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What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate - and completely irresistible. A beautiful bastard. Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family’s massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who’d been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative - completely infuriating - creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he’s never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe’s so tempting....

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos - the first and only love of her life - the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve.

One typo, and a boy and girl connect by chance. Wishing each other a happy Valentine’s Day isn’t the end. In fact, it becomes a friendly annual tradition—with rules: no pics, no real names, nothing too personal. As years pass, the rules for their email “dates” are breaking, and they’re sharing more than they imagined—including the urge to ask…what if we actually met?

En ambitiøs assistent. En perfektionistisk chef. En tiltrækning de ikke kan modstå. Chloe Mills er ung, kvik og ambitiøs og godt på vej mod sit drømmejob. Hun har bare et problem: sin chef. Bennett Ryan er arrogant, krævende og urimelig – og fuldkommen uimodståelig. I sandhed en Beautiful Bastard. Efter en årrække i Frankrig er Bennett hentet hjem til Chicago for at indtage sin plads som chef i familiens mediekoncern. Han ved hvad han vil, og trods rygter om det modsatte har affærer på kontoret aldrig været hans stil.

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation - and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out - Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume - her sweet, filthy fling - to France for the summer and just…play.

Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion...she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas.

Fizzy Chen está perdida. É verdade que ela tem uma carreira incrível como autora de romances, mas, quando a convidam para discursar em uma formatura, ela percebe que não tem vivido o que retrata nos livros. A realidade é que Fizzy nunca sequer se apaixonou. Agora, o otimismo que ela sempre incentivou em suas leitoras parece apenas uma mentira.

Manchmal braucht man … nichts als Liebe. Macy führt ein Leben, in dem sie keine großen Gefühle riskieren muss. Sie ist mit einem netten Mann zusammen, den sie heiraten wird, und versinkt in ihrer Arbeit als Kinderärztin. Dann läuft ihr Elliot über den Weg – der ihre erste Liebe war. Schon bald bekommt Macys sorgsam errichtete Fassade Risse. Denn einst bedeutete Elliot ihr die ganze Welt – bis er ihr für alle Zeiten das Herz brach.

Millie has always been one of the guys. A professor at a respected university, she's great at witty backchat but terrible at getting personal. Like her four best male friends, she's perma-single. So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, they all make a pact to join an online dating service and find plus-ones. There's just one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and her best friend Reid secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, before deciding the friendship is better off strictly platonic.

Recién llegada a Nueva York, Hanna Bergstrom recibe un tirón de orejas de su hermano por estar demasiado centrada en su carrera y no tener vida social. Por eso le propone que llame a Will Summer, su mejor amigo del instituto, para salir y divertirse. Hanna sabe que debería hacer un esfuerzo para ser un poco más «normal», pero ella no es como las demás. Eso es lo que la impulsa a coger el teléfono para llamar al aventurero, exitoso y mujeriego Will que tanto la sacaba de quicio; está decidida a investigar a fondo su nuevo campo de estudio: las relaciones.

During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate—the long-lost daughter of one of the world's biggest film stars—ever revealed her identity to. So when it became clear her trust was misplaced, her world shattered for good.

Mia Holland y sus dos mejores amigas han decidido celebrar su graduación pasando una noche inolvidable en Las Vegas antes de emprender una nueva etapa de sus vidas. Pero lo que no podían llegar a imaginar es que una noche de diversión cambiaría su destino para siempre.

Sara Dillon llega a Nueva York huyendo de una relación infeliz totalmente decidida a sacar el máximo partido a la vida en la Gran Manzana. La única regla que se ha impuesto es no establecer lazos con nada ni con nadie. Por ese motivo, cuando un playboy inglés, misterioso, sexy y juguetón se cruza en su camino en un club nocturno, no duda en olvidar todas sus inhibiciones. Pero la forma en que este la desarma hará que pase de ser la diversión de una noche a convertirse en su desconocido encantador.

Lily has never forgotten the man that got away...but she certainly hasn't forgiven him either! As the daughter of a notorious treasure hunter, Lily makes ends meet using her father's coveted hand-drawn maps, guiding tourists on fake treasure hunts through the canyons of Utah. When the man she once loved walks back into her life with a motley crew of friends, ready to hit the trails, Lily can't believe her eyes. Frankly, she'd like to take him out into the wilderness—and leave him there.

Inteligente, trabajadora y decidida a terminar su máster con la nota más alta, Chloe Mills solo tiene un problema: su jefe, Bennett Ryan. Es exigente, riguroso, brusco, desconsiderado, arrogante...y absolutamente irresistible. Tras pasar seis años trabajando en París, Bennett ha vuelto a Chicago para liderar la empresa familiar. Nunca pensó que la asistente que le había asignado su padre fuera la despampanante, inocente, provocadora y completamente exasperante criatura a la que ahora tiene que ver cada día.

Auteur de best-sellers du "New York Times". Millie Morris, professeur, comme ses quatre meilleurs amis et collègues à l'université de Santa Barbara, est une célibataire endurcie. Après une aventure d'un soir avec Reid, l'un des membres du groupe, Millie crée un profil en utilisant son deuxième prénom "Catherine", une photo qui ne dévoile pas son visage, et le retrouve sur l'application en ligne. Les deux amis se lancent alors dans une relation sexuelle et romantique inattendue dans le royaume digital qui menace de détruire leur amitié dans la vie réelle.

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails.

Love Actually meets Groundhog Day in this magical holiday romance from the New York Times best-selling author of The Unhoneymooners. It's the most wonderful time of the year...but not for Maelyn Jones. She's living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favourite place in the world - the snowy cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born.

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