Christie Ridgway

Christie Ridgway invites you to a special place of sun, sand and romance in her new series, Beach House No. 9. Enjoy this prequel novella and meet the people of Crescent Cove...
Two miles of magic. That's how Meg Alexander remembers her childhood home of Crescent Cove on the California coast. But Meg doesn't believe in magic anymore—not since heartbreak made her leave at nineteen and kept her away for ten years.
Yet Meg...

Combat medic Vance Smith made a promise to a fallen officer: to treat the man's young daughter to an idyllic vacation at Beach House No. 9. One month, some sun and surf, a "helmet list" of activities to check off and Vance will move on. But the "little girl" he's expecting turns out to be a full-grown woman. With silky hair, big brown eyes and smelling sweetly of the cupcakes she makes for her mobile bakery, Layla Parker is irresistible.

"Mackenzie Walker has everything a single girl needs in her California mountain hometown. Family, friends, a thriving business...and memories of Zan Elliott, whose touch--and betrayal--she's never forgotten. Now, ten years after he left town, Zan returns to manage his late grandfather's estate...and flip Mac's life upside down. Documentary filmmaking has taken Zan all over the globe, yet nowhere was far enough away to make him forget Mac. Seeing her...

Page Four asks: Which Palm Springs party girl has been caught canoodling with an out-of-town "Adam"? Eve Caruso keeps her finger on the pulse of Palm Springs and reports every spicy celebrity tidbit to her loyal readers. She knows everyone in this town-except that mysterious hunk who just strolled into the exclusive spa where she's conferring with hot new starlet Jemima Cargill. Nash Cargill-nicknamed "The Preacher" by all his rowdy friends-is...

The beachside knitting shop Malibu & Ewe becomes a refuge for personal chef Nikki Carmichael, who has taken a job working for magazine editor Jay Buchanan, a sexy man with a picky palate and a few bizarre conditions to his offer of employment.

Curious people want to know: is dashing millionaire Rory Kincaid about to resign his position as the "sexiest man in town"? If Rory decides to step down as the most eligible bachelor in America, millions of women will be left crying on his way to the altar...Rory Kincaid has everyone talking...and the women swooning. After a lifetime of living down his family's scandalous past, the handsome public figure decides to take up the mantle of respectability....

STRONG, SILENT DADDY. With one touch of his strong hands, he could soothe her sweet babe to sleep. And with one glance from his dark, sexy eyes, Phoebe Finley found herself falling hard. So when this single mom needed a "husband" to keep custody of her adorable infant nephew, natural-born daddy Jackson Abbott came to her rescue. Jackson's own shattered family ties made him long to shelter Phoebe from the very things that had once broken his own heart....

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. Investigative reporter Angel Buchanan dug up a whopping surprise: The late "Artist of the Heart" Stephen Whitney famous for his family values was the father who'd abandoned her when she was four. And there's nothing like the reading of a will to bring people out of the woodwork, especially relatives you never knew you had......Such as the grieving widow and her sexpot twin sister...and...

Midnight, January 1: time for a big change. Time to make a New Year's resolution to find romance-or else! Say Yes by Christie Ridgway. Cautious florist Ashley Walker is excited to embark on her "Year of Yes" no matter what happens. But accepting a surprise job offer leads to an awkward discovery: she's hot for her millionaire boss, Chase Bradley! No More Bad Girls by Leslie Kelly. Scorched by a string of nightmare ex-girlfriends, Lex Rollins...

"The pivotal event of the wedding season is the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the winery's bridal bubbly--a shared glass of this sparkling wine supposedly keeps couples in love forever. But worries over the festivities fly straight out of Giuliana Baci's head when she finds her apartment ablaze. Homeless and practically possessionless, Giuliana is forced into living in the house next door to the winery. Unfortunately, there's already someone...