There's nothing quite like Christmas in Raven Creek, Washington. The locals take their holidays seriously, and there are no trees left un-trimmed in the quaint town, including those at The Earl's Study tea and book shop. Proprietor Phoebe Winchester has thought of everything: including a pint-sized tree for her cat rescue. But no matter how carefully she plans for the festivities, she feels woefully unprepared for her family to come visit her. Her brother's wife could give birth at any mom...

When a storm blows off the North Sea and slams into the village of Fenwick on Sea, the villagers prepare for the inevitable: shipwreck, flood, land slips, and stranded travelers. The Queen's Barque Inn quickly fills with the injured, the devious, and the lonely—lords, ladies, and simple folk; spies, pirates, and smugglers all trapped together. Intrigue crackles through the village, and passion lights up the hotel.One storm, eight authors, eight heartwarming stories.

In winter so cold the Thames freezes over, five couples venture onto the ice in pursuit of love to warm their hearts.Love unexpected, rekindled, or brand new—even one that's a whack on the side of the head—heats up the frigid winter. After weeks of fog and cold, all five stories converge on the ice at the 1814 Frost Fair when the ladies' campaign to help the wounded and unemployed veterans of the Napoleonic wars culminates in a charity auction that shocks the high sticklers of the ...

A retired army captain investigates a series of crimes that lead directly to the door of a woman he loves. Will fate force him to choose between honor and love?Home from the wars, Captain Christian Copefort arrives in Fenwick to investigate the local squire on suspicion of smuggling and profiteering. Kit vows to find proof of the gentleman's shady dealing. Then Kit meets the squire's lovely daughter. Is she complicit in her father's criminal activities? What a pity...

Love Against the OddsThe Earl of Seahaven desperately wanted a son and heir but died leaving nine daughters and a fifth wife. Cruelly turned out by the new earl, they live hand-to-mouth in a small cottage.The young dowager Countess's one regret is that she cannot give Seahaven's dear girls a chance at happiness.When a cousin offers the use of her townhouse in York during the season, the Countess rallies her stepdaughters.They will pool their...

If he doesn't marry her, the church will kill her. If he does, his king will kill him.The king's best knight hunts a runaway bride. This woman is no pampered lady but a woman of extraordinary depth. Rather than submit to king and church, she would choose death. The knight yearns to love her but is duty-bound to escort her to an arranged marriage. On the brink of torture and death, she must forsake this man she has come to love. Star-crossed, the passion they ignite...

Five charming stories for your holiday season:• Friends to Lovers—The farmer's daughter, the viscount's son, and the estate manager reunite as adults. Della is starry-eyed for the viscount's son, but is he really the one for her? (Regency, Christmas)• Fake Relationship—When the pressure to marry is overwhelming, can a plan put in place at a Christmas house party turn into a love that will last forever? (Regency, Christmas)• Second-Chance Love—An accident leaves the ...

Allison Chamberlain thought she was doing everything God required of her—but as her journey continues in the second book of The Reluctant Prophet series, she might have to let go of everything she loves to follow the call.

As the village of Reabridge in Cheshire prepares for the first Harvest Festival following Waterloo, families are overjoyed to welcome back their loved ones from the war.But excitement quickly turns to mystery when mere weeks before the festival, an orphaned child turns up in the town—a toddler born near Toulouse to an English mother who left clues that tie her to Reabridge.With two prominent families feuding for generations and the central event of the Harvest Moon festival...

Seven charming holiday stories from award-winning and best-selling authors.

Travel, houseparties, smugglers, spies--and a mysterious highwayman. Who is the infamous Captain Moonlight? And how many lives will he change--for good or for ill?

⁣⁣Dad’s my hero.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣Since Mom passed away, he had taught me to be strong and accept our lives without the woman we both loved so much in it. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣But Dad isn’t the only man I could always count on.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣When he takes me to his beautiful cabin in the mountains, where we would spend one whole summer with his two best friends, Shepherd and Davis, I didn’t expect to fall in love. Let alone with both of them.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣It was innocent at first, but it quickly turned into something m...