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One moment she's racing through the Tuscan hills with her future in her hands. The next, she's upside down in a ditch — and the dangerously attractive stranger pulling her out of the mud is the only thing standing between her and losing everything.Clio Sinclair McBeal is a brilliant art historian clinging to her last shot at a PhD — and the grudging approval of the demanding academic parents who have mapped out every step of her life. She doesn't have time for detours. She especially doesn't have time for Guillermo d'Aldobrandin.But Guillermo — celebrated Florentine architect, reckless, magnetic, and entirely too perceptive — is about to lose something irreplaceable. Villa Cielo Incantato, his family's breathtaking Renaissance estate on the Tuscan hillside, is slipping through his fingers, along with four hundred years of history. And somehow, despite every sensible instinct she possesses, Clio cannot walk away.What begins as an unlikely alliance becomes something neither of them planned for — as Tuscany works its slow, golden magic and Guillermo begins to see through every careful wall she has ever built.For readers of Santa Montefiore and Kate Morton — a luminous story of art, passion, and the courage it takes to finally claim the life you didn't know you were allowed to want.Sometimes the most important detour is the one you never saw coming. Winner of the Chanticleer Grand Prize for Romance and Women's Fiction.

From the CIBA Chatelaine Grand Prize winning author of The Art of Enchantment Niki Ballantyne will take any risk — except an emotional one. Driven by guilt over her brother's death, she's spent years throwing herself into danger and pulling other people out of it. It's easier than feeling. It's safer than being seen. On an adventure holiday in the south of France, she meets two men — charming, unsettling Luc, and his gentle, lonely friend Didier. When she realizes Didier is being bullied and quietly heartbroken, Niki does what she always does: she steps in. Helping a shy blacksmith find love isn't her usual rescue project. But he reminds her of her brother. And it keeps her safely focused on someone else's heart instead of her own. The problem is Luc. He sees through her reckless bravado in a way nobody else does — and that terrifies her more than anything she's ever jumped off. Emotionally layered and set against the luminous landscape of southern France, A Forged Affair is a story about the cost of protecting yourself from the very thing you need most. "e;A carefully woven and surprising story of love, friendships and heartache — an utterly independent woman who you will find endearing but frustratingly stubborn."e; — Reedsy Discovery ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A novel of secrets, memory, family, and forgiveness by the USA Today bestselling author of The Art of Enchantment.Armed with only a backpack, her boyfriend, and a mysterious old photograph, twenty-three-year-old Sophie Groenveld escapes the tension at home for a summer in England, determined to uncover her mother's secret past. She's certain whatever she discovers will help her figure out where she belongs and heal the heartache that plagues her family.When her boyfriend abandons her in York—leaving her without money or passport—the photograph leads Sophie to an old rundown inn, its enigmatic proprietor (with a fractured past), and a collection of new friends who carry the clues to solve the mystery. Taking a job as the night desk clerk at the shabby but quaint Aviary Inn, Sophie becomes curious about its connection to her mother's hidden history.As she navigates the labyrinthine lives of the eccentric staff, guests, and intriguing locals—including possible new love interests—an unexpected hotel visitor provides a crucial revelation. Now Sophie must decide whether to accept guidance or chart her own course through the secrets of the past.A CIBA Somerset Prize Finalist, perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy, Susanna Kearsley, Kate Mackintosh and Suzanne O'LearyWill Sophie solve both the mystery of the Aviary Inn and her mother's past? Join Sophie on her journey of discovery.

Lucy Clough, a psychology researcher who has taken time out to focus on the one thing she needs to do: publish her adored late grandfather's memoirs. Time is short, and Lucy can't afford distractions.Until she meets the sad, sweet and sexy single dad in Studio 7D.Jean Phillipe Roche is a widower with two small children with one mission: to honour his wife's memory by being the best father he can be. Nothing can get in his way, especially the captivating woman who has moved in next door.But is sacrificing their chance at new love and happiness the only way to appease the guilt they feel over their lost loved ones? Or can they find a new love in each other and move on?If you like stories of single dads who find new love, scroll up and grab your copy today.

She doesn't do distractions. She especially doesn't do Bruce Koczynski. Alexa Jenner has spent fifteen years fighting to be taken seriously in a profession that would rather not have her. She has an arts centre to build, a glass ceiling to crack, and absolutely no patience for men who take nothing seriously — even surprisingly successful ones.Bruce Koczynski walked away from a software empire at thirty-five and hasn't looked back. He's earned his freedom, and he intends to keep it. What he hasn't earned, and doesn't know how to ask for, is anything more.But when a family emergency strands their best friends overseas, Alexa and Bruce are the only ones left. Two kids. One house. Five weeks of domestic chaos. Neither of them expected the other to be quite so good at this — his unexpected tenderness, her unexpected warmth, and the unsettling ease and rightness of it all. No walls left once a shared house starts feeling like home. For readers of Jojo Moyes and Susan Wiggs — a warm, funny, deeply emotional enemies-to-lovers romance about two people who had each other completely wrong. Some people make room in your heart before you even notice they've moved in.

The man she spent fifteen years not thinking about just walked into her boardroom. Kate O'Day has built an award-winning career helping couples find their way back to each other. She is good at this. Exceptional, even. What she's never been able to do is let anyone close enough to break her carefully protected heart. Again. Simon Sharpe is a lawyer, a recently separated father, and someone Kate never expected to see again. Now circumstances have thrown them together — week after week, close enough to remember everything. Because Simon never forgot her either. A deeply emotional, slow-burn second chance romance about a woman who helps everyone else choose love — and the one she never truly left behind. Set in rainy, beautiful Vancouver — for readers of Jojo Moyes and Susan Wiggs. She helps people choose love for a living. She just never took her own advice.

She's spent twenty-four years building a life so impeccable that no one would ever connect her to her father's disgrace. She's very nearly there. Sharon Beckett is one of Vancouver's sharpest litigation lawyers. She doesn't do lost causes, volatile social workers with a chip on their shoulder, or the Downtown Eastside at midnight in heels. Then a pro bono case lands on her desk, and suddenly she's doing all three. Kent Sawyer has spent years walking the streets of Vancouver's most vulnerable neighbourhood, earning the trust of people the city would rather not see. He has no interest in lawyers, power brokers, or women who represent everything that failed the people he loves. Except, apparently, for the ice princess in the pressed suit who heats his blood without even trying. When a corrupt councillor threatens to destroy everything Kent has built, Sharon realises the fight goes deeper than a property dispute. The conspiracy runs all the way back to her own past — to her father's ruin, to the wound she's never stopped carrying — and fighting it means risking the only thing she has left: her reputation. Gritty, emotionally layered, and set against the raw heart of Vancouver — a story about two people carrying the weight of other people's wrongs, and what it costs to finally set them down. For readers of Jojo Moyes and Kristin Hannah. Some truths are worth everything it costs to tell them.

Ten years after she left without a word, Ruby walks back into his life. Julian is not ready for this. Julian finally has it all together. His Cordon Bleu training, his European kitchen years, his family farm transformed into a sustainable food mission that's catching fire — his future has never looked clearer. Then she reappears and the carefully rebuilt man starts coming apart, because underneath all of it lives a heart that never healed. Ruby is at a crossroads. A decade as a foreign war correspondent has given her everything she thought she wanted — and taken something she can't name. She's back in Port Cam to figure out what comes next. But she can't move forward until she tells Julian the truth about why she left. What stands between them: ten years of silence, one devastating secret, and a reunion neither of them saw coming. Warm, funny and emotionally honest — for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Katherine Center, and Emily Henry. "e;Impeccable skill in breathing life into a wonderful love story."e; — Readers' Favorite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

One look at him and her heart forgot every sensible thing she'd told it. Which was a problem. Because Peter Corbin was supposed to be dead. Jeannie van Bellen is back in Port Camosun with a plan: finish her MBA, build a better life for her son, and prove she can do it on her own. She's been doing hard things solo for a long time. She doesn't need a complication. She especially doesn't need him. Phoenix Corbin didn't come home expecting to find her — the one woman he never forgot, suddenly standing in the middle of his future. After a decade at the sharp end of the world's most dangerous missions, elite and unshakeable, he's the kind of man who does the impossible before most people finish their coffee. He's finally found where he belongs. Now he just has to convince her. Because Jeannie is carrying a secret that's about to detonate between them. Second chance romance. Secret baby. A military hero who is unbeatable at everything except getting the one woman who matters to trust him. And a single mom who has survived everything life has thrown at her — except this. In Port Camosun, home has a way of surprising you. Some things are worth fighting for. Some things are worth coming home for. And some secrets, once told, change everything. The Most UNLIKELY To series books are full-length, character-driven, adult contemporary romance novels. They can be read as stand-alones, or read in order to experience the story chronologically. More rom than com, with genuine heat — perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Katherine Center, and Emily Henry.

She wrote the review that broke him. He just doesn't know it yet. Concha Diaz has two lives. By day she's a motorcycle mechanic in the sun-baked California town she loves. By night, she's Dolores Day — one of the most respected book critics in the country. She's kept these worlds carefully separate. Until the famous author whose career her harshest review derailed shows up in her town, moves into her beloved bookstore, and refuses — infuriatingly — to be the arrogant city interloper she expected. Jonathan Waverly came to Cataluma to hide, to write, and to leave. He did not come to fall for the prickly, gorgeous, wrench-wielding woman next door. And yet here he is — renovating a bookstore he never wanted, fishing a desert river at sunset, and wondering if leaving was ever really the plan. Enemies to lovers. Secret identity. A city mouse who discovers he's been a small-town man all along — and a country mouse hiding in plain sight, who might finally be ready to want more than she's allowed herself. Some books change your life. Some people do.