Xe Sands
If only life were as simple as happily ever after.
Jules Bartlett stopped believing in fairytales the day Prince Charming got caught banging her friend on their expensive countertops. Now, back in her seaside hometown—sans prince—the only men in Jules's life are her crew of twelve smart ass fisherman who pose no romantic threat and endlessly dote on her daughter. Perfection.
Tyler Pace is used to saving
...If only life were as simple as checking things off a list.
Clara Mar is a world-renowned cellist. As a sought-after soloist, her life has been planned and executed by a team of professionals since she was eight years old. Now, reeling from a messy and public breakup with a fiancé she never loved, and the fallout from an explosive family lie, Clara arrives in Bodega Bay as the unexpected recipient of her grandfather's historic
...3) Playbook
If only life came with a script.
Anna Jeffries has spent the last thirty-two years blending in, content in her worn-out reading chair—her happy corner of the world—spinning romantic scenarios she's certain reality can't deliver. After three years of teaching Shakespeare at UC Berkeley, Anna is working toward full tenure. Her life in the classroom means everything and she can't imagine wanting more... until she does.
Dane
...4) Reserved
5) Exposure
If only life were as simple as smiling for the camera.
After years of braving the Arctic's frigid temperatures or endless hours tracking the Spirit Bear to capture the perfect shot for National Geographic, Meg Jeffries decides to move back to the city—San Francisco. She wants a life with more stability. The kind that lets her see her family more than once a year and comes with owning a toaster or a full-sized tube of
...6) Stirred
If only life were as simple as choosing between shaken or stirred.
Sage Jeffries grew up an overachiever. She studied, excelled, and became a mechanical engineer for a firm in San Francisco. Yet much to her family's surprise, at age thirty, she made a bold move to Los Angeles and became a bartender at The Yard. Now, she spends her time mixing drinks and trying new things. Her life is good, fun . . . except for two teeny tiny
...If only life were as simple as filling a vacancy.
Hollis Jeffries is a "dynamo" as her father likes to say. She's the youngest vice president at Dobbins Capital. She wows investors, runs marathons, and speaks three languages. As the oldest, Hollis is always first to try and first to succeed. According to the other Jeffries sisters, she's practically perfect. . . until she's not.
Matthew Locke grew up in the shadow of
...8) Taste
If only life were as simple as following a recipe.
In her twenties, Kara Malendar found herself at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, thousands of miles away from the harsh media coverage of her political family. But Paris ended abruptly when she was summoned home to Los Angeles and expected to stand in again as the senator's perfect daughter.
Now, thirty, Kara has made a different kind of life for herself. As
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