An alternative cover edition for this ASIN B09N2XLCCL can be found here The chemistry between them is easy to resist... so long as they stay on the phone. OPHELIA: My favorite client is the gruff, sexy carpenter I speak with on the phone every day. Talking to Logan is easy—we're basically best friends. But that's all we can ever be. LOGAN: I'm a man of simple pleasures. I love a mug of piping hot coffee on my porch. The curl of wood under my plane. A woman I've never actually met. And can never have. Note: this book was previously published under the same title, and has been updated and expanded for this new edition. Touching Wood is a standalone steamy short prequel to the Jewel Lakes Series. One-click if you love slow burn friends to lovers romance stories with Pam & Jim (The Office) vibes, but hot. All books in the Jewel Lakes Series can be read as standalones.

Catherine never meant to see her boss' nemesis naked. Who goes skinny dipping in November, anyway? —- When hotshot lawyer Catherine Jones fumbles a huge case in a very public way, she’s shaken to her core. She was burned once before, and she’s built a career—and a life—around never letting it happen again. Crying burnout, Cat's boss and mentor Alfred sends her to his lake house in Jewel Lakes County, New York, for some mandatory R&R. The rules? No laptop. No cell phone. And stay far away from Alfred's reckless neighbor Jake Colson, who he's suing over a longstanding property dispute. Even if being unplugged and on her own for two weeks is her own personal version of hell, Cat knows she’s lucky to still have her job. Then she makes another mistake: getting caught witnessing the neighbor skinny dipping. And liking it. Staying away from her boss' enemy could be her toughest case yet. The chemistry between them is so hot it's molten. But Cat can't afford to make another mistake—and falling for the enemy would be one that could ruin her.

What's the harm in a quick fling? Graydon Mitchell doesn’t do love. Love means opening yourself up to pain, and Graydon’s had enough of that for one lifetime. All he wants to do is build beautiful homes in Jewel Lakes County and retreat to his lakefront cabin at the end of the day. Lucy Fulham doesn’t do love either. As a New York City designer-turned-life coach, she’s busy executing her perfect life plan, which explicitly excludes relationships. Lucy knows what she wants, and it’s not getting her dreams stifled by building her life around a man the way her mom did. But when one of Lucy’s favorite clients begs her to fill in on the interior design of his new lakehouse up in Jewel Lakes County, New York, she’s suddenly put in extremely close proximity with Graydon, the house’s skilled and way-too-sexy builder. They’ve only got six weeks together, but there’s no denying the attraction. Graydon and Lucy are so hot for each other they’re liable to burn a hole through the framing. A fling should get things out of their system, right? Or will these two relationship-phobes build themselves into a corner they can’t run away from?

So much for cleaning up her act. SADIE I've never made good life choices. I call it being spontaneous, but the truth is, I fail at everything I touch. Bad jobs. Bad roommates. Terrible men. This move from New York City to Jewel Lakes County, NY, is supposed to be a fresh start. Only I don't know anything about opening a vintage clothing store, and the only one willing to help is know-it-all builder Chris Slade. The only thing more annoying than Chris making me plan things out is how much I think about him when he’s not around. And how much I want him when he is. CHRIS I'm a simple man. I don't like messes. I don't like talking about myself (ever), and I definitely don't get involved with women—not since I was left at the altar by my long-time girlfriend back home. If I did decide to date again, it couldn't be with someone like Sadie Fulham. Yeah, she's hot and funny and full of life. But she's also a hot mess. Unfortunately, there's no way to avoid Sadie. My best friend is marrying her sister, and our contracting business is doing the renos on her shop. I just wanted to keep my eye on her. So why can’t I take my eyes (or hands) off her? ~~~ Sadie and Chris couldn’t be more different. Could they teach each other a thing or two about love? Or are they too far apart to ever come together? Author's Note: His Hot Mess is a high-steam, light-hearted enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance. All Jewel Lakes series books can be read as standalones and feature a guaranteed HEA (Happily Ever After).

I won’t be burned again.. CASEY I knew it wouldn’t be easy moving back home to Jewel Lakes County. I knew, walking the streets of Barkley Falls, that I’d have to confront the most painful memories of my past. I just didn’t expect I’d have to run into one of them in the flesh. When we were teenagers, Hank promised he’d never let me go. When he left, he promised he’d come back. Hank broke all his promises. And broke my heart into smithereens. I don’t care if he’s a different man now. I don’t care if my heart feels like it’s going to shatter all over again seeing him here. I’m not going to let him see his effect on me. I’m not getting burned twice. HANK I messed up. I messed up a lifetime ago when I left the only woman I’ve ever loved to pursue a dream of being a firefighter in NYC. I messed up when I went into that burning building with my best friend and came out alone. Moving back home to Jewel Lakes was supposed to be a do-over. I was supposed to be able to live quietly, without messing anything else up. But how am I supposed to do that when Casey’s back here too? I never stopped loving Casey Mitchell. But she’s got a life of her own now. A business to run. A sweet little kid. A hate-on for me. How could she ever forgive me for what I did? How can I forgive myself, when everything I touch turns to ash? \ \ \* All Jewel Lakes books feature high steam, a guaranteed HEA (Happily Ever After), and can be read as standalones. However, for the best reading experience, reading in order is recommended.

He's everything I shouldn't want. When my husband got sick, he made me promise to find someone else when he was gone. On my first attempt, I crashed and burned. So I swore never to try again, focusing only on my foodie blog and my girls. But when pictures of me on an accidental non-date with my friend's brother—serious curmudgeon and yes, seriously hot single dad Will Archer—explode my blog hits, I have to rethink my strategy. Getting sexy, surly Will to pose as my fake boyfriend could be the thing to course correct my struggling blog. But how can I ask him when our shaky friendship is clearly hiding something much deeper? Something neither one of us wants to admit is even there? ALL YOUR FAULT is a steamy, emotional single-parent age-gap romance and the final book in the interconnected standalone Jewel Lakes Series.

I never wanted to love again. Until love came knocking on my door. HEATH After losing my wife, the only thing I wanted to do was raise my eight-year-old daughter and get through the day in one piece. Then my neighbor Morgan appeared on my doorstep with a favor to ask. My sexy, sweet, lovely neighbor. Suddenly I'm shocked to find the haze in my brain lifting. Feelings I thought were long gone aren't just reawakening—they're burning like a yule log. MORGAN My life is a mess. Since my divorce, I've been scrambling to stay in Jewel Lakes—and to keep the lights on with my fledgling (read: failing) pottery business. The last thing I need is to catch feelings for the gorgeous widower next door. But there's something about his sad eyes and warm heart that has me melting. Heath and Morgan are both hurting. Could cozying up over the holidays be the thing that heals them both? Finding His Cheer is a standalone companion story to the Jewel Lakes Series. All Jewel Lakes books feature strong men, relatable women, and a guaranteed HEA.