In Flora Wilder's How to Write a Life, Willow Carter writes historical romance in Haven under the pen name Arabella Wynn, but her newest book stalls when she cannot imagine the man at its center. Her friends push her toward dating-app research, hoping real dates...

It has been five years since seventy-year-old Loretta Willis buried her husband and decided to remain single, only entertaining the company of family and friends. She enjoys hosting parties at her house in Lakeview, New Orleans, especially during the holidays. The festive season has arrived,...

Alina Vezinet, a thirty-one-year-old art appraiser, is having trouble keeping up with her demanding work and her personal life. Apart from teaching art history classes as a university professor, she has to juggle working at an auction house with spending time with her family: her...

That Mesmerizing Kiss by Tamara Ferguson starts when sixteen-year-old Dan Callahan decides to support a childhood friend during a heartbreaking community event. Up on the local cliffs of Crystal Rock, he crosses paths with a young, grieving newcomer named Maria Santos and does his best...

In Cynthia L. Clark's Being Laramie Buchanan, after earning her art history degree in Boulder, Laramie Buchanan takes a gallery job while grieving the loss of her mother, Maggie, and the absence of Vick Varela, the man who vanished after asking her to follow him...

Can a near tragedy eventually lead to love? In Two Hearts’ Ambush by Tamara Ferguson, Lara Loughlin, a rising rock star who performs under a stage name, has returned to her hometown of Crystal Rock for a break from her busy life. She’s hoping to...

No Climb Too High by Angela Haas starts with a woman running out of second chances. Roxanne Denning was struck by lightning in the Colorado mountains two years ago. It left her physically intact with some scars as a souvenir, but emotionally fractured. The accident...

In I Love You, Hypothetically by Stacy Goforth, Piper West is a witty writer for a men's health magazine who finds herself under constant pressure from her well-meaning parents to settle down and find the right man. In a moment of panic, she tells...

Reunion in the Desert by Leslie Rager is a skillfully written story about finding your way back to who you are. For most people, losing their way does not seem entirely likely; for Quinn Goode and Colton Carson, losing themselves seemed like the only way...

Sometimes the people who seem the most guarded are the ones with the heaviest history, and in For You Always by Hannah Jordan, Cammie knows that better than anyone. She left her hometown in search of a fresh start and happened upon Peace Falls, where...