Holly Jacobs

A love to be proud ofTucker–as Angelina Tucker is known to her friends–is in the midst of big change. The pressures of juggling single parenthood and the family business keep her busy 24/7. And now something else is throwing her world into flux–Tyler Martinez.Oh, right. That Tyler. The successful–and sexy–business guy who asked her out. The same guy she turned down.But Tyler needs a job. He also needs her help with the toddler he's guardian to. So what are she and Tyler, exactly? Helpmates?...

Dedicated life coach Anna Chapel wants to help different, yet special, Colm Franklin lead an exceptional life. If Colm’s brother Liam will let her. Anna needs to convince Liam that, together, they can overcome anything to create a family that’s truly one of a kind.

Maeve Buchanan isn’t the jealous type. But with the holidays and the third Valley Ridge wedding approaching, she’s feeling a twinge of envy. Everyone seems to be finding “it”—except her.Not that romance is high on her priority list! Inspired by the arrival of a homeless family in an RV one snowy night, Maeve—Valley Ridge’s very own George Bailey—is determined to give them a permanent home by Christmas.To make this surprise happen, fiercely independent Maeve is going to need a lot of help....

Colton McCray’s an “I do” away from the perfect life.He’s got a prosperous farm and he’s lucky enough to have fallen in love with a good woman like Sophie Johnston. What more could a man, who loves the simple life, want? Certainly not a teenage wedding-crasher who’s Sophie’s biological daughter and only one of Sophie’s secrets!Marry a woman he doesn’t really know—or take a chance and trust her? No way! Though the harder Colton tries to cut Sophie out of his life, the more he wants her...

WHEN FATE STEPS IN…Joe Delacamp was speechless. Louisa Clancy was the last person he'd expected to see when he walked into the sweet-smelling Perry Square bake shop. She was just as beautiful as he'd remembered, but it wasn't until the E.R. doc caught a glimpse of her green-eyed little boy that he realized that Louisa's whereabouts weren't the only thing she'd been keeping secret for the last eight years. Now he needed to figure out a way to win the trust of the little boy he never knew he...

Good can come out of bad If it wasn't for the tragic accident ten years earlier, Audrey Smith might never have taken in the three foster kids she loves so dearly. And if it wasn't for the new addition to her home–a troubled teenage thief–she wouldn't be fantasizing about Sawyer Williams.Make no mistake–Sawyer's the victim here. He's the one who was robbed by Audrey's daughter. But teaching the teen a lesson rather than punishing her makes Sawyer a superhero in Audrey's eyes. Someone who can...

At least that's what Lee Singer thinks when her parents park their RV behind her home on an extended visit, and do what they don't do best–meddle in her (nonexistent) love life!On the other hand, the man who arrives in town with an adorable infant in tow is infinitely more intriguing. A mature and quite handsome Adam Benton is nothing like the adolescent boy Lee remembers. As Lee helps Adam raise his one-year-old, she realizes it's more than an old kinship she feels with Adam. More than...

Laura Watson thinks she'll never get over the pain of losing the man she loved. But when her son is born, Lieutenant Seth Keller is right there with her. The widowed Erie cop has his own reasons to grieve, but he's made up his mind to move on with his life.Seth can accept being friends. Bonded-by-baby, on-the-verge-of-something-more friends. For now. And when the time comes, he wants to be the one Laura turns to. Can depend on. Maybe even love.But sooner or later, Laura has to decide. The past...

Somewhere in between managing the family business and dealing with out-of-control relatives, Ari Kelly had done something for herself–finished her thesis on stress and phone-answering systems.And now that was causing her more stress than anything else! Because her brilliant thesis had been picked up by the newspapers (yeah!) and had had the facts twisted (uh-oh). Now her phone was ringing off the hook–and a gorgeous hunk was pounding down her door, determined to make her retract her statements...

Prince Antonio Michael Paul Mickovich Dillonetti blew in and out of our ibeloved Perry Square at record speed (three months ago. We all thought he'd come to visit his sweet sister, Parker, but instead he was spotted strolling arm in arm with her best gal pal, Cara Phillips.The quiet bookstore owner might keep it all bottled up but the expressions on both their faces said it all! Well, now the kismet couple is about to be reunited in the future (king's homeland…. And, according to our source,...

Royals in Perry Square!—AGAINWe didn't think future princesses rode around on motorcycles, but Shey Carlson—local coffee shop diva—just might prove us wrong! Seems Prince Eduardo Matthew Tanner Ericson is back in town, and this highly eligible bachelor has set his sights on Shey. Of course, stubborn Shey denies all rumors of a royal courtship. But we've seen Tanner steal a kiss from his red-haired beauty, and wow do they kiss! Those who've seen them canoodling couldn't be happier. After all,...

Princess Marie Anna Parker Mickovich Dillonetti, aka Parker Dillon, may have convinced some folks that she was just a waitress. But no one is buying local private eye Jace O'Donnell's story that protecting the princess is just a job.Not judging by his careful, round-the-clock watch of the pretty, down-to-earth Ms. Dillon (who knew royalty liked pizza and videos!). And though she might be giving him the royal runaround, now that this irresistible investigator is on the case, dare we hope that the...

Teacher Eli Cartwright has it all figured out–the career, the reliable boyfriend and the next few dependable decades.Yet life has quite a sense of humor, it seems, since her perfectly ordered existence has been completely upended because Eli is counseling pregnant teens–but now with an unplanned pregnancy of her own! Suddenly Eli is single, terrified…and exuberant.And her colleague, Zac Keller, has never been more attracted to her. But can he convince Eli that life sometimes offers more than one...