She’s the girl who got away. He’s the guy she couldn’t forget. Freelance copywriter Lila Harris knows a thing or two about falling in love with the wrong man. She made that mistake once before, and she doesn’t intend to repeat it—until her ex strolls back into her life with an offer she can’t refuse. Working with Sam to land a big account will give her the means to save her grandfather’s ice cream parlor, but letting herself get close to him again is one risk she can’t take, no matter how sweet the temptation. Six years ago, Sam Crawford watched the only girl he’s ever loved walk out of his family’s advertising agency—and out of his life. Now he finally has a second chance to prove to her that he’s not the man she thinks he is. But first he’ll have to win back her trust…and her heart.

Sometimes the road to forever is paved with sweet surprises... Mary Harris has always looked on the bright side...until one too many setbacks leave her wondering why she sacrificed everything for a failing ice cream parlor. Hopelessly single, and still licking her wounds from her last break-up, she almost manages to believe that she doesn’t need a man when she has Sunshine Creamery, until the handsome guy next door has her second guessing herself, and her family’s business. Ben Sullivan’s life was going exactly to plan...and he’s been picking up the pieces ever since it all blew up. Now a single dad, he’s determined not to let another woman mess with his heart again—or his daughter’s. He tells himself he’s only being neighborly by helping Mary repair some things in her shop, but the more time they spend together, the more he dares to wish for something he hasn’t even thought about in a long time: a future.

Can friendship lead to forever? Claire Wells just helped the only man she’s ever loved choose an engagement ring…for another woman. With her heart in pieces and her professional life in shambles, she turns to the one man she can always count on: her best friend. Ethan is more than just a shoulder to cry on—he’s sweet, and funny, and okay, easy on the eye. In many ways, he’s the perfect guy…aside from the fact that she’s looking for forever and he’s just looking for fun. Ethan Parker is all too aware of his reputation as a ladies man. Inviting Claire to pose as his date for his cousin’s wedding seems like the perfect solution for them both—she needs a break from the city and he needs to show his family that he’s fully capable of committing to one woman. The trouble is, the more he pretends that Claire is his girlfriend, the more impossible it becomes to view her as just a friend…

It’s the season for second chances in this holiday novella… Hailey Wells has every reason to be a Grinch this holiday. She’s about to lose the lease on her beloved Lincoln Park café, all her friends are too busy with their significant others to make it to her annual ugly Christmas sweater party, and then there’s the issue with that tree lot across the street…and its ghost of Christmas past. Pete Cameron never expected to see his college sweetheart again. Eight years ago they each made a choice: one that led her to the big city and him back to his family’s tree farm in rural Wisconsin. But with the help of a little Christmas magic, this chance encounter might be just the thing they need to believe in their dreams again—and in each other.