Julia London

All Amy Casey wants for Christmas is to paint. She needs five new paintings for the holiday show at her local art gallery, but between her two teenage sons, her needy ex-husband, and her overbearing parents, she hardly has any time for herself. Luckily, her best friend has the perfect solution: a vacant family lake house in North Texas, all hers for two weeks of distraction-free painting. Or so she thought. Turns out professional golfer Harrison Neely also rented the lake house so he can spend the holidays rehabbing the injury that has put his career-and life-on hold. Despite the booking snafu, both Amy and Harrison (along with Amy''s old blind dog and the army of child-sized nutcrackers residing in the living room) agree to share the festive lodging. When an impending snowstorm has the two cosying up by the fire, sparks fly in more ways than one, and they open up to each other, unwrapping secrets and stories they''ve never shared before. But Harrison is expected back on the tournament circuit after the holidays, and Amy''s family needs her. As their departure date looms and her family and his manager press them for answers, they''ll have to decide if this December to remember has been a fun holiday fling, or if they''ve found a Christmas miracle: true love.

New York Times bestselling author Julia London returns with a story about forgiveness and second chances perfect for fans of The Wedding People and The Husbands. After forty-two years, Lorna Lott is ready to learn where she''s going with her life--even if it means revisiting all the places she wishes she hadn''t been. It''ll be fine. Probably. Maybe.Lorna Lott has been leaning into the awkward side of things most of her life. Her intensity and drive haven''t earned her any friends, but at least her sales team is meeting their quotas. Why should she care that they call her King Kong when her promotion to senior vice president is within reach? Or it was--until she made a mistake that even apology donuts couldn''t fix.Now she''s been mandated to attend a thirty-day wellness program, and everything is on the line. If she can''t get her low-key rage thing under control, stop her eyes from leaking, and figure out how to be more likeable, she won''t get a promotion or raise. Which means she won''t be able to buy back her grandmother''s house and reclaim the happiness she hasn''t felt since childhood.Cooperating with the program means coming to terms with her past. Mainly, how her older sister''s substance abuse ruined Lorna''s life--and her many regrets about the way she handled things. With the help of her oddly endearing eight-year-old neighbor and his equally charming father, she throws herself into the process of making amends. But as she begins to accept that there is nothing she could have done to change the course of her sister''s life, Lorna faces her most challenging task yet: changing the course of her own.