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Mage Rising

by Alina Jacobs

2016

After learning she is the Emperor's daughter, Zsanette leaves her clan to rescue a friend and is captured for training as a mage. Unpredictable powers, difficult classmates and a dangerous mystery complicate her unexpected life at the Black Tower.

Eating Her Christmas Cookies

by Alina Jacobs

2018

Struggling baker Chloe enters a televised Christmas competition judged by holiday-hating billionaire Jack Frost. As sabotage threatens her chances and grief shadows the season, her attraction to a judge puts more than the prize at risk.

The Scion

by Alina Jacobs

2018

Liz helps her boss take control of Wes Holbrook's company, then finds herself drawn to the man she betrayed. His apparent forgiveness conceals plans for revenge, but their mutual attraction threatens to derail both their intentions.

The Screwup

by Alina Jacobs

2018

Billionaire heir Carter Holbrook hires bartender Allie to pose as his fiancée and provoke his wealthy family. She treats the weekend as a job, but unexpected kisses and renewed encounters challenge her insistence that their lives cannot truly intersect.

The Successor

by Alina Jacobs

2018

Executive assistant Kate locates her billionaire employer's missing heir, only to become involved with the unpredictable Grant Holbrook. Their relationship threatens her job and reputation, while secrets from her past make his protection increasingly difficult to refuse.

War Mage Rising

by Alina Jacobs

2018

Newly trained mage Zsanette joins the Emperor's campaign against neighboring kingdoms while facing betrayal within the army and hostility from another mage. With blood mages threatening the Empire, she must master dangerous magic and navigate divided loyalties.

After His Peonies

by Alina Jacobs

2019

Rule-following lawyer Meghan meets Hunter after he cuts ahead of her in a lunch line and offers flowers in compensation. With her career and home life already unstable, his persistent attention challenges every rule she keeps for romance.

In Her Candy Jar

by Alina Jacobs

2019

Spontaneous assistant Josie upends the carefully controlled life of billionaire Mace Svensson. While she struggles with money and a crumbling home, her determination to bring sweetness into his household puts both their routines and professional boundaries under pressure.

In Her Pumpkin Patch

by Alina Jacobs

2019

Failed journalist Penny returns to her Halloween-loving hometown and becomes chauffeur to a billionaire who detests autumn. Pressured to write an exposé about Garrett's family, she must balance a possible career rescue against her growing feelings for him.

On His Paintbrush

by Alina Jacobs

2019

After returning home from New York, struggling artist Hazel runs a failing art café and an unconventional retreat. Billionaire Archer Svensson offers tempting inspiration, but his teasing attention complicates her efforts to rebuild her confidence and career.

Baker Holly wants to bring Christmas cheer to grouchy billionaire and competition judge Owen Frost. With a failing business and mounting student debt already complicating her life, falling for him could become her most costly decision.

After Her Fake Fiancé

by Alina Jacobs

2020

To compete for her grandmother's estate, Avery recruits her billionaire boss Blade as a fake fiancé. Their arrangement also serves his business ambitions, but strict rules against intimacy and love prove difficult to maintain as the performance grows convincing.

Between Her Biscuits

by Alina Jacobs

2020

After an online date goes disastrously wrong, Sadie discovers that billionaire Parker Svensson is her new boss. Financial troubles and an attraction she cannot dismiss draw her into a risky arrangement with the man she publicly confronted.

Bridezillas and Billionaires

by Alina Jacobs

2020

Wedding planner Ivy shelters billionaire Evan after his disastrous wedding, only to regret inviting him into her cramped apartment. When he decides she should be his rebound, she struggles to keep her business and her feelings under control.

A broke Manhattan woman reluctantly joins a Christmas baking competition that also promises billionaire Jonathan Frost as a romantic prize. Family sabotage and career ambitions leave little room for romance, but their antagonism becomes difficult to resist.

In Her Jam Jar

by Alina Jacobs

2020

Working at her grandmother's struggling restaurant, a woman encounters Weston Svensson, the man associated with her high school humiliation. She plots to use seduction as revenge, but doubts about who he has become threaten her carefully laid trap.

A wedding dressmaker serving as maid of honor must work alongside billionaire best man Mark Holbrook, who despises weddings. Their mutual dislike complicates preparations for their friends' celebration, especially when arguments begin giving way to attraction.

After Her Flower Petals

by Alina Jacobs

2021

Five years after their relationship collapsed, Meghan and Hunter become rivals for mayor of Harrogate. She wants to protect the town and her future, while his political challenge and persistent attraction reopen wounds neither has resolved.

Flowers and Financiers

by Alina Jacobs

2021

A financially struggling florist clashes with billionaire Sebastian while helping plan a wedding. As maid of honor and best man, they must reconcile her spontaneity with his controlling approach, even as their antagonism fuels an inconvenient attraction.

After investing her savings and labor in a hotel she hoped to own, a woman finds herself working for its new billionaire buyer. Determined to reclaim it, she plots to make Mike Svensson fall in love with her.

Fired by billionaire Beck Svensson, a reluctant assistant returns to find him caring for two unexpected younger sisters. A lucrative childcare job turns into a fake relationship meant to protect the girls, testing her resolve to avoid dating.

In His Shorts

by Alina Jacobs

2021

These stories revisit the Harrogate Svensson couples as their relationships continue beyond the novels. Weddings, shared celebrations, and domestic adventures bring the extended family together, with an additional story following Meg and Hunter as they welcome their baby.

Facing debts from her failing ornament shop, a woman enters a Christmas baking competition hoping to save her finances. Being paired with her demanding billionaire landlord, Matt Frost, turns her holiday rescue plan into an unexpected romantic complication.

Marriage in a Minute

by Alina Jacobs

2021

Photographer Grace marries billionaire Chris Winchester through a wedding firm's marriage-at-first-sight project. His distrust of women and her frustration with his habits turn their shared home into a battleground, while physical attraction challenges their mutual hostility.

The Hate Date

by Alina Jacobs

2021

A tall entrepreneur struggling to launch her company meets Greg Svensson, a billionaire who initially seems like her ideal match. His arrogance quickly changes her mind, but his repeated interference in her disastrous dates keeps drawing them together.

Crime and Candy Canes

by Alina Jacobs

2022

A Christmas market organizer becomes the prime suspect when a local committee chair is found dead in her stall. With holiday preparations mounting and a longtime crush investigating her, she must uncover the killer and clear her name.

After a breakup, a young woman faces a lawsuit that threatens her dog and an unexpected guardian in billionaire Carl Svensson. His demands for order collide with her free-spirited habits, turning an unwanted arrangement into a battle of attraction.

Pastries and Proposals

by Alina Jacobs

2022

A woman marries billionaire Wolf Van de Berg in exchange for a stake in his company. He tries to make married life unbearable so she will leave, but their domestic battles and shared proximity awaken an inconvenient attraction.

Resting Grinch Face

by Alina Jacobs

2022

Back in her hometown after a humiliating college setback, a woman discovers that Oliver Frost is visiting for Christmas. Determined to punish the man she blames for her ruined life, she launches a holiday revenge campaign that rekindles attraction.

Rocket Girls Love Aliens

by Alina Jacobs

2022

A scientist shares her apartment with Vidanric, an alien desperate to leave Earth. Unable to send him home, she tries to help him find something worth staying for, risking her heart as their hostile arrangement becomes intimate.

A rocket scientist and her friends escape an alien planet, only to bring unexpected passengers back to Earth. When Cassius moves into her condo claiming they belong together, her plan to send him home becomes increasingly complicated.

A struggling writer gives herself ten days to make billionaire Walker Svensson fall for her and turn the experience into a career-making article. Desperate to save her home, she discovers that their disastrous dates may undermine her plan.

When her twin becomes engaged to her recent ex, an embarrassed woman recruits billionaire Liam Svensson as a fake boyfriend. Their unusual arrangement involves daily cupcakes, but attraction threatens to complicate her effort to survive the impending wedding.

Dates I Love to Hate

by Alina Jacobs

2023

Four years after Greg Svensson broke her heart, an entrepreneur discovers he has taken control of her company. Forced to work beside him, she plans retaliation while fighting the attraction that once made ignoring his faults so easy.

Good Elf Gone Wrong

by Alina Jacobs

2023

Betrayed by her fiancé and sister at Christmas, a lifelong people-pleaser recruits Hudson to help sabotage their wedding. Their fake relationship is meant to deliver revenge, but his persistent attention makes the arrangement increasingly difficult to control.

Hate and Short Dates

by Alina Jacobs

2023

This collection revisits the Manhattan Svensson couples after their romances, following domestic mishaps, celebrations, and new milestones. Alongside the bonus stories about the brothers and their partners, Greg and Belle prepare for a wedding of their own.

Marriage and Mimosas

by Alina Jacobs

2023

After being abandoned at the altar, a wedding professional wants to retreat from her humiliation. Obnoxious best man Ryan insists the celebration continue and keeps entering her life, challenging her desire for safety and her resistance to a rebound.

Sleigh Bells and Slaughter

by Alina Jacobs

2023

When her former school tormentor dies in a fire in her shed, a Christmas-hating woman becomes a murder suspect. With only her cat for an alibi, she clashes with the firefighter investigating the blaze while pursuing the killer.

The Art of Awkward Affection

by Alina Jacobs

2023

A cheerful assistant from Florida sets out to brighten the rigid life of Manhattan billionaire Grayson Richmond. Her unsolicited kindness unsettles her demanding employer, but growing intimacy reveals a secret that optimism alone may not be enough to overcome.

Elf Against the Wall

by Alina Jacobs

2024

After learning her boyfriend is engaged to her cousin, a woman enlists her family's enemy Anderson Wynter to expose his lies. His decision to announce their own relationship turns her plan to restore her reputation into fresh Christmas chaos.

Holly and Homicide

by Alina Jacobs

2024

A café owner becomes a murder suspect after her cheating husband dies from a poisoned cupcake. Trying to save her business and reputation, she relies on a reluctant lawyer whose suspicions complicate their growing attraction.

Dakota agrees to date a rival hockey captain and break his heart to help her indebted brother. Ryder's considerate manners clash with her expectations, and a scheme meant to sabotage his game begins threatening her own defenses.

Mr. Absolutely Not!

by Alina Jacobs

2024

An employee juggling family pressure and an unwanted stalker faces a billionaire boss determined to push her into quitting. When he unexpectedly requires her as his date, their hostile workplace relationship takes on a more personal and dangerous dimension.

Elf on the Edge

by Alina Jacobs

2025

Abandoned at the altar, a woman accidentally hires a hitman instead of an escort for her ex's engagement party. Stuck with Talbot Wynter through a succession of Christmas events, she must prevent a killing while reconsidering her romantic loyalties.

Mr. Not Your Savior!

by Alina Jacobs

2025

An assistant with troublesome former fiancés finds herself living in her boss's car and fighting to keep her job. Billionaire McCarthy Svensson needs a fake girlfriend, but their competing plans for protection and reputation collide with mutual attraction.

Peppermint and Poison

by Alina Jacobs

2025

A burning body crashes through a baker's ceiling during Harrogate's Christmas celebrations. Accused by her former best friend and questioned by a private investigator, she hunts for the killer while struggling to keep her café afloat.

Puck Me It's Christmas!

by Alina Jacobs

2025

After losing her teaching career and apartment, former national hockey player Ellie becomes coach of a struggling NHL team. She must manage chaotic players and confront skeptical captain Fletcher Sullivan while surviving a Christmas return to her family.

To preserve her family's fortune, a woman marries Aaron Richmond, the man who humiliated her as a teenager. Their wedding launches a campaign of mutual retaliation, while the terms of their marriage contract make keeping her distance increasingly difficult.

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Mr. Emotionally Unstable

by Alina Jacobs

2026

A café owner contends with intrusive relatives, a mysterious house-cleaning stalker, and escalating threats. Hoping billionaire Fitzgerald Svensson will date her sister and help empty her crowded home, she finds his attention directed inconveniently toward herself instead.

New

The Art of Almost Losing It

by Alina Jacobs

2026

A woman embarrassed by her invented boyfriend finds herself kidnapped by a wealthy stranger. When neighbors mistake her captor for her partner, she recruits him for wedding events, transforming an alarming predicament into an increasingly complicated fake relationship.

Black Tower books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Mage Rising"

    Mage Rising

    by Alina Jacobs

    2016
  2. Book cover for "War Mage Rising"

    War Mage Rising

    by Alina Jacobs

    2018

Christmas in Harrogate books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Crime and Candy Canes"

    Crime and Candy Canes

    by Alina Jacobs

    2022
  2. Book cover for "Sleigh Bells and Slaughter"

    Sleigh Bells and Slaughter

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023
  3. Book cover for "Holly and Homicide"

    Holly and Homicide

    by Alina Jacobs

    2024
  4. Book cover for "Peppermint and Poison"

    Peppermint and Poison

    by Alina Jacobs

    2025

Smart Girls Love Aliens books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Rocket Girls Love Aliens"

    Rocket Girls Love Aliens

    by Alina Jacobs

    2022
  2. Book cover for "Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens"

The Holbrook Cousins Saga books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Scion"

    The Scion

    by Alina Jacobs

    2018
  2. Book cover for "The Screwup"

    The Screwup

    by Alina Jacobs

    2018
  3. Book cover for "The Successor"

    The Successor

    by Alina Jacobs

    2018

The Manhattan Svenssons books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Hating and Dating Your Boss with Style!"
  2. Book cover for "I Hate, I Bake, and I Don’t Date!"
  3. Book cover for "The Hate Date"

    The Hate Date

    by Alina Jacobs

    2021
  4. Book cover for "Love, Hate, and Terrible Dates"
  5. Book cover for "The Worst Dates Bring Chocolate Cake"
  6. Book cover for "Yeah, I Hate-Ate Your Cupcake!"
  7. Book cover for "Dates I Love to Hate"

    Dates I Love to Hate

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023

The Richmond Brothers books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Art of Awkward Affection"

    The Art of Awkward Affection

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023
  2. Book cover for "The Art of Marrying Your Enemy"
  3. Book cover for "The Art of Almost Losing It"

    The Art of Almost Losing It

    by Alina Jacobs

    2026

The Seattle Svenssons books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Mr. Absolutely Not!"

    Mr. Absolutely Not!

    by Alina Jacobs

    2024
  2. Book cover for "Mr. Not Your Savior!"

    Mr. Not Your Savior!

    by Alina Jacobs

    2025
  3. Book cover for "Mr. Emotionally Unstable"

    Mr. Emotionally Unstable

    by Alina Jacobs

    2026

The Wynter Brothers books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Good Elf Gone Wrong"

    Good Elf Gone Wrong

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023
  2. Book cover for "Elf Against the Wall"

    Elf Against the Wall

    by Alina Jacobs

    2024
  3. Book cover for "Elf on the Edge"

    Elf on the Edge

    by Alina Jacobs

    2025

Weddings in the City books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Bridezillas and Billionaires"

    Bridezillas and Billionaires

    by Alina Jacobs

    2020
  2. Book cover for "Wedding Bells and Wall Street Bros"
  3. Book cover for "Flowers and Financiers"

    Flowers and Financiers

    by Alina Jacobs

    2021
  4. Book cover for "Marriage in a Minute"

    Marriage in a Minute

    by Alina Jacobs

    2021
  5. Book cover for "Pastries and Proposals"

    Pastries and Proposals

    by Alina Jacobs

    2022
  6. Book cover for "Marriage and Mimosas"

    Marriage and Mimosas

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023

Standalone Alina Jacobs books

  1. Book cover for "Eating Her Christmas Cookies"

    Eating Her Christmas Cookies

    by Alina Jacobs

    2018
  2. Book cover for "After His Peonies"

    After His Peonies

    by Alina Jacobs

    2019
  3. Book cover for "In Her Candy Jar"

    In Her Candy Jar

    by Alina Jacobs

    2019
  4. Book cover for "In Her Pumpkin Patch"

    In Her Pumpkin Patch

    by Alina Jacobs

    2019
  5. Book cover for "On His Paintbrush"

    On His Paintbrush

    by Alina Jacobs

    2019
  6. Book cover for "Tasting Her Christmas Cookies"
  7. Book cover for "After Her Fake Fiancé"

    After Her Fake Fiancé

    by Alina Jacobs

    2020
  8. Book cover for "Between Her Biscuits"

    Between Her Biscuits

    by Alina Jacobs

    2020
  9. Book cover for "Frosting Her Christmas Cookies"
  10. Book cover for "In Her Jam Jar"

    In Her Jam Jar

    by Alina Jacobs

    2020
  11. Book cover for "After Her Flower Petals"

    After Her Flower Petals

    by Alina Jacobs

    2021
  12. Book cover for "In His Shorts"

    In His Shorts

    by Alina Jacobs

    2021
  13. Book cover for "Licking Her Christmas Cookies"
  14. Book cover for "Resting Grinch Face"

    Resting Grinch Face

    by Alina Jacobs

    2022
  15. Book cover for "Hate and Short Dates"

    Hate and Short Dates

    by Alina Jacobs

    2023
  16. Book cover for "It's Mother-Pucking Christmas!"
  17. Book cover for "Puck Me It's Christmas!"

    Puck Me It's Christmas!

    by Alina Jacobs

    2025

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