After being guilted to come home for the holidays, Linda decides to make the best of it and spend some quality time with her mother....and the step-father that Linda has never been close with. As soon as she steps into her childhood home, Linda is greeted with memories and nostalgia that help her prepare for a week of her mother's hovering and awkward conversations with her step-father.
But just as Linda starts to feel comfortable in her childhood home again, her brothers arrive. The same brothers she hasn't talked to in three years. Soon, the adult siblings' bickering starts up just as quickly as the childhood nostalgia hit Linda when she arrived.
As they all slip into the roles of their former selves, the siblings agree to play nice to make their mother happy for the Christmas season. But as the week goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that they all have their secrets...including their mother.
Autumn Chapman is the fourth-generation owner of her family’s struggling apple orchard. Her uncles, who are co-owners, want to sell what’s left and walk away while they still can, but Autumn doesn’t want to let the legacy of her family’s business die with her. However, the finances are tight and sales are slowing year-to-year.
Braden Clinton is a young executive at a large suburban conglomerate. With the promise of a promotion, he’s been tasked with getting the Chapmans to sell their business to further expand his company’s portfolio. The problem? Autumn refuses to sell.
Not willing to take no for an answer, Braden decides to show up to the orchard every day to convince Autumn to sell. But as he learns more and more about the orchard, Autumn, and her family’s business, he starts to think that maybe he is on the wrong side of the fight. Meanwhile Autumn starts to think that maybe she can’t keep the business afloat on her own.
At the Core is a standalone sweet romance featuring rivals-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine charm, and the fight to save a family orchard.
Julie Griffiths has had a crush on one of her friends at her hometown bar forever, but he’s oblivious to her feelings. So when he and the rest of Julie’s friends dare her to sneak into the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, she accepts in order to impress her crush. Hours later, she finds herself on a crowded bus, equipped with nothing more than determination.
Brian Moore was already planning on going home to New York City for Thanksgiving, but a sudden breakup with his girlfriend gives him another reason. Heartbroken and lost, Brian isn’t too happy when a woman sits beside him on the bus ride back to the city. Especially when she starts talking about her crazy idea to get into the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Wanting to avoid an awkward encounter with his family, Brian agrees to help Julie accomplish her goal after it becomes painfully obvious that she has no plan for achieving it. But as the two begin to spend more time together, Julie starts to question her feelings for her friends back home while Brian realizes that maybe Julie is who he has been waiting for all along.
A chance moment. A snow storm. And the gift of a new beginning.
Tristan is ready to party and ring in the New Year by kissing his soon-to-be girlfriend, Julie. The only bad note in his rocking night is the ongoing snow storm. Outside his apartment, he’s almost hit by a swerving car! Behind the wheel is Grace, the most beautiful woman with haunting green eyes. She’s on her own mission to get home to her grandfather.
In a selfless act reminiscent of the age of knights and chivalry, Tristan vows to get her home…never realizing they are both on a date with destiny and their lives will be forever changed by the SNOW AFTER CHRISTMAS…
Snow After Christmas is a standalone short story.