From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of His Jingle Bell Princess, now a GAC Family movie, comes a heartwarming and magical Christmas romance perfect for fans of The Parent Trap. Can ten-year-old fraternal twins work some Christmas magic to bring their mom and dad back together?When her ex-husband, ambitious pediatric surgeon Brock Andrews announces he’s remarrying on Christmas Eve at a winter wonderland resort Mountain Mystic Village in Colorado, quirky cooking show host Kate Andrews can’t imagine Christmas without her twins. Worse, his wedding to the dazzling daughter of the chairman of the hospital board has Kate wondering what might have been.Ten-year-old Scarlett and Sam don’t want a stepmother. They definitely don’t want a mean one who monopolizes their father and only pretends to want them around. She’s changed their dad from a fun-loving man into a serious, elegant stranger. Certain the marriage will ruin their lives, the twins conceive a daring plan to derail the wedding and bring their mom and dad back together just in time for Christmas.First published as Jingle Bells and Wedding Vows Each book in the Sweet Romance Escapes series is standalone:*His Jingle Bell Princess*The Twins’ Christmas Wish*Kiss Me in the Summer

He's the beast, and she's the beauty of his past.
After twelve years in the league, all Zach Murphy wants is a Super Bowl ring. His focus has been on hard hits–not smooth manners; about breaking quarterbacks–not making small talk at cocktail parties. After dumping a tray of drinks on the team owner’s daughter and accidentally feeling up the governor’s wife, his tenure with his team looks perilously short.
Kelsie Carrington-Richmond knows what it's like to fall from grace. A onetime beauty pageant star and former high-school mean girl, she's now destitute and one step from living out of her car. With few real job skills, she focuses on starting her new business, Charm School for Real Men. She's thrilled to land her first clients, the Seattle Steelheads, who have hired her to polish their roughest player.
Except…it’s Zach. The same guy whose broken heart she left in her wake when she was still a mean girl. He’s just the beast she remembers—but she’s nothing like the beauty queen she once was.
Can they get beyond their pasts? Or will they both find themselves offsides?
Previously published as Down by Contact in 2013. This version has been updated, re-written, and re-edited.

Her thermostat was set to frosty, until her Christmas cowboy cranks up the heat Ashley Hughes would love to cancel Christmas this year. Instead of holiday plans, she’s back in her Texas hometown planning her twin sister’s wedding — to her ex! Nothing like small town speculation to make her life cheery and bright. No one believes that she’s over the groom, until a certain cowboy secret crush steps in to be her plus one. Ashley’s tried to friend zone Jennings since high school, because she’s always known kissing the casual charmer would lead to a love she’d never forget. Jennings Hill would be the first to admit that his feelings for his ex-best friend are more likely to land him on the naughty list. When he sees Ashley again, he only wants to help but then a rumor links them romantically and that’s when their lives get complicated. The more time they spend together, the more Jennings worries she's not over her ex, but Ashley starts wishing Jennings was her present wrapped under the Christmas tree. CLAIMING THE COWBOY FOR CHRISTMAS is a sweet and sexy standalone Texas romance in a series of standalones! Saving the Sheriff, Resisting the Rancher, Taming the Troublemaker and Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas can be read in any order.

Best. Dating. Plan. Ever.Meet the man of your dreams. Flirt with the man of your dreams.Get arrested by the man of your dreams.Jennifer Bayani is not having an easy day, but she’s always believed a good attitude does wonders. Sure, the fire marshal’s office sent her to the boonies to investigate a string of suspicious fires. Then she spent the morning getting lost, dodging cows, and getting pulled over by the local sheriff’s deputy. At least her day was looking up when Deputy Tattooed-and-Cute was giving her all the flirty, reformed bad boy vibes she could handle.Right up until he transformed into Deputy GRUMPY HOT and arrested her!Small-town life has been good for Deputy Brandon Smythe, and Jennifer brings the big-city temptation he’s purposely avoided. He needs to get her out of town—except when a paperwork mistake leaves her stranded with no way home, so she’s stuck bunking in his farmhouse.This leaves him with only one option: be the meanest, grumpiest man on the planet. He cannot—under any circumstances—stomp across the hallway, kiss that sunshine smile off her face, and tie her to his bedpost.Except Jennifer is equally determined to break his surly exterior, and in this game of grumpy-sunshine sex chicken, one of them is going to have to flinch.Author's warning: This hot grumpy sunshine small town romance mixes the drama and high-adrenaline of Chicago Fire with dirty scenes worthy of Fifty Shades. One-click for a scorching first responder romance with real heart-pounding fire, and medical scenes - written by a real-life ER doctor. Steam up your screen today before the price changes!Contains the following tropes- Grumpy Sunshine- Forced proximity- Tattooed hero- Plot TWISTS!- He falls first and harder!- Workplace Romance- Interracial Romance- Protector romance- Secret past- Quirky cast- Firefighter Romance- Reformed bad boy- Good girl

He’s the rockstar on every billboard.The man I never stopped loving.And my child’s daddy.Cass Wild was my first love, my first heartbreak—my everything.I left so he could chase his dream of becoming a rockstar, even though it broke my heart.But when my daughter sneaks backstage to meet her idol…I come face-to-face with a past I was forced to bury.Cass wants answers—and his daughter.Moving into his oceanfront home so they can bond is torture.Every stolen glance sets me on fire. Every lingering touch leaves me craving more.And every kiss pulls me closer to the man I thought I’d lost forever.Under the fame and spotlights, the man I fell in love with still exists.Seeing him as a daddy and his loving devotion to our daughter melts my heart.And this time, I refuse to let anything threaten our future.But can Cass forgive me for running away?Or will the past destroy our second chance at love?This is a steamy contemporary romance, featuring an irresistible famous rockstar and the one girl he never quite got over.

All he wants for Christmas...is an answer Finn Knightly a.k.a. Finn Conrad wants to know why his recently deceased father left his nurse fifty thousand dollars after knowing her a mere six weeks. So he travels to Bramble House B&B in Marietta, Montana to find answers.
But Willa Fairchild is not the conniving woman he expects to find. Before he knows it, Willa-and her six-year-old son Scout-are stealing his heart. And that’s before he finds out Scout’s secret and the real reason this Christmas is so important.
Now a Hallmark Original Channel Movie Carrigans of the Circle C series Book 1: Promise Me, Cowboy
Book 2: Good Together
Book 3: Close to Her Heart
Book 4: Snowbound in Montana
Book 5: A Cowgirl's Christmas
Book 6: A Bramble House Christmas
Praise for C. J. Carmichael's novels “One of my favorite elements of Carmichael’s books is her gripping portrayal of family dynamics.” Kathy Altman, USA Today “Carmichael’s dialogue sparkles…” Romantic Times Reviews “C.J. Carmichael’s The Dad Next Door is remarkably well written. Her characters have depth…and her depiction of their emotions is spot-on…” Romantic Times