Erin Nicholas

In Rebel, Louisiana, Christmas isn't a holiday-it's a full-contact sport. As a firefighter, I thought I'd seen holiday chaos before-fires caused by too many string lights, a Santa stuck in a chimney, one unfortunate incident with a candy cane-but this small town takes Christmas to a whole new level. It all starts when I'm asked to pose as a fake boyfriend for the town's annual holiday competition. Easy gig: play games, drink cocoa, smile big, take home the trophy. But my "date's" plans go sideways-literally-and while she's in the hospital, I'm left to handle all the plastic candy canes, Grinch impersonators, and deconstructed gingerbread houses with her sister instead. Single mom Thea is the calm, practical one who wants nothing to do with small-town drama... or me. Too bad sparks fly anyway. Between her no-nonsense attitude, that soft heart she tries to hide, and the way she looks at me in the dark hallway when everyone else is asleep? It's not the tree at risk of going up in flames. Because this feels real and now I know exactly what I'm asking Santa for this year. Christmas in Rebel isn't just Merry-it's absolutely Mayhem.

I have a hot British bodyguard in my guest room.Could be worse, I guess. Like...bats in the attic?Though bats don't rip your panties and ruin you for all other men.How did this happen?My sister married the prince he protects, so I now have an extra room and insisted my friend stay with me when she left her husband.Her husband is being a real a-hole about that.Which made the bodyguard all growly and he moved in to protect us.That sounds nice, I know.But he's my ex.And when his best friend married my sister, we agreed to do the mature adult thing: avoid each other for the rest of our lives.Now he's sleeping down the hall, walking around looking delicious, talking with that panty-melting accent, just...taking care of me.And giving my friend pep talks, making her little boy airplane-shaped pancakes, and making her jerk ex sorry.So, I really can't be blamed for what happens in the shower-he should have been quieter if he didn't want company-or against the wall in the kitchen.But here's the problem: the royals have become the family he never had growing up. He'll never quit. And I've spent the past sixteen years helping my sister raise her daughter. Now's my chance to finally go to law school-which can't happen here in my tiny hometown.So, we need to help my friend and nothing more.We can't be reckless. Not with where we take our clothes off. Not with our words. And certainly not with our hearts.

A marriage of convenience between a dirty-talking prince and the socially awkward scientist who brings him to his knees...A marriage proposal from a deliciously handsome and wickedly charming prince sounds like a fairytale.But for a nerdy scientist with severe social anxiety, it's a horror story.Prince Torin O'Grady, with his mischievous blue eyes and cocky grin, is always in the spotlight. And he needs to marry me to inherit the crown.But we have nothing in common. He's a future king. And I'm perfectly happy slogging through mud in my work boots.So why can't I stop thinking about him?Maybe because he won't stop texting me. And sending me gifts. And making me feel like everything I find awkward and weird about myself is special and amazing.And there's also that little detail of him offering me my dream job and telling me that together we can change the world.Well, I could probably work for him.And if I have to marry him temporarily to get what we both want, then fine. It's for the greater good.It has nothing to do with the way he kisses me. Or that dirty mouth. Or the royal treatment he gives me in the bedroom.Fine. Maybe it does. Still, it's only a year. Then I can turn in my tiara and come back to my normal, boring, behind-the-scenes life.But Torin is determined to turn me from reluctantly royal to royally his.

It's really difficult to stay mad at a guy you want to lick like a giant candy cane...Opposing her proposal to build luxury condos in his tiny hometown...and maybe getting her fired...is probably not the best way to get on Savannah Lee's good side. But Theo Taggart likes all of Savannah's sides-her sweet, tight backside in her uptight pencil skirts and her delicious, curvy front side in those buttoned-up silk blouses. Oh, yeah, he welcomes every single clash with the sassy city girl.He's never wanted anyone like he wants this woman.It's really too bad she's allergic to settling down, because he's got very deep roots.It's really too bad the big, rugged game warden has become her nemesis.Because Savannah would really like to sleep with Theo just once.Of course, there's always hate sex.But it doesn't feel anything like hate when he rescues her from the bayou cabin where she's stranded without power.Or when he insists on accompanying her on a work trip at Christmas so she doesn't have to spend the holiday alone.Or when he literally carries her to safety and then, ahem, keeps her warm when they get snowed in at the Merry Falls Lodge.But no matter how festive things get, or how 'jolly' they are together, they need to remember that all of this will end when the cocoa loses it's steam and the mistletoe dries up.

A friend's to lovers, firefighter hero, rom comCody Madsen has stayed away from Olivia Dixon for almost two years-technically. Even though he talks to her every day and sees her every weekend. But there's no kissing, touching, or telling her how he really feels.Olivia wants what her three sisters have-true love. She could almost believe she's found it with Cody, if it weren't for the fact that he's her older brother's best friend and her brother won't have it.She needs to move on. Fall in love with someone else once and for all.Her solution? The "Perfect Pick" dating site where they can each finally find love.But how will she handle someone else being his soul mate?Or someone else being hers?

A brother's best friend, one-night-stand-turned-more rom comWhen a stranger walks up and punches him at a bar, Ryan Kaye assumes there's a good reason. But he's stunned to learn it's over a one-night stand that never happened -with his friend's straight-laced sister, Amanda. When he confronts her about the lie, she apologizes, but he realizes he doesn't want her to be sorry...he wants the night they supposedly spent together.The last thing she needs is to add to her long list of commitments. But when tempted with the chance to go crazy and fulfill a few fantasies with her brother's best friend that she's had a little-or maybe not such a little-crush on, she can't resist. Thank goodness one night isn't enough time to fall in love...

An antagonists-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine, surprise pregnancy rom comThe last thing single dad and surgeon Nate Sullivan needs is more stress and distraction in his life. That makes his best friend's gorgeous, mouthy, doesn't-respect-schedules, hates-authority, has-no-boundaries sister a huge threat to his carefully balanced life. Nate is the kind of guy Emma Dixon hates: buttoned-up, rigid, his-way-or-the-highway. So why is he the guy she can't quit thinking about and who she most loves sparring with?They're like oil and water. But when they're thrown together on opposites sides of a "project"--Nate trying to keep his son from falling for the wrong girl and Emma playing cupid for the couple- they find they're more like gasoline and a match.

An oops-still-married rom com with a hot cinnamon roll heroHe may now kiss his bride...again...Kevin Campbell just found out that he's been designated the guardian for a half-brother he never knew existed. And that's not even the craziest thing about this night. The annulment he thought he got twelve years ago? Yeah, that never went through.Eve is shocked to see him again, but not surprised they're still married. After all, she was the one who refused to sign the annulment papers.When she offers to help with his younger brother, a sweet preacher's daughter seems like an answered prayer. But he soon realizes that she wants a second chance. At everything. And he has a hell of a time resisting her... which is exactly what got him into trouble last time.

A forced proximity, he-falls-first rom com. She definitely should never have let him kiss her...What's the worst thing that could happen to two commitment-phobes? A blind date-that ends in the ER instead of the bedroom.Danika prides herself on not needing anyone for anything. And now she's stuck with Sam Bradford, the stubborn, hot, charming, guilt-ridden playboy determined to take care of her until her wrist heals. In spite of his one-night-only rule with women.But hey, there's nothing wrong with making the best of being temporarily stuck together, is there? Because the key word is still temporarily.