Melanie Bennett Jacobson

Brooke has left the city for a new job and the fixer-upper she inherited. She helps her new neighbor, the charming Miss Lily, in the garden and is alarmed to find Miss Lily's PI grandson poking about her past, trying to prove she's a gold digger with sights set on his grandmother.

Kiss Me Now

Can their online flirtation become something real? "Melanie Jacobson nails everything: the chemistry, the will-they-won't-they, the humor. It's sweet romance at its best." -Ranée Clark, author of Playing for Keeps When smart, practical Emily finds herself in the crosshairs of an Internet prankster, her orderly world goes topsy-turvy. Instead of getting mad at the handsome stranger behind the joke, she finds herself drawn to him. But Jack Dobson, though hilarious and thoughtful, has a lot of secrets. Despite her growing feelings for her new and unexpected long-distance friend, his biggest secret of all might be the one that breaks the spell they've been weaving around each other.

Finding Jack

Ashley Barrett doesn't want to get married until she's finished completing all 25 goals on her "list." But her best laid plans are turned sideways when Matt Gibson--the best surf instructor in Huntington Beach and the most wanted guy in the singles ward--has other ideas.

A Novel

The List

"She doesn't want a dating coach. Especially not one she's been in love with since junior high. Ava's roommates say she's a workaholic. But when her boss temporarily suspends her extra lab time, her best friend and bossiest roommate makes fixing Ava's love life her summer project. Ava's love life is definitely broken, but makeover schemes and blind dates with Ruby's weird library patrons are not the answer. When Ruby takes drastic measures and calls in her brother, Joey--one of Austin's hottest heartthrobs--to consult, it's Ava's worst nightmare. Good news: there's no way Ruby will win the bet now. Bad news: it's because Ava fell for Joey when she was fourteen, and no other guy has ever measured up. She's never told anyone, and she'll do anything to keep Joey from finding out--including putting up with a bombshell transformation--if it hides her true feelings when he looks at her. He rejected Ava once, and it nearly broke her. She'll never give him that chance again"--Amazon.com.

Betting on the Best Friend's Brother

"He's an ambitious chef who takes big risks. She's a high-profile food critic with a secret identity. They've loathed each other for years. Except...not? Chloe Morel, junior reporter by day, has a secret by night: she’s the most discerning--and notorious--food critic in New Orleans. Now one of the biggest food magazines in the business wants her, and she’s on the verge of making her food writing dreams come true. Everything would be perfect--if only her least favorite chef and seven-year nemesis wasn't moving into the apartment across the hall. Dylan Jones is back in town after a six-month exile for bad behavior that nearly cost him a career. He’s got a lot to prove professionally--but even more to prove to Chloe, the woman he’s been half in love with since he was nineteen. He'll use every tool at his disposal to change her mind about him, from the dopiest rescue mutt in dog pound history to dazzling dishes and delicious kisses. But when each of them is suddenly the only thing standing in the way of the other’s dreams, is their sizzling chemistry enough risk scorching their careers to find the recipe for love?"--Back cover.

Maybe I Will

"Sparks fly when LA glitz meets New Orleans grit... When Anneke flits into town between high fashion shoots to help her best friend open his new jazz club, the last thing she's looking for is a reason to stay. She'll explore the city, make her appearances, and then she's off to the next adventure. Until she realizes that her massive online crush is the proprietor of a dusty old record shop in town... At twenty-nine, Jonah has already been there, done that, and he's over it. Fame and fortune? Ha. Keep it. He's had a front row seat his whole life to the way it changes people. Not even the flirty supermodel he keeps crossing paths with can change his mind... Until Jonah discovers that Anneke is the woman he's been half in love with for months already. But...she's everything he's never wanted. Isn't she?"--Back cover.

Here for it

Manhattan artist turned waitress in a small Salt Lake City diner, Lia Carswel receives an offer to create a series of commissioned paintings. Lia knows it would ensure financial security for her family, but she doesn't know if she wants that life anymore.

Painting Kisses

Jessie Taylor spends long office hours finishing projects and putting out fires, but while her performance wows her boss, it only makes her boyfriend Ben Bratton skittish -- after a failed engagement to an up-and-coming lawyer, he's not about to pair up with someone who's married to her job. Will Jessie figure out how to be true to herself and take her big chance at love before it's gone with a click of the mouse?

Twitterpated

Lila Mae Guidry is a Southern girl through and through. As a fourth-generation Latter-day Saint in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she's proud of her heritage as both a Southerner and a Saint--and she doesn't take kindly to people who disparage either. Ten years ago, Max Archer was just that kind of jerk. As the mission president's son, Max spent his entire three years mocking the South . . . and teenage Lila. After Max's family moved away, Lila forgot about her sworn enemy. Almost. When a new job brings a grown-up Max back to Baton Rouge, Lila is less than thrilled with his reappearance, especially since everyone seems intent on throwing her together with this old adversary. Yet fight as she may, Lila soon realizes resistance is futile--their connection is undeniable. Max embodies everything she wants in a man--except perhaps the most important thing her life is rooted in the city she loves, but his dreams are bigger than Baton Rouge. With such mismatched visions of the future, Max and Lila are faced with a life-altering decision: jeopardize their aspirations or risk losing love.

Southern Charmed

When feisty Huntington Beach entrepreneur Louisa Gibson begins filming the Mormon Bachelor, a reality dating web series, she has no idea that she will be forced to step in as a substitute bachelorette, becoming an unwitting cast member on her own show, and into the arms of Nick, her devastatingly handsome ex-boyfriend.

What If Mr. Wrong is Really Mr. Right? : a Novel

Second Chances

Breaking up with devastatingly handsome Jake Manning, sassy twenty-seven-year-old redhead Sandy Burke heads to Washington, DC, where she takes the job of director of New Horizons, a nonprofit organization benefiting women in poverty. The interference of a pesky lawyer and his attempts to reverse zoning approval for a New Horizons' building project seem insurmountable -- until, in a twist of fate, Sandy discovers the lawyer happens to be none other than her nemesis, Jake Manning!

Smart Move

Handsome twenty-eight-year-old Will Hallerman has finally had enough of the dating world--he's ready to find a wife and settle down. This announcement is catastrophic in Hannah Becker's world. After knowing Will her entire life and adoring him from afar since junior high school, she realizes her chance at love with him is in grave danger.

Always Will

Julie Wright

Heather Brown Moore

Welcome to Tangerine Street Tangerine Street is a must-see tourist stop with a colorful mix of one-of-a-kind boutiques, unique restaurants, eclectic museums, quaint bookstores, and exclusive bed-and-breakfasts. The Fortune Café, situated in the middle of this charming collection of shops and cafés on Tangerine Street, is a Chinese restaurant unlike any other because, well, to be honest, the fortunes found in the cookies all come true...

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