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Parker Lake
Parker Lake
Series · 4 books · 2021-2022
By
Ashlie Knapp
,
Olivia Sherwood
Books in series
#1
Unlikely in Love
2021
At twenty-seven, Annabelle Cleaver finds herself sitting in a lawyer's office, listening to the last will and testament of the only relative she's ever loved being read. Stuck in the small Oklahoma town she always had every intention of leaving, she has no idea what comes next. When her sexy high school crush, Wyatt Holloway, returns to town and asks her for a job on her farm, her simple life becomes more complicated than she ever imagined. Wyatt Holloway returned from three tours overseas in the army a broken man. He'd seen and done things that haunt his days and nights. When he discovers Annabelle Cleaver, the beautiful but quirky girl from high school, needs help on her family farm after the passing of her crazy grandma, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to the woman who'd always held his interest. Ten years later, the unspoken spark that existed as teenagers still remains. The question is, will it produce fireworks or a dying flame?
#2
Unlikely to Fit
2021
When Breckin Henderson returned to her hometown of Parker, Oklahoma, she didn’t expect her football coaching husband to leave her for the head cheerleader as soon as she walked across the graduation stage. Never one to run, Breckin remained in Parker, but picking up the pieces of her shattered life proved more difficult than she could ever imagine. For residents of Parker, Griff was the man who came home with a broken heart when the love of his life was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident. The grandson who drives his eighty-nine-year-old grandmother grocery shopping each week. The bartender who took over the bar his grandfather owned and subsequently took his grandfather’s place listening to the town’s troubles. Both Breckin’s and Griff’s hearts have been broken once before. As they grow closer, will they be able to put their fears and insecurities aside and try to discover love again? Or will their hearts be too broken to ever completely mend?
#3
Unlikely to Stay
2021
Brant Billings has not had much sense of permanency in his life. Raised as a foster kid, he was bounced from home to home until Betty Billings, his foster mom, adopted him at the age of eleven. Facing a mountain of student loan debt after receiving his nurse practitioner’s license, Brant accepted a job at a clinic in the small town of Parker, Oklahoma. As long as he worked in the tiny town for three years, his loans would be forgiven. For a man with no attachment to anyone other than his adopted mom, he had complete confidence he would be walking away in three years completely debt free. What he didn’t figure into the equation was the woman with the cherry red hair and sapphire blue eyes who seemed to try and avoid him at all costs.Small town girl Colleen “CC” Chandler has always been used to fending for herself. Raised by hippie parents more focused on their wants and needs than their daughter’s, Colleen has not had much sense of stability in her life. As the town’s only hair stylist, Colleen has continued to care for others by giving them the confidence they need to look their best. What Colleen has lacked is confidence in herself. Feeling as if she’s nothing but a simple hairdresser, Colleen shies away from anyone she feels is smarter than her, especially the handsome nurse practitioner who’s only in town for three years.When the town raises money for Colleen to build the town a top-of-the-line workout gym by holding an eligible bachelor auction, Colleen’s friends buy a date with Brant for Colleen. Both Brant and Colleen have scars that run deep. Will the two of them be able to overcome the odds stacked against them or will they simply be too much to handle?
#4
Unlikely to Tell
2022
Life in Parker, Oklahoma, is quiet for school teacher Karen Posey. Simple. Uncomplicated. Even though Karen's innate beauty has turned the head of every man in Parker at least once, anyone who has been in the small town for any amount of time knows one Karen Posey is completely, irrevocably unavailable. Once the shy, nerdy kid in school completely uncomfortable in his own skin, Brody Cooper's years away from home have allowed him to reinvent himself into a successful, sexy, confident alpha male. A cruel twist of fate has left Brody’s hard-built career in jeopardy, leaving Brody only one return to his hometown of Parker, Oklahoma, until he figures out what his future holds. A chance meeting with the aloof Karen in the town's grocery store piques Brody's interest. Will his self-confident charm be enough to break down the wall of defense Karen has solidified around her heart or will Karen be destined to be alone forever with only her secrets to keep her company?
Authors
Ashlie Knapp
Author · 7 books
Olivia Sherwood
Author · 5 books