Living in a year around Christmas town has its drawbacks. The caroling, the decorations, the insanely cheery spirit, it never disappears. It's why I like to hibernate away in my cave - I mean housekeeping a healthy distance from the holly jolly spirits. And all was going according to plan until my nemesis, Storee Taylor, moved in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Without blinking, she turned my simple world into a real nightmare-before-Christmas, especially when she decided to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest - which she was determined to win.

It’s the flight before Christmas and Molly just got an unexpected gift: a free first-class upgrade on her plane trip home for the holidays. Bring on the complimentary cocktails! But after one too many, she spills all her secrets to the hot guy seated next to her—only to wake up mortified when her buzz has worn off. At least she never has to see Liam again ... or so she thinks. When Molly arrives at Christmas House, the festive rental home that she and her family are sharing with her sister’s fiancé and his wealthy family, she discovers that Liam is one of the new in-laws. Oops.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.

After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.

Anxious to make it home for Christmas, a rodeo star hits the road in a hurry, only to discover he’s hitched his truck to the wrong trailer!In his defense, it’s the same model and color as his. Plus, it’s dark outside. Not to mention he’s trying to beat a snowstorm out of town. At the next truck stop, he finds himself face-to-face with the trailer's very lovely, very angry (and slightly terrified) rightful owner…and soon finds himself offering to make it up to her by posing as her husband for the remainder of the road trip. Yeah, she has her reasons for begging that kind of favor. ...

Bronc riding champ Ames Carson is at a major crossroads in his career. His brothers are gonna die laughing if they ever find out the hardest part of his decision is this — should he kiss his best friend before leaving town?He wants to. That’s a given. But he’s afraid of ruining a perfectly good friendship, if it turns out she doesn’t feel the same way about him. That’s the tough thing about being best buds with the girl next door. He knows literally everything else about her but THAT. He knows who her first crush was (not him), and the first guy she kissed (also not him), as well ...

A wounded rodeo champion and a lovely horse trainer make a friendship pact to protect each other’s broken hearts from rebound relationships. Their ground rules are simple: Need a plus one at a holiday get-together? Ask each other. Feeling bored or lonely? Call or text each other. Accidentally step beneath the mistletoe? Um… Okay, it’s kind of impossible to make a rule for every situation, so their feelings soon get a little tangled up with each other. But that’s okay, right? Because friends are supposed to care for friends. What they didn’t count on was just how easily two broken ...

A reformed cowboy has a secret crush on the minister’s daughter, though he’s pretty sure his chances of dating her are slim to none after an unexpected visitor drops off a son he didn’t know he had.Learning how to juggle his new responsibilities as a single dad is hard enough, but it becomes a lot harder after the woman of his dreams: Recruits his kid into a holiday play Then arm-twists him into helping her build the stage backdrop And turns out to be really, really great working with children New plan: Focus on hiding just how badly he’s falling for the one woman in town he’s ...

A visit home for the holidays rekindles a childhood crush in this sweet, small-town Christmas romance.Celebrity country western singer Willa Morgan receives a gift from a secret admirer that ultimately leads to a long overdue visit home for Christmas. On her first day back, she encounters Angel Castellano, a cocky blast from her past who's been bragging since they were kids that he’s going to marry her someday. All too soon, her annoying childhood nemesis is wrangling her into serving as the interim entertainment director at his dinner theater, baking her one tastebud-exploding dessert ...