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Dear Ask Annie, I know my best friend is THE ONE. But how do I tell her that? Annie Archer has a problem... She can't get one email-one mind-boggling letter from her advice column out of her head. The one? Does the one even exist? She should be able to answer this question, just like all the others. Except, she doesn't have firsthand experience with the one. In fact, except for those few months back in tenth grade when she went temporarily insane and fell for her best friend-she's never been in love. But then, her advice is based on research and facts, not experience. So, time to research. Convincing Owen to be her hands-on experiment isn't too difficult. She'll set him up, use her guaranteed advice, and find him the girl of his dreams. It's a foolproof plan... until everyone around them-including half her readers-start asking why she isn't dating Owen. Yep-Annie has BIG problems. At the top of the list-falling for her bestie. Owen Bailey has-you guessed it-a problem. He's found the one. He fell for his best friend a long time ago, even if she doesn't know it. He's been watching Annie go out with guy after guy, only to never be The Guy. And now she wants him to date other women? As in-not her? He'll do anything for Annie. But he doesn't have to like it. Doesn't she see that they were meant for each other? How can he convince her that he's the one? If he's going to show Annie that it's time for her to abandon her plans and see what's right in front of her, he'll need advice. Lucky for him, he knows exactly who to ask.

Butterflies? Levi Bailey does not get butterflies. Well, at least he didn't until Meredith Porter spilled coffee all over him. Meredith has plans. Big plans. She is done being safely wrapped in bubble wrap. She is ready to live. That's what her list is all about-living and experiencing. Is it fate that her list of learning, trying, and experiencing continues to bring her into the path of grumpy Levi Bailey? She isn't sure-but she doesn't mind. Levi is just a misunderstood cinnamon roll and Meredith plans to enjoy every second of helping him realize that. Levi's life has a routine. He's been running it for years. Go to work, care for Mom, watch over the siblings. If he's lucky, he'll get to play with his niece Alice, before his head hits the pillow at night. It may sound boring, but it's worked for years. Why mess with a good thing? Only... it's not that great. And now that his mother isn't sick and his siblings are grown, they don't really need him. Where does that leave Levi? It would seem, in the hands of quirky, unpredictable Meredith Porter and her list. This girl is too young and too innocent for the likes of Levi. He has no business taking her to yoga or teaching her to ride a bike. He certainly has no business falling for the twenty-three-year-old who has pretty much been living under a rock her entire life. Yep... no business at all, and yet there are a million butterflies disturbing his insides, telling him to kiss the girl, to give this thing with Meredith a chance. Telling him that maybe, just maybe, he is worthy of affection from someone as good and pure as Meredith. Then again, what do dumb ol' butterflies know anyway?

Meeting your birth family is nerve-racking. So, it's helpful when tall, dark, and lovable shows up to hold your hand. Coco had never planned to find her birth parents. But when Jude finds her-confessing that he knows her birth mother and he wants to set up a meeting, it's suddenly all she can think about. Okay... maybe not all she's thinking about. The messenger, Mr. Jude Taylor, himself, is pretty difficult to get off the brain. Still, Coco's working on becoming a partner at her clinic. She's got friends and clients and a life-she can't just pick up and leave. Can she? Jude has enough on his plate-single dad, crazy ex, boring job. Yep-he's got plenty to take up his time. But when his best friend's mom asks him to do her a favor, he knows he'll come to the rescue. Lucy has always been like another mom to him-often more supportive than his own mother. The only problem-Lucy's favor is a big one. He isn't running to the store to pick up groceries, but flying one thousand miles to find a stranger and inform her that he happens to know who her birth mother is. That's a big ask. Huge. What about his job? What about his daughter? It's too much. So-of course he'll do it. Yep, he's the best... or maybe he's just a sucker who can't say no to Lucy Bailey. But Jude is logical and organized. He's got a plan. He can get this job done in less than a day. Or at least he could if Coco would follow along with the plan. It also isn't helpful that somehow this girl, Lucy's daughter, is sending sparks throughout his sparkless body. Forget tugging, Coco is the commander in control of Jude's heartstrings. But Jude has a daughter to consider and Coco has an entire family to get to know. This isn't the right time or the right place to fall in love. Too bad Jude's heart isn't listening to logic.

An {INSTA} Series NovellaIris, Ebony, Beth, and Coco are together, at last, for a final novella adventure! Iris has spent the last year planning and preparing for the perfect mountaintop wedding. Everything is in place. Everything is ready to go. Everything is set... Now if only her wedding party would cooperate! One does not plan to go into labor the day for their twin sister's wedding. Nope, in fact, Ebony would have chosen any other moment in time to give birth. But apparently she doesn't get to choose. Peanut is coming, no matter how much she tries to convince herself otherwise. Beth has a secret. A couple actually. She is great at keeping secrets. Well, sort of great. Maybe don't ask Tate or Ebony about how great she is... But significant others and best friends don't count, right? Yeah... just don't ask Tate's or Ebony's opinion on the matter. Being thrust into motherhood has gotten Coco ready for the madness this wedding has become. She can handle Iris, Ebony, and Beth, as well as the craziness they are throwing at her. Why? Because she's been living with a six-year-old for the past two months, and now she has superpowers. That's why. Join Iris, Ebony, Beth, Coco, and, of course, all of Instagram for the wedding adventure of a lifetime!

Dear Universe, If this man will follow my lead and pretend to be my boyfriend, even for five minutes, I promise to never eat Oreos in the bathtub again... Iris McCoy has a problem. Her cousin is about to marry her pig headed ex and Iris just happened to mention that she maybe, sort of, for sure... has a boyfriend. Which she doesn't.In any way.Shape.Or form. Dean Cooper Hale has a solution. Sure, Iris may not remember him, but he remembers her and he would love to help out the girl who made the tenth grade survivable. He'll be her boyfriend-her fake boyfriend, that is. And being a social media influencer, he has all sorts of ideas on how to make this lie one-hundred percent believable. Only who is Dean trying to convince of their perfect couple standing? Iris's family? Or Iris herself?

Butterflies have invaded my body. They've been dormant for years and now suddenly they are attacking my stomach, my heart, and quite possibly my ovaries. All for a man I've never met. Ebony McCoy is already married to her job... which means she doesn't have time for a man. However, a little playful banter online never hurt anyone-especially when it's a man she doesn't know and never plans to meet. And seeing how he is more than two thousand miles across the country, that shouldn't be a problem. Yep. It's all fun and games, and totally innocent... until that darn organ inside of Ebony's chest decides to betray her. Ebony is falling-fast and hard. For someone she can't have. Jet Jacobson has never been afraid of a challenge-so he's still healing from a knee injury, so he's working on making it into the MLS, so he's got teammates and siblings who all want his attention. So what? He can add a girl into the mix. This is more than the fun, playful, long distance thing that Ebony keeps saying it is. This, boys and girls, is the real deal. Jet will stop at nothing to make Ebony a believer. This will work-even 2,634 miles apart. So it may not be the right time or the right place-but one thing's for sure, she is the right person. A long-distance, quick connection, sweet romance.

I've kissed a few guys. Okay, many, many guys. But on my terms. One kiss, that's all they get. That's the rule. And then I set them loose. Bethany Barns has one goal-to hate Tate Wilhelm. It should be easy, considering he stole her job, and she now has to answer to him as the boss. Her plan to make his life utterly miserable is on track. Except for that little mistletoe incident at their work Christmas party, mission ruin Tate Wilhelm is in full swing. Besides, you can't blame that kiss on Beth. She was stressed and sad, and there was mistletoe for heaven's sake! Tate may be new to Seattle but he isn't new to the newspaper game. Sure, his last paper was a smaller one, but that doesn't diminish the fact that he is a killer editor and an ideal boss. His employees love him. He knows them, their lives and circumstances; and they all love him for it. Well, all of his employees with one exception. Beth Barns cannot stand the sight of him. She kisses him-one magnificent kiss, by the way-and then she shows nothing but disdain for him. None of it makes sense. Tate just needs to prove to Beth that they can be friends. She doesn't need to be embarrassed about that mistletoe kiss, and he'll be the best boss she's ever had. That's the plan. However, the plan doesn't involve falling for the woman. But Tate can't deny his attraction to Beth's witty humor. She's a beautiful, red-headed, ball of fire. Sure, he's going to get burned, but he still wants to try kissing those lips again. Convincing Beth that they should be friends-let alone more-is proving difficult. But Tate isn't giving up. She'll see. It'll all work out. That is if Beth will stop seething every time she looks his way. A sweet & feisty RomCom with You've Got Mail vibes!

A fake date. A fictional job. An epic scheme...Except falling for the girl was never part of the plan. Blake Minola had the prettiest smile-that is, when she chose to smile. And she could bake a cake so mouthwatering, you'd beg to gain five pounds. However, at work, she had been stuck on gender reveal cake duty. In her personal life, she'd been burned by her ex-crunchy, black, smoking burned. Between the two, she rarely showed off that pretty smile. Yep, Blake Minola was in a funk, a boring-bake, non-smiling, unhappy funk. Royce Valentine had one job... one little task and his cousin would set him up with the promotion of a lifetime... All he had to do was make the sister of his cousin's crush happy. Complicated? Not for Royce. He could do that, no sweat. A little swooning, a little charming, and Royce would have Blake Minola smiling again. Or so he thought. The trouble is, Blake refuses to be charmed. If only she'd accept ONE of his many date offers. But then, getting to know Blake isn't how Royce imagined it to be. He'd hoped to be able to survive her company. He never realized he'd enjoy it. And her cake? He'd do just about anything to eat something Blake decided to bake. Just because nothing went as planned didn't mean Royce couldn't handle the situation. The scheme wasn't spiraling. He'd never go and do something stupid-like say-falling for the girl.