Ellie Hall Books in Order

A woman who prefers quiet evenings and cookies finds herself pretending to date a celebrity who enjoys nights out. Their contrasting lifestyles complicate the arrangement, while unfinished feelings about the past compete with their growing interest in each other.

Clara needs to find homes for twelve puppies before Christmas and hopes for a miracle. The person who could help dislikes the holiday, complicating both her rescue mission and the possibility of a romantic connection beneath the mistletoe.

A baker and a boxer run neighboring businesses whose needs seem entirely incompatible. Their clashing enterprises complicate an unexpected connection, forcing them to consider whether being poorly matched as neighbors must also make them poorly matched in love.

Firefighter Tripp returns to the hometown where he left his first love, Sadie. Reconnecting offers a possible future with the woman who still matters to him, but both must decide whether their old relationship deserves a second chance.

Cafe owner Billie fights the resort development threatening her beach town, only to find herself pretending to date its billionaire investor. Rhodes sees unexpected possibilities in their connection, but loving her could cost him the project he planned.

Music student Claudia moves to Florida to help her struggling aunt and takes a cafe job. A dating dare brings her together with a rock star tired of his fabricated reputation, challenging both their assumptions about love and success.

Amy Sparling and Ellie Hall guide aspiring novelists through writing, publishing, and finding readers. Drawing on experience in traditional and independent publishing, they present exercises, goal setting, and promotional approaches intended to help writers develop a sustainable path forward.

Independent Kayla agrees to a fake marriage with wealthy rancher Dallen, who must wed to move forward with changes to his ranch. Both bring painful relationship histories, and the rules meant to protect them crumble as their connection becomes real.

Natalie takes her sister's place as nanny to widower Camden Ritchie's lively children, hoping to help cover family medical bills. Her warmth revives the household, but their growing feelings and a disastrous Christmas pageant challenge both guarded hearts.

Aspiring photographer Hattie runs her family market while country musician Duke returns to help save his family ranch. Their attraction grows as he supports her fall fair, but sabotage and his approaching tour threaten both their plans and their future.

Two people more accustomed to friction than romance must marry to keep a ranch from falling into ruin. Their arrangement makes cooperation unavoidable, challenging them to discover whether a practical solution can survive the complicated feelings growing between them.

Ruby inherits a seaside inn but must marry the carpenter appointed to renovate it before Christmas in July. Trent is the previous owner’s estranged grandson, and their mutual irritation threatens the inheritance that could protect their town from developers.

Wanderer Chevy plans to sell the beach-town property left by her unknown father and finance another journey. Neighbor Tucker, a former cowboy hiding his own past, helps restore an old car while giving her unexpected reasons to stay.

Abandoned at the altar, Cleo flees to a beach and encounters Caleb, the first love she lost years earlier. The surgeon is also trying to rebuild his life, and a message in a bottle draws them toward another chance.

A woman from a rival family and a cowboy who should keep his distance develop forbidden feelings. Pursuing their connection means confronting the loyalties that divide them and deciding whether love can survive the expectations surrounding both families.

Accident-prone Lottie meets doctor Russell after fainting at a blood-donation clinic. A dog from her family’s breeding business brings them together again, and his grandmother’s mistaken belief that they are dating gives their attraction an unexpected opening.

Colette travels Europe with a bucket list meant to help her find closure. Repeated encounters with Antonio bring adventure and attraction, but accepting the love he offers requires risking a heart she is determined to protect.

Minnie secretly loves her best friend Tyler but fears upsetting their circle of friends. A workplace misunderstanding leads him to pose as her date, and their increasingly convincing pretence becomes more complicated when an accidental wedding enters the picture.

After losing her job, Catherine works at a publicity firm whose new client is Kellan, her former love and current adversary. A dare to date other men becomes tangled with lingering feelings and a secret he has kept.

Hazel follows strict rules against second dates and falling in love, keeping relationships safely temporary. Neighbor Maxwell’s thoughtful gestures and cooking begin to undermine those rules, leaving her caught between hard-earned independence and the connection she wants.

A lake-committee leader blames newcomer Doug for pollution threatening the community and resents having to work with him. He may also be the person who can solve the problem, while their unwanted attraction complicates the partnership.

Single mother Dakota hopes to find stability in Smuggler's Springs, while troubled rancher Tanner Ritchie wants a fresh start. A mysterious letter brings him to her door with a promise that tests their determination to avoid love.

After inheriting a doughnut shop, Felicity hires Jamison, a cowboy working off a lost bet. Attraction complicates their professional boundaries, but repeated sabotage forces them to cooperate in protecting the business while reconsidering what they want from each other.

Gloria agrees to a holiday date hoping to avoid spending Christmas alone, then discovers Bruno is her new boss. Working together at his family’s pizza shop makes their attraction harder to manage, especially with a Christmas party approaching.

Aubree seeks refuge in a small town, unaware that her frustrating new business partner is a covert operative assigned to protect her. As strange events and a theft draw them together, both risk exposing secrets that could endanger their future.

Frankie and Rocky’s feelings are caught in an old feud between their families. As Christmas approaches, the pair must consider whether the season can create room for reconciliation or whether inherited loyalties will continue to keep them apart.

Brynn is reluctant to trust another hero, while Owen believes relationships can destroy lives. Their growing feelings challenge the defenses each has built, forcing them to decide whether protecting themselves from heartbreak is worth losing another chance at love.

After losing her job, boyfriend, and home, Joy works at a pizza shop alongside her longtime crush Gio. Building a gingerbread house together for charity gives the restless photographer a reason to consider a more settled future.

Cece struggles with emotions that threaten to overwhelm her, while Blake has closed his heart after a tragic accident. Their connection offers each a possibility of healing, but accepting it means risking the vulnerability both find difficult to bear.

Fleeing her ex, Ivy crashes during a snowstorm and finds shelter in Luca’s mountain chalet. The Christmas-loving visitor disrupts his chosen solitude, while threats from her past and his own painful memories complicate their unexpected closeness.

Overworked Hope struggles under her stepfamily’s demands while trying to protect the town’s winter celebrations from a vandal. Neighbor Nico offers a pretend marriage to help her escape, but lessons in kissing make their arrangement feel increasingly real.

Divorced boxer Paulo unexpectedly becomes responsible for two children and asks his ex-wife Noella for help. Her anger and confusion give way to shared care, but rebuilding a family means confronting the work-driven marriage that failed them before.

A chemical disaster traps nurse Lucy Ritchie in the city, where she reconnects with country singer Cody Bowen. His presence brings comfort amid family worries, but the scandal he fled threatens their fragile chance to rebuild trust.

Merry’s dream pie shop must share premises with Tommy’s new pizza business, reuniting former college acquaintances. With Christmas approaching, orders multiplying, and a rival chain threatening their lease, working together tests both their trust and their attraction.

A journalist travels to Concordia to investigate paranormal activity and reconnect with the man she once fell for on a train. She discovers that Burton is a cursed ghost whose freedom may depend on finding his first true sweetheart.

Hoping to forget her ex, a woman wants a single evening that feels like a fairy tale. The man she meets wants freedom from royal obligations and lasting love, leaving them with very different expectations for their encounter.

A woman seeking stability and a man who values flexibility discover an unexpected connection despite their conflicting priorities. Their relationship challenges them to consider whether making room for each other means changing the lives they thought they wanted.

A princess and a spy find love despite the very different worlds they inhabit. Their relationship must withstand the demands and challenges of those separate lives as they discover whether affection alone can keep them together.

Isabella's mother wants her matched with a suitable Italian man, but she still remembers the first love who broke her heart. When Matteo arrives during a snowy New Year's Eve party, both must decide whether their past deserves another chance.

Waitress and student Navy faces mounting bills when Cooper offers a marriage of convenience to secure his green card. The arrangement could solve their practical problems, but she once loved him, making their proposed bargain far more complicated.

Laid-off Eisley moves into her mother’s Florida beach cottage and takes a restaurant job with an unusual dating ritual. Her first customer is childhood friend Ford, a Marine confronting unexpected parenthood and a future neither had anticipated.

Etiquette coach Pippa is assigned to reform quarterback Chase, her high-school crush and her brother’s friend. Pressured by their families to marry, they pretend to be engaged, but old feelings undermine the rules meant to keep the arrangement uncomplicated.

Recovering from a damaging marriage, etiquette coach Everly is assigned to reserved football star Grey. Their shared secrets and her former husband's blackmail threaten a growing connection, while a retreat to Grey's lakeside cabin makes their attraction harder to resist.

Rachel returns home to care for her ailing mother and encounters former sweetheart Rylen, now a football star. He needs to marry by Christmas to fund his nonprofit, but winning her forgiveness may prove harder than meeting the deadline.

Former ballerina Cateline escapes an unwanted marriage and becomes an etiquette coach, determined to preserve her independence. Her latest client, rebellious football player Connor, challenges that resolve when a dangerous camping trip changes their antagonism into something neither anticipated.

At her ex’s wedding, Magnolia shares an unexpectedly intimate evening with best man Magnus before he grows distant. Their paths cross again on her island over a missing dog, and a discovered gold ring adds another mystery.

Hiding from a dishonest ex, a woman visits her sister on a Florida island and mistakenly becomes involved in a cryptic will. Helping irritable Royal McGregor restore a resort draws her into a treasure hunt and unexpected romance.

After a humiliating video costs Maggie her princess job, she becomes an etiquette coach abroad. Her first client is football star Declan, her longtime best friend, whose team's ban on romance threatens the feelings their reunion begins to uncover.

Hotel maid Ella agrees to wear hockey star Jack’s jersey, then becomes his pretend girlfriend and fiancee. Their attraction grows amid her father’s care costs and his wealthy family’s expectations, making the staged relationship difficult to contain.

Former heiress Bea reconnects with billionaire property developer Finn, her old crush from a rival family. His company’s plans threaten her newly inherited bridal shop, forcing them to confront both a shared past and the future of their coastal town.

A woman’s family pressures her to find a boyfriend before her twin can marry. Hockey player Redd’s return revives the secret kiss they shared years earlier, while a school fundraiser and his own hidden responsibility bring them closer.

A viral search for a handsome stranger lands a woman on a televised dating contest. Instead of her movie-star crush, she is paired with a hockey player she dislikes, and obligations after the date make avoiding him impossible.

A biographer falls for the retired Navy SEAL whose life story she is helping write, believing his heart already belongs elsewhere. Snowed in together at Christmas, they confront past wounds and the distance between the lives they have built.

Aspiring singer Lexi inherits a neglected soda fountain after a breakup and discovers she shares ownership with gruff former Navy SEAL JQ. Restoring the business forces them together, while small-town secrets and their own concealed histories complicate an unexpected attraction.

A hockey player rescues his coach’s daughter from an awful date with a public kiss. They agree to exchange kissing lessons for a staged unrequited romance, but a winter storm makes their carefully controlled arrangement harder to maintain.

Katy asks her former high-school love Rocco to pose as her boyfriend and satisfy her grandmother's expectations. Home from military service to help his sister, he welcomes the chance to make amends, but pretending soon revives feelings neither expected.

A secret agent marries treasure hunter CJ McGregor while concealing the reasons she seeks a legendary prize. As his brothers join the search, protecting her identity and family legacy threatens the husband she has genuinely come to love.

A reluctant island holiday brings a single mother face to face with football celebrity Ryan McGregor, the man she loves to hate. His proposal of a pretend relationship and a shared treasure hunt threaten to expose a closely guarded secret.

Bookstore owner Gracie discovers that hockey player Vohn, her new landlord, plans to demolish her shop. A storm traps them together, and an unexpected proposal for a marriage of convenience complicates their battle over the building and their growing attraction.

Royal heiress Dee Dee returns to the beach town where she concealed her identity during high school. Renovating her grandmother’s house reunites her with surfer Sunny, but their renewed attraction competes with the arranged marriage awaiting her elsewhere.

A booking mistake forces cheerful Shelly to share a beach house with divorced marine researcher Dune. Their clashing routines give way to attraction as a storm and a community cleanup bring them closer, challenging his resolve to remain alone.

Goalie Hudson resents taking figure-skating lessons from his twin’s best friend Leah, who still holds their school history against him. Parental matchmaking and failed dates bring them closer, forcing both to confront feelings they insist are gone.

Pop star Rebecca retreats to a snowy lodge after career demands ruin her Christmas plans. Stranded with firefighter Reese, her brother’s friend and longtime crush, she confronts the family connections fame has cost her and the life she wants.

A hairstylist moves away to start her dream salon, then discovers her hockey-playing ex has become her neighbor. Planning friends’ wedding and surviving feuding families at Thanksgiving force them to reconsider the relationship neither has truly forgotten.

To deflect her demanding family, Margo announces that a hockey goalie she has just met is her fiance. His need to fulfill an inheritance promise keeps the scheme alive, while secrets and genuine affection complicate the bargain.

Newly abandoned bride Jess takes work helping hockey player Liam care for an unexpected young son. Legal trouble prompts a marriage of convenience, but sharing a home and parenting responsibilities makes it harder to dismiss their growing feelings.

A hypnotist’s New Year’s performance leaves a baker married to hockey player Lane, despite her promise never to date one. Caring for his troubled nephew brings them together, while suspected young matchmakers complicate efforts to untangle their accidental marriage.

Romance writer Bree joins a mail-order bride service for research and is matched with hockey player Fletch, who has loved her since college. Bound together through Christmas, they confront the growing distance between their professional agreement and their feelings.

Honey struggles to keep her restaurant open after an infant is left on her doorstep. The arrival of confident firefighter Maddock introduces attraction and a search for hidden treasure, but his questions threaten secrets she has tried to bury.

After a brief marriage leaves her raising a daughter alone, a former hockey cheerleader returns home determined to avoid romance. Helping her brother’s newly traded friend with social media reveals a considerate man who challenges her distrust of love.

April has secretly loved her hockey-playing best friend Clark for years. When a charity mistakes them for a couple, they agree to pretend, but adoption events and romantic publicity make it increasingly difficult to protect their friendship from real feelings.

A woman’s pretend relationship with a suspicious colleague spirals into an unwanted proposal. Best friend Austin agrees to play her jealous ex, but their new performance threatens to reveal the love she has concealed for years.

Planning a firefighters’ ball forces a cheerful colleague to work with hostile firefighter Patton Cross. Small acts of kindness and a snowbound encounter shift their relationship, but the secrets each carries threaten the trust beginning to grow.

An aspiring screenwriter reunites with Noah, now a hockey star, and an old proposal pact resurfaces at her sister's wedding. Their efforts to defend single life revive a familiar rivalry while exposing feelings and commitment fears neither wants to admit.

A research assistant who despises her boss Linc is drawn into his search through old records and letters. Their assignment becomes a dangerous adventure, forcing her to reconsider his motives and the attraction growing beneath their workplace hostility.