On the first night, he was my employee.On the second night, he was my lover.By the third night, he was mine.As a single dad, I needed a nanny to accompany my daughter and me on a three-day business trip. I asked the agency for the best.What I got was Shane: a tattooed, ripped-jeans-wearing ex-rocker with a smolder that could take the paint off a car.Mary Poppins, he was not...

BillAt the end of a long business conference, I’m eager to get home to my daughter. But a snowstorm strands me in Chicago for the night with my assistant Tate Cherry.He’s very cute and very off-limits, no matter how much he’s flirting with me tonight. My willpower is put to the test though, when we’re forced to share a hotel room.Even more so when he makes me an offer I’m unable to refuse.TateAfter two years of worki...

RafaelAs principal, my schedule is chock full of mentoring students, coffee (obviously), and butting heads with construction worker Clint.His laid-back parenting style for his detention-prone nephew is making my job extra difficult. And it doesn’t help that whenever he comes in for a meeting, I imagine him grinding me like a pencil sharpener.The highlight of my day is talking to Mr. Appleseed, my email pen pal. With each message, he worms his way cl...

You better watch out. You better not cry. Hot Mall Santa is coming to town!Instead of round and jolly, this year’s mall Santa is chiseled and smoldering. The second he strolls into the mall wearing sunglasses, stubble, and his Santa hat cocked to the side, Santa gets all the tongues wagging—especially Tom’s.A lowly retail associate, Tom spends his time chasing a promotion and boss that are both out of reach. His fantasies about being a ho-ho-ho for Santa so...

As a high school hockey star, I was on track for greatness. Until an opponent attacked me on the ice, leaving me half blind.For the past twenty-seven years, I’ve avoided hockey and its painful memories. But when my old teammates get back together to play in a local recreational league, I realize it could be a chance to rewrite history. The only person standing in my way is Jack Gross.Hockey isn’t complete without a rivalry, and ours comes courtesy of the Blades: they’re you...

Two single dads. One huge grudge. And one tiny tent.It’s hard enough balancing two jobs with raising my son solo. Forget dating. I barely have time for laundry.But when my son’s scouting troop, The Falcons, needs a co-scout leader, I can’t say no. There’s just one ginormous problem: the other scout leader, Russ.To all other parents, he’s #DadGoals, Mr. Sexy Widower who lords over the drop off line.To me? He’s the bane of my picket-f...

You better watch out. You better not cry. Hot Mall Santa is coming to town!Instead of round and jolly, this year’s mall Santa is chiseled and smoldering. The second he strolls into the mall wearing sunglasses, stubble, and his Santa hat cocked to the side, Santa gets all the tongues wagging—especially Tom’s.A lowly retail associate, Tom spends his time chasing a promotion and boss that are both out of reach. His fantasies about being a ho-ho-ho for...

What’s worse than being snowed in with your ex? Literally nothing.Initially, the only thing Marshall and Marshall had in common was a name. Marshall (aka Data) lived his life around spreadsheets, while Marshall (aka Marsh) was an F5 tornado of chaos. Yet for eight years, they were madly in love. Until Marsh abruptly ended things with a half-baked excuse.Six months later, Data gets a text from Marsh out of the blue: They need to clean out their cabin in Main...

To win this election, I should be trying to kiss babies, not my best friend!My chances of reelection have gone from slam dunk to nose dive.What happened? A former hookup sold me out to the press, complete with screenshots. In my defense, between being mayor and parenting twins (double the puberty!), I have zero room for relationships that go beyond one night.My campaign manager says I need to change the narrative, aka get a boyfriend ASAP t...

I’m stuck sharing a coffin with the world’s perkiest vampire. This vacation is going to suck.After centuries of eternal existence, and still mourning the loss of my lover to vicious slayers, I needed a few days of peaceful solitude at the Hotel Draugr.But thanks to a double-booking mishap, I’m forced to share my coffin with Kilroy, a freshly bitten vampire who loves his new afterlife as much as he loves hanging ten. My unexpected roommate is determ...

The new goalie is a secret prince. Red white and royal WTF?!As the Prince of Ardenia, I don’t want for anything – except freedom.Freedom from bodyguards and media scrutiny. Freedom to love who I want without bringing shame to the throne.So when I get a chance to live incognito while on a trip to America, I take it. It’ll be my royal rumspringa. I can be Nick, not Prince Nicholas.Then I meet a plumber named Hank.I’m instantly...

Totally fake marriage. Very real feelings.When my hockey teammate, the recently widowed Tanner Chance, loses his job, he and his four kids are left with no medical coverage. So I suggest a wild idea: get married and put his family on my company’s insurance plan.It’s supposed to be a marriage on paper only. But this being a small town, our nuptials accidentally go public. Now, we have to play house in order to make this scheme believable. Suddenly, I’m tradi...