A struggling singer suddenly playing sultry Santa. A mayor with hopes too high for love. A town in need of reinventing itself. One Christmas wish will make everything right. Dillon's dreams of making it big on the country music scene shattered to pieces, but he received no sympathy from his brother. Charles sent him on a mission to deliver some bad news to the mayor of their old hometown of Kissing Springs. Only he didn’t plan on running into Meadow Boyd as the new mayor—and the old sparks from their high school days returned. One look into her baby blue eyes and he knew—he’d work real hard to make her dreams and plans come true in more ways than one. Welcome to Kissing Springs, the Romance Capital of the South. In this new collection of steamy holiday romance, nine authors bring you standalone stories from single dads to second chances, ex-military to sports romance. There’s someone for everyone. So grab a cup of hot cocoa and snuggle in for a collection of small town stories that will keep you warm all winter.

What happens when her Secret Santa is revealed? Will she return the gifts or will she wrap herself? At thirty-six, Axel Chase is relieved when the judge sentenced him to community service until he hears the word—Santa. Axel is the owner of the local automobile repair shop. He just moved back to take care of his grandfather, Pop. So, on top of the business, checking in on Pop, he now has to go "Ho Ho Hoing" and it’s not the kind of hoing he wants to do. He’s dreading the assignment, especially because Christmas hasn’t been an enjoyable time of late—his kids are with his ex-wife and mega-successful stepdad. So when his first gig as Santa ends in a kiss sure to earn himself a place on the naughty list, his feelings for Christmas and the much younger woman next door, make land him in Christmas heaven. Alice Gardner is a dental assistant and barely remembers the office Christmas party. Her boss has always been more about fireball shots than cookie exchanges. The year, she surprised the all-female crew with a Sexy Santa. A few shots in and Alice is sitting on his lap, telling him everything she wants for Christmas, including a little silver bullet. Before she leaves, she gives the sexy Santa a bone chilling kiss, for extra incentive. She is determined to make this the best Christmas ever. Christmas has always consisted of one batch of homemade cookies with Nana and a couple of presents under the tree. Other than a silver bullet, all Alice wants is a family. When someone starts giving her everything off her wish list, Alice begins to believe that in Kissing Springs, Santa is real. Tropes: Age Gap, Forced Proximity, Single Dad, Grumpy Sunshine

A single dad with a newly empty nest. A strait-laced guidance counselor with one birthday wish. This Christmas, a steamy second chance romance twenty years in the making is about to ignite. Happily divorced high school guidance counselor Noemie Saint has moved back to Kissing Springs to be closer to her mother after her father's death. She wouldn't say she's avoiding the ex that broke her heart 20 years ago, but she's certainly not going out of her way to run into him. That all changes when their worlds collide. Suddenly he's back in her life, looking better than ever. After a mortifying chance meeting in the adult toy section, Jameson makes a snarky suggestion that Noemie decides to take him up on. Jameson Mitchell is finally seeing his hard work pay off. He's the owner of a successful fitness center and his daughter is in college exploring her independence. When an opportunity to reconnect with The One That Got Away presents itself, he jumps at the chance. Twenty years ago, he chose to do the right thing and let Noemie go. Now that she's moved back to town and they are both single, he's sure he can convince her they belong together. She wants one night, he wants forever. Can this second chance couple make some Christmas magic?

Welcome to Kissing Springs. Liza Hawke took the news of her grandfather’s passing hard. She hadn’t seen the man since her father ripped her from a happy childhood in the small town of Kissing Springs, KY. Now, she’s back, and determined to recapture the little slice of heaven she found in this town. However, Liza faces an uphill battle in more ways than she imagined. Her grandfather was a hoarder… who knew? Her ex-boyfriend, and love of her life, has also recently moved back to town… Lucky Liza. He’s sexy and wild, and grumpier than a rattlesnake on a tin roof. Suddenly, the mess her Gramps left doesn't look like the biggest pile of crap Liza has to shovel. Smith Blackburn has circled in a downward spiral for the last decade. After his high school sweetheart ground his heart to ash, the military was supposed to be an escape, a way out of his tiny lot in life. But war slapped him upside the head, stealing the lives of his comrades and what was left of his sanity. After hitting rock bottom, Smith needed a big change to drag him out of the self-destructive pit of hell. His once beloved hometown is his last hope to make anything of himself. Plus, with his dad’s health failing, it’s only right he man up and get his head out of his rear end. Seeing Liza again wasn’t in the plans. Can Smith survive their meddling, love-obsessed small town forcing him to work with the woman who blackened his heart so long ago? Can he let bygones be bygones, or will she be the straw that broke the camel's back?

Blindsided by the discovery he’s a father, former Marine Theodore ‘Bear’ Alexander does the only thing he knows. Steps up, takes control of the situation, and leaves for the only home he’s ever known with his eight-year-old daughter before Christmas arrives. Shady Willow is everything a quaint small town should be for the Holidays. His new security gig at the local male revue? Not quite so quaint. For Adaline Redgrave, her life hasn’t turned out quite the way she hoped. Monotonous days running together in a blur until a sexy mountain of man, who should terrify her, wanders into her life. The little girl by his side draws her in, showing a softer side to the scary protective Marine. Addy quickly falls for both father and daughter. Taking care of Bear's little girl, and leaving the past behind, might be the leap of faith Addy needed to take. The sign she wished for night after night. But will the one thing that brought them together tear them apart? Or will the miracle of Christmas save them both from a danger they never saw coming?

Contemporary sports romance author Britney Bell brings you an ugly duckling story with the geeky math teacher and small-town pro football hero. Lennox had a rough time going through high school being picked on for being smart. So, why would she endure reliving the pain every day as a high school teacher in the very school where she grew up? Nash had a total opposite experience. He was the jock star who went on to be the award-winning athlete through college and into his professional football career. Now, he's returned to his little hometown, and all he wants to do is coach at the school where it all began. Will walking the halls of Nelson County High be the same as ten years ago, or will familiar faces make sparks fly to levels high school kids could only dream about? Order Scoring Santa now to see if the unlikely match were really always meant to be together.

A no-nonsense marketing guru A broken former bull riding champ One night to blow off some steam Will Christmas magic in Kissing Springs make it more? Champion bull rider and horse enthusiast Taj Bailey has a drawer full of awards to show for his extraordinary accomplishments, but not a whole lot of money in his bank account. Now, his ex-wife wants to move to California and take his daughters with her. He needs money to hire a lawyer. A lot of it. And fast. When he hears of a job that pays an unbelievable amount of money to dress up as Santa Claus, he jumps at the chance. He just wishes he’d known that his first assignment on this new job was to take off his clothes. Summer Lockwood needs a break. From her job. From her interfering relatives. From her good-girl reputation. Life is kind of quiet in her small town and living with her parents again is tedious at best. So when her cousin’s bachelorette party invitation arrives, she packs her bags and heads to Kissing Springs determined to enjoy a little Christmas cheer. But when a hunky, half-naked Santa wearing not much more than his boots sets his sights on her, she decides Christmas cheer isn’t the only thing she plans to enjoy. What was supposed to be one hot night quickly becomes something hotter than Taj can handle. Can Summer lasso his heart with a little Kissing Springs magic?

An uptight wedding planner. An easygoing photographer. Unending friction. I so don’t need this. Christmas wedding season AND the Naughty Noel Charity Night is a lot to juggle. Getting paired up with everyone’s favorite photographer, and my nemesis, Jack Archer was not the help I asked for. He never takes anything seriously and still comes out on top. Really? But it’s the help I’m getting, like it or not. Also not helpful: the fact that my girly-bits don’t agree after I catch a glimpse of his picture for the Sexy Santa calendar. They think he has a lot to offer me. Charlotte Kincaid has a stick up that perfect ass of hers. She hasn’t given me an inch since our first job together got off to a bad start. It must rub her the wrong way to know I’m the best photographer in the state. Speaking of rubbing... Mind out of the gutter, Jack. I’m going to prove I deserve her respect by helping her pull off the best charity event ever. And how many other ways she underestimates me… If we don’t strangle one another first. Will Santa bring harmony or will the holidays wreak havoc on this unlikely couple?

Small town hero. Single dad. Sexy as hell stripper. Not that I’m looking. After all, he used to be my best friend. Hannah: Hunter had me strictly in the friend zone. For years. Until he knocked up my cousin and I told him to go. True to his word, he’s left me alone. For six long years. Damn him. I still miss his easy charm and gorgeous grin, especially now that he’s captain of the Kissing Springs fire department. When I agree to watch his son for a week during the holidays, Hunter sweet talks me into letting him stay at my place. Something tells me this isn’t a good idea… or is it? Hunter: Six years ago, I made a mistake. A reckless one-night stand that changed everything between my best friend and I. Because I slept with her cousin. That stupid move cost me our friendship and I ended up with a son. Now, even though Hannah’s the town librarian and I miss her like hell, we barely speak. Until, thanks to a Christmas miracle, I have a good reason to reconnect. One she can't refuse. And this time, there’s nothing friendly between us, but that’s fine by me. I've always wanted so much more.