Seriously? Return to Welcome? She’d rather chew rusty nails… Mercy Talbot left Welcome on a high—a golden-girl beauty queen who stepped confidently into a bright, exciting future. But that was a long time ago and that girl is far, far, away. She’s failed in her career, failed in love, failed her family—and she’s dead broke. All Mercy wants is to forget her failures and move forward into a new life with a fresh set of dreams—and get out of Welcome before it sucks her back in for good. But one look at her precocious niece who desperately needs her sends Mercy on a journey into her past that will change everyone’s future. Clay Foster used to be Welcome’s bad boy, but marriage and his daughter Dilly have transformed him into a devoted father. Widowed now and struggling to be the daddy his child needs, Clay fights his sudden and unexpected attraction to Mercy. But, tempted as he is, Clay can’t afford to be taken in by a golden girl. Beautiful, talented women like Mercy always have an exit strategy and when her career beckons, Clay knows she’ll leave him and Dilly flat. His daughter has already lost her mother and he won’t put his little girl’s heart on the line. When Mercy learns her tattered dreams and dead career have been reborn, will she leave the man and child who need her? Will Clay believe in their future and accept that Mercy has found there’s no place like home?

Don't date. Don't sleep with the boss. Don't believe in happily-ever-after. Elle Foster left Welcome broke, pregnant, and with a bad-girl rep. Now, she's returned to Welcome, still broke, with four children, but has vowed to never get pregnant again. Logan Hughes is a younger man who's establishing a new business. Adopted, he wants nothing more than to have a family of his own. He needs an assistant and Elle needs the work... A pirate raider lurks inside Logan and when he lets him loose, even a determined woman can fall under his spell. And that sexy pirate may make Elle Foster break all her rules. Can Logan give up fatherhood for the one woman he wants more than life itself?

Returning to Welcome was easy…staying will be a challenge. Especially when someone is determined to drive her out. Brianna Bowler has returned to her small town of Welcome to help run Bowler’s Dog Rescue. She’s also doing everything she can to set aside thoughts of her high school crush Jake Morrow. Jake appears to be with a perfectly perfect sprite of a woman. (Not that she minds how opposite she and the sprite are. Really, she doesn’t.) Paramedic Jake Morrow has a woman in his house: she cooks, cleans, clings—and irritates the hell out of him. He’d felt sorry for her, injured, alone and broke, and offered to help. Big mistake. What would really make Jake’s day? His ex-girlfriend finally moving out. But she won’t take his word for it that things are over. What’s worse is Brianna Bowler has returned to Welcome. Their shared tragic past and attraction burns between them as Jake accepts that things aren’t quite right with his ex. A break-in at the dog rescue, smashed windows, and a stolen laptop all add up to serious trouble for Jake and Brianna. But with his ex in the wind and escalating, Jake’s protective instincts rise as events take a deadly turn. With the love of his life in danger, Jake comes to see that some women can’t be set aside, not even for their own good…but others want revenge.