


Books in series

#1
Take It or Leaf It
2024
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ.
William Clark IV never anticipated being back in his hometown. At least, not until he had a long and successful career as a pitcher in the major leagues. He couldnโt have foreseen his career-ending injury right out of the gate or the painful return to his familyโs apple farm in rural North Carolina.
What started as an effort to get back on his feet turned into nearly a decade of going with the flow. Now the grumpy farmer is stuck in a resentful rut. Heโs bitter and bearded, and baseball is a sore spot that never stops achingโnot when his well-meaning neighbors keep reminding him of everything he lost.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ป, ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
Becca Kernsy never expected to fall in love with a town. To be fair, sheโd never had much luck with men either. But the tiny hamlet of Kirby Falls completely blindsides this city girl and makes her ache for something sheโs never had a place to belong. The residents are quirky and lovable. The setting is picturesque perfection. And it doesnโt hurt that she keeps running into Will Clark and his faithful dog.
Getting a reluctant smile out of the handsome farmer becomes her favorite pastime. But pretty soon, her innocent crush gets out of hand. Becca ignores the looming expiration date on her trip down south, and like a helpless cliche, she finds herself falling hard for the man she met on vacation.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด.
Through small-town adventures and increasingly friendly outings, Will starts to remember the hometown he once loved. The only missing piece is the tourist whoโs headed back to the city at the end of her stay. The one packing up and taking his heart on a six-hundred-mile journey home.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ #1 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต. โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ตโ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ...

#2
Leaf It to Me
2024
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐.
Candace Judd is part of a legacy. One she up and left when she turned eighteen. While she spent the last seven years collecting degrees and achieving her dreams, her familyโs apple farm moved on without her. But now sheโs back and nothing about Kirby Falls is how she remembers itโincluding her familyโs newest employee, a certifiable blast from the past. A quiet boy turned flannel-covered mountain man and her distractingly handsome coworker.
Mark Mercer leads a quiet life. He works at Juddโs Orchard. He keeps his head down and avoids the gossip thatโs been chasing him around since his divorce. But when his high school crush returns to Kirby Falls unexpectedly, he realizes there is nothing more humbling than having the past come back to bite you. Or even worse, forget you altogether.
Desperate to prove herself, Candace works to find her footing with her family while Mark struggles with the desire to hide himself away. When she takes the time to really look, Candace discovers more than an ally in the rugged farmer.
As days at the orchard become nights spent together under the stars, Mark begins to see that his dream girl is more than the prom queen he remembers. While life shines brighter with Candace by his side, Mark must decide if heโd rather live in the shadows or face his fears once and for all.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ #2 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐บ, ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฉ. โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆโ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.

#3
Leaf and Let Die
2025
Thereโs a thin line between love and hate, and these two walk it like a tightrope.
Brady Judd and MacKenzie Clark have been enemies for as long as anyone in Kirby Falls can remember. Their neighboring farms have been fierce competitors for years, fueling the fire between them.
From adolescent pranks to social media battles, the pair have taken their feuding too far a time or two. So no one is more surprised than the rivals themselves when a sudden kiss and a scorching attraction change everything in an instant.
Mac would like to believe their fling will burn itself out, but the more time she and Brady spend not fighting, the harder it is to admit the truth. That maybe their hatred was a smoke screen all along.
Roles shift and expectations change when a lifelong rivalry makes way for something more, but these stubborn hearts must learn to surrender before they go up in flames.
Book #3 in the Kirby Falls small-town contemporary series follows the steamy, rivals-to-lovers romance between a dirty-talking golden retriever and the last person he ever thought heโd fall for. โLeaf and Let Dieโ is a full-length romantic comedy filled with humor, heat, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Author

Laney Hatcher
Author ยท 11 books
Laney Hatcher is a firm believer that there is a spreadsheet for every occasion and pie is always the answer. She is an author of stories that have a past, in a language of love thatโs universal. Often too practical for her own good, Laney enjoys her life in the southern United States with her husband, children, and incredibly entitled cat.