The marriage might be over, but in this sweet, funny romance, Phoebe and Ryder aren’t finished with each other. But can she take back a man who’s hurt her so badly? Maybe. Gull Harbor takes sides, plotting a roadmap for forgiveness and reconciliation, with a little sweet revenge along the way. Is the way to a woman’s heart fresh paint, warm doughnuts and playing checkers together? Phoebe loves the little beach cottage they still own jointly but it needs updates. She decides to paint the place pink so Ryder can never even think about selling it. But when she falls off a ladder, Ryder steps in. Encouraged by his father Stanley, a Vietnam Vet, Ryder sets out to win back the only woman he’s ever loved. But she’s not going to make reconciliation easy. While Ryder turns to his dad for advice, Phoebe depends on Fernando, a wise-cracking flamingo, who just happens to be a lawn ornament. Eager to help with the wooing, Stanley secretly drops off dinners, supposedly Ryder’s own efforts. Phoebe invites Ryder to take the guest room so she can flaunt what he left behind. Game on. As Ryder lays down a new roof and paints the cottage a girly pink, Ryder hopes Phoebe can see he’s changed. Eventually, Phoebe and Ryder reach a make or break point. Are the stakes too high? Stanley provides an answer. All these years he’s kept a secret that could devastate Ryder. Now he hopes sharing it with Phoebe might restore his son to a future with the woman he dearly loves. A story of second chances and invincible love.

Best Friends. That’s All They Were...Until One 0f Them Wanted Forever.Almost thirty and single, Emily Sommers trades the big city for Sweetwater Creek, family and friends. An online nutritionist, she loves her historic apartment, but not the repair bills. Best friend Jackson Hart steps in as her handyman.For years Jackson watched Emily bake cookies and send cute cards to the wrong man. Now he has a plan to become that guy. Emily's had it with billionaires, so Jackson plays down his own success to win her heart.Falling hard for her handyman, Emily has competition. With Jackson’s help, the daughter of an influential family is opening Victoria’s Pantry right under Emily’s apartment. Seeing them together sends Emily to Lowcountry Singles to find her own happily ever after. With his friend’s best interest at heart, Jackson becomes her advisor.Frustration and fun build while Emily and Jackson discover that the only way to happiness is by being truthful with the one you trust most–your best friend.This is a clean, sweet romantic comedy, first in a three-book Best Friends to Forever series, featuring Emily, Josie and Bryn, three young women who get it all wrong trying to find Mr. Right.

Can romance bloom for a young teacher and her student, ten years after high school graduation? Teacher’s Pest in Carolyn’s English class, Brody had racked up a school record for detentions. He made her miserable with his stunts. She’d been relieved when he graduated. Ten years later? The four year age difference doesn’t matter when they run into each other in Santa Fe. Not to him, anyway. Miss Knight’s gone from mini-skirts to elasticized waistbands, while Brody’s morphed into His Hotness. Well mannered. Successful. And searching for his past. He’d always liked riling up his pretty teacher. But in Carolyn’s mind, Brody is still her student. In Santa Fe to help her ailing grandmother, Carolyn discovers darling Mama V has a new beau. She’s reinvented herself. Can Carolyn borrow a page from her book? Brody becomes her guide, teaching her that spontaneity can trump lesson plans. But he was such a player in high school. Has her high school bad boy matured into the man she can love and trust forever?

A reckless romance brings Diana Prescott to Gull Harbor. Pride makes her stay but locks her heart tight. Then she meets Will Applegate. Too perfect and way too good for Diana, given her history. But what woman can turn down an ice cream tour of southern Michigan? Will brings out the best in her. She even volunteers for Sunday afternoon dances at the nursing home where he’s the administrator. Men over seventy with bowties and bald spots feel safe. Of course, Will hangs around, wanting more than a dance. She begins to melt under the heat of his blue eyes, hotter than a July beach day. Turns out Diana and Will are good together, like turkey and cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy...until an accident robs her of the one thing her missing mother left behind. Her delicate blonde beauty. She shuts down and Will is at a loss. Not a good time for his sister to dump a surly niece on him. But Diana recognizes teen-age abandonment. She steps up to help with resources honed by experience. Love takes them deeper than the surface‑‑ a lesson Will and Diana might learn together.

Recently widowed, Sarah has to fill the bakery cases in her coffee shop this Christmas to catch up on late taxes. Her brother-in-law Ryan volunteers to help bake. She almost turns down the offer since he’s more comfortable on a Harley than in a kitchen. Her children don’t agree. Nathan and Justin adore Uncle Ryan and scheme to make him the man of Mom’s dreams.

While Trevor Helps Bryn Rescue The Diamondback Turtles, Her Grade School Friend Secretly Plans To Steal Her Heart.Marriage is in the air but not for Bryn Peachum. Her friend Emily’s getting married and Bryn wants that dream too...but not with her current boyfriend. It’s breeding season and she’s got turtles on her mind, not men. When her diamondback nests are ravaged by critters, good friend Trevor Daniels, now a marine biologist, steps up to help. Soon his little girls fall in love with the turtles and Bryn, although his socialite mother works against them.Since his divorce, Trevor’s kept busy in his lab while raising his adorable twins. No way will he ever marry again, since his wife abandoned them, much like the mama turtles that walk away from their nest. But Bryn and her turtles need him. The coastal waters aren’t the only thing heating up as Trevor works to rescue Bryn’s turtles, while he secretly plots to steal her heart.This is a sweet romance, second book in the Best Friends to Forever series, set in Sweetwater Creek, where close friendships sometimes lead to forever.

Duty calls Kate Kennedy back to Gull Harbor. She doesn’t plan on seeing Cole Campbell again. Doesn’t know he’s now a single father. Ten years shift the balance between the valedictorian and her high school crush, president of her Debate Club. Kate discovers Cole’s daughter Natalie in the stacks of the local library and she’s smitten. Prissy, Cole’s Great Dane, is equally engaging and needy. Always helpful, Cole shows up on Kate’s doorstep way too often. But she can’t give in to the SOS her heart is sending since the handsome contractor is taking her beloved Gull Harbor in an alarming direction. If there’s one thing Kate can’t stand, it’s change.Encouraged by her fun-loving girlfriends, Kate extends her visit and opens a flower stand. She pairs Natalie up with her recovering mother for summer support and companionship. With summer kisses on their minds and sand between their toes, Kate and Cole discover what might have been ten years ago, but she has lots of distractions. Her sister Mercedes is determined to sell Breezy Point, the family home. Kate’s life feels as choppy as the waves on Lake Michigan as her summer unfolds.Can a woman and man heal past mistakes in the summer moonlight? Can Kate’s man from yesterday be more than just a memory? 

Selena Ruiz wants more than romance and she's willing to fight for it. The Chicago midwife demands Seth Kirkpatrick's commitment and a ring. But after two years? Nada. Words of love aren't Seth's strong suit. Is the hot Chicago EMT marriage shy or tongue tied? She's never been a quitter. No room for that in a migrant worker's childhood. In this heartwarming multi-cultural love story, Selena fights for him with every trick in her toolbox, including a trip to Savannah to visit his sister. But it takes an abandoned kitten to loosen Seth's tongue and open his heart. Secrets abound in this wedding standoff, with everything at stake. Can they heal each other's past to find their future?

Dynamic women, hot heroes and heartwarming stories. The Kirkpatrick family and their friends make readers laugh, cry and sigh. Vanessa Randall, Amy Shaw and McKenna Kirkpatrick are high school friends whose shared passion for life and men with warm hearts keeps them together. Lots of chemistry and lots of ways to mess it up. They may originally live in Oak Park, just outside Chicago, but their interests take them far afield, like Italy, Guatemala or Savannah. They follow their hearts in touching, often hilarious, stories that readers “won’t be able to put down.”The women take on life and its complex challenges. As always, families play a role. “No one falls in love without being influenced by family, positive or negative.” The novels are said to be “like a Hallmark movie.” Enjoy all four together in the Windy City Romance: Boxed Set I. 

Once a homecoming queen, Mercedes returns to Gull Harbor bankrupt and broken. In high school, she was out of reach for the guy nicknamed Goofy who helped her pass chemistry. Times have changed and so has Finn. Now he owns half the town and he’s still into his uptown girl with her uppity ways. That New York boyfriend Mercedes moons over? History. Her life may have fallen in the cracks, but Mercedes can’t deny this crazy attraction to Finn. No summer fling for him. Finn wants forever. While Mercedes mucks out summer cottages and plans a triumphant return to Manhattan, he wangles his way into her heart. Is it too late for an uptown girl to learn the lasting power of homespun love?

Having a baby doesn’t always come easy, at least not for Amanda and Connor Kirkpatrick. For five years they’ve worked at starting their family. Timed lovemaking and failed fertility treatments drain the romance from their marriage. Then Connor’s sister McKenna, a Chicago midwife, links them up with Angie from her natural childbirth class. Young and unmarried, Angie is looking for a home for her baby, due shortly after Christmas. At the same time, the couple begins working with Dr. Logan Castle on a new in vitro technique.But Amanda is afraid to hope her dream might finally come true, irritating the heck out of Connor. They’re at odds when heavy snow almost cancels the baby shower organized by the Kirkpatrick clan. Amanda’s parents haven’t even responded to the invitation. Have they given up hope as well? As Amanda and Connor teeter on the brink of Christmas hope, life bestows a surprise that could bring everything back into focus. The Christmas Baby Bundle is a heartwarming holiday novella.