Friends to Lovers

Daphne Brink, not a baseball fan, attends a game after signing her divorce papers and drunkenly heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler. Feeling guilty, she apologizes on social media without revealing her identity. Chris, grieving and fragile, is drawn to her message and responds to "Duckie." Their connection deepens, but Daphne struggles with her secret as she starts working with the team. When Chris learns the truth, will it be three strikes, and she's out?

He’s always liked the curvy girl next door. She turned him down in high school, so they stayed just friends. Now, she’s a librarian, and he’s a star quarterback. When she asks him to be her fake date to her reunion, he’s eager to help her impress the mean girls.Then he learns she still has her v-card. It’s hard to believe, given how amazing she is. Maybe she belongs with him after all.

This romance features a confident, curvy heroine and a star quarterback with a Bridgertons-meets-American-Football family vibe.

In the first book of the Lovelight series, two best friends pretend to date to save a struggling Christmas tree farm. Stella Bloom, eager to rescue Lovelight Farms from its problems like a raccoon takeover and missing shipments, partners with a famous influencer in a contest. The prize of $100,000 could save the farm, but Stella fibs about having a boyfriend to co-own the farm. Her best friend, Luka Peters, steps in to play the role, finding that this pretend relationship might be the highlight of his Christmas.

Sabrina is used to being the target of Halloween pranks in Grimsby, Indiana, especially in October. Normally, she laughs it off and stays on edge, expecting the next scare. But this year, she's fighting back, starting with her best friend and Grimsby High's favorite history teacher, Mr. October.

Kylie’s best friend Braxton is the hottest man she knows, with a rock-hard body and a heart-melting smile. She wants something real and is tired of players, and despite Braxton's effect on her, she thinks he's trouble. But Braxton is different—he's bad with women because none of them are Kylie. He wants to love her but holds back, staying her friend and watching her date men who don’t appreciate her, always fearing the next one will take her away forever. Loving Kylie risks their friendship, but losing her might be more than Braxton can bear.

Three years ago, Cora Grimm left her hometown to escape the pain of being near Wilder and Ezra—her two childhood best friends and the only men she’s ever loved. As Halloween approaches—the holiday they always spend together—secrets surface, revealing hidden desires and old hurts. These secrets lead the three friends to the one thing they’ve always wanted: each other.

To his fans, Jasper Gervais is a hockey heartthrob. To Sloane, he’s the lost boy with a heart of gold—the man she's secretly loved forever. When Sloane's wedding falls apart, Jasper rescues her. When his world crashes, she returns the favor. Alone together, their friendship deepens, and Jasper starts seeing Sloane differently. He’s everything she ever wanted but thought she could never have. Their feelings are tangled by Jasper's past and Sloane's present. Jasper must prove he truly wants her after years of turning her away.

Alex and Poppy have nothing in common. She’s a wild child with insatiable wanderlust; he wears khakis and prefers staying home with a book. Yet ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they have been the best of friends. Though they live far apart for most of the year—she in New York City, he in their small hometown—every summer for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Lilly and her best friend had been inseparable their entire lives, but he hadn’t always been truthful with her. There were lies he told himself to hold on to hope and lies he told her to save her from pain. Some truths were too big and final, while others gave him a reason to keep going. He lived between these lies and truths, between hope and finality, creating a space for both of them without expiration dates. It was a place where he could be himself and believe in tomorrow, even if it was a lie. Knowing their time was limited, he aimed to make the most of it and hoped she would forgive him for the lies he had told.

Lane is unhappy, stuck in an identity crisis with partnered-up friends and a stalled career. After a night out for her birthday, she impulsively buys a yellow school bus to make her home. With no renovation experience but a large inheritance, Lane gets help from her friend Matt—a skilled mechanic and handyman. Despite their mutual attraction, they agree to stay just friends. Matt wants to settle down, while Lane avoids commitment. It could never work . . . right?

Six years ago, I agreed to a marriage pact with my best friend, not thinking we’d ever actually use it. Until the day comes when he asks me, and I say… yes.

Get ready for a fun, flirty paranormal romance in the STAY A SPELL world with friends-to-lovers, loads of pining, low angst, high humor, a witch/werewolf coupling, and super steamy scenes. Violet Savoie dreams of opening a tattoo shop for supernaturals needing permanent charms. As a powerful Seer, she can cast every spell except the one to help her business partner, Nico Cruz, control his beastly side. Nico, determined to win Violet, has been subtly seducing her since their heated encounter two years ago. But when his former pack threatens Violet, Nico's protective instincts kick in. When Violet goes missing, no charm or spell can keep his wolf at bay.