Hope And Hot Chocolate On Mistletoe Lane By Victoria Walters
A Christmas to remember…
… in a town she’d rather forget
Holly Wynter never planned to return to Birchbrook. But when an old friend calls with a festive job opportunity, it could be just what her fledgling events business needs. So reluctantly, she agrees to return to create the world’s best festive experience at Birch Tree Farm. Even though she hates Christmas with all her lonely heart.
Paul Ryan hasn’t seen Holly for ten years, ever since that fateful day she ran away. While she dreamed of a high-flying career in the city, he stayed in Birchbrook, helping his parents run the local café. Though these days he’s been wondering if he’s meant for something bigger.
As Christmas lights twinkle across the town, old memories resurface and long-buried feelings begin to stir. But Holly can’t stay in Birchbrook, even if it might hold the key to her happiness.
Could this holiday season be the chance to finally admit they want to be – and maybe always have been – more than best friends?
Welcome to Thimblenouth: where the kettle is always on and fresh starts and unexpected love are waiting.
Dolly Lymford is having one of those days…The kind that starts with dreams of opening a café… and ends with discovering your boyfriend kissing your best friend!
Heartbroken and with nowhere else to go, Dolly accidentally-on-purpose borrows her now-ex-boyfriend’s campervan and drives until the road runs out. This leads her to Thimblenouth, a picture-perfect Yorkshire Dales village where life moves more slowly and the kettle is always on.
After literally bumping into gorgeous local builder Reece Sterling, Dolly begins to feel something she hasn’t in a long time: safe. She also rediscovers her love of baking, filling the campervan with the scent of warm scones and freshly brewed tea. And Reece is always around to share a lemon pie or two…
When Dolly has an idea to open her own pop-up café, Reece is all too happy to help. And as the summer sun begins to warm everything it touches, Dolly wonders if she’s finally found a place to call home… maybe even with Reece.
This book is about picking up the pieces of a shattered life and discovering that sometimes the wrong turn leads exactly where you need to be. In The Sunshine Teashop, Jaimie Admans crafts a cozy, uplifting escape that blends heartbreak, humour, and healing into a story as comforting as freshly baked scones.
Dolly’s disastrous day—losing both her boyfriend and best friend—immediately earns reader sympathy, and her impulsive escape in a borrowed campervan feels both reckless and wonderfully freeing. The seaside village of Thimblenouth becomes a gentle sanctuary, filled with warm cups of tea, kind strangers, and the slower rhythm Dolly desperately needs. The setting is pure cozy fiction magic, providing the perfect backdrop for her emotional reset.
Reece, the charming builder Dolly literally crashes into, adds a tender romantic thread that grows naturally through shared baking, small acts of kindness, and quiet companionship. Their relationship unfolds with soft sincerity rather than dramatic fireworks, which suits the story’s comforting tone perfectly.
What truly shines is Dolly’s rediscovery of herself through simple routines—kneading dough, brewing tea, and daring to dream again with her pop-up café idea. This novel celebrates fresh starts, community kindness, and the courage to rebuild. Warm, hopeful, and delightfully soothing, it’s the perfect feel-good read for cozy romance lovers.
When burnt-out human rights barrister Alisha Harding is forced to take a sabbatical, she heads for the one place she’s dreamt of since childhood: a small, sun-drenched island in Greece.
In her new home by the sea, the volcanic landscape, the warmth of island life and the unhurried pace slowly begin to do what London couldn’t. She’s here to heal—not to be distracted by her brooding next-door neighbour, Helios, who seems determined to keep the world at arm’s length.
But night after night, sharing wine on their adjoining balconies, the intimacy between them grows. And Helios, it seems, is hiding his own painful past.
When duty calls Alisha back to London, the fragile peace she’s found on the island is abruptly shattered. Pulled between the life she’s always known and the one she’s only just begun to imagine, she must decide what truly matters. Can love bridge the gaps between language, loss and two very different worlds, or is the distance between them too great to overcome?
Sealing The Deal By Bella North
Grayson Ashborne is public enemy number one in laidback Denver, where the locals really don’t like the idea of a ruthless New York billionaire taking over their football team, the Stormhawks… especially local fan bar owner Flic Moore. She’s as sassy and straight-talking as she is beautiful. But Grayson is used to getting whatever he wants…
Flic might just be the leader of Grayson’s hate club. The most beloved Stormhawks fan in the city, she has nothing but an eye roll to offer the infuriatingly handsome out-of-town billionaire. Until he makes her an offer she can’t refuse: help him win over the fans, and he’ll buy her bar’s premises and sign it over to her. No more rent hikes, no more landlords.
It’s strictly business. Until it’s not… soon they’re sharing intimate private jets to away games, heated debates in stadium boxes, and steamy elevator rides to penthouse apartments. Flic’s willpower when it comes to Grayson begins to crumble as fast as the walls around her heart.
When wedding planner Toni Goschl arrives on the sun-drenched Tuscan island of Elba, she can’t wait to finally meet her online friend Gabri in person.
There’s only one small problem… instead of the female florist she’d been expecting, waiting for her is heartbreakingly handsome, jaw-droppingly gorgeous, Gabriele Orzati. With only a week to go until the beach-front wedding Toni and Gabri are working on, they decide to make the best of an awkward situation and spend the time together as planned.
For seven unforgettable days, as Toni gets to know the breathtaking island – and the open-hearted man who calls Elba home – she finds it increasingly difficult, in the close quarters of Gabri’s clifftop villa, to resist turning their friendship into something more.
But Toni and Gabri both have heartache in their pasts, complex lives and commitments and as the week of the wedding gathers pace, real life swims back into focus. When the time comes for Toni to head home, there’s only one question she will have to answer – can a romance begun under the dreamy Italian sun ever become a happily-ever-after?
This book is about a carefully structured woman whose tidy life begins to unravel the moment she arrives on Elba expecting to meet an online friend and instead finds Gabriele, a surprise that sparks instant tension, curiosity, and a slow-burning romance. In this story, sunshine and sea breezes frame a story that balances dreamy escapism with grounded emotional stakes.
Toni is wonderfully relatable: organized, capable, and quietly carrying emotional baggage. Gabriele complements her beautifully—warm, steady, and layered in a way that keeps their connection feeling natural rather than rushed. Their relationship grows through small, intimate moments and meaningful conversations, creating a believable friends-to-lovers journey filled with tension and tenderness.
The island setting becomes a character in its own right, wrapping the romance in a golden, suspended-in-time atmosphere while wedding chaos hums in the background. Yet beneath the idyllic bubble lies the real question: can a holiday romance survive once real life returns?
Blending forced proximity, second chances, and gentle slow burn, this is a heartfelt, immersive escape.
Logan Ashford is a cruise ship magnate with a spotless reputation, a lethal jawline, and an ego bigger than his floating palace. Cold. Controlled. Allergic to chaos.I’m the ship’s daycare worker. Too sunny. Too opinionated. Too unimpressed by his cufflinks and control issues. And somehow now Admiral Grump’s wife.
The Hating Game meets Ticket to Paradise—if the grumpy cruise ship billionaire you drunkenly married also happens to be your boss… and your new co-parent.
For one reckless, rum-soaked night, I decide to let my hair down.I wake up married.To my boss.
The plan is simple: keep it quiet, annul it fast, and move on. Except his six-year-old son announces our marriage to the entire ship like a human TikTok gone viral.
Now the press is circling, the crew is whispering, and nothing says ”’family-friendly brand disaster’ like secretly marrying an employee.So Logan proposes a deal. Smile for the guests. Hold hands for the press. Pretend our late-night arguments aren’t charged with heat.
The marriage is fake.The arrangement is temporary.And falling for my grumpy, infuriatingly attractive husband is absolutely not part of the plan.…Right?
This book is about a grumpy single dad, an accidental marriage, and a fake relationship that quickly becomes all too real. This story blends emotional family dynamics with swoony workplace romance and just the right touch of angst.
Logan Ashford is a driven cruise line executive struggling to connect with his young son after a heartbreaking loss. When Nina, a warm and compassionate daycare provider onboard, effortlessly bonds with Noah, Logan hires her as his nanny—sparking a connection that challenges his carefully controlled world. Their relationship builds through sharp banter, emotional vulnerability, and a slow thawing of Logan’s guarded heart. An impulsive night leads to a surprise marriage, and what should have been a quiet annulment turns into a very public fake relationship thanks to family and media attention.
Logan begins as the classic arrogant, emotionally closed-off hero, but his softer side emerges beautifully through fatherhood and grief. Nina shines as a strong, kind heroine who refuses to be overshadowed. Their chemistry crackles, and the push-and-pull tension keeps the story engaging.
Though the third-act breakup feels harsh and the forgiveness a bit quick, the novel delivers a heartfelt, feel-good romance packed with charm, humor, and swoon-worthy moments.
Whitney’s life is not going to plan. Her romantic comedy novel isn’t selling, her career feels stuck, and by the time she realises she’s in love with her best friend and roommate, Andy, he’s back from his work trip with a fiancée – and a wedding date that is alarmingly soon.
Enter Jake: a cowboy with his own problems, including a country estate he’s desperate to buy and an owner who doesn’t trust developers – or men without roots. When a viral moment throws Whitney and Jake together, they strike a deal. Whitney gets the real-life love story publishers want. Jake gets to look like a committed, family-minded man who belongs at Rosewood. All they have to do is pretend they’re in love.
As Andy’s wedding approaches, Whitney uncovers a plot twist that could change everything for him – but the romcom she’s acting out with Jake is starting to feel dangerously real.
This book is about fake dating chaos, messy feelings, and discovering love where you least expect it. This is a light, bingeable rom-com that reads like the perfect Netflix movie waiting to happen.
Whitney is a struggling romance writer whose real love life is a string of disasters—until she realizes she’s in love with her best friend and roommate, Andy… just as he returns with a fiancée and an alarmingly fast wedding date. Enter Jake, whose viral meet-cute with Whitney sparks a fake-dating arrangement that benefits them both: she gets real-life romance inspiration for her career, and he gains the wholesome image he needs to put down roots. Naturally, the line between pretend and real starts to blur.
The novel’s biggest strength is its breezy humor and fast pace. The banter is playful, the situations delightfully dramatic, and the chemistry between Whitney and Jake keeps the pages turning. While the love triangle and exaggerated southern charm sometimes feel a bit over-the-top, the story never takes itself too seriously.
Overall, it’s a fun, fluffy escape—perfect for when you want romance, laughter, and pure entertainment.
Grace longs only to hide away. Fleeing both a traumatic marriage and a scandal-laden divorce, she needs to disappear somewhere safe with her six-year-old son Jacob.
Finding the job running a small nature reserve on the remote, beautiful island of Lighthouse Cove off the rugged Maine coast feels like a miracle. It’s a tiny slice of land with a population of exactly twelve—about as much peace and solitude as a person could possibly dream of. But Grace isn’t the only one looking to hide away.
No sooner has she arrived than she has a run-in with Noah Lawrence, the reclusive, fiercely unfriendly but dangerously attractive billionaire owner of the island, when she attempts to rescue a seal on the desolate shoreline of his magnificent gated property.
Noah ends up having to rescue her and Jacob, but his arrogant remoteness infuriates Grace because it reminds her so much of her ex-husband— privileged, wealthy, and without morals. Even if Noah is totally gorgeous, there’s no way she wants to get involved with a man like that.
But Noah has just as many secrets as she does, and he has reasons to want to hide away, too. Grace is about to find out that even when you try to hide from the world, you can’t hide from your feelings…
In The Same Boat By Portia Macintosh
Sometimes the only way forward is to rock the boat…
Sammie’s life is all about work, routine and stability. She needs to get back out there and start having fun, but then her mum turns up needing somewhere to live, and it’s seriously harming Sammie’s dating game. So, in a moment of desperation, Sammie takes her to an over-fifties singles night, hoping a little romance might encourage her to move out and move on.
There, Chrissy meets Hank. Unfortunately, he also comes with Nico: his sarcastic, frustratingly attractive son, who Sammie clashes with instantly.
Sammie assumes she’ll never see either man again. Until her mum surprises her with a luxury holiday to Monaco… aboard Hank’s yacht, with him and Nico. Trapped at sea with two loved-up parents and a man who gets under her skin, Sammie agrees to a ridiculous plan: she and Nico will pretend to be a couple so their over-the-top affectionate parents will back off.
But somewhere between fake flirting, forced proximity, and sun-soaked days at sea, pretending starts to feel dangerously real. And when the truth finally comes out, Sammie has to decide whether she’s ready to stop steering away from the things she really wants.
Secret witch Coco Higginbotham has the perfect cover: magical land preservation in Mystic Meadows, Georgia. Here magic threads through the land and unicorn critters roam free, though human magic is strictly forbidden. But when billionaire developer Stone Maddox threatens the town’s magical flow with his resort construction, what’s a closeted witch to do but cast a spell to make him see reason?
Unfortunately, Coco accidentally wipes out his memory too. Thanks to his uncanny connection with her (and some convenient lies of omission), he soon concludes they’re a couple. And this new Stone? He’s kind, caring, and nothing like the man who threatened everything she loves.
As Coco scrambles to reverse her spell and restore Stone’s memory, she faces an impossible choice. Tell the truth and lose the man she’s falling for—or keep lying and risk exposing the magical secret that could destroy her life.
And what is more dangerous—being discovered as a witch, or discovering she can’t let him go?
This book is about magic, mishaps, and an unexpected romance sparked by amnesia and a very inconvenient ley line. This story is a playful, laugh-out-loud entry point into magical realism and light paranormal rom-com.
Coco is a magical development inspector tasked with approving Stone’s resort project—except he’s built it on a ley line that powers the town’s natural magic. Stone refuses to accept the consequences and stoops to blackmail, cementing himself as a top-tier grump. When a spell goes wrong and wipes his memory, he forgets being a jerk entirely, creating the perfect setup for forced proximity, reluctant teamwork, and a surprisingly sweet connection.
Coco is an easy heroine to root for, especially with her habit of putting everyone else first—even her chaotic family. Stone’s pre-amnesia personality makes his transformation especially satisfying, and watching him rediscover himself adds charm and humor. The lambicorn alone adds whimsical fun.
Yes, the story leans cheesy at times, but it embraces the silliness wholeheartedly. Light, funny, and bingeable, this is a perfect palate cleanser for readers wanting romance with magical chaos and plenty of laughs.
COWBOY WANTED by Linda Lael Miller A painful divorce has brought Kendra Spencer home from Seattle to sunny Copper Ridge, Arizona. Despite a comfortable settlement, Kendra needs to keep busy—and keep herself from stalking her ex on social media. So she starts waitressing at the local diner, finding comfort in the regulars and her thankfully ordinary days. . . . Until far from ordinary newcomer Gage Elder walks in. Not only is he a champion bronc rider, turns out he’s a widower—and maybe the one man understanding enough, kind enough—not to mention charming enough—to inspire Kendra to put the past behind her, and open her heart once more . . .
ONE MORE SUMMER WITH YOU by Maisey Yates Between a fiancé with cold feet and a blocked promotion at the law firm where she works, it’s as good a time as any for Jane Cahill to help out at the Oregon camp where she spent her summers as a troubled teen. But the place brings up a mix of memories, mostly about Spencer Quinn, who has also returned to volunteer. Now a ranch owner, Spencer was Jane’s romance of three summers—plus one unforgettable night. In fact, neither has ever forgotten the other. And though fears about the future led Jane to break away, that future has arrived—and maybe this summer will be the one to last a lifetime . . .
This book is about second chances, healing hearts, and rediscovering where you truly belong, wrapped in two warm and comforting cowboy romances. These two stories delivers exactly the kind of sweet, uplifting escape fans of small-town love stories will enjoy.
In Cowboy Wanted, Kendra returns to Copper Ridge after a painful divorce, determined to rebuild her life quietly. Her cautious connection with Gage unfolds gently, emphasizing emotional healing, trust, and the comfort of home. The story leans into cozy, familiar romance beats — including a charming puppy and a patient cowboy — making it heartfelt and soothing.
One More Summer with You explores Jane’s journey back to the summer camp that once saved her. Her reunion with Spencer brings nostalgia, unresolved feelings, and a meaningful reassessment of her career and engagement. This novella shines with themes of self-discovery and choosing happiness over expectations.
Together, these stories feel like Hallmark movies in book form: warm, hopeful, and easy to sink into. Perfect for readers craving light, comforting romance with strong second-chance vibes and picturesque small-town charm.
NHL defenseman Dominic Lee is traded mid-season with one job: save a struggling team from itself. The complication? Briar Johns—a guarded single mom, zookeeper, and his new coach’s daughter. She’s strictly off-limits, but one look at her and Dominic knows some rules are meant to be broken. Too bad hockey players—and relationships—are a firm never again for Briar.
Between surviving a toxic marriage, managing an emotionally absent father, and raising her son Harley, Briar only has room for things that bring joy. A cocky defenseman should never make that list. Dominic isn’t like the men from her past, though. He shows up for Harley’s practices. He listens. He does the dishes. And he’s patient enough to wait for her walls to come down.
When her father forbids their relationship and threatens Dominic’s career, the choice should be simple. Except Briar’s tired of letting fear win. And walking away from her and Harley? That’s the one play Dominic refuses to make.
What Kind Of Mother? By Sheila Norton
A year ago, I kissed my three-year-old goodbye before a work trip and promised I’d be home before she knew it.
I wasn’t.
When I went missing, everyone searched for me but eventually they had to admit the worst: that I was dead.
And maybe the woman I was did die.
Because now I’m back, finally home after surviving the unthinkable, and nothing fits anymore. My family looks at me differently. They listen to my story, what I’ve been through – and I can tell they don’t quite believe it.
Because the truth sounds impossible. Even to me.
And then there’s Phoebe. Who looks up at me with those eyes that mean the world, and sees… a stranger.
Will life ever be the same? Can I be the mother my daughter needs after so long away? And after everything I’ve been through, can anyone ever trust me again?
Let’s Kiss And Tell By Joss Richard
Lucy Reid’s about to fake it.
As a sex columnist, her views on relationships aren’t exactly optimistic.
Instead, she encourages readers to embrace their sexuality and that you don’t need a partner to be happy. But when her team claims that all their readers are in relationships, and that it might be time for something – or someone – new, she’s got to act fast.
Enter Marshall Oakley.
Marshall is the new Senior News Writer at Lucy’s company, and he’s just confessed to needing a girlfriend for his ex’s wedding. Faking a relationship is perfect. Marshall can finally prove he’s moved on, and Lucy can write about finding ‘the one’ only to break up and prove to readers – and her bosses – that relationships don’t solve everything.
But spending lots of time together and faking affection has lines blurring… And now the two of them must find the courage to rewrite their story with a happily ever after.
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