Donovans (Chase)

Ariana Donovan has one final day in San Francisco before she has to go back to the boring small town life of Laurel Bay and she wants to make it a memorable one. Always the wild child, she's never met a dare she could say no to. So when her friends dare her to introduce herself to the gorgeous man sitting across the café from them-and maybe have one last fling before going home-how can she resist? Will Jameson is more than ready to leave California and put his past behind him, but he still has one day left before flying east and returning to the Marines. He had plans to spend the day doing a whole lot of nothing. Or at least he did before a beautiful blonde walked over and invited herself to join him for brunch. How do you capture a lifetime of memories in one day? In the morning, they'll go their separate ways, or will fate intervene?

Pretending to date the town's bad boy seemed like a good idea. But who knew that being bad could feel so good… A small town, fake dating, opposites attract standalone romance from NY Times Best Selling Author Samantha Chase Ryleigh Donovan has been unsuccessfully dodging her mother's matchmaking attempts for far too long. In an act of desperation, she finds the one guy in her small town who is guaranteed to shock everyone to be her fake boyfriend. It doesn't need to be for long, she just needs to buy herself enough time to recover from her mother's last disastrous fix-up. It's really a fool-proof plan. But when a few staged kisses lead to some very real feelings, she realizes she might be in over her head. Ryker Masella has been patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to get Ryleigh to take him-and his numerous attempts at asking her out-seriously. When she grabs him and kisses him in front of her family to prove a point, he's more than on board. But when she proposes a fake-and temporary-relationship, he's 100% on board. After all, she might be all about pretending, but he sees it as a way for Ryleigh to truly see the real him. Fake flirting and orchestrated dates quickly bring on real feelings. For Ryker, they've always been there and he'll be as patient as he needs to be. She might have asked him to save her from her family, but what he wants is to save her from herself.

There isn't anyone in Laurel Bay he hasn't been able to charm. But charming a baby is a whole different story. Life has never been better for Jamie Donovan. Always has been. And now that it's his turn to take charge of the family pub, he truly feels like everything in his life is just the way it's supposed to be. Or it was until an early morning knock on his door ended with a baby on his doorstep. The man who can normally charm his way out of any situation doesn't know the first thing about taking care of a baby and running a business. And so he turns to his siblings for help. And once they tell him their solution, he wishes he'd never asked for help. Fallon Murphy has always prided herself on being good with people. In all her life, she's only met one person she hasn't been able to get along with. Unfortunately, their parents are best friends and avoiding him just wasn't a choice. When his sister calls stating an emergency, the last thing Fallon expects is to find an abandoned baby – one that belong to Jamie. As much as she'd love nothing more than to see Jamie fail at something, she would never put an innocent child at risk. They're rivals. Sworn enemies. And now…roommates. Can one small baby help turn adversaries into lovers? Or maybe even…a family?