Washoe County Library System

Dr. Brody McKenna has just returned home from serving as a medic in Afghanistan, and he has one more mission to fulfill. Standing outside Kate Spencer's sweetshop, he takes a deep breath. Going through that door will take courage, for he's here to keep a promise made to his dying friend. He's prepared for tears or anger--not the deep attraction he feels for sparky-but-stressed Kate. One spontaneous offer of help later, this hero is surrounded by cupcakes,...

A Christmas miracle: from tough tycoon...to daddy? Edward left Livia because he knew he couldn't give her the family and marriage she wanted. But when he's forced to return home to snowy, sparkling Riverbend, he discovers Livia has moved there, too -- with her tiny baby in tow! Livia had hoped desperately that Edward would remain away until time blurred the memory of his lips on hers. Now, she longs for him, but how can she tell him her precious daughter...

Riley McKenna has led a charmed life--until now! Cut off from the family trust fund, he's out on his ear and fending for himself. When he applies for a job at Stace Kettering's diner, she's not impressed by his blue eyes and easy smile. She has a strict zero-tolerance policy toward pampered playboys, having learned her lesson once already! Riley thinks Stace will fall for him like all the others--but he's about to discover that his playboy ways...

"Free-spirited journalist Grace McKinnon is happy jet-setting from one adventure to the next. That is, until work beckons her back home for Christmas, to Beckett's Run--the cozy winter wonderland that contains everything she ran away from years ago, including childhood sweetheart J. C. Carson... Blazing into town in her red convertible, Grace nearly runs J.C. off the road! And working together to organize the Christmas festival, sparks fly even as...