Lunchtime Chronicles

He's so tasty, she just can't resist. Niko Rusek had never been one to have female friends. Kizzie McCall blew into his life, and nothing was ever the same again. But now she'd moved away and he realized she had filled a void in his life no one had ever claimed before. There was one thing he hadn't shared with Kizzie before she left and that was how much he needed and loved her. Niko hadn't wanted to risk losing Kizzie by crossing the line, so he remained in the friend zone. Kizzie McCall recently relocated home to help with the thriving family barbeque business. In doing so, she now lived across the country from her closest friend in the world. Who was going to listen to her complain about her lousy dating adventures? Or give her advice when it came to the opposite sex? She missed him like crazy. Missed the way his eyes crinkled in the corners when he smiled, the sound of his laugh, his perfectly sculpted body…But Nico hadn't looked at her as anything other than a friend. Kizzie knew she wanted more and with Nico coming to visit her, she would take a chance. The friend zone doesn't have to be forever? Or does it?

Perfectly made to order. Mykeisha McCall has decided that she will just be single. After countless dating disasters and terrible relationships, she had called it quits. It may be time to start adopting cats to keep her company. Before she started going to shelters, she had to make a trip to her alma mater for alumni weekend. It had been a while since she'd seen some of her college friends, and it was just the getaway she needed. But she hadn't counted on seeing him. Nash Fitzpatrick. The one she'd had a crush on but never said a word. Nash Fitzpatrick had never forgotten the beautiful Mykeisha. She had been the cool chick to hang out with, and they had been friends. After he had graduated college, they had fallen out of touch. He'd figured she would have been married with children by now, but to his surprise, she was single. With a weekend to catch up, the two were inseparable, and it was almost like old times. Only this time, they did things friends normally didn't do.

He wasn't a fan of sweet treats, but he's addicted to her! Will Rusek had been burned by love. He vowed he would never give his heart away again. He had built a successful business with his younger brother, and life couldn't be better. One-night stands fit his current lifestyle, and he wasn't willing to change it for anyone. Will agreed to a blind date as a favor to his brother. His sister-in-law's friend was in town for the week and needed a date for an event. That night, he discovered some rules were meant to be broken. The more time he spent with her, the more he realized he didn't want to let her go. Imani Bishop was a successful single businesswoman, a force to be reckoned with in her field. But when it came to love, she was just like everyone else, struggling to find the right person. She had been searching for Mr. Right and had a long list of standards and so far-nothing. A business trip takes her to San Francisco, where her friend arranged a blind date. To her surprise, he is everything she has ever wanted in a man, but he isn't the settling-down type. With only a week in town, Imani was determined to show Will that the risk of love could be rewarding and sweet.