Can he take on the mother and son challenge before she decides he's not worth the risk? It's tough going for single mom, Meagan Hutton. She has to keep up with an active three-year-old son, her job as bartender extraordinaire at Red's nightclub, and her online college classes-all while doing whatever she can to make ends meet. Throw in paranormal activity of the creepy kind, happening with disturbing frequency in her home, and she's struggling just to stay sane. The last thing she needs is a handsome, though hesitant, Marine sniffing around her or her son. Master Sergeant Mitchell Hebert, recently retired from the U.S. Marines, likes keeping things simple. He's had an easy time of it, right up until a pretty barmaid with a Texas twang crept her way into every thought his last several months in the middle east. When they met a year ago, a relationship seemed promising, until he discovered she was a package deal. Turns out, her ex-fiance, a fellow Marine who lost his life in Afghanistan, left her with a son to raise on her own...and a little something extra. Note from the author: The Halos and Horns series is filled with new characters you'll love, along with frequent appearances of old favorites from my La Fleur de Love series. Enjoy Lori Leger

Cuddle up with a loved one, a cup of hot cocoa or a mug of mulled cider with this cozy collection of Christmas Themed Love Stories... BABY BLUES CHRISTMAS - Cathryn and Zach are newlyweds juggling business and careers, breaking and entering, and the tough task of baby making. Throw in a little family drama and a dark secret and it makes for a memorable first Christmas together. Lori Leger CHRISTMAS IN WHISTLER - Hurt by her ex-husband and his scheming girlfriend, Daria Stark hopes to leave her heartbreak behind during a week-long ski trip over the holidays. Can a sexy frenchman brighten her aura before she heads home to reality? Kim Hornsby GIFT FROM THE HEART - Simone escaped her past for ten long years, but when an old crush appears from out of nowhere, Christmas takes a nostalgic turn for the worst. Will it eventually bring her the peace and forgiveness she's been missing in her life, or another case of heartbreak she can't outrun? Trish F. Leger A HEART AWAKENS - As soon as Cara adopts a clever puppy, her life begins to change. When the widowed freelance writer starts to fall for a hunky landscaper, past troubles and feelings of loyalty to her dead husband threaten her chance at happiness Karen Sue Burns ONE STEP OVER THE MISTLETOE LINE - Claire's plan to get away to a cabin for Christmas goes from perfect to complicated when her handsome neighbor RJ shows up in the middle of a snow storm. She immediately realizes the potential for trouble at this cozy cabin with bear skin rug and hot toddies aplenty. As if a Christmas Eve couldn't get any more dangerous, there's a bad Santa afoot. Carmine Valentine

Now that her abusive ex-husband is out of her life, Sarah Richard is savoring her freedom. Surrounded by people who treat her and her babies like family, the three of them are thriving. Though occasionally haunted by nightmares from her violent past, she struggles to put it behind her. With a loving surrogate family, good friends, and a new career, all she lacks is a man in her life. The question is, will she ever be able to trust another man with her and her twin daughters' hearts? Dr. Tanner Collins is running from his own sordid past. The man has left a trail of women from one end of Louisiana to the other, and through half the state of Texas. Even when this bad boy tries to be good, he has women throwing themselves at him at all hours of the day and night. When his admiration for Sarah turn into something stronger, he keeps his feelings in check, knowing he'll never be near the kind of man she deserves. When Tanner rushes to Houston to be with his parents during his father's illness, he's forced to deal with hidden resentments toward his upper crust parents. At some point he accepts the fact that situations aren't always as obvious as they seem on the surface. Note from the author: The Halos and Horns series is filled with new characters you'll love, along with frequent appearances of old favorites from my La Fleur de Love series. Enjoy Lori Leger

Can he take on the mother and son challenge before she decides he's not worth the risk? It's tough going for single mom, Meagan Hutton. She has to keep up with an active three-year-old son, her job as bartender extraordinaire at Red's nightclub, and her online college classes-all while doing whatever she can to make ends meet. Throw in paranormal activity of the creepy kind, happening with disturbing frequency in her home, and she's struggling just to stay sane. The last thing she needs is a handsome, though hesitant, Marine sniffing around her or her son. Master Sergeant Mitchell Hebert, recently retired from the U.S. Marines, likes keeping things simple. He's had an easy time of it, right up until a pretty barmaid with a Texas twang crept her way into every thought his last several months in the middle east. When they met a year ago, a relationship seemed promising, until he discovered she was a package deal. Turns out, her ex-fiance, a fellow Marine who lost his life in Afghanistan, left her with a son to raise on her own...and a little something extra. Note from the author: The Halos and Horns series is filled with new characters you'll love, along with frequent appearances of old favorites from my La Fleur de Love series. Enjoy Lori Leger

How does one Creole beauty choose between the two men who've both captured her heart? Meet Angelique Baptiste...Happy with her career, her friends, and her man...sans the sex life, thanks to her shrink. After years of relying far too much on sex appeal to choose her partners, she accepts her therapist's opinion that it's done nothing but hinder her ability to make wise choices. As a result, she's spent the last six months as chaste as a nun in a monastery, much to the chagrin of one particular 'friend-with-potential' to be much more. Michael Harper is a man of integrity, as well as a detective for the Lafayette Police Department. He doesn't hide the fact that he's crazy about Angelique, and he's willing to wait for her to serve out her sentence of self-imposed celibacy. As trying as it is to be around her, he knows the reward for his perseverance will be a lifetime with the woman he loves. Or will it? Enter Liam Nash, ex-Navy Seal turned body guard, who has the unfortunate reputation of being the last man to break Angelique's heart. More than a year earlier they'd been a couple, but rather than commit to a lifetime with her, he'd high tailed it back to Texas. Within minutes of swaggering back into her life, he proves his reason for leaving was justified. He's defeated the demons from his past and is all too willing to work at a happily ever after with her. Torn between the two men she loves equally, Angelique agonizes over the choice she knows she must make. Just when she decides she can't break one heart over another, fate steps in to decide for her. This novel includes a chilling subplot of a young mother, Sarah Richard, and her efforts to free herself and her twin infant daughters from the abuse of her estranged husband. Note from the author: The Halos and Horns series is filled with new characters you'll love, along with recurrent appearances of old favorites from my La Fleur de Love series. Enjoy Lori Leger

How does one Creole beauty choose between the two men who've both captured her heart? Meet Angelique Baptiste...Happy with her career, her friends, and her man...sans the sex life, thanks to her shrink. After years of relying far too much on sex appeal to choose her partners, she accepts her therapist's opinion that it's done nothing but hinder her ability to make wise choices. As a result, she's spent the last six months as chaste as a nun in a monastery, much to the chagrin of one particular 'friend-with-potential' to be much more. Michael Harper is a man of integrity, as well as a detective for the Lafayette Police Department. He doesn't hide the fact that he's crazy about Angelique, and he's willing to wait for her to serve out her sentence of self-imposed celibacy. As trying as it is to be around her, he knows the reward for his perseverance will be a lifetime with the woman he loves. Or will it? Enter Liam Nash, ex-Navy Seal turned body guard, who has the unfortunate reputation of being the last man to break Angelique's heart. More than a year earlier they'd been a couple, but rather than commit to a lifetime with her, he'd high tailed it back to Texas. Within minutes of swaggering back into her life, he proves his reason for leaving was justified. He's defeated the demons from his past and is all too willing to work at a happily ever after with her. Torn between the two men she loves equally, Angelique agonizes over the choice she knows she must make. Just when she decides she can't break one heart over another, fate steps in to decide for her. This novel includes a chilling subplot of a young mother, Sarah Richard, and her efforts to free herself and her twin infant daughters from the abuse of her estranged husband. Note from the author: The Halos and Horns series is filled with new characters you'll love, along with recurrent appearances of old favorites from my La Fleur de Love series. Enjoy Lori Leger