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Welcome back to Hideaway Wharf and to A Season of Second Chances!

What better place for a fresh start than a tenacious, close-knit island that survives the Pacific’s battering storms and swells? The small community of Hideaway Wharf represents different beginnings for Lawson and Clara. Lawson is on a quest to mend the harm he caused five years ago when he jilted his fiancée and walked out on his business partner. Clara, a newcomer who’s renting the other half of Lawson’s beachfront duplex, is...

Is Kellan Murphy’s future really on Oyster Island—with his sweet, hot dive instructor?

“What, are you on some kind of world tour?”

“Of a sort.”

Something that looked like envy flickered in green-as-the-sea eyes. The pretty parts of the ocean, not the deadly depths swelling all around Oyster Island.

When the diver’s full lips parted, Kellan struggled not to stare.

Aside from visiting a peak or depth on every continent, Aoife had made him promise to be open to a fling somewhere ...

I updated my tropes and characters page to include my new Love at Hideaway Wharf series! Come check out where my chef and scuba divers mix and mingle with vacation flings, falling for her brother’s best friend, stranded together, holiday romance, and more!

Click to explore all the characters and tropes you love

Not one, but two new covers! The US and UK covers for Lights, Camera…Wedding are both delicious hints at Bea and Brody’s fake relationship, best-friends-to-lovers, wedding-of-convenience romance.

A pretend wedding should be easy.
So why do her groom’s kisses mean faking it is impossible?

Fledgling florist Bea Halloran has banked her reputation and love life on her upcoming reality TV Christmas wedding. When her fiancé walks out, she is terrified her business will go belly-up....

What to Expect When She’s Expecting   (releasing June 28) is the steamy small-town romance you’ve been waiting for with:

A smoking hot firefighter hero who…

…is a cinnamon roll like no other. (How is there no cinnamon bun emoji? This seems like something Romancelandia needs.)

A determined, hella-talented contractor heroine

  An IUI twin pregnancy

Best friend’s younger brother

Valentine’s Day cheese (literal and figurative)

AND

A rascally German Wirehaired Pointer pu...

Can two rivals create mistletoe magic?

When a local wilderness lodge almost cancels its Twelve Days of Christmas festival, Emma Halloran leaps at the chance to convince the owners of her vision for the business. But Luke Emerson has his own plans—to keep the lodge in the family and protect his grandfather’s legacy. As they work together, Luke and Emma are increasingly drawn to each other. Can these utter opposites unite over their shared passion this Christmas?

From Harlequin Special E...

The festive times of Twelve Dates of Christmas are just beginning! Here are the current and upcoming events where I’ll be sharing behind-the-scenes tidbits and secrets about Christmas in Sutter Creek, and more:

Out now – The Categorically Romance podcast. Bree and Sarah were lovely hosts with all sorts of excellent questions about Twelve Dates of Christmas and more. We talked books and category romance, of course, and I got into what I love about writing the Sutter Creek series for Special Ed...

With art by my amazing co-author, Dee J Holmes!Picture it: Gwen’s parents’ Salish Sea island home. Yule. The sage cocktails have been flowing freely…Beck

The inside is a work of art and is decorated to the nines. Swags of cedar boughs, with mistletoe hanging from each fastening point. Lights and candles grace every wall and tabletop. Bowls of candy beckon.I reach up, trailing my fingers along a delicate garland of ribbon, twine, and tiny berries. “What is this?”

Gwen blushes. “A fa...

Pro-hockey star Noel Beckett prefers his holidays to be joy-free, so playing fake boyfriend to his sister’s roommate is out of the question. But there’s something a little bit magical about Gwen Darling, and when she bets him she can turn his Grinchy ways around, he can’t resist THE HOLIDARE.

Want to watch grumpy Beck have his world turned upside down? You’ll find this laugh-out-loud, Yule-and-Christmas novella from Laurel Greer and Dee J Holmes, plus 21 other holiday romances from bestsellin...

This July, Rosanna Leo has been asking guest bloggers why they love reading and writing HEAs, and today I was lucky enough to take part! Come check out my thoughts on Happily Ever Afters, and make sure to read the authors who blogged earlier in the month, too – it’s amazing to read about the hope, love, and humanity that makes up the romance genre.

The #GreatHEAEvent with Laurel Greer