ISAAC MACALLISTER'S life revolves around building his business and doing his best to give his daughter Sara a strong sense of family. Over the years he's had to learn how to keep their little family together on his own, but this Christmas Isaac is going to have some unexpected help. Christmas blogger JENNA MURPHY has one goal for the holidays this year: to get far away from anything to do with Christmas. Her website sale is done, and after 1,825 posts about the big C, it's one "season" she never wants to celebrate again. She's ready to start a new life, and the Big River Lodge seems like the perfect place for her to figure out the details. The lodge is isolated, she has her own private cabin, and no one in her family will know where she is. But she didn't plan on the highly distracting presence of Isaac MacAllister. Is Jenna going to let one sexy dad and his sweet kindergartener derail her plans for her holiday ... and her life?

Farshad has been single forever and he's about to turn 30. In a desperate move to hand in his Virgin Card once and for all, he sets up a Craigslist rendevous with a grizzly bear of a man. Will Terry scare him to death, grant his birthday wish, or set off a life-changing string of events? Or all of the above? *** This is the story I'm working on for NaNoWriMo this year, so it's a work in progress. I will be submitting it to a publisher when it's finished, so this is a limited time workshopping of the material, as it takes shape. I'd love to hear any errors you find or ideas on how to improve the story. And (of course) it really helps me find my mojo to hear what you specifically found moving or enjoyable! You can find out more about my other books on my website michelefogal.com, and find me on Facebook at Michele Fogal Author, and on Twitter I'm @michelefogal. Hope you enjoy the love story as it unfolds.

It's all fun and games until someone falls in love. Maya Tessier needs a fresh start after her last boyfriend dragged her deep into an organized crime ring, putting her life in danger. After inheriting a cottage and acreage in France from her great-grandmother, she hopes to escape her turbulent past to concentrate on her art. Unfortunately, her inheritance is within the estate of a privacy-obsessed billionaire. And he wants it all back. Jacques de Launay has led a life of rigid control, working hard to repair the family's fortunes after his playboy father nearly destroyed them. His one attempt at happiness ended in tragedy when his pregnant wife was killed in a car crash. He'd rather be the last in the illustrious de Launay family line than open himself up to that kind of heartache again. Then Maya Tessier arrives on his doorstep and he discovers it's not only the ancestral land he wants to reclaim. But if he lets her stay, more than his heart may be at risk.

Note: this story is Captain America Fan Fiction, set after the events in the film "Civil War" and containing M/M sexy-time awesomeness. Adults only please. Steve Rogers has never gotten over putting his best and oldest friend back into cryo-sleep. Bucky wasn't just a fellow soldier, he was the one person alive that Steve could call family. Putting the needs of the many far above his own, Steve has grown hungry trying to survive on the scraps of life that are left to him. Natasha wants him to find someone to love, but how can anyone survive a life of violence and uncertainty? Anyone but Bucky. Steve is determined to find a way to give Bucky his life back, and to take back his own in the process.