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Atara is on a mission to rescue Ryder from Nathaniel’s clutches and is chasing leads like a crazy woman. Nothing Levi, Ray, or Jax can do slowing her down, as all they can do is get on board and hope that they have her back when she needs it. Following a trail of breadcrumbs across multiple states, they finally land at the front door of a charity that takes in street kids and tries to give them a fresh start. It is also one of the last places that Ryder was seen seeking shelter, but this sinister place is all smoke and mirrors.

Nora survived a parent’s worst nightmare but now lives in a small compressed world keeping people at bay. Her mother has provided her a job that allows her to make a living cut off from the world in general, making only tiny roads with the women around her for companionship. A small child with a similar story walks in and refuses to leave her alone until the day. Learning to put her own feelings aside to help Anabeth regain her independence and happiness again allows Nora to focus on something outside her own pain for the first time.

Parker is a rising star at her tech firm. Despite the Christmas season being upon them, she can’t take her eyes off the ball as they rally the troops for the coming year to release several profitable new games. Unfortunately, her meddling mother and the fact that her gorgeous boss is going up for auction to raise money for charity are causing her to be distracted from business this holiday season. When she lands herself one of the coveted bachelor auction raffle tickets as a gift, she is about to find herself fighting mistletoe, one socialite, and her desires.

Knox is one of the best security personnel in the business. He works with a myriad of hard to please clients during his grueling schedule 50 weeks a year. For two weeks at Christmas, though, he retreats from the world to the solitude of his cabin in the woods. After several devastating losses, he hates the holidays and has made this a tradition to avoid the fuss. Unfortunately, this year Knox will be asked to break a number of his hard and fast rules. When an old acquaintance calls in a favor to have him protect a female attorney in need of his brand of protection.

Audra is so busy caring for her terminally ill mother and her demanding career as a trauma nurse she never found time for a personal life. She and her mom had formed a tight-knit team for all of her life, without a father figure of any kind imposing on their relationship. One fateful night, though, a patient brought into the emergency room will rock her world in unimaginable ways and change the course of her personal life and family ties forever.

Maren doesn’t have anyone to spend Christmas with this year, yet she is counting her blessings. Raised in foster care, she has succeeded at so many of the goals she had for her life; a great job, a good place to live, and a possible love match in the form of her downstairs neighbor. If only Noah weren’t the saddest, most introverted around Christmas, he might himself see the potential of a match.

Declan lives in the shadows helping deliver people out of the worst moments of their lives. After his military career ended, he joined a team in a foreign land putting the most lethal skills in his toolbox to best use, all the while watching over his only family from afar. He wants his sister, Morgan, to enjoy all the best in life, free from the confines of the knowledge of what he does and the evil that threatens their world daily.

Hadley is an eternal optimist, despite her pint-sized stature. She is loved and adored by everyone, full of joy and kindheartedness. Until the day, Logan Reems takes it upon himself to become her designated, albeit it reluctant knight in shining armor and rescue her from the mud. She has never come up against anyone so haughty and mean spirited. Her determination to avoid contact with him is derailed when she finds out his two boys will be in her kindergarten class.

Savannah Greane is a good mother in a terrible situation, on the brink of losing her son due to injuries sustained in another attack by her ex-husband. She has run for years, limited personal friends for fear others could get hurt, and lived in shelters, but he found her and now his parents are suing for custody, saying she is unable to care for her son. When a tall man walks into her room and offers her a solution, it seems too good to be true, but she doesn't have any other option.

Katja truly adored all her foster siblings, but Lincoln holds a special place in her heart. He had already been with Mama Jean when they had taken her in, straight from the hospital; and through the pain of physical and emotional healing, they had become best friends, a friendship that endured through their childhood and into adulthood. The two of them are the glue that holds all of the others together.

On the verge of graduation from college and acceptance into the Medical School program, she has long since put the mysteries of her birth in the rearview mirror. However, she is tethered to the past by one tiny flaw; she sees, feels, and hears things that aren't real. Her visions have always been a part of her, and learning to cope with them over the years as therapists, medical trials, and even untraditional treatments failed, was just part of life as she knew it. Unfortunately, what was once just a nuisance to her mental state is escalating as each episode becomes more violent, and the visions threaten everything she has worked to accomplish.

Talia and Scarlett are the perfect opposites of each other except for the fact that they are identical twins. Talia is focused and brainy and finds interacting with people strenuous. Scarlett lives life with her arms wide open to each new experience and is the life of every party. They are the perfect foils for each other, weak where the other is strong and vice versa. Unfortunately one of them is fighting a losing battle, and when she makes a request for one final hurrah to finish her bucket list, her sister can't refuse her.

Hannah's brother Brady was burned by a woman once, and now his only goal is taking care of his mother and sister as he deems appropriate. He is not about to let an irresponsible single mother like Dana derail the plans he has for his family. Unfortunately, this hurt unfeeling man might be the only thing able to stand up to the past when it blows into town demanding steep dues. The consequences for these two damaged hearts will hang in the balance.

Cassie doesn't have time for a man, dating, or any relationship not revolving around her children. Her hodgepodge family takes every ounce of strength and organizational capacity she has each day. They may have come to her in the darkest moment of her life through circumstances she would give anything to change, but now they are her entire world.

Gabe Lundin has it all: a wonderful girlfriend, a growing business, and an extended tight-knit family. But he misses his best friend. He and Camille grew up together, and she is in every memory and milestone in his life up until two years ago. Time and several bad choices have driven a wedge between them, and they have taken different paths.

Ryan, Beth, and Grace had been the best of friends from kindergarten through high school graduation. The trio considered one another family, and every significant moment of one of their lives was chronicled in the minds of the other friends. On graduation night the crossroads between high school and the rest of their lives took a major detour and hurtled them in directions no one could have imagined.

Tristan DancingStar is dedicated to helping preserve his tribe's rich traditions and heritage and leading them into even brighter things down the road. His father, the Principal of the local elementary school, has been charged with the task of helping select Tristan's future mate in a very traditional arrangement from those normally undertaken in this day and age. Tristan walks a fine line between contemporary business and caring for the needs of his people.

When Gemma Powers works her magic at Restoration Ranch to help boost holiday cookie sales, she continues to overcome the ghosts of her past one nibble at a time. Once the pampered daughter of a powerful figure, Gemma lost everything in a single moment and vanished from the world she knew. Anthony never forgot the girl who lit up his childhood, or the heartbreak of her sudden disappearance. Now, years later, he’s at the ranch as a guest for his own safety as well, due to a tragedy in his own family.

When a powerful tornado tears through rural Kansas, all communication with the Wilde family farm is lost—and Eleanor Wilde’s young daughter is caught in the storm’s path. Haunted by loss and determined not to repeat the past, Eleanor reaches out to the only person she trusts to help bring Lily home. Kane never expected his quiet time at the ranch to turn into a midnight rescue mission, but one look at Eleanor’s fear and he’s already behind the wheel.

When Wyatt Foster returns to Restoration Ranch with a stranger in tow, the welcome is anything but warm—especially from Sophia Reign. As the de facto head of the widows and the heart of the ranch, Sophia is blindsided by Wyatt’s reappearance and the secrets he brings with him. Once the ranch’s trusted foreman, Wyatt has changed, and his quiet explanations only deepen the rift between them, especially when Sophia the depths of the cover-up are revealed. Tensions rise as they clash over leadership, trust, and the stranger caught in the middle, pushing Sophia to the edge of walking away for good.