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Meri's family has been producing doctors for so many generations that no one remembers why, so when she flunks out of medical school, she runs as far from her parents as she can get. In the small mountain town of Canyon Mines, Colorado, she takes a job at the Inn at Hidden Run B&B. And waits. It's only a matter of time. What she doesn't count on is genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy and her father, Nolan, having her back when it takes everything she has not to bolt again but to stay and face the truth that only unfolding her family's history will reveal....

Best-selling novelist Karen Witemeyer joins award-winning authors Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese for this Texas-sized romance novella collection. Each of the authors' unique voices is on display in stories where courting couples leave a permanent mark of their love by carving their initials into the same oak's bark.

Mere words can't end their families' feud, but they still plan to rewrite a future together. Buffalo, NY, 1924. Laura Bradshaw adores stories with happily ever afters. But since her mother died seven years ago, the Bradshaw Shoe Company heiress has been as good as locked away in a tower. Her...

Allison is determined to make it home before Christmas, but a snowstorm throws her plans off course and leaves her stranded at a tiny roadside inn. She’s not alone—handsome stranger Luke is also snowed in. With nothing to do but wait out the storm, Allison and Luke spend a fun evening sharing stories, decorating the inn’s Christmas tree, and discovering they have more in common than they ever could have imagined.

When Kate’s small-town bakery is double-booked for the town’s two holiday festivals, she’s caught in a Christmas conundrum. Her only option is to ask her longtime rival, BBQ king, Lucas, for help. Sparks fly as they clash over recipes and decorations, but as they race against the clock to save both events, Kate starts to see a different side of Lucas. Could this conundrum turn enemies into something more this Christmas?

Lucy’s holiday season is all about planning the perfect charity gala for her town. But when a clumsy turn lands her under the mistletoe with Samuel, her best friend’s older brother, things get a little more complicated. One awkward kiss later, Lucy can’t stop thinking about the sparks that flew between them. Samuel, however, is known for being aloof and focused on his career.

When Madison McDowell returns from several years teaching overseas, she has high hopes of picking up where she left off at her family's Christmas tree farm in Oregon. But between damage from a recent wildfire and the neglect due to her sister Addie's unwillingness to invest, the farm is in sad shape. In fact, Addie is intent on selling the property. And to top it off, her former high school flame, the now-widowed Gavin Thompson, has plans to break Madison's heart again by turning his neighboring property into a dusty, noisy dirt bike track for his daughter.

In the early 1920s, the accelerating destruction of the California redwoods is more than nature-loving Marion Baker can bear. After throwing herself headlong into the work of the Save the Redwoods League, she meets the handsome Frank Duncan—only to find out he’s the son of one of the area’s worst timber barons. Though deeply disappointed, she realizes she could have an opportunity to convince him to rescue her favorite grove of trees from his father’s greedy grasp. But as she grows to love Frank, will she be able to persuade him?

Haunted by grisly scenes from her past, journalist Ione Stavros needs to heal and recharge. According to its website, the mysterious St. Ninian’s Sanctuary is a perfect place to do that. On an island so far south it’s nearly in Antarctica, the retreat center promises quiet opportunities to meet with God and find refreshment. She prays that’s true, because this is her last hope.

Angela doesn’t want to rush into marriage. Mark thinks he’s learned all there is to know about the farm. But there is more to the miracle trees than either of them realized. Will there be a wedding before Christmas? Mark has learned all there is to know about the Shafer miracle trees - or so he thinks. Papa reveals secrets about the trees’ matchmaking power just as a highway expansion threatens to destroy the family legacy. Mark is determined to save the farm, and the promise of love stirring in the branches of the Shafer miracle trees.

It's the last Christmas season before Mark and Angela welcome their first child, and Angela is determined to have an unforgettable holiday before the baby’s arrival changes everything. She insists on hosting the holiday dinner at the farm instead of at her mother’s house, and she wants to make sure her daughter Caroline doesn’t feel left out.

Jenna is determined to win the town’s annual Christmas window display contest with her candy cane-themed storefront, but everything goes wrong when her shipment of candy canes arrives completely shattered. Enter Nate, the handsome delivery guy who was also her high school boyfriend. To make it up to her, Nate helps Jenna create a new, even more spectacular display.

In The Wishing Tree, Ivy Marshall, a savvy, determined woman, finds out her husband has cheated on her on the same day her sister’s perfect boyfriend proposes on national television. When Ivy’s mother asks her to return to her family’s beach home to plan her sister’s upcoming wedding...