Gemma's a successful architect in London, but her personal life has been a mess since her engagement ended in a very public disaster. She throws herself into work until a chance meeting with an aloof and dominating billionaire at a Christmas party awakens a side of her she never knew she had, a side that wants to let someone else take control for a while.Cole's got his own painful past relationship, which is the reason all his bedroom encounters come with strictly defined terms, no...

Holiday tales, retold queerly…A silk hat turns snow into life and a chance at love for a man with little hope of either. Two men with a connection sparked in passing attempt to withstand everything the tumultuous Toronto of 1981 throws their way, with their only remaining hope being Christmas Eve itself. A much-maligned queen of the snow teaches a young boy how to use his magic to find others of his kind. And a reindeer shines a light of its own, and with the help of the daughter o...

Once upon a time, Amy's future seemed golden. Training to be a world-class ice dancer with her partner Austin, she dreamed of Olympic glory and the day when Austin would see her as something more than just the little girl he skated with.Then, in the blink of an eye, her whole life changed. Four years later, she's just another face in the crowd at her university journalism program and everyone calls her Mia. Only her closest friends and family know anything about her past or the dre...

One year ago, Holly and Jackson met when their best friends Gemma and Cole got together. There was an instant spark between them, but they were looking for different things. Holly wanted a fling, and Jackson was after love. When it came time for him to return to New York, they parted as friends, and Holly stayed behind in London.Now, Holly has come to New York for Gemma and Cole's wedding and to spend Christmas with the happy couple...and their best friend. It doesn't take long for...

Their love was tested and broken. Putting the pieces back together might prove impossible.Opal Morgan was always meant to be mine. And she was, right up until I let everyone else inside my head and threw her away. Six months after our last goodbye, I was on another lackluster date, regretting my life choices, when I finally saw her again. She took my breath away for more than just one reason, the biggest being the well-rounded baby bump sh...

Olivia Hanmer is a typically wholesome, all-American girl: an A student, a star athlete, a daddy's girl. Whenever she wants something, she goes after it and gets it. This Christmas, she wants Noah Stamer. They've known each other since they were kids, but now she's all grown up, and determined to prove it to him.Noah Stamer has always led a charmed life, but there's more to him than meets the eye, especially when it comes to what turns him on. Someone as sweet and innocent as Olivi...

Noelle never seems to come first. In her family, she’s the second daughter. In her college classes, she’s in a battle for top spot with the annoyingly clever Aaron. Her best friend, Eve, is richer, prettier, and just managed to hook up with Corey, the guy Noelle has had a crush on for years.Now, their whole group of friends is heading for a 10-day getaway in the Christmas town of Leavenworth, where Noelle will have to watch Corey and Eve together. To make matters worse, she’s stuck...

What could be better than a Christmas wedding?The extended Stamer/Hanmer family flies to Australia for Christmas to celebrate Eve and Julien’s big day. At the beach resort with its attached private club, old passions are indulged and new ones discovered as all five couples prepare to enter the next phase of their lives. Things aren't always easy, but with the right person at their side, they'll never have to face it alone.When pleasure prevails, co...

This is the second part of It Figures.After making peace with Austin and everything that happened between them, Mia finds herself back in the world of high-level ice dancing she thought she'd left behind for good. It's an incredible opportunity and she doesn't want to do anything to mess it up, including getting involved with the one man she's never been able to resist.When fate throws another twist their way, she's faced with a choice she never thought she'd have ...

Eve spent the last 18 months surrounded by poverty, far from her life of luxury as a billionaire heiress. Now, it’s time to go home, but first, she needs to hand over her project to the charity’s director: the passionate and opinionated Julien. Sparks instantly fly, and when they realize they both have plans in Toronto before Christmas, they agree to meet up.Julien has spent his life to helping those in need, but his encounter with Eve has him focused on his own needs for once; his...

She stopped waiting for her father’s blessing. She never stopped wanting his love.Napa Valley, 1960. Sofia Russo is forty years old, alone in her cottage, swirling a glass of Pinot Noir from her own vines. It is, by any measure, extraordinary wine. And almost no one knows she made it.In one week, she is expected to stand at the opening of the Russo family tasting room and deliver a speech honoring her father's life's work — a vineyard he has spent decades p...

The verdict is hitting the airwaves — and the fate of every maid at the Hotel Hamilton has just been decided by men they've never met.Vancouver, 1928. The Persons Case has ruled that women are not legally "persons" under Canadian law, and sisters Clara and Louisa Wilson are about to feel exactly how much that ruling costs them — each in her own way.For Clara, being asked by name to fill in as hotel matron should feel like an honour. Instead, it forces a que...