Romance and recipes for the holiday season.

From Halloween to Valentine's Day, from witches to cosplay, celebrate the seasons with some of your favorite romantic tropes?from sworn-off love and second chances to forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers. Despite the cold, the stress, and life's complications, love always finds a way.

Journey from the majestic Adirondack Mountains through the shimmering Finger Lakes Region and onward to the iconic romance of Niagara Falls as each story pays homage to the beautiful state of New York. And while the romance is always sweet, our original recipes offer new delights to savor.

Best-selling and award-winning authors stand shoulder to shoulder with exciting new debuts in this collection, all offering heart-warming, never-before-published stories written just for this season-spanning celebration.

A Spell of Her Own Making, by VK Buchanan: A potions witch, trapped by her own childhood magic, gets a shot at love on the most powerful night of the year?Halloween.

Lights in the Forest, by Christina Morgan-Pearce: When a hiking accident in the Adirondacks brings a spurned woman face-to-face with her past, she just might have something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.

A Solstice Night, by Joan Koster: A call for adventure leaves a teacher and an independent electrician stranded in the wilderness on the night of the longest night of the year.

Claudia's Dilemma, by Carol Henry: Worried that the man she loves is drifting away, a determined girlfriend creates an aphrodisiac menu to entice him back.

Christmas Vacation, Karen Denise: A snowstorm accident on the Tug Hill Plateau reunites a recent divorcee on her way home for the Christmas holidays with the opportunity to love again.

Love is Love, by GL Robinson: A daughter, mourning the New Year's death of her father, rediscovers joy and love.

When Niagara Falls, by Thea McGinnis: A Valentine's weekend jaunt might turn friendship into something more. Because when it's Niagara Falls, romance rules!