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A pink slip. A childhood bedroom. A sports car parked next door.

Nicole Bennett is back in MacLeod’s Cove, the small Nova Scotia town she swore she’d escaped for good. Between working the counter at her family’s market and refereeing her spoiled sister, she has enough on her plate. Then the man who fired her from her dream job turns up right next...

Amelia’s life is scheduled to the minute. Family store shifts, freelance clients, even her “relaxation” gets a sticker in the planner.

So why did she volunteer for the Oktoberfest committee? No clue. Everyone in MacLeod’s Cove knows she’s the scarred screw-up who might be turning things around but will probably crash again any minute.

Enter Nate....

Leave it to Jinny, a certified genius, to literally fall at the feet of a gorgeous man. Klutzy? Always. And of course it happened at the worst possible moment.

Not all bad, though, because Ben needs help with his house renovation, and she needs a job. Her résumé may not scream “carpenter,” but carpentry involves math, right? And math she can do.

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Some people call Gemma a workaholic. They say she should go on a date, live a little. She says she'll make time for fun once she earns her chair in the corner office.

Then her former roommate's husband dies suddenly, and Gemma drops everything to help. Two grieving little boys, a financial mess, and a brewing scandal later, she has temporarily...

Katherine Sweet didn't come home to fall for anyone. She came home to babysit her family's pasta factory, up to her elbows in flour while her cake-decorating business sits on hold and her pastry chef career sits on pause. Her life is one long simmer.

Then a charity auction goes sideways, and she accidentally buys one night with the guy who...

Jillian’s somehow misplaced her Christmas spirit, and she’s determined to track it down. Her brilliant solution is to run away to a windswept beach cottage with a box of ornaments and a pile of big questions.

Should she quit her soul-sucking job selling cars and finally become a travel writer?

Should she eat all the cookies the first night?

Should...

A blizzard … Krista Rhodes has seen a few in her lifetime.

Snowed in for days … once, when she was a kid.

Stuck in a house with Dr. Dreamboat … never saw that one coming. Turns out he’s easy to talk to, funny, and altogether too easy to fall for.

Eric Monroe is driving cross-country to a new job. One quick stop for a buddy’s engagement party turns...

Unemployed photojournalist Raynor Elliot stops at a bakery near the famous Deerbourne Inn. Not only is he surprised by a job offer at a regional magazine, he recognizes the bakery’s owner. Once an awkward high school kid, she now possesses fabulous curves and an irreverent sense of humor. The cozy bakery, with its delicious smells of sugar,...