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Jobless: Attendance is low at the institute where I teach. Who hires in January? Homeless: My apartment burned down in a fire. So now Little Prince, my Beta fish, and I are living with my parents. Single: Um. Yeah. (Ignore my slightly reddened cheeks.) The adult children of my parents’ friends have stable jobs, homes, partners, and kids. And I’m thirty and still figuring things out. So doing my best to ignore the pressure. And after Gramps hurts himself doing Tai-Chi, my parents and grandparents suddenly want to ‘talk’. Yikes! What now? And then there’s Hannah, my best friend since university.

Claire is ready for a bright new chapter. Winding her way to the coast for a cosy cottage retreat, she prays that three weeks of blissful peace and summer sunshine will wash away the pain of the last year. Claire’s a survivor – she’s growing proud of the scars that prove it – and she’s determined to make the most of each and every day, to seize those little magic moments that give life its sparkle. Her plan for peaceful solitude goes awry when handsome, brooding Ed turns up in the cottage next door.

Nori Sinclair has two goals in life: find the husband of her dreams, and purchase the beloved tea shop in her hometown, Serendipity Springs. So when Nori finds herself short on funds to land a business loan, she joins a dating app that pays her to be their featured single in a month-long ad campaign. Per her contract, all men are off-limits, except those matched for her by Swipe Rite.

Iris Ellington isn't looking for love. Not even a little bit. With a long list of failed relationships behind her, she's decided to reinvent herself as a person who doesn't fall head over heels on the first date. New town. New job. New Iris. But someone—or something—has other plans. When her neighbor's newspaper lands in front of her door, Iris has no choice but to return it. And when she does, she comes face to face with a ridiculously handsome but very grumpy chef who all but slams the door in her face.

Der ideale Wohlfühlroman für die Winterzeit - wärmend und süß wie eine Hot Chocolate mit Marshmallows. Manchmal braucht es nur einen Weihnachtswunsch, ein idyllisches Cottage und den Zauber eines kleinen Küstenörtchens, um das wahre Glück zu finden. Alle Jahre wieder … möchte Ashlyn Weihnachten am liebsten komplett überspringen. Sie träumt von Ruhe und Zeit für ihren ersten Roman – fernab vom hektischen Weihnachtsstress im Londoner Kaufhaus.

When billionaire Archer Gaines needs to escape his father's corrupt shadow and a related scandal, he purchases The Serendipity, a historic apartment building far from New York City. He believes in bottom lines and big business deals, definitely not in the local folklore surrounding the town of Serendipity Springs. So he's eager to move forward with plans to flip the building into luxury lofts. But The Serendipity doesn't particularly care what Archer believes, and the building has plans of its own.

Scarlett Fernsby holds the world record for shortest relationships. Mostly thanks to overprotective parents and an interfering brother, every attempt at dating has been a disaster. When her whole family is out of town for six glorious months, she knows it's time to find love. What she didn't count on was Wade Hendrix. Her older brother's best friend. He's even worse than her brother. He's soon crashing every date of hers, and Scarlett's beginning to wonder if he's made it his life's mission to annoy her. Wade is a firefighter with a hero complex; she doesn't want to be his pity problem.

Sophie Stewart knows a lot about plants. The rooftop garden she tends and beautifies is ample evidence of that. What she doesn't know is anything about love, not with her long track record of always picking the wrong guy. But then a mystery flower pops up in her garden—a flower that only blooms in the presence of true love. Never one to shy away from a little magic, Sophie convinces her best friend, Peter, to help her use the flower to find her soulmate.

After a painful breakup, Bella moves to Crescent Hill, Utah, hoping for a fresh start. Struggling with bills and a malfunctioning garbage disposal, she reluctantly rents out the other side of her grandmother’s duplex to a stranger—Mason Larson, a former teacher turned hardware store worker.

Beckett McCarthy's beloved Gran always taught him to find magic in mundane, everyday things. But since she died, he no longer feels any magic. In fact, he feels nothing at all. So, when he has an opportunity to spend a summer abroad in Serendipity Springs, he's expecting little more than a change in scenery. Until Keeley Roberts—quite literally—falls into his life. From their first chaotic encounter in a stuck elevator, Beckett and Keeley can't seem to stay apart. Not that Becks is complaining.

As the longtime mayor of quaint little Redwood Ridge, Oregon, what Marie Sedgwick is most proud of is how she and her two sisters have been able to help patrons find their perfect match. Sure, townsfolk call them The Battleaxes, and yeah, she and her sisters do tend to meddle. Yet, nothing is more important than true love. It's something that slipped between her fingers once, and she's regretted it ever since. Except, that so-called regret just showed up after twenty years, looking like a sexy fox, and knocking her world off its axis.

Since Margo and Spencer met at Christmastime, they’ve decided to have a winter themed wedding to celebrate the season that brought them together. And knowing that Spencer once worried that she wouldn’t want to stay in Evergreen Hollow, Margo is planning a special surprise to show him that she truly does see him as her forever. As the Stoker family gears up for a busy holiday, Caroline faces the fact that with a new baby to take care of, she might need to hire some extra help at the inn.

Olivia Pennington has spent her whole life competing with Logan Alexander—and losing. From spelling bees to science fairs, he's always been one step ahead, snagging the trophies, titles, accolades, and now … he's after the promotion she desperately wanted. As if that's not bad enough, Logan also moved into the apartment she had her heart set on. Logan's been secretly falling in love with Olivia since the third grade. His strategy? Stay close, win her over.

Embarrassing breakups at work cost you promotions. Phoebe learned that the hard way. So when a patron's will names her as the director of a new museum in Serendipity Springs, she jumps at the chance to prove her professionalism. Her new plan: focus on work. Ignore distractions. Definitely ignore men. Easy peasy. But then the mailbox in Phoebe's quirky apartment building starts delivering a series of old love letters written between strangers… sixty years ago.

Der perfekte Freund lässt sich nicht einfach backen, oder doch? Nachdem Rosalies Ex mit ihrer Cousine durchgebrannt ist, freut sie sich so gar nicht auf Weihnachten. Wie auch? Schließlich erwarten die beiden ein Baby und Rosalie damit eine sehr schmerzhafte Familienfeier. Als dann am Weihnachtsabend eine Backform vor ihrer Haustür liegt, die verspricht, ihr den perfekten Mann zu backen, kann sie nicht anders, als es für einen schlechten Scherz zu halten. Schließlich gibt es Magie ja gar nicht. Oder doch? 'A Magic Love Tradition' ist Teil der Christmas Love-Anthologie.

Eramus has kept his power a secret for over a decade, but that changes when Evree’s life is in danger. Now everyone knows about his gift, and his fellow villagers aren’t the only ones watching him. As Eramus unravels the mysteries of his past, he discovers his connection to a dark sorcerer. A mysterious stranger offers to train him, but trusting the man may be a mistake. Soon, Evree and the entire village are threatened by those with powerful abilities and by a king bent on revenge.

Riley kann es kaum erwarten, die Feiertage mit ihrer Familie am Lake Michigan zu verbringen. Doch ihr Freund Franklin hat andere Pläne und lässt sie unerwartet im Stich. Entschlossen, sich die festliche Stimmung nicht verderben zu lassen, macht sich Riley allein auf den Weg nach Santa's Cove – einem zauberhaften Weihnachtsdorf voller Lichter und Geheimnisse. Zu ihrer Überraschung schließt sich Franklins bester Freund Cameron ihrer Reise an, um nicht allein zu sein. Während sie das malerische Dorf erkunden, kommen sich Riley und Cameron langsam näher.

Auf ihrer Reise ins vorweihnachtliche New York teilen sich Alice und ihre schwangere Zufallsbekannte Aubree ein Uber. Die Wehen setzen ein und zu allem Unglück steckt das Auto im Stau fest. Kurzerhand behauptet Alice, Hebamme zu sein. Eine glatte Lüge. Dennoch meistert sie die Situation. Als Dank für ihre Hilfe darf Alice nicht nur bei Aubrees Schwägerin wohnen, sondern erhält ein Jobangebot, das Geld und kostenlose Verpflegung verspricht. Sie soll Cousin Hunter in einen aufgeschlossenen Menschen verwandeln.

"Das kleinste und ungemütlichste Heim wird zu einem Schloss, wenn die Liebe darin wohnt." In einem Weihnachtsladen in London entdeckt Emilia einen Hinweis auf den Aufenthalt ihrer Mutter. Die Italienerin hat sie als Säugling zu ihrem Vater nach Wien gebracht und ist seither verschollen. Emilia kann ihr Glück kaum fassen, ist sie doch seit einer gefühlten Ewigkeit auf der Suche nach ihr. Kurzentschlossen reist sie nach Newquay an die Küste Cornwalls. Während sie den spärlichen Spuren im kornischen Sand folgt, lernt Emilia Finley kennen.

Laurella hat ein Jahr lang sehnsüchtig auf die Rückkehr ihres Freundes Erik gewartet. Doch nun muss sie feststellen, dass sie sich im Laufe der Fernbeziehung entfremdet haben. Erik ist äußerlich kaum wiederzuerkennen, noch dazu hat sich sein Verhalten drastisch geändert. Aber das ist noch nicht das Schlimmste: Mitgebracht hat er eine lebensgroße Puppe, der er einen Namen gegeben hat und die fortan gemeinsam mit ihnen leben soll.