The Vivian Awards

Unable to compose since the death of her rock star husband, Grammy award-winning songwriter, Grace O'Connor is terrified the tabloids are right: she's nothing without her famous husband. But when she's ordered to help a pompous pretty-boy finish his album or be blacklisted, Grace can't give up on her love of music--no matter how infuriating her new partner. Andrew Hayes is crumbling under the weight of his ambition. Determined to prove himself to his hypercritical father, his attempts to write the songs for his band's first original LP are rapidly unraveling. When his record label sticks him with a washed-up celebrity, the future seems clear: he's going to let his band down and finally prove his father right. Forced into an unwilling partnership, the frustration is as thick as the sexual tension. With the deadline looming, Grace and Andrew agree to a temporary truce, only to uncover a far more dangerous threat--a crazy-hot attraction that can't be denied. But Andrew's terrified romance will spoil his chances of creating the album that'll put him on the map, and Grace worries she's fading into the shadow of a charismatic performer--again. Will they take a chance at a love that could catapult them both to the top of the charts, or will this complicated couple allow fear to tear them apart?

When Ace leaves home to spend the summer in Cherokee, North Carolina the last thing she expects to find is a boyfriend—until she meets Cherokee Tribe member John Spears. As Ace and John's friendship blossoms, they find their life experiences mirror each other and they fall in love. Despite hurdles thrown by well-meaning family members and jealous frenemies, the star-crossed lovers remain committed to their mutual belief that the universe has drawn them together. However, when Ace sends John a strange text and then suddenly disappears, the two must rely on their trust in each other to save both their lives and their love.

One contract, two drivers. Neither saw the other invade their blind spot, until the competition, and their chemistry, threatened to ruin both of the racing careers.

It's 2006, and Delia Mulcahy is living in a shabby apartment and facing crushing student debt. Suddenly, she's plucked from obscurity to work for Wall Street's top hedge fund. Determined to make her millions, Delia must master the cutthroat world of big-stakes trading and profit off of the cataclysm of the looming crash. In the underbelly of finance, no one is who they say they are. Delia finds herself embroiled in devious schemes and duplicitous deals as her recklessness threatens every relationship in her life: family, friends and especially the two rival CEOs vying for her genius.

It's been fourteen years since rock singer Adelia Winters escaped the small town of Cherry Lake. But thanks to her father's death (and punching the president of her record label #sorrynotsorry), she's back and forced to face the secrets-and the best friend-she left behind. Perfectionist Conor Ross doesn't take chances. Not with his body, not with his photography career, and certainly not with relationships. One hundred and sixty pounds ago, he'd taken a chance on love and it ended with his best friend breaking his heart on her way out of town. Never again. Adelia always leaves chaos in her wake, and Conor vows to stay outside the blast radius, but fate has different plans when a destructive storm lands her, and her secrets, on Conor's couch. Between whiskey hangovers and rock song sing-alongs, they have to confront their broken friendship and the passion still blazing between them. But their second chance might go up in smoke when Adelia's career threatens to pull her away, even as the town-and Conor-are calling her home.

When two murders strike the sleepy Victorian town of Clun, England, an unlikely partnership forms. But can the killer be found before there is a third? Lovely Digits is the town oddity . . . Quirky spinster Lucy Wycliffe prefers to ignore gossip and embrace her position as the town?s layer out of the dead, despite how her parents? deaths thrust her into such unlikely work. Lovely Digits, as she?s known to the local townspeople, no longer dreams of marriage, but takes pride in providing dignity to the dead. Desperate to hold on to her family?s cottage and support her widowed sister and young niece, an unexpected offer of employment as assistant to the constable arrives at the perfect time. Former sailor John Brodie is the mysterious new constable . . . John Brodie is far from a stranger to Clun or the events of its past. Accepting the position as constable in the small town is a double-edged sword meant to heal his past and redeem his future. Falling for the beautiful and intelligent Lucy Wycliffe was never part of his plan. As the killer closes in, will John reveal his secret and risk losing everything to save Lucy?s life?

Amalie Warner wants another shot to prove that she can be a successful writer. After hitting the bestseller’s list nine years ago, she’s lost her spark. Feeling pressure from her father to leave her writing behind and to work for her family’s lucrative hotel business, she’s desperate to find inspiration for her next big idea, something that challenges and excites her, something real. Enter Julian Smoke, a failed tennis player making a dream run for the US Open. After a chance meeting at a bar, Amalie hates him instantly. He’s cocky and arrogant, but Amalie knows his story could be her big break. Could he be more? Everyone knows that in tennis, love means zero, but these two are about to change that.

Lauren Taylor isn't thinking about love, especially not with the impossibly attractive man she accidentally spilled coffee all over. He's out of her league and she's focused on finishing her oncology pharmacy residency. She's sworn off men who are too handsome for their own good, anyway. Andrew Bishop can't stop thinking about the gorgeous redhead who crashed into him and then disappeared, even though he should have way more on his mind - like dealing with his Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis and finishing out his last year in law school. When Andrew and Lauren run into each other at the cancer center where she's working and he's being treated, they try to keep it professional. They can be friends, and nothing more. But sometimes life has other plans.