A Royal Dickens Romance! Krissy Kringle's dream of owning her own business and settling into a community with her ten-year-old daughter, Merry, came alive when she moved to the Christmas village of Dickens. The dream happened with hard work, sacrifice, and a bucket-load of luck—but Kringle's Diner now exists, and business is booming, even if she is beyond weary doing the work of three people. So, she hires a man who frequents the diner. He needs the work, or so it seems. Thing is, he comes with a huge Bernese Mountain dog named Prince, who takes up residence in the corner booth every day with Merry. Krissy tells herself she can deal with it—help in the kitchen trumps a few dog germs. Right? Contrary to popular belief around Dickens, Max Alexander (aka Alex Maxwell) is not homeless, but royalty. Alexander Henrik Vincent Maxwell III, Prince of Beldova, heir apparent to the throne, is searching for something....

Another deadly romantic comedy—three sisters, a smattering of ghost, a touch of romance, a boatload of mystery, and a stitch of southern humor. Molly Campbell had everything—a gorgeous Louisiana mansion, a rich husband, and a lucrative career. Had—not has—because her redneck husband dies in a seven-car pileup on the way to a monster truck pull, setting off a chain of events that leaves her penniless and moving into her deceased Gran's home in Carrington, Louisiana. To say lifestyle change is a bitch is an understatement. She misses Don (and admittedly, his money) but doesn't miss his belittling manner. When he comes to her in ghostly spirit and apologizes for every nasty thing he's ever done (too little, too late), and that he lied to her about the bank account (too little, too gone), and tells her she needs to pay off his casino debt to keep the family safe (too overwhelming, too...

"I can't do this, Will. I can't fake my way through the holidays just to make our families happy. We both know our happily-ever-after is a farce.""You could if you tried, Ava. It's not that difficult to be nice to each other. We used to do it all the time.""We used to be in love, Will.""We still could be."Ava stared at him. "What are you saying? You want to call off the divorce?""I'm saying that I don't think we are through, Ava. Not yet." Can a couple on the verge of divorce find romance again during their last Christmas holiday at Holly Hill Inn? Will and Ava Cohen were wildly in love—five years ago. Today, they are ships passing in the night, two professionals driven to reach the pinnacle of their professions. When Will steps in the door of their restored brownstone in Brooklyn each evening, Ava is already on stage at the Gershwin, playing the role of Glinda in Wicked. They've...

A Tuckaway Bay Short Story - Series Starter Twenty years ago, after spending her twenty-first summer working at the beach, Lia Langston left Tuckaway Dunes, leaving behind friends, a job offer, and Zach Allen. The breakup hurt them both—neither handled it well—but she was expected back home in Chicago where a new job was waiting, one her father had pulled a lot of strings to help her land. While Lia wasn't thrilled with the idea of jumping from beach life into Corporate America, as a recent college graduate, she knew the expectations. So, she left. From there, she meanders through life—marriage, a child, divorce, career—yet there is one constant. She never misses a summer trip back to the beach with her college girlfriends. Every summer, Lia wonders if she might run into Zach again. She doesn't. The annual trip is routine, safe, and predictable. The women stay in the same beach house...

A Dickens of a Holiday Romance! Get all three books in the Holly Hill Inn Dickens Romance series in one complete box set. Follow Jenny and Ben as they fall in love and acquire Holly Hill Inn in Home for Christmas. Then read about their children in Miracle at Holly Hill Inn. Last, share the holiday with the Cohen family as they return to Holly Hill Inn, perhaps for the last time, in The Last Christmas at Holly Hill Inn.

A star-crossed, holiday romance story of young love, old love, holding on, and letting go. During the summer of 1989, Jenny Anderson meets Ben Matthews during a beach vacation with their families. Fresh out of high school and ready to get on with life—Jenny to Penn State in the fall and Ben to work for his uncle at Dickens Hardware—they didn't expect to fall in love.But love-at-first-sight happens anyway. This long-distance relationship doesn't deter them. After a summer of love letters and clandestine trips in the fall, Ben asks Jenny's father for her hand in marriage over Thanksgiving weekend. Much to Jenny's horror, her father angrily denies his request. That's when Ben and Jenny devise a plan to elope, enjoy a Christmas honeymoon in the mountains, and settle into life in the Christmas Village of Dickens. Jenny hopes her parents will come around, finally give their blessing, and welcome Ben into...

One more deadly romantic comedy. Meet Mitzi, Molly, and Marla—three sisters, southern-fried born-and-bred, and the ghosts who love them. Marla Newberry has no interest in dating someone local. She much prefers midnight runs to a biker bar in Shreveport. Cooter Haines, drummer for a Grateful Dead tribute band called Skull Bone, owns the biker bar called The Deadhead. He also happens to be the only guy who can curl her toes like a sprung guitar string. And while she enjoys surrendering to his toe-curling on occasion, she's not interested in bringing the long-haired drummer home to daddy—until the night Cooter tells him he loves her, and then he comes up missing. That Saturday night, a rival drummer makes a deal with the devil (aka the Skull Bone's manager) and steals the drummer job away from Cooter. Cooter angrily speeds off on his bike and doesn't return. Marla smells a rat. Later, she wakes up...

Sometimes all we need is to believe.Ariana Angelo's blog specializes in "all things Christmas, all year long." While traveling New England in search of the perfect Christmas village, she lands in Dickens amid the town's Christmas festivities—and a snowstorm. She's delighted and giddy with holiday cheer and can literally feel the magic of the season in her bones.Matt Matthews—owner of the century-old Dickens Hardware—dislikes the season, despite all the Christmastime holiday hoopla. He's all about regular business, not a holiday ornament or tree trimming bauble to be found in his store. The holiday triggers unwanted memories, so he avoids the festivities—and the people—as much as possible.While she set out to find the perfect Christmas village, Ariana instead finds the town Scrooge. Will two days snowbound together at the historic Holly Hill Inn bring them closer together on their holiday differences, or send them each...

A deadly romantic comedy. Meet Mitzi, Molly, and Marla—three sisters, southern-fried born-and-bred, and the ghosts who love them.Do dead guys still want it? Find out the answer in this southern-fried comedy with a smattering of romance, a side of mystery, and three crazy sisters....All Mitzi Winston wants is enough money to pay this month's mortgage payment. That's the only reason she even considers the phone sex job. Ever since her husband's disappearance, she's held things together quite nicely—until recently. And now, well, she just needs the money.So, she bites the bullet and goes for the interview, only to find that the phone sex job isn't real and she's too late—not for the interview, but to save her husband. For there he is, dead on the floor, a bullet to the back of the head. To make matters worse, his ghost is hovering around and chiding her for being late. Not to mention he's horny as hell and trying to cop a...

Suzie Schul has it all. A booming business, a wonderful town to live in, and, well, food. Yeah, she loves to cook and she’s the best darned cook in Legend, Tennessee. Everybody says so. She runs her own B&B, has published a cookbook, conducts cooking classes on Saturdays, and caters for special events and holidays. What more could she want, really?

New Year’s Eve sits just around the corner and Legend Elementary teacher, Patti Jo Baker, has tried every trick in the book to land a date for the annual New Year’s Eve Bash at The Lodge. In final desperation, she takes her best friend Kate’s advice and gives Suzie Matthews, Legend’s own matchmaking chef, a call. Suzie tells her right away she can solve her dilemma—but only if she’s serious about finding a husband, because Suzie has a reputation to uphold, don’t you know. Jim Hamilton, Legend Elementary School’s principal, doesn’t know what’s gotten into him of late—he can’t get Patti Jo Baker off his mind. Smart and quirky were two words he’d always used to describe Patti, but lately the word irresistible was edging out the other two. Too bad he’s married to his job, and too bad he doesn’t date his teachers. Too bad he’s not jealous, either, or at least that’s what he thinks. Because when Patti sets up a kissing booth at the Legend Elementary Winter Carnival, he promptly and decisively shuts it down. If Patty Jo Baker is passing out kisses, he wants to be both first, and last, in line—and he definitely doesn’t want to sample them in front of the student body.

The owner of a sophisticated boutique called Romantically Yours, Gracie Hart is the Diva of Romance. Who could have guessed that she has no intention of ever falling in love again, no matter how loud her biological clock keeps ticking? Until, that is, her new tenants, Carson Price and his six-year-old daughter Izzie arrive on the scene and proceed to wreak havoc in her life-and her heart.

Finding Home (Women's Fiction)by Jan Scarbrough, Magdalena Scott, Janet Eaves and Maddie James LEGEND, TN: Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, the village of Legend boasts of small town pride and southern elegance. Porches are still for sitting and troubles for one family affect the entire community.