Aurora Cross just got the educational opportunity of a lifetime—to complete her coastal biology thesis at one of Maine’s most iconic lighthouses. She didn’t realize the toughest, most reclusive creature inhabiting the keep was a broody artist with more secrets than the sea. Kit Kinkade has had enough of the world. He returned from war and even with the support of his family, found no shelter from his demons. So, he relegated himself to the most secluded spot in town—stranded by the sea as the newest lightkeeper of the Friendship lighthouse. Left alone with his paints and his purpose, Kit was perfectly happy to withdraw from the world until he stumbles over the bright-eyed, beautiful woman invading his solitude for the next three months. However, if Aurora is good at one thing, it’s learning. She’s good at observing and studying, noting the smallest changes and the slightest shifts that can cause marine life—and grumpy men—to evolve. When one kiss brings Kit out of his darkness and into her world, Aurora will do everything she can to show him there’s a place for him there… and in her heart.

Francesca ‘Frankie’ Kinkade has a penchant for trouble. By day, her candle-making business keeps her busy, and by night, she plays matchmaker for her entire family. When a tall, dark, and handsome stranger arrives in town, Frankie is tempted to set him up—until she learns he’s no prince, he’s a cold-hearted capitalist determined to sell her sister’s dream. Forget mixing business with pleasure, Chandler Collins never mixes business with family. When he inherits an inn from a father he hated, he immediately heads up to the nowhere town in Maine to sell it. Considering he’s sold half of Fifth Avenue, it shouldn’t have been a problem. However, mysterious things start happening to ward off every buyer except one. Frankie wouldn’t say her plan was a great one, but who wants to buy an inn that’s haunted? No one. When her master class in ghosting leaves her sister as the only buyer left, Frankie is sure the city slicker will take the offer and head back to his skyscrapers. Except Chandler realizes who’s behind the lack of interest in the property, and he’s not going to be beat by the beautiful woman who makes his blood burn. So he calls her bluff. He’ll stay at the inn himself for one week to prove its not haunted. Frankie’s first Challenge accepted. Until spending every night together in the candle-lit inn turns into a battle she just might want to lose.

Elouise ‘Lou’ Kinkade is happy that all her siblings have found love. She’s less than happy that now all they want is for her to do the same. Lou doesn’t have time for romance; she has a business to run. And that business was shooting to success when a Hollywood degenerate takes a drunken tumble down her stairs. Desperate to avoid a scandal, Lou does everything she can to help her unconscious guest, and somewhere between the ambulance and his hospital bedside, she’s mistaken by nurses and then parents for his girlfriend… an assumption she doesn’t correct. The lie seemed beneficial for them both—not that the comatose actor exactly had a say—but there’s one person who doesn’t seem Wade Stevens, her ‘boyfriend’s’ far too handsome and far broodier older brother. Wade has spent his life building up the reputation and success of his family’s law firm while his brother has been content to break every rule in the book. He’s not surprised that his younger brother ended up in a coma, but he’s shocked by the beautiful woman at his bedside. There’s no way his brother would settle down with someone as hardworking and smart as Lou, no matter how tempting she is. He’ll prove the relationship Lou claims is a lie… as long as he doesn’t fall for her in the process.

Max Hamilton knows how to treat a woman right. Open the door for her. Lend her your coat in the cold. And flowers. Always flowers. It was the reason he started MaineStems, his flower delivery service—to help more men be gentlemen. And one of those men is his best friend on his wedding day—even if the bride is the woman of Max’s dreams. Max will deliver the wedding day bouquet with a smile on his face and only his best wishes for the couple. A simple feat… if only the message in the card was one of everlasting love instead of instant betrayal. Daisy Turner has been knocked up, stood up, and the only person who can help her is the messenger. The last person she wants to lean on right now is her runaway groom’s best friend, but he’s her only shot. Not for a happily ever after, but for the next best health insurance coverage. Max will do anything to help Daisy and her unborn baby… including marry her. And he’ll tell himself it’s the gentlemanly thing to do. But the way he wants her… that’s the opposite of gentlemanly. And to tell her how he’s always wanted her… well, only a scoundrel would do that. When the timer on their convenient marriage runs out, will it be the gentlemanly thing to do to keep his word and walk away? Or will Max confess that Daisy has always had his heart? Dive into The Gentleman—a small-town, marriage-of-convenience romance full of heart, heat, and second chances. Start reading now.