Aurora might run a successful business with her brother that offers companions for hire, but she's never used the service herself--until she needs an easy date for an important banquet in New York. She fortunately knows just the man for the job. Mike O'Dell. He's cute and smart and funny and good-hearted, and she's been into him for all the years he's worked for her company. Now's the time to make her move. What could go wrong with hiring him as her date for the weekend? An early version of this short story was published in the AUSTRALIA charity anthology. It has since been expanded by 45%.

Hiring an escort was one thing. Becoming one hadn’t been in her plans. Barista Mattie Beckman's solution to her mother's consistent badgering her about finding a man, was to tell her mother that she was involved with someone. But when her mother expects Mattie to bring him to Utah for their family's Christmas vacation, she has to get creative in finding a man. Liam Roth has made quite the name for himself in his side hustle. As a 'date for hire' escort, Liam offers his company to those who need a date, a friend, or a stand-in for social events, without any further expectations. But when Liam gets starry eyed over the girl at the coffee shop, he wonders if it’s time to give up escorting for something real.. Hiring Liam is the easiest way for Mattie to silence her mother, but when Liam finds he needs an escort to appease his mother, too, Mattie finds herself in a strange situation--as the escort. Once they begin to get to know one another, it’s evident that there is chemistry between them. But Liam has strict rules to never date those that hire him, and Mattie is about to find out just who has hired him in the past, and it might just rock both of their worlds.

Maddie McCarthy is single, between jobs, and (oh, the shame) lives with her mother. To make matters worse, she's the maid of honor for her sister's wedding, and desperately needs a date. Then she sees her salvation-Match Made Easy, a service for women in Maddie's exact position. If she can't find a boyfriend, she'll do the next best thing... Hire one. Trent Montgomery isn't actually part of Match Made Easy. He's just doing a favor for his cousin, but one look at the blonde who hired him, and he's totally hooked. Now Maddie thinks that the attraction sizzling between them is just "part of the package." And Trent is running out of time to prove to her that her date-for-hire might just be her happily-ever-after... Each book in the Anyone But You series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 - Fiance by Fate Book #2 - Wedding Date for Hire Book #3 - Wrong Brother, Right Match

Aurora might run a successful business with her brother that offers companions for hire, but she's never used the service herself--until she needs an easy date for an important banquet in New York. She fortunately knows just the man for the job. Mike O'Dell. He's cute and smart and funny and good-hearted, and she's been into him for all the years he's worked for her company. Now's the time to make her move. What could go wrong with hiring him as her date for the weekend? An early version of this short story was published in the AUSTRALIA charity anthology. It has since been expanded by 45%.

Jane Osborne is ready for love. That's why she had signed up with the matchmaking service to begin with. She hadn't been Blake's true love, and that was fine. But being publicly and unceremoniously dumped by him? Naughty list. Being invited to the Christmas Eve wedding of him and the woman he dumped her for? Coal-worthy. She can't not go, however. No, she needs to show Blake Donovan that she is just fine, thank you very much. He won't ruin her favorite holiday. All she needs is the perfect date. Craigslist. Fake-boyfriend-for-hire Ian Brooks ends up being a delightful surprise--and a mysterious stranger she's definitely met before. Soon he's as tangled up in her life as Christmas lights. Could he be the holiday love she's dreamed of? **This novella was originally published as "Unmatchable" in Brenda Novak’s ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS anthology.**

Here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling." From the moment she and her husband Paul, who worked for the USIS, arrived in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who didn't speak a word of French and knew nothing about the country, was steeped in the language, chatting with purveyors in the local markets, and enrolled in the Cordon Bleu. She teamed up with two fellow gourmettes, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, to help them with a book on French cooking for Americans. Filled with her husband's beautiful black-and-white photographs as well as family snapshots, this memoir is laced with wonderful stories about the French character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life that Julia embraced so wholeheartedly. Bon appétit!--From publisher description.