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Promise Cove
Promise Cove
Series · 7 books · 2021-2024
By
Casey Dawes
Books in series
#1
Return to Promise Cove
2021
She’s a middle-aged rule follower. But there aren’t any rules for a dead husband with secrets or a second chance at true love. Kelly Richards is forced to return to the tiny town of Promise Cove, Montana to handle an unexpected inheritance. She’s determined to sell the place quickly and go back to the life she knows. But a chance encounter with a first love makes her question everything she believes is true. After a grueling career in the New York City police force, Ryan Svoboda came home to Promise Cove. Kelly’s unexpected return upsets his carefully constructed life. Can he tell her how he feel—how he’s always felt—before it’s too late? Can Kelly break out of her rut to find real happiness? Will Ryan let her slip away from his life again? Or will they find the courage to reach for a second chance at love? Return to Promise Cove is the first in a later-in-life contemporary romance series set in a small town of artists on a northwestern Montana lake.
#2
Spring in Promise Cove
2022
One small town mayor with dreams as big as her heart. Two very different men vying for her affection. A distraction? Or a chance for true love? Mayor Maggie Marston is determined to build a performing arts center in Promise Cove, but everything is going wrong. When contractor Justin Thomas buys a summer home in the area and immediately pitches in, she thinks all her problems are solved. Sheriff Tom Gerard has loved Maggie since he shared his Hostess cupcake with her in first grade. He wants more, but is afraid to lose their deep friendship if he makes a move. When Justin arrives in town and threatens to steal Maggie’s heart, he realizes he may have waited too long. Torn between two men, Maggie’s attention to her project frays. Her relationship with her teenage daughter becomes strained. When a crisis hits, she’s forced to decide what—and who—really matters to her. Only one man can truly help her. Will she make the right choice in time? Set in the glorious country of western Montana, this later-in-life tale will delight fans of clean small-town romance. Prepare a cup of your favorite tea and snuggle up with this exciting love story.
#3
Hope in Promise Cove
2022
Her widowed life revolves around work. He loves loud music and fast dancing. Can the sparks that fly between them turn into love? Alex Porter believes she’ll never love again. A well-regarded artist of wood furnishings, she’s created a solitary life in Promise Cove. Although her friends complain she can be prickly, life is just the way she likes it. Until he moves in next door. After a traumatic childhood, Sal Rivas keeps life casual. He travels the country in his converted van, picking up work as a casual laborer, and spends his evenings crafting poems and short stories. He’s not opposed to a carefree romance, but not with his neighbor, a woman with wide eyes and vulnerable heart. She wants him to go away, but there’s something about the angles of his face that draws her closer. He wants to know what makes her tick, but if they get too close, both of them will get burnt. Can they make it past their differences and open their hearts? She wants him to go away, but there’s something about his energy for life that draws her closer. He wants to know what makes her tick, but if they get too close, both of them will get burnt. Can they make it past their differences and open their hearts? Set in the glorious country of western Montana, this heart-warming story will delight fans of clean small-town, seasoned romance. Get comfortable in your favorite chair and become lost in love’s promise.
#4
Winter in Promise Cove
2023
A driven Montana cattle rancher needs a no-strings-attached fake fiancée, and he’s willing to pay. She’ll play along to get back on her feet again. Fiona Lambert is almost broke. When a stranger offers her cash to be seen on his arm for a few months, she figures she can put up with his overbearing attitude to get a stake for a new start. She’s got one condition: none of her Promise Cove friends can find out about it. Kevin Dixon needs to wrest back control of the valley’s cattleman’s association before the jerk who used to be his best friend drives it into the ground. At the same time he needs prove he isn’t the ogre his ex portrays him to be and recover his reputation. When he meets Fiona, he decides she’s the perfect choice for his plan: pretty, smart, and uninterested in love. She enjoys being seen with one of the most sought-after men in the valley; he laughs at her attempts to sand off his aggressive edges with affection. They’re having fun, but it’s a dangerous game of play-acting. The scenic ranches of northwestern Montana provide the setting for this later-in-life clean western romance. Sit down with a cup of cocoa and cozy up to this charming story of unplanned love.
#5
Promise Cove Wedding
2023
She’s a tidy, wealthy web developer. He’s a scrubby forest ranger. They have nothing in common … or do they? Makalia Saito has everything in order. Her technology company is financially sound, she’s built a beautiful home, and she enjoys the community of Promise Cove. She even has boyfriend who ticks all the boxes. After a terrible tragedy, forest ranger, Wes Scott, returns to Promise Cove hoping to start over. Five years before, he’d left town. As soon as he sees Makalia, he realizes there’s unfinished business between them. She’s got everything in order; he’s a rough-hewn outdoorsman. They have nothing in common. But when they’re thrown together by work and proximity, the flame that was ignited years ago roars back into life.
Sit down with your favorite beverage as the fate of this mismatched pair plays against the backdrop of rugged wilderness and the people who live there. This book is a clean romance with a later-in-life heroine.
#6
Summer in Promise Cove
2023
He takes an instant dislike to her dog, her job, and her smile. She thinks he’s a hopeless grouch. Will they start a war … or find love?
Vanita Pujan only plans a short stay in Promise Cove before moving on to a bigger place. The people are friendly and helpful … except for the grumpy cook in the general store. When the time comes, will she be on her way? Or will the town and the moody ex-soldier claim her love? Henry Wiznowski wants to be left alone to perfect his vegan cooking and heal his fractured soul. But when Vanita offers him free yoga lessons if he teaches her how to cook like he does, he can’t resist the temptation. Now all he has to do is keep a protective guard on his heart. Come back to Promise Cove with this clean, multi-cultural, later-in-life, grumpy and sunshine romance.
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#7
Away from Promise Cove
2024
She’s come to New Orleans to be alone and paint. He wants to show her all the romance the city has to offer.
Seventy-year-old Montanan Elaine Marston needs to grasp her dreams before it’s too late. After spending her life caring for others, she hopes a winter trip to New Orleans will inspire her to reclaim herself and her art. Sixty-two-year-old Lance Fontenot invested his retirement savings to establish one of the most popular restaurants in New Orleans. A life-long resident of New Orleans, he’s one of city’s most eligible bachelors. He spies an attractive woman he’s never seen before painting outside of Jackson Square. On an impulse, he introduces himself and invites her for a meal at his restaurant. Even though the artists around her assure Elaine the man is legit, she turns him down. He won’t take no for an answer. Will their chance meeting turn into something more? Or will their differences doom them and dash a chance at a final chance at love?
Away from Promise Cove
is a clean, later-in-life, May-September romance.
Buy your copy of
Away from Promise Cove
today.
Then grab an aperitif, get comfy, and spend a while in the grace of love and intrigue in New Orleans.
Author
Casey Dawes
Author · 27 books