Liar's Guide to True Love

All widowed Alicia Galloway has left of her war-hero husband are the flag that draped his coffin and his final wishes: to move to his hometown, take over the family bookstore and enjoy a simple, quiet life with their two small children. When she arrives, her husband's best friend makes that new life anything but simple. How can she be so drawn to Liam Addison?

Liam only intended to help Alicia get settled. But one unexpected kiss awakens his long-held forbidden feelings. Soon, the town busybodies swoop in to warn Alicia away from him. Because no matter the man he's become, he'll never live down his reputation as town troublemaker and wolfish womanizer.

No one wants the war hero's sweet widow and the supposedly former bad boy together. But the more everyone tries to keep them apart, the closer he and Alicia get. And the more determined Liam is to prove he's a changed man. Will it be enough to convince Alicia to let a new love in her life?

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Adam York attends his twenty-fifth high school reunion hoping to see his old running pal, Chloe. Her absence hits him like a punch to the gut even though there's no reason why it should. After all, they'd never been more than friends in high school. Still, he'd hoped maybe this time' Chloe Lane walks off the set of Get Lei'd with her dignity in shreds but the armor around her heart firmly in place. After a series of disastrous dates spawned by her brush with reality TV, she swears off men altogether. Until she runs into her old buddy, Adam, on the course of the Lake Tahoe Marathon. Attraction sizzles between them, unexpected and disconcerting, threatening their friendship with the promise of something more. While Chloe battles her fear of commitment, a man from her past lurks in the shadows. Will she risk her heart before it's too late'

Mr. October: Kyle Landis Air Force commander millionaire...daddy?
Motto: Family first last always.
Marriage?: Not until now!

He'd worked the most dangerous missions but nothing had prepared Kyle Landis for the surprise of becoming a dad. When Phoebe Slater suddenly announced the child she was caring for was his baby he had no reason to doubt her. And since a Landis did not sway in his duty marriage was the only course of action. But once "I do" was said would Phoebe be up for enlisting as his wife...in every way Kyle had been imagining?

MAN OF THE MONTH: Born into old money bound for new love.

(WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF SHOPPING)

❅ Vacation in a wilderness cabin and discover a hunk living next door.

❅ Indulge in a harmless affair, then return home and realize you can't live without him.

❅ Pine away…I mean really pine. Dream about him every night, forget your purse, pour salt into your coffee, etc.…

❅ Discover the man of your dreams straddling an electric Merry Christmas sign, ranting something about a "marry-me Christmas."

A summer at Sea View House means a chance for Shelley Anderson and her two young children to recover from a painful divorce. And when Shelley meets her intriguing neighbor Daniel Stone, she believes she may even have a second chance at love....

Until her ex-husband shows up. He's running for political office, and he'll look better if he's a devoted family man. If Shelley won't come back to him, he'll find a way to take the children from her.

Mariah Cade was a holistic healer whose knowledge of plant medicine helped her young daughter. But Mariah's peaceful world was interrupted by a stranger on a motorcycle. A man whose injuries required her healing hands--even as he awakened her deepest desires....

Racing blindly from tragedy, Dr. Luke Phillips left his big-city trauma practice for a road trip to... anywhere. He was drawn to Mariah's undeniable grace and beauty and the delight of her precious child, and began to feel something he thought was lost forever.

But to recover from his shattered past, he'll need to trust more than Mariah's love...he'll need to trust himself.

There are only two things Brett McQuire cares about: raising his son and keeping the law in Applegate, North Carolina. Then Samantha Weston moves to town, stirring up the locals and putting him to the test...as a cop, a father and a man.

He's pretty darn sure the alluring llama trekker isn't who she seems. But once he uncovers the secret that's got her on the run, can he keep Samantha--the woman he wants more than anything to stay--from fleeing yet again?

Life may be complicated now, but one thing is clear: their teenage romance was more than a summer fling...

Sophie Clarkson loved visiting her godmother in Louisiana's bayou country, and her most cherished memory is the enchanted summer she fell in love with Alain Boudreaux. Those hot days and steamy nights are nowhere in evidence when she returns for her godmother's funeral, yet the magic of Alain is definitely still alive.

Alain, who is now chief of police and a divorced father of two, had once convinced Sophie there could be no future for a big-city girl and a Cajun boy. But as Sophie starts to fall in love all over again with both Alain and the little town of Indigo, she realizes this is her chance to prove just how wrong he was all those years ago.

All architect Tess Roussel has ever wanted is to open her own design firm. She gets the chance when she returns to California and wins a coveted waterfront project. It's the contractor hired for the job who's got her distracted. John Jameson Quinn isn't her choice. And definitely not her type.

Tess doesn't go for brooding bad boys--especially one who isn't shy about going after what he wants. And he wants Tess. Never mind that he's got a scandalous past to overcome. A daughter to raise. A boss--Tess--and a town to answer to. Quinn follows his own drumbeat. Only, now Tess is starting to hear it, too. Because he's good. And they're good together.