Welcome to Crystal Creek
Leave behind the city and step into this quaint small town, just on the edge of Kansas City suburbs and country living. You can’t help but fall in love with the sweet and sassy women, the men in their lives, and the quirky residents of Crystal Creek.
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A disastrous prom. Eight years apart. Now that Laura’s back in town, can Zack win her heart again?
Zack Partridge broke his best friend’s heart at senior prom. He was crushed when she left for college, vowing never to speak to him again. But now that she’s back in Crystal Creek, he wants nothing more than a second chance to win her heart.
Laura Anderson can’t believe her bad luck. How did she buy the house next door to the man she had sworn to avoid? Even worse, he’s the PR rep assigned to help launch her new flower shop. Could things get any worse?
Laura strives to keep her heart barricaded, but Zack’s confession notes just might have the power to make the walls crumble. Can she allow herself to trust him? If she does, will he keep her vulnerable heart safe or shatter it once more?
Dating is put into the penalty box when Rachel decides to focus on her cake shop. Can a former pro-hockey player’s wooing tactics win her heart?
According to Rachel Marconi chocolate heals all wounds. That and throwing darts at pictures of her ex-boyfriend. Burned by yet another bad relationship, Rachel decides to reprioritize her life, putting her dream to compete on a Food Network Challenge on the top of her list and dating at the bottom crossed out in red sharpie. But what’s a girl to do when a certain sexy guy keeps asking her out?
Cue in Graydon Green, former pro hockey player. The ice was where he found peace and also the fame that sent spotlight-hungry women chasing him. After being forced into retirement, all Graydon wants is to focus on his teen hockey camps and help his parents manage their restaurant. That is, until he meets a certain sweet and sassy redhead. The more time they spend together, the more Rachel fills up the emptiness inside him.
The problem? Rachel thinks he’s simply a restaurant owner and she’s not a fan of violent sports. How can he come clean about who he really is without losing the woman he may be falling in love with? Especially when threatening notes directed at Rachel start arriving at Sweet Confections. Can Graydon get Rachel to trust him enough to keep her safe with not only her life, but her heart as well?
Winner of the RONE Award for Best Contemporary Sweet Romance Novel
Previously titled Sweet Confections.
He’s in danger of losing his medical position, and the only person who can save him is the woman who annoys him the most.
All Dr. Weston Blake wants is to keep his heart intact while helping as many kids with cancer as possible. But his cool bedside manner has earned him the nickname of Dr. Doom and Gloom. If he can’t figure out how to connect with his patients, he’ll be kicked out of his residency program. He has one last chance to show the program director he can change . . . and that means being paired with the free-spirited, obnoxious pediatric art director, Miss JoJo.
Josephine loves teaching crafts at the Crystal Creek children’s hospital, until she’s assigned to work with Dr. Weston Blake. As she helps the young doctor soften his sharp edges and open up to the children, she catches glimpses of something more that makes her heart race whenever he’s nearby.
Opposites may attract, but can they fall in love and actually live happily-ever-after?
Previously titled Origami Girl.
He’s the boss’s son. She’s his best friend’s little sister. Falling in love could lead to disaster.
What do you do when your boss makes someone else the lead on a big renovation project that should rightfully be yours? You quit. On second thought, that might not be the best idea, but Charlee Jackson has never been one for second thoughts. Instead, she lands a big contract of her own. She’s jumping into her new life—work boots, tool belt and all. Now she just needs to form a company, hire a crew, and not fall in love with her former boss’s son. Yeah. Definitely not that last one.
Peter Elliot couldn’t date a co-worker. But now that his dad let Charlee walk out the door, Peter is considering his options. She is his best friend’s sister and the only thing that made the drudgery of running a large construction business bearable. But how do you date a competitor, especially one your father is trying to drive out of business? It would be stupid to make his dad angry right before he hands over the company, right?
When Charlee and Peter are scheduled to work on the same Indulgence Row house, their feelings and priorities are put to the test. They need to make a choice, and they better be quick about it, because the whole mixture is curing fast and threatening to crumble to pieces.
Previously titled Love Under Construction.
Ten days. Two secrets. One potential disaster.
Love is the last thing on billionaire Penny’s mind, but when her grandparents dangle a seat on the Wessex Resorts board of directors in exchange for her entering the dating scene, Penny takes the challenge. Mac is at the resort for a hockey player’s bachelor party. When one of the rich players flirts with Penny and gets rejected, he bets run-of-the-mill Mac can’t get a date with her. With every date, Mac’s bet fund for his business grows, but so do his feelings for Penny. As time runs out, he’ll have to choose between wooing the billionaire for money or for love.