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November “Novel” Calendar is ready to start her real life. She’s always lived at home, and she’s not able to truly research the way she needs to, so she calls a matchmaker whose specialty is introducing people at the altar. She’s convinced that a marriage of convenience is the only way for her to be truly happy. Novel has read enough romance novels to know she belongs with a tall, dark, and handsome man who is just waiting for her to complete his life.

Trying to find a way to help with the family’s scholarship fund, September “Berry” Calendar joins a cooking competition. Although she’s had no formal training as a chef, everyone agrees she’s the best cook around Cauldron Valley, so she hopes she won’t go down in a pile of burning ash. When a handsome man flirts with her on her first night at the competition, she knows he’ll flirt with any woman, because she is no prize.

Ultimate evil is coming, and Eva knows her magic is needed for the fight. Saving the world was always going to be hard, but with Normans taking over everything she knows, it's only getting harder. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with a Norman peasant turned warrior.

Christiana and her two sisters, women of power in medieval Europe, are left alone to defend their family's home when Duke William of Normandy invades England in 1066. When they are unable to fend off the invading army, the leader of their enemies claims Christiana was promised to him as his wife, along with her home and her family's lands. Betrothed to another, she fights him, but finds herself married quickly.

Marta Martinez is alone for the first time in her life. She has two wonderful sons and a baby on the way, but her husband has been killed in a shootout with the police. Not having any other options, Marta turns to a man who has a good reputation in the community, praying he’ll give her a job so she can continue to feed her children and keep the baby growing inside her alive.

Julia Calendar, the seventh of the 12 Calendar sisters, feels as if she is just another month of the year. Her sisters all have amazing talents that set them apart, but there’s nothing she really excels at. She watches as her six elder sisters fall in love and marry, and she knows she’s expected to be next, but how could a man fall in love with her? Brent Collings is a survivor. His wife Andrea died 18 months before of breast cancer, and he was forced to be the one to go on with two sons. As soon as he sees Julia Calendar, he wants to spend time with her. In a romantic way.

The second of the Calendar triplets, May is a quiet, critter-loving woman who enjoys being around her family but has issues with strangers. When she goes to the doctor for yet another animal-related injury, she is surprised to see the grown-up version of the little boy she did everything with from her first day in kindergarten to her last day of high school.

Marci Calendar loves the children she teaches at the Calendar Girls’ Ranch, and she loves her family wholeheartedly. However, she doesn’t believe in love between a man and a woman. She’s seen two of her sisters fall in love, but she knows it could never happen to her. Thomas Latham agrees to be the official electrician for the first year of the Calendar Girls’ Ranch’s drive-through Christmas display. He knows he’ll need to spend a lot of time at the ranch to get it all wired up, and he has a short period of time to do it all.

Jana Calendar loves her life working with special needs girls at her family’s ranch. When her favorite child loses yet another foster home, she decides to be the one to get her out of the system and adopt her. Working closely with Aubrey’s social worker is no hardship. When there is a glitch in her plans, the two of them work together quickly to find a solution.

Roxane Quinn has worked for years toward becoming the event coordinator for the hotel her father runs in Quinn Valley. As soon as she starts the new position, she hears that the only man she has ever loved has moved back to town and is now running a business out of a taco truck. She’s worried she won’t be able to keep her heart intact with her high school sweetheart so close.

Moira McAfee has spent her life training to be a warrior. When unexpected events lead the clan and its allies to war, she does as always and jumps in head first with no thoughts for her own safety. Brodie McClain has admired Moira since he met her at the Highland Games, and he feels certain she should be his bride. Marrying amidst a war where they are both part of the army proves to be a challenge but not an insurmountable one. When Brodie is injured and Moira is the one to save him, he must fight for his life.

All her life, Katerina has known she was destined to join a convent and give her life to God. When her home is invaded and her parents and brother are murdered while she listens, she flees to the only place she knows to go—the Lain castle. Upon her arrival, she is immediately welcomed into the family, but it is made clear they would like her to marry their son, Braden, but it must be her choice to do so.

When Brynna, the daughter of an English earl, is kidnapped and found tied to a tree in Scotland, she believes her life is over. Her father refused the ransom her abductors asked for because he felt he had too many daughters anyway. Now, Brynna has no home to return to, and knows no one in the Highlands where she was found. Colin, the heir to the Clan McClain, finds a girl while on his walks. He quickly discovers she has been kidnapped and has nowhere to go.

Kennan McClain approaches his childhood sweetheart’s father with the idea of marriage, and is told he must get to know her first. When Gillian convinces her father to allow them to marry later that day, he quickly realizes that they don’t know each other as well as he thought. Will they be able to get to know one another quickly enough for a marriage to work? Or will his responsibilities as laird keep them apart?

Fiona McAfee is a proud warrior, able to outshoot any man she has ever met. When the opportunity arises for her to demonstrate her skill at the Highland Games, she happily agrees. Alisdair McClain is the eldest son of a laird, yet he knows he won’t be laird himself. When he spots Fiona at the Highland Games, he knows he wants to be her husband—and not simply because it would allow him to be laird of Clan McAfee.

Ailis McAfee, second daughter of Laird Duncan McAfee, has always known her worth lies in more than marriage contracts. A gifted healer and expert knife thrower, she prefers skill to stitching, and certainly has no patience for the arrogant Ian Sinclair, son of a neighboring laird. Her heart belongs to another. Lachlan McClain has admired Ailis from afar, but with her father seeking powerful alliances, Lachlan fears he has little to offer. Especially when a wealthier, more “suitable” suitor begins to turn Ailis’s head.

Caitlin Stewart carries the world on her shoulders. Orphaned by the merciless black death, she has become the sole protector of her younger siblings in the rustic village of the McClain Clan. Her strength earns her the admiration of her fellow villagers—and the heart of Fearghas McClain. Fearghas, the future laird of the clan, is a man of power and prestige. Yet beneath his tough exterior beats a heart that has always yearned for Caitlin. Seeing her struggle, he makes a bold proposition—marriage. Not just an act of charity, but a declaration of a love that has long remained unspoken.

Madelina is the youngest daughter of a Norman conqueror and a woman of power. Her own power is insignificant enough in her eyes that she trains to be a healer under the expert tutelage of her mother. When a child is brought to the castle where she lives, she knows she doesn’t have the skills to heal him, and her mother’s powers—and her own—will need to be revealed to a handsome knight.

The daughter of a peasant, Matilda goes to work at the Lain castle, away from her parents for the first time in her life, her mother’s admonishments to stay away from the men of the castle still ringing in her ears. With barely enough time to put her things away, she meets the son of the family, who makes it clear he is very interested in her. Afraid to trust him, she follows his commands and finds herself engaged to him within the week. Robert Lain has always known that he would someday meet the woman who was just right for him and together they would raise seven sons.

Marina has spent her entire life knowing that her power to heal would someday be required to save the world. When England is invaded by William the Conqueror, and her entire life changes, the other threat is still there and waiting for her. As her sisters find love amidst their own private battle with evil, Marina knows love that overwhelms her for the brother of her eldest sister, but he's made it clear that he will not marry her.