I had hoped to attend my high school reunion with a fancy job and a polished man on my arm, every bit the success my hometown had predicted me to be. But plans never go as, well, planned. Also unplanned was running into a hot, prickly mechanic on my first day back in Sapphire Creek. Austin Kyle sure knows how to work a flannel shirt. Based on the way the brooding man argues with me over an apple pie, it’s safe to say he doesn’t like me. Call it the former homecoming queen in me, but I need the veiny-forearmed grump to like me. I have a week to change his mind before I return home to the city. Before I know it, Austin’s occupying all my thoughts. I’m singing karaoke, bringing him coffees at his garage, and doing anything else I can think of to win him over. And it works—a little too well. One moment we’re arguing over who’s more stubborn, and the next, we’re crawling into his truck bed, a tangled mess of eager hands and bruising kisses. It’s not long before Austin’s charming his way into my heart, but this thing between us is only temporary. From the start, he’s warned me we wouldn’t have a storybook ending. Maybe I should’ve listened. \\The Charm of You is the first book in the Sapphire Creek series, where grumpy meets sunshine and one homecoming leads to happily ever after. This full-length romance contains banter, explosive chemistry, and ooey-gooey feels, plus enough steam to make you blush.

I made a horrible mistake. At my class reunion, I kissed Owen Conrad—my sworn enemy of over ten years. The former baseball player is my opposite in every way. Where I’m organized and considerate of others, he’s chaotic and selfish. Where I’m polite and dependable, he’s brash and flaky. The one thing we have in common is that we’re both teachers at Sapphire Creek High School, so I can add “co-workers” to the list of reasons I should not have kissed him. I blame the champagne, but he doesn’t buy it. No matter how hard I try to convince him to pretend it never happened, Owen refuses to forget it. He insists there’s something between us—a spark worth exploring. And it’s not long before I have to admit he’s right. The laid-back giant with a boyish, lopsided smirk is actually very generous and fun. He also knows me surprisingly well and sees beyond the walls I’ve built around my heart. When I’m with him, I’m more than schedules and rulebooks. But no matter how charming he is, it doesn’t change our professional dilemma. It’s taken me years to establish an impeccable reputation and a well-rounded career for a promotion I desperately want—and deserve. A relationship with Owen would put everything I’ve worked for at stake. Is an unexpected love worth the risk?

“I’m moving back.” With those three words from Nathan McAllister, my quiet life unraveled. It took me years to get over my first love. It was hard to accept he was living the life we’d planned to share. But now he’s back. And not just for our high school reunion. He and his daughter, Teagan, are my new neighbors. I go to great lengths to avoid him, but Sapphire Creek just isn’t big enough. When Teagan begs me for baking lessons so she can enter the annual pie competition, I can’t refuse the sweet girl with bright eyes. Even if the deal involves seeing more of her father. While we mix, knead, and taste test our creations, I stifle the sting of my messy past with Nate. But I can’t keep denying the tension between us, the way our stares tend to linger, or the heat every time our hands brush. Our attraction burns more fiercely than ever. Innocent baked treats soon turn into glasses of wine and overdue confessions, which lead to raw, sizzling kisses. We can’t get enough of each other. There’s just one problem—we fell in love once, and it ended in heartache. The closer we get to living happily ever after this time around, the more the past comes back to break us once and for all. But only if we let it. \\The Chance of You, the steamy third book in the Sapphire Creek series, is coming soon! Don't miss this small town romance, where the single dad returns to his hometown and reconnects with the coffee truck owner, aka "the one who got away."