Bea Thorne, a bookish librarian with a secret passion for writing, escapes to a snowy mountain retreat to fulfill her late aunt's final wish. Her plans for a quiet Christmas are derailed when she finds herself sharing a cabin with Wilder Stone, a rough-around-the-edges billionaire inventor on the run from corporate sabotage...

Sparks fly as Bea's by-the-book approach clashes with Wilder's learn-by-doing philosophy. But as they're forced to coexist in close quarters, they discover an unexpected connection over shared loss and hidden dreams.

His reputation means everything to him; she is a bluestocking and is forbidden to let the ton know of her learning. Despite their best efforts love begins to bloom, but can they overcome their fears, or will what others think matter more than being together?

Lady Sarah, daughter to the Earl of Harcastle, has always loved reading, learning all she can about every subject. When her parents discover that their youngest daughter is a bluestocking, they are horrified and immediately ban her from any further reading. Entering society, Sarah is lost in a world where her greatest passion must remain hidden.

She’s all about numbers. He’s all about preserving Starville’s historic Country Inn. Can Christmas cheer save the Inn from more trouble?

Cora, a successful financial analyst, has always been adept at handling money and now enjoys her position working for a national restaurant franchise.

When the small town from her childhood becomes a target for a new location, she meets resistance from the owner of the town’s iconic Inn.

Levi, owner, chief cook-and-bottle-washer of the Country Inn, loves his small-town life.

A big-box restaurant moving into town could wreck his cherished community and Inn and he vows to fight it.

When he and Cora reluctantly join forces for a Christmas cause, they find their animosity giving way to something else.
But will their conflicting goals destroy any chance they have for a happily ever after?

On the worst day of her life, Sydni Greer drove off a bridge. After the current took her away, her body was never found. She was presumed dead.

Following a brief investigation, it was determined that Sydni took her own life. Family members reported she was distraught that day, leading to an open and shut case.

Knowing Sydni, however, her father couldn’t accept the ruling. He reported his daughter as a missing person.

It’s been seven years. Sydni’s about to be declared legally dead, and her haughty husband will receive a large life insurance payout, profiting from Sydni’s death.

Until a new clue surfaces, reopening Sydni’s case. A clue that’s screaming, “There’s more to this story than meets the eye.”

She’s 70 years old and about to experience the best autumn of her life…

Monica, who just celebrated her 70th birthday is spending the fall with her daughter’s family off the coast of Maine.

Since her husband died 10 years ago, she’s given up all hope of a new happily ever after and tells herself she’s content just being grandma to two beautiful boys.

The thing is Monica’s always had a secret passion for baking and business. A passion she never got to pursue as a wife and mother. So when she sees a job opening in the local cottage cafe, she jumps at the chance. Impressed by her pastry skills, the owner offers Monica a chance to shine in the kitchen.

In her effortlessly winning novels Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach charmed readers and critics alike with her generous prose and hilarious dialogue. With Heartbreak Hotel, Moggach has triumphed once again. When retired actor Buffy decides to leave London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for.  In possession of a run-down bed and breakfast that leans more toward the shabby than the chic and is, quite literally, miles from nowhere, Buffy realizes that he needs to fill the beds—and fast. Otherwise, his vision of the pastoral countryside will go up in smoke. Enter a motley collection of guests: Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who’s been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so) nebbishy boyfriend and Andy, the hypochondriac postman whose girlfriend is much too much for him to handle.

A holiday romance blooming from sorrow—and the kindness of a mysterious stranger.

Eighteen-year-old Hannah Fisher has never faced a Christmas like this. After the tragic loss of both parents, she’s been thrust into a role far beyond her years, caring for her younger siblings in their quiet Amish community.

But as Christmas approaches, sorrow overshadows joy, and their simple celebrations feel empty—until an unexpected gift appears on their doorstep. Labeled only with the name “The Fisher Family,” it’s the first of many surprising deliveries left by the anonymous “Secret Santa,” who regularly leaves gifts for families in need. The gifts bring warmth, laughter, and hope back to her siblings, yet for Hannah, they ignite a new mystery that pulls at her heart.

As Hannah searches for clues to thank the giver, she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to the quiet, withdrawn older man who seems to be there in her moments of greatest need.

In Regency England, twenty-seven-year-old Leonora Appleby is considered by many – herself included – to be beyond her most eligible marrying years. With her childhood home, Hasterleigh Manor, soon to be taken over by the heir to the land, George Lockwood, Leonora has happily resigned herself to a quiet life as a country Miss.

But life has a way of springing surprises and the return of the brooding war hero Earl Rokeby, presumed dead on the French battlefields, to the magnificent neighbouring Rokeby Abbey has the village atwitter with speculation. Earl Rokeby has returned, scarred in mind and body, with news for Leonora’s best friend Charlotte Blythe – news that will change everything.