SADIE: My mom always used to say, “Wherever Sadie is, there’s chaos.” That’s okay. You can’t make art without a little upheaval. A stay at Love Lake with my besties is supposed to refresh my creativity. Instead, all it seems to do is get me into trouble. With the house rental people. With the fishing warden. Worst of all, with the Hot Boat Guy. MOSS: I run the boat rental and repair shop at the Love Lake resort. It’s what the Addison family has always done, and it’s a good way to meet women. Or it used to be. These days, I’m bored with the uncomplicated party girls that I used to date. Then I meet Sadie, and she’s anything but uncomplicated. She’s a train wreck. I just don’t care. I’m in love with her. I’m embracing the chaos.

CHARLOTTE: I’m vacationing at the Love Lake resort with my two BFFs, and we’re having a ton of fun: staying up all night with cocktails and gossip, fishing from our dock, going out on a boat. I don’t mean to break the rules. Not the first time, anyway. But after the smokin’ hot lake official reprimands me so sternly and ignores my flirtation, let me tell you, it’s on. If that’s the only way I can get close to him, I’m planning to break every rule in the book—-just so Hot Fish Guardian will come around and shake a finger at me again. DEAN: I grew up on the streets of Atlanta. A field trip to the lake showed me something different, and I fell in love with nature. Twelve years later, I’m a Game and Fishery Warden at Love Lake, sworn to uphold rules that my younger self would’ve broken six ways from Sunday. The regulations are simple. You can boil them down to this: respect the lake and the fish in it, and respect other lake visitors. Then I meet city-girl Charlotte. She’s the prettiest outlaw I’ve even seen—and I’m starting to suspect that she keeps breaking rules so I’ll give her another lecture. And another opportunity to get closer. Rules were made to be broken, right?

TAMSIN: The cabin my great-aunt Janice left me definitely needs some work before I can put it on the market—including some serious dock repairs. I'd love to live at the lake, but I can't afford it. So I have to sell. The real estate agent says, "Call Knox, he's the best,” and hands me a business card that makes me snort with disgust: CALL KNOX FOR DOCKS. But I need the dock fixed—so I call Knox. KNOX: About thirty seconds after getting to old Miz Jarratt’s place, I’m head-over-heels for the cranky, curvy city girl who’s demanding I fix her dock and fast. But a repair won't do. It needs a complete rebuild after years of neglect. So does my love life, to be honest. I've spent too much time with girls who weren't worth the effort. Tams is completely unlike any woman I've ever known. Will she take a chance on us? KNOX is a short, sweet, steamy blue-collar bad-boy/curvy-girl instalove romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed HEA. Part of a series, but can be read as a standalone.

MARIAH: I arrange the accommodations for a girls' trip for me and my besties to Love Lake, and I really enjoy talking to the cabin rental guy on the phone. When I meet him in person, he's gorgeous. And so flirty with me. So sexy. But he lets me just leave without a word. Was it just a one-night stand for him, or do I dare go back to Love Lake to pursue him? GAGE: I've been renting cabins to good-looking girls for years now, as well as keeping my landscaping business going. But when I meet Mariah, I just know: she's the girl for me. Forever. I want to be gentlemanly and take it slow. Her girlfriends stay on at the lake because they've met their mates. Not Mariah. She just leaves. Did that night mean as much to her as it did to me? How can I get her back?

CHRISTINA I’ve had a crush on Sam for years. I’ve watched him date all the cute young summer lake visitors in their bikinis. I’ve watched him party. I’ve waited for him to settle down. I’ve waited for him to notice me. Now that he has noticed . . . can I trust him not to break my heart? SAM Once I decided what I wanted to do with my life, I gave up being a playboy. I want a serious love. I want a woman. Now that I’m in my last year of law school, I’m ready to find her. Imagine my surprise when it turns out I’ve known her all my life.