Publication Day – My Sanctuary

Happy Publication Day – 28 October 2026

A Gift From Hideaway House By Alexandra Barber

A heartwarming tale of love, loss and second chances, where the past and present intertwine to heal even the most broken of hearts…

When Madison agrees to take a break on the Isle of Wight, it’s against her better instincts. In exchange for offering a little advice to the owner of a cash-strapped country manor, she’s gifted the use of a nearby holiday home. Begrudgingly, she admits it’s a good opportunity to find out if her dream of becoming a professional events organiser could actually turn into reality. From the outset, Hideaway House feels like the perfect place to build her confidence and mend her wounded spirit.

As Madison untangles the mystery of a two-hundred-year-old love story still lingering in the house’s garden, she finds herself forming an unlikely friendship with the somewhat obstinate owner of The Manor – the Major. The main problem, however, is his son, Sebastian, who seems to have taken an instant dislike to Madison and is determined to put a stop to all of her proposals.

With her heart and her future both on the line, can Madison find the courage to do what’s best for the Major, his home and ultimately herself, all while dealing with feelings she never saw coming?

The Enchanted Cherry Blossom Inn By Ella Cook

Where love blooms amongst mischievous magic!

In the small town of Hudsbury, nothing stays ordinary for long! Magic quietly steers architect Jamie Collins’ work – blueprints shifting, lines redrawing themselves. His latest project, an accessible annex puts him on a collision course with physio Amrita. Fiercely dedicated, Amrita has no patience for impractical plans, and even less for infuriatingly handsome, arrogant strangers! But as they clash over designs, sparks explode until romance unexpectedly grows…

But Hudsbury guards its secrets. Jamie knows the truth; Amrita doesn’t… yet. With the help of mischievous pixies, a talking albino magpie, and enchanted cherry blossoms which bloom out of season, the enchantments edge closer to the surface. When Amrita begins to glimpse a world she’d never imagined and a power within herself she didn’t know existed, she and Jamie must decide whether their future can survive in a place where nothing… and no one, is quite as it seems.

Happy Publication Day – 27 October 2026

A Hard Luck Christmas By Brenda Novak

Single mom Patience Mather is focused on two things—her daughter and planning a Christmas festival that will contribute to the revitalization of Hard Luck, Nevada. She has no time for complications—or sparks with returned bad boy Kanon Kincaid. He’s back to claim an inheritance of half of a failing motel. He’ll fix what’s broken…starting with his own reputation.

As a pastor’s daughter, Patience knows better than to fall for someone who might skip town again, and Kanon believes someone steady and safe is what Patience deserves. But in the glow of twinkling lights and holiday magic, their undeniable connection makes every choice harder. Can Christmas in Hard Luck deliver a second chance…or just heartbreak?

The Gift Of The Matchmaker By Liz Alden

When I agreed to attend a romantic and lavish winter wedding as Lee Thorne’s fake date, I knew his family would be a problem—but I didn’t expect to tear them apart.

My matchmaker set me up with a sugar daddy who doesn’t want sugar. Four months in, Lee still hasn’t asked for anything but company—until he asks me to be his girlfriend for Christmas.

Not for real. For his sister’s wedding, in front of a family he’d clearly rather not face alone. It’s easy money, the kind that could buy me more time with my sick dad, and all I have to do is smile, wear the clothes he buys me, and remember that I’m supposed to be smitten.
Except while in this gorgeous mansion in the Berkshires with his family, Lee and I team up. He defends me from his family’s pointed questions, I help him ignore their disapproval. When the heat goes out, we stick together.
And somewhere along the way, the awkward, quiet man I know becomes someone I can’t stop thinking about.
Until I get an ultimatum. Turns out we’re both willing to give up everything for each other—we just don’t find out until after the wrapping paper’s gone.

Thanksgiving With The Firefighter By Tanya Agler

Can a small-town firefighter…

Win a city girl’s heart?

Structural engineer Amelia Foster is in Ruby Canyon, Wyoming, to help her sister through a risky time during her pregnancy before starting a top-notch project back in sunny Miami. Meeting neighbor Dan Mitchell, she clicks with the widower’s young twins, Leo and Lexie, and can’t say no to babysitting when the fire chief is short on options. But Amelia’s well-meaning efforts don’t go smoothly, causing Dan to rethink the arrangement—just as the kids grow attached and he and Amelia draw closer. When a twist of unexpected danger causes Dan to race to Amelia’s rescue, their feelings are finally forced into the open. Will they realize that their hearts are not meant to be apart?

Stupid Matchmaking Love By Amy Boyles

If there are two things massage therapist Cristina Palmer is done with, it’s men (thanks to her manipulative ex) and magic (it can make a girl lose control). All she wants is to run the spa at the new Summit resort, make her clay figurines, and avoid her frustratingly attractive boss, Rhett Maddox.

Unfortunately, magic has other plans.

To boost publicity, the resort is hosting the very first magical matchmaking competition in Mystic Meadows. But when Rhett and Cristina are paired as supposedly perfect soulmates, they’re determined to prove the magic wrong. Six weeks of live stream challenges designed to make them fall in love? Easy. They’ll simply fail.

Except their chemistry is anything but fake.

And the stakes aren’t, either. A six-figure grand prize could bring Cristina’s manipulative family crashing back into her life—and getting close to Rhett means risking her heart all over again.

Because the real challenge isn’t the competition.

It’s trusting each other.

And maybe—just maybe—embracing the magic.

Silent Night Standoff By Joanne Rock

A threat from the past…

Locks them in a fight for their future

Nobody suspects Montana rancher Morgan Sinclair to be anything other than what she appears: solitary horse rescuer and model citizen. But PI Durham Fields knows better. He helped her flee her notorious crime family—and her computer-hacker past. Now, nine years later, he has news: The family patriarch is dead…and her vengeful half brother is out on parole. When her brother forces her to use her hacking skills to steal a weapons cache, Durham can’t leave her to face the threat alone. But can he protect her—and his heart—at the same time?

One Last Shot At Christmas By Heidi McCahan

When old loves face off,

A holiday wish will break the ice.

When Jenna Sharpe unexpectedly finds herself the guardian of her five-year-old nephew, her plan is to pack his things, return to Tulsa for her long-awaited promotion and leave Opportunity, Alaska, for good. Her plan is certainly not to get involved with former professional hockey player Wyatt Morgan—the man whose heart she broke. But when the town—and little Henry—pressure Jenna to take over the traditional Christmas lights festival, Wyatt jumps in to help. With feelings reigniting and her job on the line, Jenna will be forced to ask herself where her home—and her heart—really belong.

Surgeon’s Ex-Mas Date By JC Harroway

One ex, one festive rendezvous…zero defences!

Pediatric surgeon Imogen is set for a blissfully solitary Christmas—though she has agreed to a blind date. Festive fun only; long-term is off the table! Then a complex case pairs her with the last man she expected: her ex, Mark. He’s still devastatingly handsome, still effortlessly charming, and when she turns up to her date to find Mark waiting, Imogen’s resolve melts completely. One night leads to another…and with Mark’s flight back to NYC looming, why shouldn’t Imogen risk a merry ex-mas?

Enemies At The Royal Altar By Natalie Anderson

Stepbrother. Nemesis.

Royal husband!

Ever-obedient Princess Tilly is drowning in searing shame, all thanks to a humiliating, viral hoax. To restore the kingdom’s honor, she’s ordered to immediately wed the king’s abhorrent choice. Her long-loathed stepbrother Alex’s alternative? An emergency walk down the aisle—with him instead!

Alex can finally exact revenge on his wicked father by whisking Tilly to his fortress island. Rattling the aggravatingly perfect, repressed princess is the icing on the wedding cake. Until hot, fierce fury leads to one devastating kiss, and Alex discovers Tilly’s a passion–bomb! Can they control their hate-fueled heat before it combusts?

Prideful Billionaire For Christmas By Jessica Gilmore

Dating Mr. Darcy!

Organizing the Fitzhenrys’ yuletide ball is history podcaster Betsy’s dream. Shame it means working with heir Will. The descendant of the rumored inspiration for the Mr. Darcy is just as vexingly proud. And Betsy’s podcast inadvertently thrusts the media-shy billionaire and his painful past into focus! Will demands Betsy fix things with a relationship ruse. Only now that she understands the heartbreak beneath his brooding, their attraction has no animosity to hide behind… As the clock counts down on their holiday charade, can Betsy kiss this true Christmas connection goodbye?

Protected Witness By Bonnie Vanak

She wants his protection.

What if he wants her?

Jenny Simone is the chief witness in a federal case—and deputy US marshal Sam Hendricks is the only one she trusts to shield her from the assassins she’s testifying against. But Sam doesn’t want this detail. It’s not that he’s afraid of professional killers. What’s got him rattled is just how much this woman reminds him of his dead wife. Hiding out with Jenny on his family’s ranch is his best option for keeping her alive. It also puts him in danger of doing something he swore he’d never do again: fall in love.

A Rebel Cowboy For Christmas By Makenna Lee

Is the rebel rancher…

Her unexpected Christmas present?

Samantha Cameron just received the opportunity of a lifetime—curating the exhibition of an elusive local cowboy artist. And if she can get him to deliver his collection by Christmas, she’ll get the promotion of her dreams. When she goes to the ranch to work with him, she realizes they’re not strangers at all… They shared an earth-shattering kiss at a costume party last year! She’s been looking for her mystery man ever since, but now, with her career on the line, more kisses are off the table. Yet as the weather outside gets frightful, spending cozy days with her cowboy becomes more delightful. Can they admit their feelings for each other and have the beautiful Christmas they both deserve?

Happy Publication Day – 26 October 2026

Who I Am With You By Jennifer Carr

She built a career on becoming who everyone wanted. He knows exactly what it costs to lose yourself.

Lanie Tisdale learned early that talent could be both a gift and a cage. After years of being shaped, managed, and polished into the star the world knew as Lanie Love, she has finally found a chance to take back her voice on Real American Country. But the higher she climbs, the harder it becomes to tell where the performance ends and the real woman begins.

Charles Young knows all about living under a spotlight that never forgives. As the son of country music royalty, his rise came with impossible expectations, and his fall became the kind of headline people never let him forget. Now sober, steady, and trying to rebuild on his own terms, judging Real American Country is supposed to be another step forward. Falling for one of the contestants was never part of the plan.

But Lanie is not the woman the cameras think they know, and Charles is not the reckless star the tabloids want him to be. Behind the stage lights, press rumors, and carefully edited stories, they find something neither of them expected: a quiet place to be honest.

With careers, reputations, and hard-won healing on the line, Lanie and Charles will have to decide if love is worth the risk of being truly seen.

Happy Publication Day – 24 October 2026

The Irish Secret By The Shore By Clodagh Murphy

Abbie McBride has spent years building a life she loves in Dingle Harbour, running boat tours along Ireland’s rugged west coast. But while her business is thriving, her heart is stuck…

Ever since her childhood sweetheart Ryan left Ireland for Hollywood, Abbie has been trapped in a relationship that never truly ended. Every time he returns home, she finds herself caught between the life she has built and the future she once imagined.

Then a very public betrayal leaves Abbie the subject of endless small-town gossip. Desperate to show the world – and herself – that she’s moved on, she agrees to a harmless deception: the romance blossoming between Abbie and her friend Owen is only pretend. A way to stop people from whispering. A way to protect her.

At least, that’s how it starts…

But as the line between friendship and something more begins to blur, Abbie must finally choose between the future she spent years waiting for and the love that has been quietly waiting for her.

Happy Publication Day – 22 October 2026

The Christmas Invitations By Carol Kirkwood

A night to rememberA secret to uncover …

Welcome to Clarendon Hall, where secrets hide behind glamour…

A star in hiding

When disgraced TV queen Fliss Courtney flees New York for a glittering Cotswolds Christmas, she’s escaping a shocking revelation.

The love of her life

Celebrated actor Kit Forrest has everything – except the woman he never stopped loving.

The best of enemies

Tara Oliver won’t give up her gilded life – or her husband – without a fight.

Fliss thought she’d left the past behind.

Will the most magical time of the year change her future forever?

A Lucky Little Christmas By Sophie Snow

The first in the brand-new cozy romance quartet, perfect for fans of Laurie Gilmore and Elsie Silver! Welcome to Clover Pines…

Killian is furious. His dad is having an affair, and he’s determined to put a stop to it. He arrives in the quaint snow-covered town of Clover Pines to confront the couple, only to find Scarlett alone with her two children.

Scarlett is tired. As a single mom with a job that isn’t paying the bills, this Christmas is looking doomed from the very start. Killian’s news is a shock she doesn’t need, and she really doesn’t need the undeniable chemistry between them.

When Killian realises what his Dad has done to Scarlett, he’s determined to step in and help out. But living under one roof, it becomes harder and harder for the pair to deny their feelings for each other (or keep their hands off each other).

Scarlett’s done with fairy tales – so why does this Christmas with Killian feel like it could be one?

The Love Stunt By Lulu Morris

Nurse Hannah and her former crush, now stuntman, Caleb collide in this swoony, Australian-set friends with benefits romance…

The greatest stunt of all is pretending not to care…

Trading a nursing career in London for Sydney, Hannah is finally done with being an anxious side character in her own life. She’s living the dream – until reality hits. Her flatmates are terrible, and she desperately needs a job.

Fate intervenes when she runs into her former crush, Caleb, now a famous stuntman. When Caleb proposes a friends-with-benefits arrangement, Hannah sees the perfect chance to finally fulfill her fantasies and implement her new ‘live in the moment’ philosophy.

When feelings begin to complicate their situationship, they each have realities to confront – Caleb’s career is dangerous and he doesn’t want a family, and Hannah worries she is falling too fast, as always, and needs to guard her heart. But is a no-strings attached relationship even possible or are they playing with fire?

The Sugar And Spice Kitchen By Harper Graham

Emily whips up Christmas magic like a festive fairy: cinnamon rolls, gingerbread cookies, peppermint mochas with Mariah Carey on full blast. When a blizzard hits, her bakery’s kitchen is headquarters for holiday deliveries to save the town. The only problem? Cole, the hot, infuriating firefighter she loves to hate. Can she survive them working side by side?

Emily’s the hot-tempered blonde who pushes every one of Cole’s buttons. But with Maple Falls snowed in, he needs her help… and her orange-and-cinnamon scented kitchen. Soon it’s command central for Operation Sugar and Spice, with simmering pots, stacked pies, and elf-hatted volunteers loading snowmobiles. Emily’s attitude won’t let up… can they last until Christmas without strangling each other—or worse, falling for each other?

As sparks fly hotter than the kitchen’s wood-fired stove and the truth behind their family feud surfaces, will Emily and Cole give in to what’s always been burning between them…or stay on each other’s naughty list forever?

Beneath a Greek Sky By Patricia Wilson

On the eve of her wedding, Sylvia receives a mysterious gift: a handcrafted quilt from relatives she has never met. But this is no ordinary heirloom. Each square tells the hidden, tumultuous story of her mother and grandmother’s lives in Greece, a past Sylvia has never known.

Sylvia’s mother, Ria, fears the truths woven into the quilt. Yet as she begins to restore its delicate squares, fragments of long-buried memories surface.

Square by square, the quilt unveils a story of love and loss, courage and survival, taking the reader from Liverpool to Spinalonga, a small Cretan island whose beauty masks a tragic history.

A moving tale of family, memory, and the secrets that shape generations, this novel will stay with you long after the final stitch is revealed.

Playing It Safe By Lainey Davis

My whole life, I’ve been protecting what matters: my family, the puck, and my team’s reputation. Fake dating Briar Beckett should have been easy.

The plan was easy—play out my contract, move home to Boston, and take care of my family. The plan did not include Briar. But then, a fake date for the cameras to keep our coaches and the media happy sounded like a win-win.

No feelings, no complications.

Except the lines are blurring faster than a breakaway.

Now, I’m cooking her favorite meals and shopping for her sister. Even my cat, Puck—who hates everyone—has betrayed me to cuddle with her.

Briar built strong walls and would rather fight than let anyone help carry her load.

But I’m a defender. I’m wired to protect what’s precious. And I’m starting to realize the future I planned doesn’t hold a candle to the life I want right here in Pittsburgh.

Happy Publication Day – 20 October 2026

Once Upon A Lie By Max Monroe

Valentina Cordone doesn’t need a prince—she’s got a thriving bagel-and-book shop in Nashville, game nights with her quirky crew, and a perfectly good life. But when her attractive new neighbor shows up with effortless charm and an award-winning smile, she starts to reconsider.

Detective Shane Maddox went undercover to surveil a mob boss’s daughter. What he didn’t expect? That she’d be a lovable ray of sunshine, nothing like the crime princess he imagined. He planned to get close but walk away untouched. Instead, he’s falling hard…and realizing she’s in more danger than she knows.

Torn between duty and desire, Shane keeps his identity secret while protecting Valentina from her family’s criminal empire. As the truth explodes, he must prove his love is real while keeping her alive—no small feat when she won’t take his calls.

Even though the prince is a liar, he can’t risk losing his princess.

Sometimes fairy tales don’t start with once upon a time. They start with once upon a lie.

Love, Lies, And Too Many Guys By Erica Lucke Dean

Twenty-year-old Kennedy Beaman is a virgin, and she’s fine with that…most of the time. But her mother, who is full of regrets after a bad marriage, won’t stop pushing her to “experience life” while she can. So Kennedy and her best friend, Nicole, make a list of guys who get her heart racing. It’s all fun and games until the list goes missing.

When Kennedy’s “get laid” list goes viral, she’d rather own the campus-wide spectacle than be a victim. Nicole convinces her to turn her humiliation into a reality show–style competition—the last man standing will be her first after the spring formal. An online feminist magazine ups the ante by offering Kennedy a scholarship in exchange for her story.

But as she weathers one bad date after another, Kennedy finds herself drawn to Jordan Keller, a sullen, faux-hawked Mr. Wrong who didn’t even make the list. Can she figure out what she really wants in life before the final round? Otherwise, she may lose something she’ll miss more than her virginity—her heart.

Bound By Desire By Bri Blackwood

Power is his game. Survival is hers. Desire is their weakness.

In my world, timing is everything. Strike too late, and companies bleed millions. Strike too soon, and you lose the deal. When it came to him, I hesitated. I should have killed him when I had the chance. Instead, I ran. I almost made it out—almost believed I could disappear for good. But men like him don’t lose. They hunt. They track. And they always collect what’s theirs.

Now I’m trapped in his multi-million dollar penthouse, high above the city, with a man who watches me like I’m already owned. Every glance is a promise. Every touch, a test of control. He thinks he’s breaking me. I let him think it. Because playing along is the only way to stay alive… even as the tension between us turns sharp, addictive, impossible to ignore.

He doesn’t know I’m still fighting. He doesn’t know I’m waiting. And when the moment comes, I won’t run again. This time, I’ll bring him to his knees.

Happy Publication Day – 19 October 2026

Always A Silver Lining By Jessica Redland

‘It’s all about reframing things. No regrets. Just silver linings.’

Juliet believes in love stories. As a wedding planner, she’s helped create more than five hundred perfect days for other people, though her own path to happy-ever-after has been far from easy. Her first love always taught Juliet to look for the silver linings in life, and when she unexpectedly meets Christian Wynterson, it feels as though one might finally be shining through.

But not everyone is ready to accept Juliet and Christian’s new beginning. Family tensions, buried secrets and old wounds threaten to overshadow what should be a joyful new chapter.

Juliet has spent years believing in happy endings for everyone else. But can the people she and Christian love see that their relationship isn’t just a silver lining – it could be the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Happy Publication Day – 17 October 2026

Retreat Yourself By Jo Lyons

He’s super hot. She’s a super hot mess…

When Nell loses the promotion she’s spent years working towards, it’s bad enough. But when it goes to her glamorous sister Ava – who then helps orchestrate Nell’s entire team being made redundant – it’s the final straw. Humiliated, heartbroken and in full-scale emotional meltdown, Nell does the only sensible thing: she flees to Spain.

Her escape plan involves a wellness retreat, a complete reinvention and absolutely no more people-pleasing. Unfortunately, the retreat turns out to be a caffeine-and-wifi-free spiritual bootcamp fuelled by sticks for breakfast, tree hugging and enforced emotional honesty. Worse still, Nell keeps running into Oliver – a super-hot, kind stranger who witnessed her airport breakdown, accidentally got detained by armed police alongside her, and now seems impossible to avoid.

As Nell scrambles to fake her way into a new career as a life coach while hiding a growing mountain of lies, she begins to question if she’s spent her entire life trying to please everyone except herself.

Happy Publication Day – 15 October 2026

Hate You More By Donna Alam

Clara Forbes had it all — until she didn’t.

Locked out of her Park Avenue inheritance, scraping by on gig work in a city that once bowed to her name, Clara needs one thing: a husband. Enter Troy Templeton, the former help’s son. Now a billionaire mogul, he’s never forgiven her for what happened between them.

When a chance encounter goes viral, they strike an uneasy deal. She gets her trust fund. He gets the clean image his investors demand. Strictly business.

But surviving a marriage of convenience with your ex is anything but simple. Beneath old wounds, something far more inconvenient stirs. In public, they are the perfect couple. In private, every boundary they set begins to shift.

Before long, the problem isn’t keeping things professional. It’s admitting they both want something they swore they’d never risk again.

A scorching romance about temptation, desire and the kind of chemistry that burns through every rule you make.

Happy Publication Day – 14 October 2026

A New Dawn At Brightwater Falls By Kim Nash

Home is where the heart is…

Imo spent most of her childhood at Brightwater Falls – a peaceful lakeside resort tucked away in a picture-perfect village – where she made treasured memories with her beloved mother and doting godmother Dandy.

So when Dandy falls ill and asks for help running the resort, there’s no question in Imo’s mind. She’ll do whatever it takes to save the place that meant so much to her, even if it takes some convincing of her two older sisters. Ally and Kate have always felt more like strangers than family, but thrown together under the same roof, maybe now is the time to work together.

As summer unfolds, Brightwater Falls brings unexpected reunions and difficult truths to the surface. But perhaps by returning to the place that once felt like home, the sisters can finally find their way back to one another.