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Vance Banning, a stoic teacher, finds his defenses tested when the energetic cheerleader Shane Abbott offers an unexpected friendship and a heart‑warming challenge that could turn a quiet life into a spirited romance.

An unexpected inheritance forces an unlikely duo to retreat to the Catskills, where a reluctant matchmaker and a stubborn relative confront their past, love, and the secret that could change everything.

In Nora Roberts’ contemporary romance, Caine MacGregor, a charismatic lawyer, meets the reserved Diana Blade, and their court‑room battles spark a passionate attraction that threatens the tightly bound MacGregor family.

Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara, Savannah’s leading hostage negotiator, balances a high‑stakes career with a fragile family life while a mysterious assailant threatens her sanity and safety.

Fiona Bristow, a canine search‑and‑rescue volunteer on Orcas Island, must confront a copycat serial killer while training an unruly puppy given to a reluctant artist.

A princess with amnesia is rescued by an American detective, who helps her recover her memories and confront her past in this contemporary romance.

When rival reporters Laurellie Armand and Matthew Bates are forced to pair up to investigate a mysterious death, their professional rivalry turns dangerous—and unexpectedly romantic—in a gripping contemporary mystery set in New Orleans.

Raven Williams, a celebrated singer, and Brandon Carstairs, a talented musician, find love and artistic synergy as their passionate music takes them from acclaim to a thrilling, dangerous crescendo.

When Samantha Evans leaves her East Coast home for her sister’s birth, the wide expanse of Wyoming captures her heart, and a charismatic rancher steers her toward a new life of love and adventure.

After escaping a stagnant life, Morgan James finds herself threatened on her first night in Greece and reluctantly drawn into a complex relationship with the enigmatic Nicholas Gregoras—a wealthy importer whose hidden depths test her sense of safety and love.

Nora Roberts’ contemporary romance follows Chantel O’Hurley, a rising star whose fame attracts an obsessive admirer. When a private investigator, Quinn Doran, is hired to protect her, their uneasy partnership turns into an unexpected attraction.

Living in her beloved Cozumel, dive shop owner Liz Palmer's world turns upside‑down when the instructor she hired is murdered, forcing her twin‑brother partner of the victim into a perilous quest for revenge amid drug smuggling and unexpected passion.

When architect Cody Johnson meets confident structural engineer Abra Wilson, their professional clash sparks a sizzling romance that tests both their love for design and each other.

Cassidy St. John, fired again, discovers hope on Fisherman’s Wharf when she becomes model for the enigmatic artist Colin Sullivan. Their artistic collaboration sparks unexpected love, but Colin’s raw honesty turns every brushstroke into a revelation of Cassidy’s own heart.

Mitch Dempsey, a comic-book writer, finds himself drawn to his new downstairs neighbor, Hester Wallace, a shy single mother, as she and her 9‑year‑old son navigate a growing attraction and the idea of a heroic presence in their lives.

Conservative architect Nathan Powell faces a provocative encounter with the alluring Jackie M. MacNamara, whose arrival in his hot tub turns his quiet life into a passionate romance.

A game show producer in the 1980s discovers that the biggest challenge – and the one most coveted – may be herself, when an actor with a secret agenda courts her.

After years of distance, former child‑star Eve Hamilton and the elusive Prince Alexander de Cordina reunite when he asks her and her theatre troupe to perform in Cordina. Old romance and new danger stir as the couple confront their past and a looming threat.

A modern romance that follows a world‑traveling dessert chef as she is recruited by a renowned chef, blending culinary craft with a sizzling professional and personal connection.

Phillip Kincaid’s hunt for a film location lands him in the small town of Friendly, New Mexico, where his speeding ticket brings him face‑to‑face with Sheriff Victoria Ashton—law, love, and a surprise cast of local characters collide.

When rugged hotel owner Taylor Reynolds takes over the Lakeside Inn, manager B.J. Clark’s professional duties clash with a growing attraction, turning a reluctant partnership into a romantic intrigue set in the 1980s American hotel scene.

Architect Sarah Lancaster balances ambition and love after a failed affair in Paris pulls her back to Phoenix, where she encounters the enigmatic Byron Lloyd.

Fashion model Hillary Baxter returns to Kansas, only to find a magnetism that pulls her toward magazine mogul Bret Bardoff, while Serenity Smith discovers a hidden past on her family's Brittany estate and a reluctant aristocratic love.

Midnight Bayou (James Daniels with Sandra Burr, Sandra Burr, Jill Sovis): Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past, and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief - sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Only the companionship of the alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina too has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall - a connection that will help Declan uncover a secret that's been buried for a hundred years. Chesapeake Blue (James Daniels, J.C. Howe, and Jill Sovis): Seth Quinn is finally home. Now a grown man returning from Europe as a successful painter, Seth is settling down on Maryland's Eastern Shore, surrounded once again by Cam, Ethan, and Phillip, their wives and children, all the blessed chaos of the extended Quinn clan. Still, a lot has changed in St. Christopher since he's been gone - and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks. Dru's past has made her sensitive to deception - and slow to trust. And Seth's past has made him a target of blackmail - as a secret he's kept hidden for years threatens to explode, destroying his new life and his new love... Birthright (Bernadette Quigley, Laura Grafton, Matthew Christilaw): On a hot July afternoon, a worker at an Antietam Creek construction site drives the blade of his backhoe into a layer of soil -- and strikes a 5,000-year-old human skull. As an archaeologist, Callie Dunbrook knows a lot about the past. But her own past is about to be called into question. Recruited for her expertise on the Antietam Creek dig, she encounters danger -- as a cloud of death and misfortune hangs over the project, and rumors fly that the site is cursed. She finds a passion that feels equally dangerous, as she joins forces in her work with her irritating, but irresistible, ex-husband, Jake. And when a strange woman approaches her, claiming to know a secret about Callie's privileged Boston childhood, some startling and unsettling questions are raised about her very identity.

A Washington, D.C., newsroom romance between a glamorous anchorwoman and her rival reporter, set against the 1980s television landscape.

A mysterious magician with a haunted past meets a woman who recognizes the pain behind his performances. Their fragile trust grows into belief, as they confront whether their love is real or merely an illusion.

When a theatrical agent protects a client for a paranormal documentary, she finds her own secrets unraveling under the watchful eye of a curious director.