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The Sugarplum Ridge Christmas Cookie Collection
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Welcome to Sugarplum Ridge—a small town where the lights always twinkle a little brighter, traditions are larger than life, and love has a way of showing up just in time for the holidays. From Christmas galas and cookie contests to Valentine's parades, Fourth of July fireworks, and cozy fall festivals, every season brings new chances for family, laughter, and romance.
In Sugarplum Ridge, meddling aunts plot under mistletoe arches, cousins turn community chaos into unexpected love stories, and one kiss beneath the holiday lights can change everything.
If you've ever wished you could step inside a holiday movie—the kind with snowy Main Streets, small-town charm, and heart-melting happily-ever-afters—then pull up a chair, grab a mug of cocoa, and stay awhile.
Because in Sugarplum Ridge, the holidays don't just come once a year. They live here, all year long.
The recipe collection is an exclusive goody that is sent for free during the holidays!
Michelle Vance traded her high-powered food critic career in Manhattan for a quiet Christmas in Sugarplum Ridge—just long enough to nurse a broken heart and avoid her ex's Instagram stories. But when Aunt Linda volunteers her to judge the town's beloved Christmas Cookie Contest, Michelle discovers her co-judge is Chase Sterling: her high school crush, now a devastatingly handsome widowed baker with an adorable eight-year-old daughter.
Between gingerbread critiques and cookie decorating sessions, Michelle finds herself falling for Chase's warm smile and Ellie's irresistible charm. But Chase is hiding a heartbreaking secret: his family's bakery is weeks away from foreclosure, and this contest might be his last chance to save it.
As Christmas Eve approaches, Michelle must decide: return to her safe, solitary life in New York, or risk her heart—and her professional reputation—to fight for the family she never knew she needed.
Sometimes the sweetest recipe for love includes a dash of hope, a sprinkle of small-town magic, and one little girl's Christmas wish.
Maria Coletti has survived three Valentine's Balls as the town's favorite single florist, and she's done smiling through the pitying looks. This year, she's showing up with a date—even if she has to fake one.
Enter Chris Walker: charming corporate lawyer, commitment-phobe extraordinaire, and the man who accidentally set last year's office Valentine's party on fire (the less said about the flaming heart centerpiece, the better). When Maria's cousin suggests a mutually beneficial arrangement—Maria gets her plus-one, Chris gets to rehabilitate his reputation—it seems like the perfect plan.
No one needs to know it's all pretend.
But between delivering candy-grams to half the town, surviving her five overprotective brothers' "casual" interrogations (and her matchmaking Nonna's pointed questions), and the infamous spiked punch bowl incident at the Valentine's Ball, their fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real. Chris's smile lingers a little too long over rose arrangements. Maria's heart does things it shouldn't when he defends Coletti's Flowers to the town council. And that kiss at midnight? Definitely not in the script.
With the whole town watching—and her entire Italian family analyzing every glance—Maria has to decide: is she brave enough to turn their Valentine's charade into something real?
Sometimes love needs a little fake dating, a lot of roses, and one spectacularly disastrous punch bowl to get it right.
Welcome to Sugarplum Ridge—a small town where the lights always twinkle a little brighter, traditions are larger than life, and love has a way of showing up just in time for the holidays. From Christmas galas and cookie contests to Valentine’s parades, Fourth of July fireworks, and cozy fall festivals, every season brings new chances for family, laughter, and romance.
In Sugarplum Ridge, meddling aunts plot under mistletoe arches, cousins turn community chaos into unexpected love stories, and one kiss beneath the holiday lights can change everything.
If you’ve ever wished you could step inside a holiday movie—the kind with snowy Main Streets, small-town charm, and heart-melting happily-ever-afters—then pull up a chair, grab a mug of cocoa, and stay awhile.
Because in Sugarplum Ridge, the holidays don’t just come once a year. They live here, all year long.
Emma Parker swore she was only coming home to Sugarplum Ridge for Christmas cookies and a quick family visit—definitely not to save the town's legendary holiday gala. But when her meddling Aunt Linda (mayor, matchmaker, and owner of musical earrings) volunteers her as co-chair, Emma finds herself trapped in twinkle-light chaos…
...and partnered with the one man she's been avoiding for six years.
Nick Reynolds.
Her childhood nemesis. The boy who put mistletoe in her locker seventeen times. And now, the ridiculously handsome innkeeper who's turned reliable, community-minded, and way too good at making her heart race.
With only five days until the gala, everything that can go wrong does—tie-dyed poinsettias, melting ice sculptures, a possessed coffee machine, and a town full of matchmaking busybodies determined to push them together. As Emma and Nick clash over every decoration and steal late-night moments over grilled cheese, the line between nemesis and something more starts to blur.
The gala might be hanging by a thread of tinsel, but this Christmas, Sugarplum Ridge has one more miracle up its sleeve...
A second chance at first love, wrapped in mistletoe and perfect chaos.
A Sweet Small-Town Romance of Single Parents, Accidental Matchmaking & Springtime Second Chances
One Easter mix-up. Two guarded hearts. And kids determined to play matchmaker.
Emma Collins is perfectly happy focusing on her kindergarten class and her six-year-old daughter. Romance? Not on the lesson plan.
Luke Harper isn’t looking for love either. Since losing his wife, the quiet bakery owner has poured everything into raising his son and perfecting sugar cookies that melt in your mouth.
Then a small-town Easter egg hunt goes sideways.
When Emma and Luke accidentally swap their children’s Easter baskets, they’re forced into playdates, bakery visits, and far too many moments that feel suspiciously like dates. Their kids hit it off instantly. The town notices. And suddenly, what was supposed to be a simple fix turns into something neither of them expected.
But opening their hearts means risking loss again—and that’s not an easy leap to take.
Set in a charming small town bursting with spring blooms, The Easter Basket Mix-Up is a closed-door, feel-good romance filled with single parents, accidental meet-cutes, kids as matchmakers, gentle healing, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
She came home for the holiday. She didn’t expect to fall for the boy next door… again.
Erin Sullivan has built her life on control. As a big-city attorney, she negotiates million-dollar deals and never lets emotions cloud her judgment. A quick trip home to Monroe Street for St. Patrick’s Day is supposed to be simple. Forty-eight hours. Then back to Chicago.
Instead, she’s drafted into saving the beloved Community Center from foreclosure—and her co-chair is Connor Gallagher. Connor is steady where she’s sharp. Warm where she’s guarded. And still entirely too capable of making her heart forget its carefully written rules.
As a winter storm threatens the town’s biggest fundraiser and old tensions rise inside the festival committee, Erin and Connor must work together to protect the place that shaped them both. But the more time they spend side by side, the harder it becomes to ignore the spark that never truly faded.
Because sometimes success isn’t about climbing higher. Sometimes it’s about coming home.
A heartwarming, closed-door second-chance romance featuring:
Small-town meddling. Second-chance sweethearts. Opposites-attract energy. Community fundraiser stakes. Protective hero, driven heroine. Cozy holiday vibes
Debra Collins is the most predictable woman in her town. Same morning walk. Same Tuesday soup. Same two-week vacation to the same cabin every August. She likes it that way. Routine is safe, and safe is all she has left after losing her mother and sister to breast cancer.
So when a lump shows up on her annual mammogram, Debra doesn't panic — she prepares. She writes letters. She reorganizes her files. She says goodbye to the life she was too careful to actually live. Then the results come back clear.
Standing in the parking lot of the imaging center, shaking with relief, Debra makes a decision that terrifies her more than the diagnosis ever did: for one season — just spring — she's going to say yes to everything.
Yes to the sunrise hike she's walked past the flyer for a hundred times. Yes to the ceramics class. Yes to building kites with strangers and volunteering at the animal shelter and whatever else this town throws at her. She doesn't plan on Henry Walters.
Henry is the kind of man who shows up — for everyone. He fixes the leak at the community center, coaches the kids' soccer practice, and drives across town three times a week to check on his aging parents, whose stubbornness is matched only by his refusal to admit he's stretched too thin. He's woven into every corner of this town, which means he's at every single thing Debra says yes to.
Debra is learning to live for the first time. Henry has never once lived for himself. And somewhere between a capsized canoe, a lopsided ceramic bowl, and a conversation on a porch at sunset, they start to realize that the bravest yes might be the one they say to each other.
A Season for Yes is a sweet, closed-door, small-town romance about second chances at living — and the quiet courage it takes to let someone in.
Welcome to Driftwood Cove… where the ocean sparkles, the gossip travels faster than the tide, and falling in love is practically a community event.
Tucked along a sun-drenched stretch of coastline, Driftwood Cove is the kind of town where everyone knows your name—and your business. Tourists come for the beaches and boardwalk. Locals stay for the friendships, the found family, and the love stories that seem to unfold like clockwork with every passing season.
Here, a pink food truck can start a rivalry that turns into something sweeter.
A perfectly planned wedding might unravel—and lead to exactly the right person.
A “fake” relationship can feel all too real under small-town scrutiny.
And sometimes, the person who’s been beside you your whole life turns out to be the one you’ve been waiting for all along.
From sunrise surf lessons to late-night walks along the pier, every corner of Driftwood Cove holds the promise of second chances, unexpected connections, and love stories that refuse to stay simple.
The Driftwood Cove series is a collection of heartwarming, interconnected sweet romances featuring:
Small-town charm with a coastal twist
Fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and friends-to-lovers
Found family, meddling neighbors, and a town that definitely has opinions
Slow-burn chemistry, emotional depth, and satisfying happily-ever-afters
Because in Driftwood Cove…
love isn’t just in the air.
It’s part of the tide.
She needs a date. He needs a fresh start. Neither of them expects something real.
Gemma Torres has spent years building a life she’s proud of—one scoop at a time. Her ice cream shop is thriving, her small-town world is steady… and she’s completely, totally over her ex. Until she finds out his engagement party is happening at the same festival where she’ll be working.
Fifty feet away. All night. So when Drew Callahan, paint-splattered, charming, and brand new to town, walks into her shop, Gemma makes a split-second decision. She asks him to be her fake date.
Just one night.
Just to get through the festival.
Just to prove she’s moved on.
Drew is more than happy to help. After leaving behind a life that never felt like his, a quiet beach town and a temporary arrangement sound exactly right.
There’s just one problem. The more they practice being a couple… the less it feels like practice.
Between late-night talks, small-town gossip, and a connection neither of them saw coming, their “fake” relationship starts to blur into something dangerously real. And when the truth comes out in front of the entire town, they’ll have to decide,
Was this just a performance…
or the start of something worth risking everything for?
The Scoop on Love is a heartwarming sweet romantic comedy filled with small-town charm, found family, and a love story that proves the best things in life are made from scratch.
Perfect for readers who love:
Fake dating → real feelings
Cozy beach towns
Cinnamon roll heroes
Found family and meddling grandmas
Slow-burn sweetness with all the feels
She booked the oceanfront cottage for a quiet Memorial Day reset. No spreadsheets. No ex-boyfriend. No people. Then she unlocked the door and found a travel journalist already unpacked in the living room.
Tina Kowalski hasn't had a vacation in two years. Bryce Evans hasn't stood still in seven. When a booking glitch strands them in the same cottage for the holiday weekend—with the entire town booked solid for the regatta—they reluctantly agree to share. She craves silence. He fills every moment with noise. She has packing cubes. He has fourteen countries' worth of chaos.
But between a stormy night that knocks out the power, lemon bars baked on a kitchen floor, and a community that pulls them in like family, walls start falling faster than the tide. And when Memorial Day arrives—with its parade, its ceremony, and the grief they've both been carrying—two people who've been running in opposite directions find themselves standing still. Together.
Can one weekend change everything?
A sweet contemporary romance about forced proximity, found community, and the courage to stop running.
Daisy Woods writes sweet romances filled second chances. Her stories sparkle with small-town charm, happily-ever-afters, and the kind of cozy magic you find under twinkle lights and mistletoe. When she isn’t dreaming up porch-light promises or peppermint-sweet kisses, Daisy can be found sipping cocoa, collecting vintage ornaments, and humming along to classic carols. Her books are always closed-door, heart-warming, and guaranteed to leave you smiling long after the last page.
She planned every detail of the wedding. Falling for the barefoot florist was not on the timeline.
Savannah Pope has a plan. Actually, she has seventeen plans, three backup timelines, and a color-coded disaster tab.
Landing the Hargrove-Mitchell wedding in Driftwood Cove is her final test before making partner at one of Charleston’s top event firms. All she has to do is survive five weeks of peak-season tourist chaos, an indecisive bride, a mother-of-the-bride with Pinterest poisoning, and a beachfront wedding where absolutely everything must be perfect.
Then she meets Liam Brennan.
Barefoot florist. Single dad. Local favorite. Owner of Bloom & Tide. A man who arrives late in a golf cart with his five-year-old daughter wearing a flower crown and somehow still charms everyone in sight.
Everyone except Savannah.
Probably.
Liam doesn’t believe weddings should be controlled into submission. Savannah doesn’t believe “we’ll figure it out” is an actual business strategy. But when caterers cancel, sprinklers flood, vans break down, themes change, and Driftwood Cove does what Driftwood Cove does best, which is turn every crisis into community theater, Savannah discovers that Liam’s messy, sun-warmed life might be exactly what her perfect plan is missing.
Between flower crowns, stormy gazebo kisses, one judgmental binder, and a little girl determined to recruit Savannah as her forever flower consultant, the line between temporary and meant-to-be starts getting all tangled up.
Savannah came to Driftwood Cove to plan the wedding of the summer. She didn’t plan on falling in love and she definitely didn’t plan on wanting to stay.
All Tangled Up is a sweet, funny beach-town romance with a buttoned-up wedding planner, a barefoot florist single dad, an adorable little girl, small-town meddling, coastal chaos, and a happily ever after full of flowers, family, and second chances at the life you didn’t know you wanted.
She came to Driftwood Cove to launch a food truck. She didn’t plan on parking next to the grumpiest chef on the boardwalk.
Harper has one summer to prove her pink food truck, Harper’s Catch, isn’t a wildly expensive mistake. Armed with shrimp tacos, a questionable generator, and enough stubborn optimism to power half the boardwalk, she’s ready to make Driftwood Cove her fresh start.
Unfortunately, her assigned parking spot is right beside The Anchor, the beloved local restaurant owned by Wes, a serious, rule-following chef who believes in tradition, precision, and absolutely not having a pink food truck steal his lunch crowd.
Harper thinks Wes is uptight. Wes thinks Harper is chaos mixed with cilantro. The town thinks their rivalry is the best entertainment Driftwood Cove has seen in years.
Soon there are competing specials, team T-shirts, a chalkboard scoreboard, and a Fourth of July seafood cookoff that forces Harper and Wes to work together instead of glaring across the boardwalk. But somewhere between late-night water bottles, kitchen practice sessions, and one very meddlesome grandmother, their competition starts to feel a lot like chemistry.
Harper only planned to stay for the summer.
Wes is starting to hope she’ll stay for much longer.
In Driftwood Cove, the gossip travels faster than the tide… and love might just be the catch of the day.
Everyone in Driftwood Cove knows Riley and Owen are in love. Everyone except Riley and Owen.
Riley Bennett has spent twenty-five years knowing exactly where Owen Smith fits in her life. He’s her best friend.
The person who brings her lunch when she forgets to eat. The man who walks her home, remembers everything she never says out loud, and has been beside her since they buried a hermit crab in a driftwood coffin when they were six.
Anything more would be ridiculous.
Owen has been in love with Riley for seven years, which would be easier to manage if the entire town of Driftwood Cove would stop noticing. But when he and Riley are volunteered to co-chair the End-of-Summer Festival, avoiding his feelings becomes nearly impossible.
They’re together every day.
The whole town is watching. And apparently someone has started a betting board at The Sandbar.
As Riley prepares to take over the Surf Shack on her own, everything she thought was steady begins to shift, including the friendship she has always believed was too important to risk. Because the more she looks at Owen, the harder it becomes to ignore what everyone else has seen for years.
Maybe love doesn’t always arrive like a storm.
Sometimes it’s breakfast at the same table. A walk home in the dark. Someone who shows up at three in the morning because you had a bad day.
Sometimes the last person you expect is the one who has been there all along.
And as one final summer comes to an end in Driftwood Cove, Riley and Owen will have to decide whether the safest thing they’ve ever had is worth risking for everything they’ve always wanted.
Eight years ago, Sally Whitfield left Driftwood Cove with big dreams, a one-way ticket, and a note for the boy she loved.
She never planned to come back.
But after her New York career falls apart, Sally takes the only assignment she can get: return to the seaside town she escaped and write a magazine feature about the people who chose to stay.
Unfortunately, the best story in town belongs to Caleb Briggs.
The boy Sally left behind is now the man behind Tides & Pages, a beloved bookshop where the coffee is perfect, the locals know everything, and an orange cat named Hemingway has strong opinions about second chances. Caleb has built exactly the kind of life Sally once believed was too small for her.
He’s also still far too easy to love.
Sally is supposed to be writing about Driftwood Cove, but somehow Caleb keeps finding his way into every page. The more time she spends in his bookshop, the harder it becomes to tell where the article ends and her own story begins.
Because Sally has spent eight years chasing the life she thought she wanted.
Now she has one summer to decide whether coming home means giving up... or finally reading what was there between the lines all along.
