C.K. Darling

She paid six hundred dollars for one date with him. He would have gone for free.

Beth Brockington thought she had everything figured out until her marriage fell apart just before the holidays. Now she's navigating twin five-year-olds, a bustling family store, and trying not to think about the empty space where her husband used to be.

Christmas cookies, mistletoe kisses, and the friend zone—some traditions are meant to be broken. Dalton Grant is expecting this holiday season will be a quiet one—until his childhood best friend Savannah crashes back into town needing a fake boyfriend for the Christmas Hearts Festival.

Artist Nicole Grant has a gift for transforming the mundane into something magnificent, which makes her the perfect creative partner for Peachwood Grove's historic revival project and the last person gruff restoration expert Rhett Blevins expected to get under his skin.

Former NFL player Asher Hale arrives in Peachwood Grove looking for a fresh start, completely unprepared to find himself falling for Izzie Grant — the girl he once knew, now a captivating businesswoman who makes every rule he's tried to follow a lot harder to keep.

When love is on the menu, revenge never tasted so sweet. Romance author Brittany Quinn is juggling her writing and her business with zero time for snooty critics — until striking chef Holt Hawthorne delivers a biting critique of her beloved bakery-bookstore.

She's almost got the recipe for success — love might be the missing ingredient. Callie Jones thought she had everything figured out with her booming bakery and close-knit friends in Peachwood Grove, until her first love, Macon Everette, rolls back into town.