How Evie sees her life as she approaches her thirty-fifth birthday: pretty close to perfect. How Evie’s mom sees her life: doomed for spinsterhood and in need of matchmaking at every turn. Between her three lifelong best friends, a good job, and a beautiful home, Evie has nearly everything she needs. She’s in no hurry to find love…until her first (and unrequited) love, Wesley, unexpectedly returns to town for the birthday party Evie’s mom is throwing, and stirs up all kinds of long-buried feelings. As the boy next door, Wes was one of Evie’s closest childhood friends. Somewhere between playing out scenes from their favorite movie and listening to Wesley’s endless mixtapes, Evie fell in love. As the old friends catch up after years apart, Evie realizes she never fell out of love with Wesley, and begins to wonder if her feelings for him might not be as one-sided as she always assumed. While her mom attempts to find Evie’s perfect match, Evie can’t help thinking she’s already found him. Too bad he’s only in town for a week… Matchmaking & Mixtapes is a childhood-friends-to-lovers romantic comedy set in the fictional town of Bellevue, Ontario, Canada. Full of banter, crackling chemistry, and plenty of swoons, this is a kissing-only romance with mild language. It's the first in the new Best Friends & Birthdays series.

Three reasons Stella shouldn’t fall for Leland: 1. He’s her brother’s best friend 2. She’s a bit of a disaster, and he deserves better 3. He’s her fake boyfriend Ever since the car accident that dashed her dreams of skating professionally, Stella has made countless bad decisions. At almost thirty-five, she has a failed marriage under her belt, no job, and she’s living rent-free with her best friend after returning to her hometown. Her latest bad decision? She agreed to go to the high school reunion hosted by a former friend…and she roped her brother’s best friend Leland into being her fake boyfriend so she wouldn’t have to attend said reunion alone. The timing is perfect, though: with Stella’s past mistakes and disastrous dating history haunting her, a fake relationship is exactly what she needs to prevent her from continuing her journey down the Hot Mess Express. Bonus points for the fact she actually enjoys Leland’s company while they spend time together in order to ensure their ruse is believable. With Leland’s help, along with the love and encouragement of her three lifelong best friends, Stella starts to feel less lost and aimless. She also begins to feel more than friendly feelings for her fake boyfriend. If only she could get past the old fears that prevent her from believing she deserves more. As the reunion approaches and the deadline for their fake relationship looms, Stella will need to decide whether to remain ‘just friends’ with Leland or pursue what her heart truly yearns for: the real, lasting love she’s never experienced, but that she thinks might be possible with Leland. Reunions & Ruses is a fake dating, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy set in the fictional town of Bellevue, Ontario, Canada. Full of banter, crackling chemistry, and plenty of swoons, this is a kissing-only romance with mild language. It's the second book in the Best Friends & Birthdays series, and can be read as a standalone.

What do you do when the guy you’ve talked to for weeks on a dating app doesn’t show up when you finally agree to meet, and then ghosts you? You block him and forget about him, of course. That’s exactly what Hollie did, and then she took it a step further by deleting the app entirely. So what if her thirty-fifth birthday is looming and her life looks completely different than she expected it would? Who has time for dating and romance these days anyway? Not Hollie—her job as manager at the local food bank keeps her busy, as do her three best friends. That’s all she really needs in life. Or so she convinces herself until a tall, dark, and handsome Brit walks into her life. Hollie can’t figure out why the handsome stranger seems so familiar until it hits her: Spencer is no stranger. He’s the guy who ghosted her on the dating app all those weeks ago. Spencer’s explanation of what happened that night cracks the armor around Hollie’s heart, and seeing him again stirs up all kinds of old feelings. When he proposes a do-over of sorts, Hollie accepts. There’s just one caveat: he’s only interested in being friends. As the pair reconnect, Spencer lights Hollie up in ways she never expected. They share pieces of themselves they’ve never shown anyone else, and their chemistry is undeniable. It doesn’t take long for Hollie to realize friendship isn’t enough for her. In her heart, she believes Spencer feels the same, but he runs so hot and cold, and befuddles her with mixed signals. As her birthday approaches and Spencer informs her he’ll be returning to England soon, Hollie has to either find the courage to go after what she wants or walk away from Spencer for good. Either choice could end in heartbreak. Happy freakin’ birthday to her. Do-Overs & Mixed Signals is an opposites-attract, friends-to-lovers, second-chance romantic comedy set in the fictional town of Bellevue, Ontario, Canada. Full of banter, crackling chemistry, and plenty of swoons, this is a kissing-only romance with mild language. It's the third book in the Best Friends & Birthdays series, and can be read as a standalone.

Can serendipity bring them together again for the third Christmas in a row? Sylvie and Cole met by chance two Christmases ago and spent a magical, memorable afternoon together. Despite their shared attraction, they knew their connection was a case of ‘right place, wrong time’, and they weren’t meant to be. Or so they thought until the next Christmas when they ran into each other again in a different city. This time it was a case of being in the right place at the right time, but their circumstances were still the same, and being together just didn’t make sense. That didn’t stop them from indulging in a night of passion. After all, who were they to question what felt like a combination of fate and Christmas magic? Now it’s almost Christmas again and it seems like their luck has run out. Will serendipity bring them together again or are they destined to remain apart with nothing but beautiful memories of their time together? Unlike the other books in the Best Friends & Birthdays series, Silver Bells & Serendipity has on-page, open-door steamy content. It was originally published in 2022's Wanted: Mistletoe Anthology. It's very loosely tied to the main series, and can be read as a complete standalone.

Louisa wouldn’t say it was love at first sight when she met Fergus, but…okay, it was love at first sight. Her anxiety usually makes her painfully shy and awkward around men, but something about the hot Scot instantly put her at ease. As her thirty-fifth birthday approaches, Louisa knows it’s time to take control of her life and step outside her comfort zone. There’s a whole, wide world out there waiting for her, and Fergus wants to help her embrace it. The problem is, comfort zones are comfortable for a reason, and the thought of trying new things and maybe even letting love in is terrifying. Fergus had no intention of looking for love when he moved to Canada to work for his cousin. Still grieving the death of his mother, he puts his head down and focuses on work. It doesn’t take long for love to find him, though—unexpectedly, and in the form of a group of friends who become his chosen family. One of those friends is Louisa. Sweet, beautiful Louisa who has no idea what she does to Fergus with her shy smiles and freely-given hugs. When Fergus finds a half-finished bucket list Louisa and her three best friends came up with five years ago, he’s determined to help her complete the tasks before the deadline: December 31st, Louisa’s birthday. Fergus concocts a plan that will require Louisa’s full trust. He hopes that somewhere along the way, she’ll see what he’s seen all along: that she’s braver, more capable, and more incredible than she’s ever given herself credit for. He also hopes she’ll realize one other important thing: the two of them are meant to be together. Bucket Lists & Midnight Kisses is an opposites-attract, friends-to-lovers, found family romantic comedy set in the fictional town of Bellevue, Ontario, Canada. Full of banter, crackling chemistry, and plenty of swoons, this is a kissing-only romance with mild language. It's the fourth book in the Best Friends & Birthdays series, and can be read as a standalone.