He calls her boss and sweetling

Shy autistic Dragon shifter with fancy anatomy

Purple haired curvy AuDHD human barista

He buys her workplace so she can keep her job

Rhys

With my business partner unwell, its my responsibility to represent FIT SEW GOOD at Scotlands largest trade fair this year. By the end of the first evening, Im feeling utterly exhausted. Relaxing with a drink and heading to bed seems like the best idea, until a certain buff ginger kilt maker joins me at the bar.

I never expected to see Liam Bell again, so Im taken aback when he suggests we unwind together. He even asks for my number but only uses it to wish me a merry Christmas. When I mention I’m spending it alone, he invites me to celebrate with him.

We have a healing and wonderful time together, despite my disappointment that its just for the holidays. Can the enchantment of the holiday season persist in our everyday lives, or is one Christmas all we have?

Liam

Attending a trade fair, far from my tranquil home and beloved dog, is exhausting. Yet, as I head back to my hotel on the first night and spot the incredibly captivating Selkie I met on a job sitting alone at the bar, I cant let the chance slip away. Rhys is gorgeous, charming, and witty—everything I could dream of. After the fair, we return to our markedly different lives.

When Christmas arrives and I learn that hes spending it alone, I bring him to my family’s home. It turns out to be the best holiday ever, and Im so smitten with this man that I know Ill do whatever it takes to keep him in my life.

OLIVER

Falling in love—let alone at first sight—is much more my baby brothers style than mine. True, I adore romance novels, but that doesnt mean I want to trade my fantasy world or my sanity for the real thing.

When a bus load of hunky men arrive at Lone Fox Distillery, my resolve is tested by one green skinned beefcake. Bo August Persson wastes no time to flirt with me but he cant possibly be serious when he calls me pretty and perfect, can he? Im justme, and mixing work and love has never worked before. Why should this time be different?

BO

I never took my grandmothers tales of true mates seriously, but when we step off the bus on the first day of our training camp in Scotland, and I meet Oliver Bright for the first time, I am prepared to believe every single word she said.

He pulls me in and I want to revolve around him as if I was a planet orbiting around the centre of my universe. Yet with our lives designed to keep us apart, our love story seems doomed from the start. That all this was just a pastime for him seems ridiculous when he flies to Bavaria for a week to be with me. The question is: will we find a way to make this work, or did we get a taste of true love only for life to tear us apart again?

Alyce booked her stay at Tranquil Waters for the same reason almost everyone else did: she's on her MarriageMission. Thrown off by the tacky decor and weird people she finds a partner in crime in Rodrick, an enormous green Gator hybrid. Unfortunately he seems to be the only person at the resort not interested in getting married. She can't remember the last time she had this much fun, but fun isn't what she's there for, is it?

After searching for ages, Amelia finally found herself a new job.

Now she won't have to live off cheap ramen for the rest of her life!

Her new position as the personal assistant of the CEO of a prestigious real estate firm comes with a catch. It involves a lot more work with computers and printers than she anticipated.

Mia might be amazing with words and great at managing an office but tech has been her sworn nemesis since forever.

Every time his phone rings Desmond Murray sends a prayer to the heavens that it isn't Carson's new secretary yet again. The woman is useless with a computer and even worse at handling printers. Why anyone this dreadful would get a job in an office is a mystery to him. Not even the delicious shortbread she keeps in a tin in her desk drawer can sweeten the bitter taste of his resentment. At least she tries to get better.

When he encounters her crying in the storeroom, he finds himself agreeing to give her one-on-one computer lessons. He might make himself redundant but not having to deal with her on a daily basis might just be worth the extra effort.

HOWLING HEARTS　PRINTER PARTS is a Creatures　Coding Spinoff Novella. It has a lot of sugar　(open door) spice and can be read as a standalone!