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The Crush of Christmas Past by Nova Adams is now live! This Christmas, Isla Greene’s festive cheer is buried under six feet of snow. Unemployed, evicted, and back in a hometown that no longer feels like home, the twenty-five-year-old faces a not-so-merry life reset. The one bright spot in an otherwise bleak winter? Spending the holidays with her childhood friend and his loud, loving family. Their charming chaos provides the perfect distraction, but December isn’t done playing dirty. An unwelcome chill sweeps into Sugarpine Springs, arriving just in time to crash her vacation. Theo Thorne. Her best friend’s older brother. Former mentor. The mistake she swore never to repeat. For the last half-decade, Theo’s pointed boycott of eggnog and emotions has spared Isla from his grinchy glower. Now, they’re stuck under the same mistletoe-covered roof, flirting with tension thick enough to qualify as foreplay. As the spirit of the season pulls strings for second chances, Isla must sta...

Nova Adams has revealed the cover for The Crush of Christmas Past! Releasing October 7, 2025 This Christmas, Isla Greene’s festive cheer is buried under six feet of snow. Unemployed, evicted, and back in a hometown that no longer feels like home, the twenty-five-year-old faces a not-so-merry life reset. The one bright spot in an otherwise bleak winter? Spending the holidays with her childhood friend and his loud, loving family. Their charming chaos provides the perfect distraction, but December isn’t done playing dirty. An unwelcome chill sweeps into Sugarpine Springs, arriving just in time to crash her vacation. Theo Thorne. Her best friend’s older brother. Former mentor. The mistake she swore never to repeat. For the last half-decade, Theo’s pointed boycott of eggnog and emotions has spared Isla from his grinchy glower. Now, they’re stuck under the same mistletoe-covered roof, flirting with tension thick enough to qualify as foreplay. As the spirit of the season pulls s...

Review: Here With Me by Tia Louise HERE WITH ME Amazon Audio Amazon PB Nook PB Signed PB Mindy (Melinda) has been in love with her best friend Noel's older brother, Sawyer, since they were just kids. He is Noel's eldest brother, the responsible caretaker, and when he was 16, he became their only caretaker. And she fell for that protective teen and has waited patiently for him to come home from deployment so they can be together out in the open. Back when they were first together, it had to be in secret. And it was glorious, young love and all that. Now he's home and she still wants him, still loves him. But their love is in question because Sawyer, like his best friend Taron (Noel's now husband), came home from his service a changed man. He's fighting PTSD, he's got internal scars, and he's pushing Mindy away. She has the patience of a saint, though, and she'll continue waiting because Sawyer is it for her. And she just knows she can be it for hi...