Bøker av Ellen Mint

One kiss and you'll fall forever. One week before Christmas, Emma Belmont's life has fallen apart. With no job and no apartment, the final straw is her car breaking down in the small town of Lake Holly. She's stuck in a quaint coffee shop packed with people demanding a mysterious mistletoe latte. But every time someone orders it, the grumpy owner tosses them out the door. Nick Iverson's struggled for years running his cafe and raising his fourteen-year-old niece single-handedly. When out-of-towners begin demanding the mistletoe latte old wounds rip open. He's about to lose it in front of the Instagram crowd. Lucky for Nick, an angel is in his cafe that day. After hiring Emma for a day, the sunny girl easily slots into his dour life. The customers are happy, the tip jar is stuffed, no one's asking for that damn latte. And her smile makes Nick's dead heart flutter in his desiccated chest. He needs Emma to make it through the holidays, but the closer he gets the deeper he's falling. How can he risk opening himself up again to a woman who's only staying for a week? Emma's dream of being a world-famous dessert chef cannot take hold in a tiny coffee shop in a cute small town. She knows that as deeply as she knows every glance of Nick's hand makes her lips ache for his. What can she do when her dreams are pulling her in two different directions? They say that with one kiss of the mistletoe latte, you'll fall in love forever. But can that be true with two people whose lives are meant to be miles apart?

Here comes the apocalypse.The first Horseman is threatening to destroy the world. Witch hunters are exterminating anyone who might stop Conquest. The hulking werewolf Eric is breathing down their necks. What can Layla do when the whole world's about to end? Plan her wedding!Surprise, surprise-the coven boys are starting fights about her marrying Cal. Daniel's afraid he could be pushed out. Ink would never admit that he's worried she'll move beyond him. Garavel just wants to get away from the wet dog smell. As for the ex-witch hunter Raul, he declares the whole idea ludicrous. Witches are vanishing across the world and Conquest is definitely to blame, but no one knows yet how to stop him. Everyone expects Layla to put her life aside to save the world. All she wants is one day to be happy.Worst of all, her mother is back in her life and already trying to control her. She tells Layla that witches do not fall in love, much less marry. It could kill both the witch and her lovers. After everything in her life, Layla refuses to give up the men who have saved her.In this penultimate book, the Coven will be tested as they fight for their place in both the relationship and the world. Every force is trying to pull Layla away from her guys, but she'll need them more than ever to survive the horror of planning a wedding in three months. Will the bride make it down the aisle before the world ends?

Ember had devoted her life to building love for others. She never counted on Booker knocking her over.Constructing Love is the first reality show to combine home improvement with romance. Ember Woodhouse can't wait to cast her matchmaking magic while charming America as she designs the interior of an abandoned autumn resort. Harriet Smith is an adorable country bumpkin in desperate need of Ember's help to win the entire show. Everything goes perfectly to plan...until Ember finds herself partnered with the infuriating deadweight that is Mr. Knightley.Booker Knightley is exhausted with the show, with the producers, with life and particularly with his partner. He thought his construction background would make winning this easy. No one told him he was also expected to woo a woman who drives him mad. Miss Woodhouse is flighty and stubborn, ignoring reality in favor of her delusions of romance. He couldn't care less about love, much less the impossibility of finding it while cameras document his every breath. Booker has his own reasons for being on this show, reasons that are in jeopardy thanks to Miss Woodhouse and the scheming producers.As the autumn leaves fall and the days grow shorter, Booker and Ember have a choice to make. If Booker doesn't learn to work with her, he'll lose his last opportunity to bring justice to his family. If Ember can't figure out how to agree with him, her fledgling design business will crash before it takes wing. One thing is certain-Miss Woodhouse will never, ever care for Mr. Knightley.

One hot lumberjack, a rustic cabin in the woods, whipped cream and lattes, princes, magic, and fairy wings. This is not the vacation I wanted, but it might be the one I need. Jenny After a broken heart, I had to get away from the city. Escaping to a cabin in the woods deep into autumn sounded perfect. Peace. Solitude. Just me, my books, and my coffee fix. Next thing I know a gorgeous man chainsawing downed trees is sweeping me off my feet. Literally, as it turns out he's a fairy. Not just any fairy either. No, he's a freaking Prince in exile. Now I'm trapped in the kingdom of the autumn fairies while assassins lurk in every shadow. Every day Scott, who rose to fill in for the ill King, slips further from me. Time is ticking and soon I'll have to return home. The question is will the once-disgraced Prince, sweet as caramel and sinful as cinnamon, come with me. Scott There are few regrets I wear harder in my heart than what led me to abandon my throne, my people, my kingdom. When I was banished to the human realm, I thought to live out my days protecting the forests. That changed the day this breathtaking human in leggings approached me. In her, I found that which I thought was lost forever, home. It doesn't hurt that she's got a body worthy of worship either. I never anticipated a return to my kingdom, much less dragging a human with me. Now, I have an opportunity to regain everything I lost. But, after all this time I find myself wondering if being king of the autumn fairies is what I truly want or if my heart aches for another. This novella is a celebration of all things autumn. Grab a blanket, pour yourself a warm drink, and snuggle by the fire to fall in love.

Layla is caught between a Stone and a hard place.Witchcraft, nursing studies and the gig economy are wearing Layla down. Luckily, she has her guys to help-a cuddly angel, a romantic ghost, an ornery incubus and her sweet werewolf boyfriend. Unbeknownst to Layla, Cal's planning on popping the question, assuming Ink doesn't pawn the ring before he can ask her.A knock at their door pulls Layla from Cal's proposal dinner. A dying Stone, the witch hunter who'd once kidnapped her, falls into her arms.Raul Stone is having a very bad day. After his mentor, savior and boss shot him in the heart, he's had to go crawling to the witch that escaped him. No matter how many healing potions he takes, the hole in his chest won't close. Dying on the werewolf's pizza-stained couch, Stone can't do anything to stop the incubus from threatening to kill him for good. His final Hail Mary is revealing that the witch hunters-and his boss-are now in cahoots with Mr. White.Why are the witch hunters working with a Horseman? What are they doing in the woods with giant boulders and blood? Can Stone be trusted, or is this all an elaborate trap by Conquest to make good on his promise to catch Layla? Will Layla's caring heart finally doom her, or can she and her guys outsmart them all...and save Stone in the process?

Even witches need a vacation.Everything that could go wrong in Layla's life has. There's a murderous werewolf cult, Mr. White is plotting to destroy the world and worst of all-her mother keeps showing up. Her boys aren't doing much better. Ink's questioning his place in Layla's life. Daniel is growing stronger and losing himself in the process. Cal is fighting against the newest addition no matter how hard he tries to make nice. They deserve a break at a private cabin on a lake.Okay, so they'll have to put in some labor to help bring the resort up to snuff for the summer season, but a free vacation is still an escape. There'll still be nights lying under the stars on Cal's chest, licking s'mores off Ink's abs by a bonfire, being serenaded by Daniel on a boat ride and snuggling beneath Garavel's wings. Evil, however, doesn't take a break.All the past demons come home to roost as the coven faces not only what they were running from but a lake monster who may not be so mythical after all. In this steamy and heart-racing addition to Coven of Desire, Layla fights to protect her men from demons both without and within.

They've found her.Layla's life is a mess. Thanks to Ink's big mouth, Cal knows that she knows about the big red wolf, and he is pissed. She can't find a way to bring Daniel back from death and even worse, Ink seems to think that's the perfect time to dissolve their bond. Naturally, the second she's abandoned by her guys, the witch hunters strike.After yet another argument between his bond and her wolf, Ink's grown exhausted with their arrangement. He has every intention to break their bond and return to his old hunting ways, until Layla goes missing at the hands of his greatest enemy. If they harm her, he's on a one-way trip back to hell. Enraged, Ink enlists the help of both wolf and ghost to try and track her down. But the cursed hunters have learned. Anti-demon wards cover every surface of their underground lair. His only hope to save her is by wearing a cloak of mortality.For the first time in his existence, Ink not only knows pain but the true threat of death.When Layla arrives in the Witch Hunters' bureau, Detective Stone comes to her not with a torch, but a job offer. If she doesn't agree to work with them, then she'll die. How will she escape from a trap-filled dungeon crammed with already captured monsters? Are her guys hunting for her, or is she truly alone? And why does Stone make her blood boil in all the wrong ways?If she gets out of this alive, there will be hell to pay.

Her heart's looking for a forever home.All her life, Madeline Prix's loved Everett Berry, but she'd be a fool to think he'd ever notice her. She's nothing more than a big Southern girl with frizzy red hair. No way would the sunshine and perfect Ev look twice at her. To her surprise, fifteen years later, he appears in her city while she's in the middle of a kitten rescue. Madeline's dreams are about to come true when Ev asks her on a date until his ex enters the no-longer-rosy picture.Everett thought he could start his life anew after a messy divorce in a small Southern town. Maddy came into his world like a breath of fresh air, but he finds himself stumbling back into old patterns. Can he ever be good enough for someone as sweet as Madeline Prix?Madeline must choose between the man she's loved all her life who keeps breaking her heart and a man who's only good on paper. Good thing she has her adorable cats and best friend to help her out, because her heart may not be able to survive.

When a cold-hearted singer and a hard-headed journalist are trapped together in a blizzard, there will be sparks—and pancakes. When Beth Cho is tasked with interviewing elusive musician Tristan Harty, it’s hate at first sight. Despite his sapphire-blue eyes and lithe frame, he’s got to be the most infuriating man on the planet. Tristan Harty is already sick of reporters and this one is proving no different. Sure, she might be adorable with her ebony hair and big brown eyes, but her incessant need to dig into his past is dragging on his last nerve.The bickering duo vow never to meet again, but Mother Nature has other plans for them, trapping them in a Vermont cabin via a blizzard. The more Beth learns about the aristocratic Tristan, the harder it is for her to keep her professional distance, just as Tristan discovers that a loving heart beats inside the beautiful reporter.But what happens when the snowstorm’s over, and the melted Tristan and enamored Beth are free to leave? Can their reluctant attraction bloom into a deeper love now their cold-as-ice judgment has thawed?