Daniel

Je suis nul en relations et je ne fais confiance à personne, mais j’ai de bonnes raisons pour ça. Déjà, tous ceux qui ont compté dans ma vie m’ont laissé tomber. À l’exception du vétérinaire de la petite ville d’O’Leary... mon nouveau meilleur ami.
Je suis venu à O’Leary pour prendre un nouveau départ. Pour revenir à l’essentiel. Pour oublier tous les échecs de mon passé.

La dernière chose dont j’ai besoin, c’est de complications, et définitivement

Pas.
D’un.
Petit ami.

Julian

J’ai vécu à O’Leary toute ma vie, et j’ai appris depuis longtemps à éviter d’attirer l’attention. Je fais ce qu’on attend de moi et je reste dans mon coin autant que possible. C’est beaucoup plus reposant de travailler avec des animaux que d’essayer d’interagir avec de vraies personnes. À une exception près : le type sublime qui vient d’emménager dans une cabane juste à la sortie de la ville et qui, je ne sais trop comment, est devenu mon meilleur ami.

Mais l’amitié aussi, c’est compliqué, et un matin, on se retrouve à raconter à toute la ville le plus gros mensonge de toute sa vie.

C’est comme ça que Daniel Michaelson, mon meilleur ami très séduisant et très hétéro, devient mon faux petit ami, même s’il n’est définitivement

Pas.
Mon.
Amant.

#MM #friendstolovers #fakeboyfriend

La version papier inclut la nouvelle Tyler et Gus
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“Oh mon Dieu, je ne peux pas mettre de mots sur la façon dont j’ai aimé ce livre. C’est de loin mon préféré de la série et je ne pense pas que cela va changer.” - Amanda - Goodreads

Je fais partie des chanceux.

J’ai trouvé mon âme sœur au lycée, quand mon voisin m’a écrit un mot d’amour qui a changé ma vie... un mot qui parlait d’éternité.
Mais apparemment, l’éternité, c’est surfait, et je me retrouve presque huit ans plus tard en train d’organiser le mariage de l’amour de ma vie. Le mariage le plus romantique de l’histoire d’O’Leary, sur le thème de la Saint-Valentin.

Le seul problème, c’est que ce n’est pas moi qu’il épouse.

#MM #Quiproquos #Mariage
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“C’était court, doux, mignon et tellement sincère.” - stephanieee

« À l’instant où je l’ai vu, le sol s’est ouvert sous mes pieds, pour une chute sans fin. »

L’agent de police Silas Sloane connaît tout le monde à O’Leary, dans l’État de New York. Il a gagné l’affection et le respect des habitants, même si vivre dans ce microcosme est parfois pénible. S’il excelle dans son boulot, il y a une seule chose dans laquelle il n’est pas bon : l’engagement.

Jusqu’à ce qu’il rencontre Everett.

Everett Maior, jeune veuf, vient d’emménager contre son gré. Il n’a jamais voulu devenir le tuteur légal de son grand-père et finir dans ce trou perdu. Désobligeant et superstitieux, il est très doué pour garder les gens à distance.

Jusqu’à ce qu’il pose les yeux sur Silas.

Parviendront-ils à bâtir un futur ensemble alors que les fantômes du passé font tout pour les séparer ?

#Enquête #Mystère #MM
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« Une magnifique histoire d’amour, mais plus important encore, un message très beau et extrêmement important sur comment faire son deuil et continuer à avancer, célébrer la vie en général ainsi que la vie de ceux qui nous ont quittés, plutôt que s’appesantir sur leur mort. » - Cintia, Goodreads
« Un véritable joyau. » - Lily, Goodreads

Coup de foudre improbable entre un pâtissier et un ex-Navy SEAL.

Caelan James aurait dû le savoir. Se fier à une application pour organiser un blind date était une très mauvaise idée. Rien dans la vie n’est jamais « parfait » et encore moins les hommes, surtout ceux dans la région d’O’Leary dans l’État de New York.

Pourtant, quand un SEAL de l’US Navy apparaît dans sa boulangerie, Cal se dit que la vie a peut-être enfin décidé de lui pâtisser un miracle.
L’osmose est immédiate, dévorante et tout sauf ennuyante.

Mais ce rendez-vous si parfait pourrait-il durer plus qu’une nuit ?

#Militaire #Pâtisserie #MM
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« Que se passe-t-il quand un rouquin au tempérament de feu tient tête à un ancien militaire ? Des étincelles, ça, c’est certain. » - T.L. Travis, Goodreads

Brooks Johnson’s Words To Live By:

When returning to Licking Thicket, TN, for the first time in ten years to reunite with your nosy neighbors, heart-broken ex-girlfriend, and matchmaking mama who never quite believed you were gay, it’s best to bring a fake boyfriend as backup... 

Just don’t be surprised when your ex-girlfriend does the same. 

And when her incredibly hot fake boyfriend becomes the one island of calm in a sea of bovine-based insanity, it’s best to exercise caution… especially when he pushes you up against the rough barn wall to check you very thoroughly for splinters...

Just don’t be surprised if you fall head-over-hooves in love with him.

Former Marine Percy “Champ” Champion has never encountered a problem he can’t handle. Flying bullets? Daring rescues? Building Champion Security from the ground up? Making people seriously regret using his hated first name? No problem. He’s gotten the job done without a hitch each and every time.

But it turns out there are some situations Champ can’t handle alone, like:

• Going undercover as a wedding planner to retrieve some missing cartel data in time to avert an international crisis.

• Keeping his jerk of an ex from threatening his business.

• Preventing Quinn Taffet, Licking Thicket’s gorgeous, charming new wedding planner—and Champ’s fake fiancé—from getting into danger… or from getting the wrong idea about their relationship.

• Fighting the pull that lands him in Quinn’s bed night after night, despite his very best intentions.

• Stopping the pun-happy matchmakers of the Thicket from destroying the sane, well-ordered life he’s built for himself.

• And, most troubling of all, protecting his traitorous heart from all the romance in the air.

In short, Champ needs an extraction plan ASAP before he finds himself well and truly… hitched.

Note: Although Hitched is the second book in the series, it can be enjoyed as a standalone.

I’m about to sing you the saddest song in the universe, and it’s called “The Man of My Dreams Married My Sister.” 

It’s kinda my theme song. And trust me when I tell you, it’s heavy on the violins.

Because the man in question? He’s not just any guy, he’s Rafe freakin’ Goodman. 

My former best friend. 

The boy who made my summers on Whispering Key magical. The guy who inspired every love song that led to the chart-topping music career I have today. The man I always sort of figured would wait for me, while I pursued my dreams and finally found a way to tell the world I was gay…

But instead of waiting, he married Aimee.

Rafe and Aimee’s marriage has been over for a while now, but it doesn’t really matter. He doesn’t love me even though I feel like I’ll love him until the day I die. Trying to be “just friends” would tear me apart.

We’re a broken chord. A blue note. Hopelessly out of tune.

Or so I thought. 

But when circumstances throw us back together on a crazy cross-country road trip, suddenly all kinds of secrets come to light that make it seem like maybe our show’s not over yet. 

If I want a life with the man of my dreams, though, I’ll have to be honest--with Rafe and the rest of the world, too--and find the courage to write us a new song. 

One that’s exactly like us: perfectly imperfect… and a little off key. 

Once upon a time, I moved to Vermont… and wound up accidentally sort of married.

Webb Sunday is the straight single dad next door.

He’s lumberjack-gorgeous,

Strong and steady as the trees in his family orchard,

A grumpy fairytale prince...

And entirely off-limits.

Or so I thought.

Until the drunken night the two of us walked into a bar…

And landed ourselves in the middle of small-town history.

Who knew hand-fasting was still a thing?

The town of Little Pippin Hollow did.

And once this bunch of meddling Vermonters gets wind of our accidental betrothal, they are determined to see us seal the deal.

But while the chemistry between us is hot enough to melt the winter cold, Webb isn’t interested in a relationship…

And I’m not sure how long I can keep pretending I don’t want our hand-fasting to be real.

Because while the man might not be the happily ever after I came to Vermont for…

He’s looking more and more like the one who’s been hand-picked for me.

Renowned cardiologist Carter Rogers is used to having things under control. His life, his prestigious reputation, his career, his future.

Things he can’t control this time around:

• His meddling grandfather 

• His annoying gamer cousin

• Buggy South American jungles

• Being the meat in a feuding cartel sandwich

• Getting kidnapped by a monologuing drug lord

•Falling for his very hot, very mouthy ex-Special Forces bodyguard

In short, Carter’s peaceful, well-planned life has been… hijacked.

Tucker Wright’s Clues for Life:

What’s a 4-letter word for an utterly oblivious, totally commitment-phobic, heartbreakingly gorgeous man with a pet pig named Bernadette? 

That’d be D-U-N-N, as in Dunn Johnson, my very best pal and fishing buddy since I moved to Licking Thicket. 

What’s a 6-letter word for a nerdy, crossword-loving town doctor who’s doomed to be hopelessly, thoroughly, irrevocably, in love with that straight best friend for the rest of his born days?

That’s T-U-C-K-E-R, as in me. 

But when I agree to let Dunn be my 24/7 dating coach, and he decides to get our whole nosy town in on the act, there’s only one 5-letter word to describe the pair of us.

F-O-O-L-S.

The job at Sunday Orchard was supposed to be temporary.

A chance to gain some work experience. To have some fun. To get away from my overprotective brothers. To maybe, possibly encounter some lumberjacks in their natural habitat before moving on to the dream career that awaited me in the city.

I had not expected to be welcomed into a family of gorgeous and weirdly efficient lumberjack-types myself. Or to find a purpose in the tiny Vermont town whose claim to fame seemed to be apple-based products and copious amounts of charm.

And I most definitely hadn’t expected to fall for Knox Sunday, my grumpy, burly, fifteen-years-older, reluctant roommate, with his infuriating lectures, his hot-as-fire body, his superior attitude, his snarky humor, and his stealth cuddles.

Now I find myself making excuses to delay my big dreams… just for a little while.

But Knox has unfulfilled dreams of his own. A career he walked away from. A big city life in Boston he left behind when he returned to his hometown to help his family. He claims he’s not looking for anything permanent, and I’ve never been one to put down roots.

My big life is waiting for me somewhere other than Little Pippin Hollow. So why does it feel like I’ve finally found the home of my heart?

And how can I get Knox Sunday to… pick me?

There are three kinds of people in Honeybridge, Maine: The Honeycutts, who know a lot about love and loyalty; The Wellbridges, who think they’re the epitome of wealth and refinement; and the rest of the Honeybridgers, who know better than to get in the way of the centuries-old rivalry between the two.

There wasn’t a time when I didn't know Flynn “Firecracker” Honeycutt.

He’s been my childhood friend. My high school rival. The guy I couldn’t stop dreaming about, long after I thought I’d left him and Honeybridge in my rear-view mirror.

Now he’s the key to the giant promotion that can make or break my career… if I can just convince the man to give me the distribution rights for his award-winning mead.

Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done.

Flynn’s not the guy he used to be. His gorgeous eyes used to spark with dreams and fire, but now he looks at me with cold fury. And just like Achilles had his heel and Samson had his hair, I had Flynn Honeycutt, the one man I’d never been able to charm, despite an entire life spent winning people over.

I’m not giving up, though. Because I’m not the kid I used to be, either. And because, if the two of us can survive a long, hot summer filled with his family’s crazy antics and my mother’s single-handed determination to keep the Wellbridge-Honeycutt feud alive, there might just be a chance for both of us to get what we want:

A new dream.

The fulfillment of an old town legend.

And another chance to spark Firecracker to life.