He’s the grumpy hotshot hockey player. She’s too shy to look him in the eyes. He needs a live\-in summer assistant and she’s perfect. Chord Davenport is the hottest, surliest man to ever slap shot a puck. He’s given up everything to be the best—family, friendship, love—but he’s about to retire as a legend of the game and that makes his sacrifices worth it. Violet James wanted to be the next big name in bridal couture not a junior marketing executive for the San Francisco Fury hockey team, but her salary pays her dad’s therapy bills and leaving him behind to chase a selfish dream would cost her too much. When Chord hires Violet as his summer assistant, he’s certain this pretty wallflower won’t give him any trouble. But when she moves into the house he built on his family’s California ranch, Chord can’t take his eyes—or his hands—off her. All he wants is to love her, protect her, satisfy her, and give her the courage to follow her heart. He didn’t expect to feel a desperate need to become a better man. In just one summer, Chord and Violet change each other forever, but will living their dreams be the very thing that tears them apart? ‘Wallflower’ is a grumpy/sunshine steamy small town romance with an HEA. It’s the first book in the Aster Springs series and can be read as a standalone. grumpy / introverted sunshinepro hockey player with a ranchforced proximity (boss / assistant and roommates)man obsessedslow burn

He’s the protective single dad with too much on his plate. She’s the wild ray of sunshine with a secret crush. He needs a nanny. She needs a job. Sneaking around was never on the menu. Dylan Davenport has always been the responsible one, but he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Looking out for his sisters. Running the family ranch. Managing his restaurant as head chef. And raising his six-year-old daughter on his own. Poppy Golightly was eighteen years old when she left Aster Springs to get over her crush on her best friend’s brother. Now she’s back with a broken heart, an empty bank account, and an eternal optimism that her true love is out there somewhere. When his sister convinces him to hire Poppy as his nanny, Dylan’s perfect control starts to slip. Poppy is fun and messy and spontaneous—all the things he isn’t. She’s also grown up and gorgeous. Magnificent with his daughter. Soft and warm and luminous. Dylan knows his sister would never approve of him dating her best friend and he’s only ever done the right thing—until now. Soon heated gazes lead to forbidden tastes that turn into so much more. Dylan is Poppy’s fairytale come true, but he can’t risk falling for another woman who’ll leave him and his daughter behind. Yet when the truth about their relationship is accidentally revealed, Dylan discovers just how hard he’ll fight to give Poppy her own happily ever after. ‘Sunshine’ is a single dad steamy small town romance with an HEA. It’s the second book in the Aster Springs series and can be read as a standalone. single dad / nannyhot chef with a ranchbest friend’s brothersecret romance teenage crushopposites attract

He's the ex-bodyguard with a guitar case of secrets. She's the pop princess who needs his protection. Now they're stuck in a cabin with only one bed. Finn Davenport has spent the last year living alone on his California ranch. A former Navy SEAL with a bleeding heart, he's going to hide in his cabin in the woods until he can leave the world better than he found it. Rosalie Thorne is the world's biggest pop star, but after falling for her smooth-talking manager, she finds herself at the mercy of a cheating control freak with a choke hold on her career. The last time Rosalie felt safe was with the bodyguard her ex-fiancé fired. Finn wants no part of her celebrity world, but when the woman he can't forget shows up in a wedding dress pleading for protection, he can't turn her away. When he learns her stalker is on the loose, he’s not letting her leave. As Rosalie uncovers his deepest dreams and their chemistry jumps from sheet music to bed sheets, Finn gives up the life he wants for the woman he needs. But when their plans start to unravel and Rosalie's stalker threatens them both, their future is anything but certain. And how will Finn live with himself if he can't keep Rosalie—and her heart—safe?‘Songbird’ is a forced proximity steamy small town romance with an HEA. It’s the third book in the Aster Springs series and can be read as a standalone. bodyguard x celebrityreclusive hero x heroine in dangertouch her and die vibesforced proximity (only one bed!)mutual secret yearningrunaway bride

She's the woman I loved and left. Now I'm back with a ten-year-old boy at my side and a heart full of regret. I spent my whole life broke and unreliable—proving my father right. A Covington boy never amounts to anything. Until my sister took off and left her son behind. So I do what no man in my family’s ever done. I step up. He needs a home. Stability. A man he can count on. Which means I need a job. And fast. Desperation has me taking the first one I'm offered—at Silver Leaf Ranch. My new boss? Daisy Davenport. The feisty, ranch-raised hellion I walked away from over a year ago takes one look at me and wants me gone. Until she sees the little boy holding my hand. Her brothers hate me. Her sisters tolerate me. Everybody on this whole damn ranch has an opinion. And Daisy? She's sworn off love, sworn off me, and made it real clear I'm not getting a second chance. I don't blame her. But I never stopped loving her. So when she's sick, I take care of her. When she flirts with another cowboy, I see red. When she shows up drunk on my doorstep demanding answers, I kiss the fight right out of her instead. Then a job offer comes. The kind that could finally make me the man I always wanted to be. But my nephew’s already calling her name in his sleep. And I have to choose. Chase the life that proves my father wrong… Or stay with the woman who already thinks I'm worth loving.