his brother. His sister-in-law's friend was in town for the week and needed a date for an event. That night, he discovered some rules were meant to be broken. The more time he spent with her, the more he realized he didn't want to let her go.

After running from my past for five years, I'm finally ready to face it. I miss my family, my friends, myself. I take a trip to Ghana relax and figure out how to get my life back. It doesn't get off to a great start. But paradise keeps its promise and less than a week in, I'm more relaxed than I've been in years.

Nicholas Bowers was the oldest brother of three. He has always been the protector of his siblings. He’s always been quiet and reserved. It took a long time for him to warm up and let people in. Charm Adams was always a ray of sunshine. She always saw the best in people, which was why she ignored every red flag her boyfriend presented. After unfortunate events, Charm stumbles into Bowers Brews, looking for something to ease her broken heart, where she crosses paths with Nicholas.

In New York City, attorney Devon Gilmore devoted all her time and energy to fast-track her career. She lost her boyfriend . . . but found herself with a surprise baby on the way. To begin a new life, Devon needs a place to settle down—a place like Cavanaugh Island, where the pace is slow, the weather is fine, and the men are even finer.

Returning home after a long sojourn abroad, Blu contemplates whether the time has finally come for her to put down some roots. Bryan, meanwhile, has been firmly rooted in one place and in one life for what now seems like far too long.

Working on Christmas Eve isn't something anyone wants to do, much less Avalon. But when she's called out for a noise ordinance, she knows she's got to check it out, though she can probably place money on it that it's just some grumpy old person being a Grinch. Though, what she doesn't expect when she gets there is to find Senna wrapped up in Christmas lights, unable to get herself loose.... And she's just confessed to Avalon that being trapped in Christmas lights has always been one of her fantasies.

Young and passionately in love, Clara and Ben Pipestone came from vastly different worlds. She was a college student, studying the indigenous people of the Great Plains. He fixed cars in the winter and followed the amateur Indian rodeo circuit all summer. Ignoring those who doomed their relationship to failure, they married, settled into their life in Bismarck, North Dakota, and had a beautiful daughter, Anna. But now, thirteen years later, Ben's alcoholism blurs his judgment and lands him in the arms of another woman.

Niko Rusek had never been one to have female friends. Kizzie McCall blew into his life, and nothing was ever the same again. But now she’d moved away, and he realized she had filled a void in his life no one had ever claimed before. There was one thing he hadn’t shared with Kizzie before she left, and that was how much he needed and loved her.

Beau Austin never thought he'd be a millionaire, and he certainly never thought he'd gain his wealth from being a gamer. Playing for a professional eSports company set Beau up for life at a young age. As the youngest member of The Millionaire Boys Club, Beau doesn't have much to complain about. When he sets his sights on the sexy Illianna, he's not prepared for her to reject him because of his age. Beau is ten years her junior, and she's not interested. Beau doesn't have an issue with applying pressure, but even he has to admit that there's a fine line between applying pressure and begging.

Yazmeen Franklin is as green as they come. Her only real friend is her older sister, who raised her after their mother died. Because of their father’s poor example, Yazmeen has little trust in men, so dating is foreign to her. During her sophomore year of college, she lets her guard down and finally gets close to a man. However, he is a known womanizer, and she keeps him in the friend zone to protect her heart.

Promise Price mapped out her entire life. She graduated high school at fifteen, graduated college at eighteen, and graduated medical school at twenty-two. She was an overachiever and wanted to be the best surgeon in the state of Texas. The only thing she cared about was her career … Until she met him.

Getting pulled over on Christmas Eve isn't what Regina wants to deal with. She just wants to go home, make some red and green pudding, and maybe get in a couple of Christmas movies. But when she realizes who is pulling her over, suddenly, Regina doesn't mind so much anymore.

Mykeisha McCall has decided that she will just be single. After countless dating disasters and terrible relationships, she had called it quits. It may be time to start adopting cats to keep her company. Before she started going to shelters, she had to make a trip to her alma mater for alumni weekend. It had been a while since she’d seen some of her college friends, and it was just the getaway she needed.