S L Sterling

From USA Today Bestselling Author come this collection of slow-burn holiday romances guaranteed to warm your heart on a cold winter's night. On A Silent Night Brody: Five years ago, I lost my best friend. The last words he ever spoke to me were a plea to look out for his wife. I never meant to fall in love with her. I even ran from my feelings. Not that it did any good. Three years later, I still can't get her out of my mind. Now, I'm going to try to win her back. Hopefully, I'm not on Santa's naughty list because it will take a Christmas miracle to win her back. Cass: After Jackson died, I didn't expect to find love again. Still, things with Brody just felt...right. Which made it that much more confusing when he left with no explanation. Since then, I've worked on rebuilding my life. I started fresh in a new town, and even have a new man in my life. All of which complicates things when Brody shows up in search of a second chance. Hang the mistletoe and string the lights, he's going to need more than a jolly ole elf for me to consider re-gifting him my heart. Back to You this Christmas Bah-humbug! This Christmas, all I wanted was to wallow in self-pity until the woman I thought was the love of my life could explain why she left me at the altar. Instead, my buddy, Zach forced holiday merriment on me. I thought it was going to be a tinsel-laced nightmare...until his sister, Alexa, showed up. Turns out, she grew up into a gorgeous present I was insanely tempted to unwrap. Lucky for me, she shared my desire to meet under the metaphorical mistletoe... and let things heat up from there. For the first time in months, Laura, my ex, wasn't haunting my thoughts like the Ghost of Christmas Past. Which, of course, is exactly why she had to pick that moment to call and say she wanted to talk. I could only hope St. Nick had a playbook in his sleigh because things were about to get complicated. Fireside Love Kristy I hated my job. I had no social life. Somehow I had become so predictable after my last relationship ended, that the cashier at the local food mart already had my favorite wine bagged and waiting for me behind the counter when I walked in on Friday afternoon. I needed to get away, from everything. So when my best friend, Addie, called up and offered me a FREE weekend getaway, how could I say no. Promises of a quiet weekend with a good book, warm fires, and flannel pajamas? Yes, please! Austin It had been eighteen months. Eighteen months, since I had lost my wife in a car accident and learned that our marriage had been nothing but one big lie. I'd done nothing but work and mope around my sister's house, so when she told me to take her cabin for the weekend. Time alone, surrounded by nature and the fresh cold mountain air was exactly what I'd been needing. However, my plans of being alone in the wilderness quickly vanished when I walked through the doors of the cabin and found my sister's best friend drunk and half-naked on the floor of the very same cabin. I'd hidden my crush on her for years. Perhaps, not well enough. The weekend was about to get a lot more interesting.

A Contemporary Romance Holiday Collection

All I Want for Christmas

From the moment we met, I despised Leah as much as she hated me. It only made matters worse when my mother became involved with her father.

Bad Company

Fresh out of an abusive relationship, Tatum packs up and goes to live closer to her brother, and to make a fresh start. When Parker, the biggest regret of her life, comes back around, she's immediately divided between giving their relationship another try and protecting her heart. Parker hasn't been able to get Tatum off his mind since the night he walked out of her life. Eight years of one night stands and many sleepless nights, the pain of losing her has virtually faded. When he finds out she is moving to town all the emotions from the past come crashing back into his heart. Reluctant at first, he sets his sights on making it work out with the only woman he has ever loved. Just when Tatum is settling into her new life and relationship her ex-boyfriend becomes obsessed with getting her back, threatening everything they hold dear. Will Tatum and Parker's love be strong enough to get them through their worst battle yet or will their worlds come crashing down once again?

It Was Always You

I didn't plan to take a trip down memory lane on the eve of our anniversary. But taking this trip down memory lane leaves me in tears, sharing a story of deceit, lies, ...and misunderstandings. The man I gave my heart to ten years ago is being ripped away.

In Your Arms

Ben I know why I lost her. I was too serious. I was too practical. I was grounded when I should've been dreaming about forever with Jess. Over time, this wore on her, all her big exciting ideas and all the ways I shut them down. No wonder she handed me my ring back and left town. No wonder she hadn't been back in ten years. No wonder she'd married someone else, leaving me with memories of sunsets at the beach and the somedays we planned for the future we'd never live. So, I built a lift without her. My father and I opened the second division of Sunset Builders in New York, and to my surprise, I stayed busy, almost busy enough not to notice the loneliness. While I was on a job site, my little sister booked an appointment with a woman who lived on Madison Avenue. A quick bathroom and kitchen remodel, she'd said. I should have asked more questions because when I arrived and the door opened memories came flooding back. Jessica had returned. If I'd learned anything in her absence it was that anything worth doing was worth being done well, and anything worth having was worth fighting for. Maybe by the time the condo was done, Jessica would give me a second chance. Jessica All those years ago, Ben had been right to try to keep me grounded. I should've listened. The falls didn't hurt as bad that way. Instead, I wanted a bigger life in a bigger place and I never appreciated the beauty of living in a small town with a huge support system. So, I left town without so much as a goodbye chasing a silly dream. I alienated myself, moved to a strange city where I knew no one, and chased after something that took me down a dark path. I married the man who promised me the sun, moon, and stars, but delivered blinding blows. Sometimes, I thought I'd die before I escaped the nightmare. I knew my only way out would be to run...again. This took more years than I could count. Years of me squirreling away money, and years of me hiding in the dark so that no one would see my bruised face in the light of day. Then my grandfather died. He left me money and a gorgeous condo in New York. While my husband was away on a month-long trip, my best friend drove me to New York. My plan: to upgrade the condo, sell it, and leave my current life behind. Little did I know when I had called contractors to get some quotes that Ben would show up on my doorstep. He swore we could make more dreams real, but this time I was the grounded one. This time, I could only see how it would never work. I'd made too many mistakes. Love was terrifying. And I never wanted to tie myself to anyone ever again. After all, 425 Madison is the perfect place to fall in love.

Sunsets and Somedays

At seventeen, I thought we'd be together forever. By eighteen, I never wanted to see him again. I had done well, I hadn't seen him for five years, until I walked into the lobby of Mistletoe Lodge for my best friends wedding and saw him leaning up against the front desk. At first, I wanted to confront him, to get some closure, so I could get on with my life. Then all the old feelings rushed to the surface again. The same chemistry that made me want to fall into bed with him. Declan Brookes was supposed to be the love of my life, and when he whispered that he wanted me back, I wished I could forgive him. I just had no idea how to let go of the past and reach for the future, no matter how much my wounded heart wanted to do so.

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