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Jordan Kuriel was tough as nails, immovable, and unflinching, which were the very characteristics that propelled her into a decorated military career serving multiple tours overseas, until the moment a bomb ended that trajectory and sent her state’s side for good. Upon her return home, she found her younger sister’s lifetime of bad choices come to a head, making Jordan a single mother, causing her life’s mission to take a drastic turn.

Ryker was raised in a foster care group home, and never gained the softer skills a family would have given him. Upon graduation he joined the military, providing him structure, meaning, and a great career of which he could be proud. After 12 years he has a life he is comfortable within, a team that he would die to protect and little else in his solitary existence.

When Taryn’s ex threatened her daughter, she picked up and ran. With no support system in her small Midwest town, she headed south to a fresh start for them. Harmony, FL, was another detour along her path to an uncertain future, a place to lay her head and experience the beach and ocean for the first time in her life. What she did count on was that her detour off the main road might end up being the path she was supposed to take all along.

Maren doesn’t have anyone to spend Christmas with this year, yet she is counting her blessings. Raised in foster care, she has succeeded at so many of the goals she had for her life; a great job, a good place to live, and a possible love match in the form of her downstairs neighbor. If only Noah weren’t the saddest, most introverted around Christmas, he might himself see the potential of a match.

Hadley is an eternal optimist, despite her pint-sized stature. She is loved and adored by everyone, full of joy and kindheartedness. Until the day, Logan Reems takes it upon himself to become her designated, albeit it reluctant knight in shining armor and rescue her from the mud. She has never come up against anyone so haughty and mean spirited. Her determination to avoid contact with him is derailed when she finds out his two boys will be in her kindergarten class.

A new mystery south of the border ensues. Jax’s sister, Justeen, is on a mission to save other girls in a bad spot like she once was, but she might have bitten off more than she can chew with this latest rescue endeavor. When she stands between a baddie and millions of dollars, something is sure to give.

Katja truly adored all her foster siblings, but Lincoln holds a special place in her heart. He had already been with Mama Jean when they had taken her in, straight from the hospital; and through the pain of physical and emotional healing, they had become best friends, a friendship that endured through their childhood and into adulthood. The two of them are the glue that holds all of the others together.

Hannah's brother Brady was burned by a woman once, and now his only goal is taking care of his mother and sister as he deems appropriate. He is not about to let an irresponsible single mother like Dana derail the plans he has for his family. Unfortunately, this hurt unfeeling man might be the only thing able to stand up to the past when it blows into town demanding steep dues. The consequences for these two damaged hearts will hang in the balance.

Noemi helps mentor a girl through a new program at the local nonprofit where her modeling agency is volunteering time. Something about the little girl is off, but she can't put the finger on it. The seventh adopted child of a local businessman revered around town and his wife, she meets a wall of silence when raising her concerns. The local coordinator of the program gives her condescension and looks down her nose at the allegations. Of course, Noemi knows the perfect group to help provide her some backup.

Ryan, Beth, and Grace had been the best of friends from kindergarten through high school graduation. The trio considered one another family, and every significant moment of one of their lives was chronicled in the minds of the other friends. On graduation night the crossroads between high school and the rest of their lives took a major detour and hurtled them in directions no one could have imagined.

Nora survived a parent’s worst nightmare but now lives in a small compressed world keeping people at bay. Her mother has provided her a job that allows her to make a living cut off from the world in general, making only tiny roads with the women around her for companionship. A small child with a similar story walks in and refuses to leave her alone until the day. Learning to put her own feelings aside to help Anabeth regain her independence and happiness again allows Nora to focus on something outside her own pain for the first time.

Parker is a rising star at her tech firm. Despite the Christmas season being upon them, she can’t take her eyes off the ball as they rally the troops for the coming year to release several profitable new games. Unfortunately, her meddling mother and the fact that her gorgeous boss is going up for auction to raise money for charity are causing her to be distracted from business this holiday season. When she lands herself one of the coveted bachelor auction raffle tickets as a gift, she is about to find herself fighting mistletoe, one socialite, and her desires.

When her ex lands her in the hospital after a brutal attack, Shane is forced to return to the ranch where she was raised. Unable to care for her toddler son, none of her family knew existed until now, she must take a trip down memory lane back home. Unfortunately, this means facing the one man she has loved from the time she was a girl. Trace is the epitome of cowboy - quiet, selfless, devoted to his family, and the much older head of the Suffort family that owns the ranch.

When they all got out of the military, Liam and five others started executive protection, kidnapping, and ransom freelancing. They are the best in the business and have a track record of second to none. These guys are closer than blood and would die for each other, their country, and their families. The toughest cases are sent their way when either the richest of the rich need a favor done outside of normal law enforcement expertise or sometimes even governments.

Abby left home an emancipated, beaten, and broken 16-year-old. Years later she is still tethered by the physical and emotional scars of the past. Having built a successful career at Halseth, Inc. under the steady tutelage of the retiring CEO Jack Halseth, she is in for the shock of her life when Brandon Halseth is named the new CEO. Brandon's attention is much less altruistic and causing her to step outside her safely constructed existence.

Missy Mays’ mother, Naomi, had been the best matchmaker on the west coast of the United States for the rich and unique clientele she worked for. Unfortunately, in Missy's opinion, Naomi was also the meanest and most direct human that ever walked the earth. When she unexpectedly gets run over by one of her clients, Missy takes over the business and tries to make love matches for all the forlorn that cross her path. She believes in love, not as a transaction but as a finding of the other half of your soul, and intends to overturn the business style her mother was famous for.

Virtuous Sin is the bar the four survivors started as an ode to the sins of the past by those who claimed to be virtuous. It is also the front by which other victims come seeking aid with crimes, the police are not able to intervene in or solve. Leah Resnik is one such person who visits the Virtuous Sin bar to relieve the tension from a campaign of terror someone is visiting upon her.

Roman is the man behind the curtain at his family’s scientific company labs. He was scarred in a tragic car accident years before leaving the press that dogs his family’s every move, to refer to him as the beast and focus on his handsome CEO brother Reagan. These brothers keep with their mother’s dying wish, grant a life-changing wish to a worthy recipient each Christmas. Roman hates this time of year but does it for his family.

Overcoming a history of hard knocks, Jett has made the military his entire life with no room for anything other than his next mission, or anyone outside of his team. Jett is one of the men that served with Bryce Holmes, carrying out covert operations for the military. When Bryce doesn't make it out, Jett and the other two members of the team are tasked with carrying out their most important assignment to date.

Cassie doesn't have time for a man, dating, or any relationship not revolving around her children. Her hodgepodge family takes every ounce of strength and organizational capacity she has each day. They may have come to her in the darkest moment of her life through circumstances she would give anything to change, but now they are her entire world.