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Sunny Palmer has returned to Christmas Notch in search of some festive inspiration for her screenplay. Isaac Kelly, former boy band heartthrob and the saddest boy in the music biz, is the latest owner of the town’s historic mansion. What better place to attempt his first holiday album than a snow-covered mansion where he can become a hermit in peace? But after they wake up together in Sunny’s dilapidated motel room after a wild night, Isaac takes a chance and asks her to stay at his place and they make a deal: they will both try to get the other’s creative juices flowing again.

Jocelyn Banks has always felt like an outsider – having hustled for everything in her life since her childhood in rural Louisiana. But in ballet, Jocelyn has found the thing she craves most, control. But when her estranged mother dies, Jocelyn’s world is instantly turned upside down. Her only way out – securing a donor for her position at London’s Royal National Ballet. Jocelyn can’t afford to lose this, but something about her sponsor, the charismatic Alistair Cavendish sets a fire in her. What she feels when she’s with him is raw and real.

When Hay-on-Wye’s only queer bookshop is threatened with closure, its owner Quinn Oxford is determined to do whatever it takes to save it. That is until romantic novelist Noah Sage arrives. Gorgeous, brooding and clearly unhappy to be there, Noah is the distraction Quinn doesn’t need. Noah has a history with Hay and it’s one he’d rather not face. But when the snow leaves him stranded, he’s left with no choice. Hay is a small town, meaning Quinn can’t help but bump into Noah wherever he goes. And as the two grow closer together, is it possible that Noah’s feelings towards Hay will thaw?

Amelia Collins is tired of constant questions about her nonexistent dating life, so she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone – anyone – to pose as her date to a family wedding. If he's annoying, or embarrassing, so much the better. Coincidentally, Reginald Cleaves has centuries of experience at being rude, infuriatingly arrogant, and a fashion eyesore. Amelia keeps running into this peculiar man by accident, and it takes less than five minutes for her to realize he’s perfect for her purposes.

Two years ago, Zara Miller found herself heartbroken and stranded in a New Orleans hotel bar with an attractive stranger called ‘Saint.’ They shared a no-strings one-night stand, and contact info wasn’t exchanged – but Zara hasn’t been able to stop thinking about him since. Though Saint and Zara both grew up in Catalina Cove, they'd never crossed paths. Now all of a sudden they can’t seem to avoid each other. Despite an enduring attraction, Zara and Saint decide to keep their spicy secret in the past. They don’t need everybody knowing – especially since they’ve both been burned before.

Rachel is ten years old when a dog is rocketed into space. When she is sixteen, the first female astronaut orbits the Earth. At seventeen, she falls in love with Tommy. But Rachel and Tommy’s love is not written in those distant stars. Facing disapproval and uncertainty, they are forced apart. Half a century later, they cross paths in a hotel bar and are confronted with a lifetime of what-ifs. Rachel’s life of social conformity has brought her the joys and heartbreaks of motherhood. Tommy’s marriage into high society has made him the most famous artist of a generation.

Het zinderende slot van de Maxton Hall-serie: Geld, glamour, luxe en macht: de vier zaken die de dienst uitmaken op Maxton Hall College en vier kwaliteiten die Ruby Bell niet bezit. Maxton Hall is een van de duurste, meest gerenommeerde privéscholen van Engeland en de klassieke Maxton Hall-student is een nazaat van een eeuwenoud adellijk geslacht, van invloedrijke politici of van grootheden uit de zakenwereld, geen dood­gewoon meisje met een studiebeurs. Daarom wil Ruby het liefst zo snel mogelijk afstuderen en in de tussentijd zo min mogelijk opvallen.

Een nieuwe must-have – onvervalste romantiek van de schrijver van De wens en The Notebook. Colby Mills droomde ooit van een muzikale carrière, tot een tra­gisch ongeluk een einde maakte aan die droom. Nu runt hij een kleine boerderij in North Carolina en probeert hij zijn verleden te vergeten. Op een dag neemt hij in een opwelling een aanbod aan om nog één keer te spelen en hij vertrekt naar St. Pete Beach, Florida. Daar ontmoet hij Morgan Lee, een even getalenteerde als bevlogen musicus, en zijn wereld staat opeens volledig op zijn kop.

Shayn et June parviendront-ils à vivre leur histoire d’amour ? La suite de la romance phénomène !

Noah Slade est arrogant, riche et talentueux. Mais si tout semble lui réussir sur une piste de formule 1, les choses seront bien différentes lorsque Maya, la petite sœur de son rival Santiago, entrera en piste.

Grumpy x Sunshine in der glitzernden Welt des Formel-1-Sports. Ella sehnt sich nach einem Neuanfang, nachdem sie ihren Sport-Podcast verloren hat. Da kommt das Angebot, die Biographie des Formel-1-Weltmeisters Blake Hollis zu schreiben, genau richtig. Eine Saison lang wird sie den attraktiven Briten rund um den Globus begleiten und in seine glamouröse Welt eintauchen. Doch schnell erkennt sie, vor welcher Herausforderung sie steht: Blake sträubt sich, mit ihr zu sprechen und ihr einen tieferen Einblick in sein Leben zu gewähren. Aber so leicht gibt sie nicht auf!

Romantische Häfen und Geschichten vom Meer – das ist die Glückshafen-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin Patricia Koelle. Pixie ist Fantasy-Schriftstellerin. Neuerdings ist sie unzufrieden, denn das Schreiben stockt. Da nimmt sie das Angebot an, für eine Zeitschrift die Geschichte eines alten Flaschenschiffs zu recherchieren. Die Suche führt sie zu Häfen der ostfriesischen Nordseeküste, wo sie auf Feeke trifft, die Enkelin einer Frau, die den Flaschenschiffbauer Kapitän Flömer einst mit ihrer Zuneigung und Lebensklugheit geprägt hat.

Rach is a down-on-her-luck, happy-go-lucky kind of lady. Sure, she may work as an assistant to personal assistants, crash on her ex-boyfriend’s couch, and hide a whole secret past. But, mostly, things are great.

Annie Radford desperately needs a job but the only one going is videographer for the basketball team at her Alma Mater. The same job she fled from years ago... Returning to Ardwyn University was hard enough, but on her first day back she learns that the team is facing budget cuts and her new job is already on the line. After a run-in with the annoyingly wholesome and seriously hot Ben, her old friend and now arch nemesis, things are going from bad to worse.

Un chico malo jugador de hockey es justo lo que ella nunca quiso. Hayden Houston pasó su infancia viajando por todo el país con su padre, entrenador de hockey, y ahora quiere tomarse un tiempo para planificar su futuro. Queda por ver si ese futuro incluirá a su novio, con quien mantiene una relación intermitente. A quien desde luego no incluirá es al chico que acaba de conocer en un bar y con quien ha tenido una aventura de una noche.

Unerwiderte Liebe schmerzt. Das musste Ray in den vergangenen drei Jahren am eigenen Leib erfahren. Seine Kollegin Lexy schien ihn noch nicht einmal wahrzunehmen. Ray ist kurz davor, endgültig aufzugeben. In seiner Verzweiflung entdeckt er einen Weg, zu ihr durchzudringen. Er startet einen letzten Versuch. Band 3 der Protect Me - Reihe. Bei dieser Reihe handelt es sich um einen Outtake aus der Fire&Ice Reihe. Die Bücher können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.

I met the love of my life when I was ten years old. Ever since Talulla Evans walked up to me with her gap-toothed smile and told me her name means "princess," I've been entranced. For the last twenty years we've been there throughout each other's storms. And somewhere along the line I fell in love. Deep in love.

Being married to a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be. Kate and Billy McDonald have defied the odds. For twenty-two years they've loved each other fiercely, but it hasn't always been easy. On the road most of the time and fighting for a foothold in the music industry, Billy struggles to make a name for himself. Frustrated and angry, he relies on dangerous methods of coping, until one night, after facing the guilt of his biggest regret, he makes a mistake that could bring his entire world crashing down around him.

I've never had a man be kind to me unless he wanted something, so when a gorgeous hockey star shows interest, I don't believe it's genuine. I was a throwaway child of a drug addict and I learned to survive in dark places. Now I'm determined to get my life on track, and I don't need complications, especially from a drop-dead gorgeous professional hockey player with delusions of rescuing me. I don't need to be rescued by him or anyone else. I'm doing it on my own.

In Haley tobt ein Sturm der Gefühle. Auf der einen Seite spürt sie, dass sie mit ihrem Filmpartner Wyatt mehr verbindet, als sie je für einen Mann empfunden hat, auf der anderen Seite hat sie schreckliche Angst davor, ihm die Wahrheit darüber zu sagen, was im Penthouse passiert ist. Als die beiden auf Drängen des Presseteams einen gemeinsamen Urlaub miteinander verbringen – Traumsetting inklusive – ahnt Haley nicht, dass sie dort jener Nacht ins Auge blicken muss, die sie seither verfolgt.