Amy Trinkus makes a wish on her thirtieth birthday to finally find her occupational calling and begin her dream career. Due to a traumatic past, romance is the furthest thing from her mind. But when a new job opportunity brings her face-to-face with the only man she’s ever had a crush on, Amy’s journey to make her wish come true takes an unexpected path. Carlos Diaz has been burned in the past and he’s reminded of it every day because his ex-wife still works with him at this best friend’s candle company. But he seems to completely forget all the reasons he should stay away from women when Amy walks into his department. A complicated history, over-protective family, interfering best friend, and evil-intentioned ex-wife all conspire to keep Amy and Carlos apart. Despite the hurdles, they will fight to make their wishes come true.

Maya McDonald makes a wish on her twenty-ninth birthday to finally be free of her day job at the candle factory. Not only does she hate the work, but the company’s owner is the man who broke her heart seven years ago. Making it on her own as an artist is her number one goal. Number two on her list is avoiding Everett Evans. Everett never forgot the way Maya rocked his world. But any chance he had with her seven years ago died when he got engaged. Now he has no fiancée, but he can’t seem to get Maya to give him anything more than her timesheet. With the help of audacious family and friends, Everett will set out to convince Maya to give him a second chance to make both their wishes come true. This book is part of a series but can be read as a stand-alone. Trigger Warning: Discussions of bullying of a LGBTQ character.

Alice wants to leave the past behind her, but when it shows up in the form of an irresistible ex-football player turned underwear model, she has no choice but to revisit it. Being bullied by her high school boyfriend was a turning point for Alice Bando. She left the tiny town of Walker Springs for the bustling Bay Area and embraced the sexual identity that had led to nothing but pain as a teenager. But when the kind hero from that fateful night turns up at her job all the way across the country from their hometown, she has no choice but to confront her past. Darius Fleck has had a thing for Alice since she dated his little brother over six years before. Now that they're working together, he has a new chance to convince Alice he was the right one for her all along. Climbing over the past to create a new future won't be easy. But Alice and Darius just might be up for the challenge. This is both a romance story and a personal journey. The heroine identifies as bisexual. There are scenes of bullying that may be a trigger for some readers.

Julia walks into the sperm bank with plans to create a family, but instead of a match on the microscope, she ends up with three teenage girls and their smoking hot uncle. Julia Wall loves her job, her quiet life, and reading slow burn romance novels. But she’s losing her sight, and her biological clock is ticking. With a relationship track record she could probably write chick lit about, she knows she’s better off doing it on her own. So she signs up to find her baby romance at a sperm bank that specializes in a personal donor matching experience. Emilio Thompson is the recipient of an insta-family. Take the death of one older, beloved sister, add in uncaring grandparents, and stir. Next thing he knows he’s raising three teenaged girls on his own. Fresh out of law school, he finds work at his friend’s sperm bank. Contracts and paperwork pay the bills, but he never expected to find his dream girl sitting on the other side of his desk, desperate for a baby. Julia has everything figured out. And Emilio and his sweet, sassy nieces don’t fit into her carefully constructed plans. But knowing what you want and finding what you need are two very different things…