Lauren: In a way, it's like a successful marriage, in that you need to recognize that there are two of you in this thing, that everything isn't just about you. So while it's essential to fight for the things that are important to you, there's a certain level of grace—and peace of mind!—in recognizing that sometimes, the other person is going to put the toilet paper on the roll the other way. And that's OK. 

Jackie: Working with someone you're able to disagree with is crucial. I've tried to collaborate with friends before, but it's a different type of relationship than what I have with my mom. With her, it's easy for me to say what I believe works and what doesn't work, and she with me. Neither one of us will get offended. We both want what's best for the book, and we can only get there if we're honest with each other.

Lauren: And, of course, our cat Yoyo must always be consulted.

Hue Jackson 

Hue Jackson is a former NFL head coach, as well as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Cait Nary

Cait Nary lives in Virginia with her husband and a very anxious German Shepherd, neither of whom gives her too much grief when her writing alarm goes off at 5:30am. If she isn't writing romances, trying out a new muffin recipe, or running on a trail somewhere, she is probably shouting at the Philadelphia Flyers.

Enzo Yaksic

Enzo Yaksic is at the forefront of serial homicide research. After more than a decade of researching serial homicide, he founded the Atypical Homicide Research Group which standardized efforts to collect serial homicide data across several disciplines. As an advocate for the open exchange of information, Enzo and his team have made serial homicide offender data widely accessible to researchers, practitioners, and law enforcement professionals.

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Runaway Royals series…

When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.

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In this heartwarming second-chance romance, a woman returns home and discovers that, when it comes to finding love, there's no place like home.

Rising-star reporter Dakota Jones is usually the one breaking the news---until an inadvertent scandal wrecks her career. The only place she can go to regroup is Holly Grove Island. But her small South Carolina hometown comes with a major catch: Dexter Roberts, the first man to break Dakota's heart, isher new boss. Working alongside Dexter, who is more attractive than he has a right to be, shows Dakota what might have been . . . but she isn't giving him another chance to break her heart.

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A professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.

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Killian Delaney has a skewed moral compass, a high threshold for pain, an unstoppable will, and she's just joined the Network: a group of well-funded individuals who help the weakest among us.

Two sisters have gone missing, and Killian has been hired to track them down.The plan is straightforward: follow the trail, find the girls, and kill whoever stands in her way.

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Emma Reed and her beloved Corgi move from London to Cornwall with the dream of opening a tea shop—but first they’ll have to collar a criminal in the first book in a charming new series.

Emma leaves London and her life in high finance behind her and moves to an idyllic village in Cornwall, with its cobblestone streets and twisting byways. She plans to open a village tea shop and bake the recipes handed down to her from her beloved grandmother, and of course there’ll be plenty of space for her talking corgi, Oliver, to explore. Yes...talking. Emma has always been able to understand Oliver, even though no one else can.

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With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies.

There's a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic--her curse--has turned her meal into a bouquet. She's on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain.

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He’s giving in to temptation this Christmas and bringing her pure satisfaction! Dive into this steamy final installment of Rebecca Hunter’s Fantasy Island trilogy!

Bubbly Ruby Bisset is too young for CFO Adrian Wentworth…way too young for what he fantasizes about every time she parades through the office. That’s why he’s always kept the gorgeous twentysomething at a distance. Until they’re assigned to impersonate a loving couple at a Hawaiian resort over Christmas. In a luxury cabin. With one bed!

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His quiet Christmas just got a little busier…

Their fake engagement might fix everything…until it starts to feel real.

Rancher Joe Lawson prefers his own company—until he rescues Daisy West and her twin foster babies from a car accident. When Daisy returns the favor by announcing their fake engagement to save him from his meddling family, Joe’s quiet life turns upside down. Now he’s engaged to his boss’s daughter…and if he’s not careful, this cowboy might just fall hat over heels for her.