Once upon a time he was her brother's best friend. He taught her to put the worm on the hook. He let her follow them around. But they grew up and he broke her heart when she needed him the most. Now he's back and he owns half of her business. And he wants a chance to redeem himself. Can she trust him with her family's legacy and her heart

He's her best friend's brother and they've been flirting for five years. As much as Emma wants to climb Trevor Hayes like a tree, he's the last thing she needs in her life. She's building a life in Willow Creek so she can stay under the radar. She's in hiding, and she doesn't need the town's hottest law enforcement officer snooping around. When her past catches up with her, he won't let her say no to his protection. She's determined to resist him until they get stranded together in the season's first freak blizzard.

A best friend's sister, second chance, military, small town romance. Dex and Marianela spent a magical weekend together. Three days later she was assigned to his combat platoon as their field medic and he found out she was his best friend's little sister. They had to act like they'd never met. Tragedy strikes and eight years later she's the new emergency room physician in his small town. He's never stopped thinking about her and all the things he should have done. She can't forgive him for the things he couldn't say. They both fight personal demons on a daily basis and are working through the trauma of their combat experience. Will the shadows between them keep them apart or push them together?

Tropes: Age Gap; Grumpy vs. Sunshine; Single Dad; Starting Over Alaric is a driven astrophysicist who’s only in Willow Creek so he can finish his book and give his twin daughters the chance to reconnect with their aunt. He doesn’t have time for the incovenient attraction aroused by the sassy, always glass half full niece of his eccentric innkeeper. Farrah is in Willow Creek because it’s her last resort. She’s putting her life back together in the wake of the pandemic and she thinks her aunt’s houseguest is arrogant and annoying. A meet cute in the rain sets the stage for the barely banked bonfire raging as a backdrop to every one of their interactions.

Roxie Greene is happy being the grumpy recluse everyone avoids. She likes being alone. But the production on her lavender farm is ramping up and business is booming. Even she realizes she needs help. She doesn't expect the help that shows up to be River Montgomery. He's arrogant. He's not used to manual labor. He's disconcerting. And a flirt. But the ad has been up for six months and he's the only one who's responded. She does everything she can to keep him at a distance. Like grumble at him and feed him fried baloney sandwiches for dinner. He does everything he can to make her smile. An opposites attract, grumpy heroine vs. golden retriever hero, age gap romance.

Friends to Lovers; Second Chance Romance; Christmas Romance Bianca Cassidy left Willow Creek over eighteen years ago and never looked back. The morning after Mike Callihan kissed her, she hopped on a bus to New York City. His kiss wasn't enough to change her mind. Now she's back in town, and they're all grown up. She's directing the town's annual Christmas pageant and Mike's the town Public Works Director and the new mayor's right hand man. He moved on with his life because his kiss wasn't enough to make her stay the first time. Now he's single again and he wants to start over with the girl he never forgot. Will it take a Christmas miracle for them to get a happily ever after?