From the author of THE RISE AND FALL OF A YUMMY MUMMY comes IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER -a funny, poignant page-turner about family dysfunctions, coming of age and forgiving your mother. 'Williams writes with deadly, witty accuracy about modern life' Sophie Kinsella Nell Stockdale is in a pretty good place, managing to combine a full-on career with single motherhood; a lovely flat, great girlfriends, and a sexy younger man on the scene. But her mother is very ill. Will she return to the family's large, damp Cornish farmhouse to care for her? Normally Nell keeps her family at arm's length. Her sister is engaged to Nell's ex big love, and she has never got on with her eccentric, distant mother. But something powerful is pulling her back to Cornwall...

Includes "bonus book": Maid for the millionaire / Susan Meier.

Some places you never forget… It Happened One Week by New York Times Bestselling Author JoAnn Ross Smugglers' Inn was a refuge for Amanda Stockenberg when she was sixteen. A place to find solace…and love with Dane Cutter. Now, ten years later, Amanda is back for a corporate retreat. It’s her last chance to prove herself, so she doesn't need any complications…like seeing Dane again. Now Amanda has one week to choose between achieving all her dreams—or reuniting with the man she never stopped loving. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! She Dreamed of a Cowboy by Joanna Sims Ever since her teenage crush on reality TV cowboy Hunter Brand, cancer survivor Skyler Sinclair has dreamed of life on a Montana ranch. Now she’s been granted a stay on Sugar Creek Ranch—and there’s Hunter in the flesh. Hunter’s had enough loss for one lifetime. Still, as he gets to know the spirited Skyler, he begins to realize that he needs her more than she could ever need him…

~Shortlisted for the ALA’s 2015 Reading List for Best Romance SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO SAY “I DO” After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, Sidney is thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants to avoid—the gorgeous best man. She’s stuck with him, for better or worse, until her sister walks down the aisle, but that doesn’t mean she has to give in to his smooth advances, no matter how tempting they are… BUT HE MAKES IT HARD TO SAY “I DON’T” Special agent Vaughn Roberts always gets his man on the job and his woman in bed. So Sidney’s refusal to fall for his charms only makes him more determined to win over the cool and confident redhead. Only what starts out as a battle of wills ends up as a serious play for her heart. Because the one woman who refuses to be caught may be the only one Vaughn can’t live without… A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Bestseller

Christmas brings the gift of new love in this volume featuring three heartwarming holiday Regency romances. Christmas Eve Proposal by Carla Kelly Christmas gets more interesting when sailing master Ben Muir takes lodgings with Mandy Mathison! As the holiday approaches, her scandalous past is revealed—and only he can save her future . . . The Viscount’s Christmas Kiss by Georgie Lee Lily Rutherford is shocked to learn the man who snubbed her years before will be staying for Christmas. Can she forgive the viscount in time for a stolen kiss under the mistletoe? Wallflower, Widow . . . Wife! by Ann Lethbridge Cassandra Norton has led a less than happy life. And now, as a penniless widow, she faces Christmas on the run with her two stepdaughters. But her fortune takes a dramatic turn when Adam Royston sweeps her off her feet and into his country estate!

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A charming and rollicking holiday rom-com about a big-city film director who must convince the dreamy, yet grumpy, mayor of a small town to give her the permit to shoot her Christmas movie in his idyllic hometown. Perfect for fans of Hallmark holiday movies, and readers of Maggie Knox's All I Want for Christmas and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. Will her Christmas wish come true? Zoey Andrews lives and breathes Christmas. She loves everything about the season, and after years of directing countless holiday movies, she certainly knows her way around a festive tale. So, when she finally gets the chance to bring her own script to life, she isn't about to let anything, or anyone, stand in her way—not even the stupidly sexy, utterly frustrating plaid-clad tree farmer Benoît Deschamps. Moonlighting as mayor of Chelsea—the cozy Quebec hamlet at the center of Zoey's screenplay—Ben maddeningly refuses to grant her a film permit in his enchanting town. With just four days left before Christmas, Zoey must change Ben's mind, but not before an unscripted ice storm leaves them stranded in the middle of nowhere, with nothing except . . . each other. Will Ben's chilly resolve shatter Zoey's Christmas movie wish? Or will Zoey be able to melt his stubbornness—and maybe even his heart?

Two strangers, one enchanted Christmas. “This lovely story makes the most of the warmth and joys of the holiday season.” —Library Journal Quinton Roxbury, son of an earl and as charismatic as a prince, thinks St. Nick has provided him the perfect bride in rich, ruthless Lady Emmeline Tarleton. Lisette Hamilton could not have wished for a more reasonable beau than stable, staid Henry Brooks. But on one wintry London day, the magic of the season intervenes, bringing Lisette and Quinton together just long enough to realize that there is more to love than to connections or contentment. And the passionate moment they share will force them both to choose between the perfect lives they always wanted and a desire they've only just discovered . . . “[A] tender Regency . . . Each encounter between them is touched with just the right balance of romance and poignant regret . . . O'Riley does a masterful job of making the dilemma gripping.” —Publishers Weekly “A wonderful story full of Christmas spirit and emotion . . . Kaitlin O'Riley definitely has a way with words to keep the story extremely interesting and yet very easy to follow.” —Fresh Fiction

Fans of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch won’t want to miss this delightful and entertaining novel featuring three meddlesome fairy godmothers on a mission to restore their hometown’s deep well of enchantment by conjuring true love…even in the most reluctant couples. “Readers will be swept away by this enchanting story.” —Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW A PopSugar Best New Book of December CAN YOU SKIP THE STORYBOOK BEGINNING… Novelist Juniper Blossom has romance down to a science in her bestselling books. But she’s not about to settle for just any man—a happy ending looks different for everyone, and she needs to find the guy whose idea of forever matches her own. Try telling that to her adorable, meddling grandmothers, though. If she doesn’t find a man soon, they’re going to find one for her. Which is why Juniper has prepared for a trip home to Ever After by fibbing that her sexy, smart, sweet best friend Tomas is her fiancé! He doesn’t believe in love at all, but that doesn’t matter if they’re just pretending… ON THE WAY TO THE HAPPY ENDING? Divorce attorney Tomas Rivera is as proud of Juniper’s authorial success as she is, but that doesn’t mean he buys into her books’ premise. His career is proof enough that true love is the real fairy tale—and everyone knows fairy tales aren’t real. But he can never say no to gorgeous Juniper, and an “engagement” might move him one legal brief closer to partner at his old-fashioned firm. Yet playing the part suddenly starts to mean feeling it, especially when a kiss just for show turns up the heat between them. Is happily ever after possible for two people who aren’t on the same page when it comes to love?

Get ready for a baby surprise in USA TODAY bestselling author Kathie DeNosky's Texas Cattleman's Club novel. Josh Gordon has no intention of funding the Texas Cattleman's Club day-care center, even if sexy Kiley Roberts is the one asking. Neither has forgotten the explosive night they spent together three years ago. The temptation to mix business and pleasure is undeniable, but it's Kiley's devotion to her daughter that has Josh dreaming of a family of his own. But when Josh questions who the little girl's father really is, will the truth drive them apart or bring them even closer together?

Handsome cowboy Ryder Redstone always got what he wanted, and he wanted Daisy Harding—as his wife. But she stubbornly refused to marry him, despite her carrying his child. She didn't deny that a blazing passion sizzled between them, but she insisted that she wouldn't accept a proposal inspired out of duty. Well, Ryder had had enough of this nonsense. He was determined to make Daisy irrevocably his, and while he regretted that he hadn't put a ring on her finger before they learned they were about to become parents, Ryder planned to change that the next time around!