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After the Wildflower fire station burns down, bubbly bakery owner Callie suddenly finds herself sharing space with fire captain Easton Maddox and his crew while the station is rebuilt. Easton is gruff, emotionally guarded, and still carrying the weight of losing his best friend in a fire years...

When Willow Alder comes home to Sugar Hill Hollow, everyone thinks she's there to take some time off before she starts veterinary school, but the truth is—she didn't get in. Determined to prove she isn't a failure, Willow finds herself chasing a new dream when she hears her brothers are...

In this third installment of the Saddlebrook Falls series, Kasey Bennett must come to terms with the fact that his high school sweetheart and the only girl he ever loved is back in town after disappearing ten years ago. Ava Jones is just as reckless as ever, convincing Kasey into a marriage of...

Siobhan "Sugar" Malloy, co-owner of Sugar and Spice Café and part-time burlesque dancer, believes that love is for the young and foolish - and at 35 years old, she is neither. But a new business venture with the sexy 20-something owner of Crimson Bay Couriers is quickly changing her mind. Charlie O'Halloran is beyond charming, and his flirtatious manner is an unexpected breath of fresh air for Siobhan.

I've never been enough for the people around me, not for my parents before they died and not for the tough grandfather who raised me. When he unexpectedly passes, leaving me the famous (and failing) Sugar Maple Farms, all I want is to sell so I can leave the weight of being a Carville behind. Until Jane shows up. The woman is smart, salty, and sexy as can be. I can't admit it, but her vision for Sugar Maple Farms is captivating. Everything about her is captivating. While we spend every day arguing, I spend every night thinking about her.

Deb Busby’s life implodes when a stalker causes her to be fired from her job—and when she lets him know she has no interest in him—he murders her parents. Seeking to escape her past and her enormous grief and guilt, Deb changes her name to Hope Keller and moves to the small town of Sugar Springs, purchasing the practice of the local veterinarian.

BY THE BOOK … With her high school reunion coming up, librarian Jayne Gilbert was determined to go with a handsome man on her arm. The finding one. So Jayne decided to rely on her favorite source of books. Riley Chambers had no room in his life for women—especially not this gorgeous innocent...

Lee Ann London once had big plans…scholarship, college, love. Then she found herself raising her deceased sister’s twin girls when their father disappeared. Now, with her beautiful girls, a community that depends on her, and her photography studio finally taking off, Lee Ann may not have the life she’d imagined, but it’s definitely the one she wants. Until Cody, her bad-boy ex, returns to Sugar Springs…

I have it all. I work my dream job doing animal-assisted therapy, I live with the four best friends in history, and I own an actual pair of Louboutins. I should be content. Right? Except, ever since an adorable toddler begged me to be her momma, I want more, and an insta-family is my only chance at motherhood. Unfortunately, her absurdly hot NFL star dad isn't quite as enthusiastic about me as she is. In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd think he was avoiding me. At least until his nanny leaves abruptly mid-season.

If Juno could describe his life in three ways, it would be: A little lost. A little happy. And maybe a little hopeful. At least, he was hopeful, but he stops feeling that way when a diagnosis falls into his lap and his entire world turns upside down. Panic sets in, and he can no longer remember what it's like to see a light at the end of any tunnel. Enter Piper, stage right. Juno has been crushing on the older man from behind his bakery counter since Piper started his mall security job.

Sara Everyone in Sugar Creek knows me as the girl with the fragile heart. I’ve worked my whole life to prove I’m normal, strong, and independent. And I thought I was until a simple illness knocks me down and reminds me I’ll never escape my limits. The worst part? I can’t bring myself to tell JD, the boy who’s been my protector since kindergarten and the man I’ve secretly loved for years. He gave everything to chase his NFL dream, and I refuse to be the reason he throws it away. JD Everyone in Sugar Creek knows me as the football star with a ticket out.

What happens when the secret you've kept for thirteen years walks through your door with a camera crew? ESSENCE: I've kept two secrets for thirteen years. The first: my grandmother's Christmas cookies contain actual magic—the kind that makes grown men cry memories and sick children smile miracles. The second: my daughter's "dead" father is Stefan Andersson, the celebrity chef who just walked into my bakery with Food Network cameras and enough sexual tension to melt snow in Vermont winter. One look at Maya and he knows.

I’ve been in love with Addison Whitman since high school. I knew right away that she was my end game and I thought she felt the same. I never thought there’d come a time when she’d leave me behind, but that’s exactly what she did. And as much as I’ve tried to move on and be happy without her … the truth is that I can’t do either of those things. I want one woman, and one woman only, but I don’t think she’s ever coming back.

Seven dark and craftily written short stories by Carole Kelly. Enter Carole’s world of Dark Fantasy, where dysfunctional relationships, dystopian worlds, and psychological horror reign. Carole Kelly’s bites of fiction dive mercilessly into the gristle of dysfunctional relationships and...

Thomas O’Grady is the unofficial King of Sugar Mountain. He’s always been untouchable; the kind of man you admire from afar, but don’t get to be close to. So imagine my surprise when I get offered a job working underneath him at his resort. It’s a dream come true … until it isn’t. He’s grumpy, opinionated, and judgmental. I want to tell him exactly where he can shove it, but then I meet his daughter.

Nadia Spiceland works in the business of temptation. The confections she crafts at the Sugar and Spice Bakery and Café lure in the locals. But one customer is interested in more than just her delectable sticky buns. Kane Sullivan teaches human sexuality at the nearby college, where coeds are clamoring for seats in his lectures. Nadia is reluctant to his advances, yet she also has needs. Who better to fulfill them than the man who's referred to as "Dr. Sex" by his female students?

Joanie Bigbee, cupcake baker extraordinaire, likes to keep her options open - and she's good at it. She's started and sold some 30 businesses in her postage stamp-sized Tennessee town, and at the moment she can be found in a short skirt and go-go boots, selling cupcakes out of the back of a converted Volkswagen van. What she moves on to next is anybody's guess. She knows better than to be tied down. In any way. She's watched every woman in her family fall head-over-heels, only to find herself wondering how to pick up the pieces when love is lost.

I'm living my dream. Owning a cozy little bakery in downtown Snowflake Falls is everything I ever wanted. Even though the holidays are a hectic time of year, there's nothing better than the feel of Christmas mixed with a bit of sugar. When an unexpected visitor drops by to say hello, my entire world shifts on its axis. Burk Whitman was my best friend until, right before our first year of high school, he unexpectedly moved away. Now, he's back in town, and being around him isn't exactly a hardship. In fact, it's quite the opposite.

Crushing on Matthew O’Grady didn’t work out very well for me in the past. When he left Sugar Mountain for the NHL, he took my hopeful teenage heart with him. I was crushed beyond repair, and he never even knew it. But now he’s back in town, working at the resort his family owns and coming into my bar every. single. shift. He claims to want me, but a guy like Matthew doesn’t want any one woman for long. Bella Sanchez is an absolute smoke show. I know I have a reputation for being a playboy; the kind of guy who sleeps around with no strings attached. But that was the old me.

I just don't love you anymore, were the last words Colton Winters said to me before he walked away and stayed gone for five years. Imagine my surprise when I meet the Atlanta Fire's new quarterback, and it's the man who broke my heart. Colton immediately starts his campaign to win me back, but I just don't know if I can trust him not to run again, but the more time I spend with him—those feelings I've pushed aside return with a vengeance. What's a girl to do?