The BRAND NEW off-limits romance with forced proximity from MULTI-MILLION-COPY bestseller Portia MacIntosh, perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Sally Thorne and Abby Jimenez ? Tropes & Themes ? ?Forced proximity ?Working together ?Off-limits romance ? Rivals to lovers ? Jet set ?? It’s going to be a bumpy ride... Liberty’s just landed her dream job. The catch? It’s at Matcher, the dating app that ruined her life. After catching her boyfriend sending intimate pictures to everyone in a twenty mile radius, Liberty is struggling to get back into the dating game. Every man gives her the ick sooner or later. Still, she’s having a great time travelling the world for work, until she’s assigned a secret mission: Travel to New York with her handsome and charming boss Jordan and swap out a contract from under his nose. It should be easy, but the more time Liberty spends with Jordan, the more she realises he might not be the bad boy she thought he was. But it turns out they’ve both got a lot to unpack, and Liberty still needs to complete her mission if she wants to keep her job - which means not breaking the one golden rule: do not fall for the boss! A laugh-out-loud, rivals-to-lovers, working together, jet set romcom! A Lot to Unpack from Portia Macintosh Praise for Portia MacIntosh: 'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low 'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin ‘This is one of the easiest 5 stars I have given’ ?????????? Reader Review ‘Portia Macintosh knows how to add the perfect amount of humor, current pop culture reference, and setting to make every rom-com an absolute joy to read!’ ?????????? Reader Review ‘If you're looking for a feel-good read that will make you laugh, swoon, and maybe even shed a tear, "Wish You Weren't Here" is a must-read. Highly recommend!’ ?????????? Reader Review

**NOW A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE!** Do the Cupid chocolates from Lucy's shop really lead to true love? Lucy Sweet has the magic touch when it comes to love. Rumor has it when you eat one of her Cupid chocolates on Valentine's Day, you'll meet your soulmate. Lucy is wary of putting too much faith in the legend, but she loves that How Sweet It Is has been a part of so many love stories...and if she wants to keep her great-grandparent's chocolate shop afloat, she needs all the help she can get. Or is it all an elaborate con? Ambitious and skeptical reporter Dean Chase doesn't believe in magic, and he's not too keen on love-at-first sight either. He prefers facts to fate, and he takes pride in his role as defender of the little guy. When a post about the Cupids goes viral, Dean is assigned to do a puff piece on Lucy and her shop. He's fully prepared to take down the chocolate shop taking advantage of romantic desperation, but he isn't prepared for Lucy. Smart, funny, driven...she's not at all what he expected, and might be exactly what he needs. Will the legend melt like chocolate under closer inspection? Or could this cynic actually start believing in magic...and love?

Keats is my enemy. Which makes the fact that we end up in bed together even more complicated—especially considering he’s also my grumpy next-door neighbor. It started with him being the bane of my existence. The uptight, infuriatingly handsome lawyer with a permanent scowl and a glare sharp enough to slice glass. He storms over every time my mail ends up in his box—or whenever he feels like reminding me that photography isn’t a “real” job. Keats knows exactly how to get under my skin, and honestly? Half the time I want to strangle him. The other half…I’m trying not to imagine what he looks like shirtless. The tension between us? It's electric. And one night, it snaps. What starts as a moment of weakness turns into something more dangerous: a no-strings-attached, enemies-with-benefits situation. Totally unintentional. Totally addictive. But the more time we spend together, the more cracks I see in Keats’s carefully constructed armor. The way he shows up when things go wrong at my house. His playing hero card does something to me. Apparently, he’s not the man I thought he was—and I’m not sure I want to return to hating him. We never meant for this to mean something. But it’s starting to feel a lot like everything I’ve ever wanted. Banter, steam, and low on angst, Everything I Wanted is the first in the Everhope Road series, a spin-off from the Lake Spark world. It can be read as a standalone.

I made a horrible mistake. At my class reunion, I kissed Owen Conrad—my sworn enemy of over ten years. The former baseball player is my opposite in every way. Where I’m organized and considerate of others, he’s chaotic and selfish. Where I’m polite and dependable, he’s brash and flaky. The one thing we have in common is that we’re both teachers at Sapphire Creek High School, so I can add “co-workers” to the list of reasons I should not have kissed him. I blame the champagne, but he doesn’t buy it. No matter how hard I try to convince him to pretend it never happened, Owen refuses to forget it. He insists there’s something between us—a spark worth exploring. And it’s not long before I have to admit he’s right. The laid-back giant with a boyish, lopsided smirk is actually very generous and fun. He also knows me surprisingly well and sees beyond the walls I’ve built around my heart. When I’m with him, I’m more than schedules and rulebooks. But no matter how charming he is, it doesn’t change our professional dilemma. It’s taken me years to establish an impeccable reputation and a well-rounded career for a promotion I desperately want—and deserve. A relationship with Owen would put everything I’ve worked for at stake. Is an unexpected love worth the risk? * The Thought of You is the steamy second standalone book in the Sapphire Creek series, where opposites attract and one spontaneous kiss leads to a swoony happily ever after. This full-length romance features a cinnamon roll hero and the strong woman who drives him wild as they give into the sizzling tension between them and navigate the quirks and rumors of their small town.

Five years. That’s how long I've kept the truth from everyone. One night with my brother’s best friend. My biggest mistake. My dirtiest secret. And the son I never told him about. Coming home should have been a fresh start. Instead, I walked straight into Warren Carter’s world again— the boardroom, the hospital halls, the dark looks that make my pulse race. Now there’s no avoiding him. Not in the hospital halls. Or after work. Not when every glance sparks something I buried years ago. He still sees his best friend's sister. I’m terrified he’ll find out who I am now—the mother of the son he knows nothing about. The closer we get, the heavier the truth becomes, until it’s not only my heart on the line anymore. Because some secrets don’t stay buried. And what’s between us could ruin more than just a second chance.

His first mistake…saying yes. Retired bull rider Nix McCray savors his freedom riding the range. Let a woman run his life? Never again. Those days are behind him. When the Endeavour Ranch asks him to run a bull riding clinic for teens, he agrees. How much trouble can a group of kids be? No idea, but the uptight, hyper responsible older sister of a reckless seventeen-year girl sure becomes a burr in his side, disturbing his calm. Self-assured lawyer Shauna Walsh has always followed the rules. When her flighty mother begs her to take her sister following the latest school expulsion, Shauna’s confident she can prevail. Wrong. She’s out of her depth. Worse, the amused, sexy cowboy running the rodeo clinic is everything she shouldn’t want, yet he has a super power over her once sleepy libido. Soon, the unruly teenager determined to shock everyone is the least of Shauna and Nix’s problems. How can they explore the fire burning between them, yet keep the casual affair a secret in a rural community when they’re supposed to be setting a good example? An emotionally charged opposites-attract romance with a battle-scarred cowboy, a rule-following heroine, and a connection that burns hotter than either expected.