Thirty-eight-year-old set designer Amelia Parker is on a mission to get pregnant—soon. That’s why she’s researching sperm banks and procedures. It’s also why her best friend hires a matchmaker for her. She insists Amelia deserves—needs—a romance reset before she embarks on single parenthood. Widower Lincoln Hayes is about to be an empty nester with his twins going off to college. He’s ready to have some fun, but he doesn’t want to do it alone. Dating, though.... Staying offline and hiring a matchmaker who vets his dates makes sense. Imagine Lincoln’s surprise when his first date in twenty years is actually his first love, the one who broke his heart and got away. Amelia is shocked to see Lincoln, and the chemistry between them is as strong as ever. Amelia can easily imagine having Lincoln’s baby—but is her biological clock and desire for a child more than Lincoln can handle?

Carter Hayes is no saint, but he’d do anything to give his four-year-old daughter the life she deserves. It’s hard being a single dad and he doesn’t like going it alone. But as a closet romantic, he’s an easy target for women. Especially the wrong ones. Wedding planner Eliza Bellefonte is good at getting people married. She’s also good at predicting just how long that marriage will last and these days? They don’t last long. Maybe she is jaded but she will fake her optimism all the way to the bank. When Eliza is forced to rely on Carter in order to pull off a client’s wedding, he bargains for a date in exchange and her skepticism ratchets up. The handsome contractor and his adorable daughter check all the boxes on her list, but he’s been married twice before and the rules of engagement are simple—three strikes and you’re out.

Naming her childhood friend as her perfect match might be professional matchmaker Marsali Jones’ career-ending move. Oliver Beck is now a Hollywood A-list actor, and Marsali is at a loss as to how to repair the damage revealing her secret crush has caused without ruining her career. But that’s the least of her worries when Oliver appears at her door…. Oliver Beck has wanted Marsali from the moment he met her via her brother, but she’s always been off-limits because of his friendship and respect for her family. Being named her “perfect match” puts a whole other spin on things, however. She needs him, and he’s willing to play along—for a price. Marsali is blown away by Oliver’s suggestion that they actually date and she can’t refuse him. But as her blunder brings them closer, his super hot movie star lifestyle clashes with her “good girl dating” brand and they find themselves at odds with the world watching. Could it be that her perfect match isn’t so perfect after all? From anthology Cupid to the Rescue

After a disastrous fall onstage, ballet dancer Victoria Valentine develops Plan B, taking a break from her NYC life to help her father in his business while her body heals. When she gets to Carolina Cove, though, Plan B turns out to be a bust because of all the secrets her dad has been keeping. Entrepreneur MacGregor Jones is tired of being the odd man out among his coupled-up friends, so he finally allows his matchmaker sister to set him up. He’s instantly taken with his date until he realizes he’s been perfectly mismatched. Not only is Victoria the daughter of his latest business venture but she’s intent on returning to her big-city life as soon as possible. As Victoria struggles to accept that her injury is worst-case scenario, she begins to focus on Plan C, that of teaching. But as offers come in from all over the world, she has to make the biggest decision of all. Does she stay in Carolina Cove­—or follow her dream wherever it may take her?

When Claire Simmons’ job ends, it’s time to regroup and try to reconnect with her teenage son. She packs them up and heads to her father’s garage apartment at the beach. There, she discovers her father rented the apartment to a handsome stranger, and her plans for a restful summer are suddenly a lot more complicated.... After a gunshot wound, security specialist Marcus Denz returns to Carolina Cove to recuperate. He doesn’t expect to connect with a lonely old man, his troubled grandson, or the kid’s gorgeous mother—who won’t give Denz the time of day due to his profession. Having buried a husband KIA, Claire isn’t about to make the same mistake twice. But when the town matchmaker eyes the widow as her next project, Denz fights jealousy. How can he get Claire to realize life doesn’t always go by the book?