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Burned out and running on fumes, Maggie escapes to a quiet lakeside cottage for one last summer of silence—no expectations, no attachments, no promises. Just a soft reset before real life claims her again. Next door, Luke keeps his world small on purpose. He’s the kind of man who fixes what breaks and avoids what might break him. When the cottage starts falling apart in little ways Maggie can’t ignore, Luke steps in with steady hands and careful distance—until storms, small-town scrutiny, and one too-tender kiss make their “temporary” rules impossible to keep. Maggie knows how ...

When Harper Lane comes home to Maplebridge for Thanksgiving, she expects pie, polite small talk, and a quick escape back to her city life. What she doesn’t expect is her mother volunteering her to help save the town’s Harvest Festival—alongside her ex, Eli Frost. Eli never left Maplebridge. He stayed to keep the family orchard running, to hold onto the only roots that never let him down. Seeing Harper again feels like the past tugging at the sleeve of his favorite flannel—comfortable, dangerous, and full of memories he’s never quite put away. As they work side by side to rebuild ...

She came home to sell the house. She stayed to rebuild a life. When Clara Bennett returns to Willow Sound, it’s with a clear plan: sell her childhood home, settle her late mother’s estate, and get back to the city life she worked so hard to build. The house is full of dust, memories, and rooms that feel heavier than she expected—but it’s temporary. Everything is. Until she runs into Evan Miller. Evan never left Willow Sound. He’s steady, patient, and knows the house better than Clara does—because he remembers it not as something to escape, but as something that once held joy. As...

For years, librarian Clara Jameson has built her life around stories—everyone’s but her own. Between the shelves of the Maplebridge Public Library and the comfort of her quiet routines, she’s found safety in the familiar… and convinced herself that safety is enough. Then Nathan Cole, her best friend and the boy she once almost loved, returns to town to teach at the high school. Their easy friendship slips into something deeper—shared laughter, long looks, a dance under the autumn lights that feels like a second chance. But just as the truth between them begins to surface, fear ...

A heart-healing small-town romance about second chances, quiet courage, and the love that comes after loss. When a winter storm sweeps through Maplebridge, it leaves behind more than snowdrifts—it uncovers the possibility of something new. Ben McKinley has built a life on silence. A widowed teacher devoted to his daughter and his classroom, he’s mastered the art of going through the motions. But when the local café owner asks for help preparing the town’s Winter Showcase, the quiet widower finds himself drawn to warmth he thought he’d never feel again. Hannah Cole left Boston ...

A heartwarming small-town holiday romance about second chances, healing, and finding home where you least expect it. Mara Bennett swore she’d never move back to Maplebridge. After burning out in Vancouver and watching her big-city career crumble, she’s home for the holidays—just until the new year. But her quick visit turns complicated when her mother volunteers her to co-chair the town’s beloved Christmas Parade… alongside the one man determined to keep her at arm’s length. Dean Cooper has spent the last two years avoiding the holidays—and the memories that come with them. ...

When Claire Dawson, a quietly successful children’s book illustrator living in Boston, returns to her hometown Willow Sound to help her aunt recover from a minor injury, she finds a dusty shoebox in the attic filled with “predictions” she and her childhood best friend Evan Hartley wrote when they were twelve — silly things like “We’ll both learn to play guitar” and “We’ll see a shooting star on the same night.” The predictions start coming true again. And the last one Claire barely remembers writing — “We fall in love.” As Willow Sound prepares for its annual Wish ...

After a viral video shatters her carefully quiet life, Ava finds herself thrust into unwanted attention, old heartbreak, and a slow-burning romance she never expected. As she rebuilds her voice and identity, a series of anonymous messages begin to haunt her, forcing her to confront not only her past but the unsettling truth that someone doesn’t want her to move on. With the steady presence of Theo—the one man who’s always seen her clearly—Ava begins to reclaim her story, one choice at a time. Beneath the Noise is a deeply emotional journey of healing, obsession, and love that ...

She wasn’t planning to get off the train. He wasn’t planning to let anyone in. Sometimes life’s quietest detours lead to the most unexpected places. Reeling from the end of a relationship she thought would last, Tessa boards a train heading south with no clear destination. Her plan is simple: escape, breathe, figure out what comes next—alone. Jack is on that same train, carrying grief of his own. A town he’s been avoiding. A brother he still hasn’t forgiven himself for losing. The last thing he expects is to feel drawn to the quiet woman in the café car. When they both ...

A storm brought her here. Love gave her a reason to stay. When Clara arrives in a hurricane-ravaged town to coordinate volunteers, she expects chaos—but not Eli, the quiet carpenter with guarded eyes and a past as fractured as the homes they're rebuilding. As they work side by side—under sun, sweat, and sudden rain—Clara begins to see that healing a community means opening herself up, too. But when sparks fly, Eli pulls back, and Clara must decide if she’s brave enough to stay—not just for the town, but for herself. Set against the backdrop of storms, resilience, and the messy ...

She inherited half a crumbling cabin. He inherited the mess that comes with it. Together, they might just rebuild something worth staying for. After a baking disaster and a burnout spiral, Nora James is ready for anything—except running into Cal Bennett, the quiet carpenter she hasn’t seen in over a decade. When the two discover they’ve jointly inherited a lakeside cabin in Crescent Lake, a temporary partnership seems like the logical choice. Fix it up. Sign the papers. Go their separate ways. But between midnight French toast, small-town gossip, and a dog named Waffles who won’t ...

A heart-tugging, sun-drenched novella about finding something real in the most unexpected place—and choosing to keep it, even after the vacation ends. Laney Morgan doesn’t do detours. A tightly booked vacation to a tropical island is supposed to be her reward for years of carefully planned living—not a whirlwind of misplaced luggage, stormy weather, and an infuriatingly laid-back local guide named Luca. He’s barefoot, charming, and impossible to schedule. She’s Type A, tightly wound, and just trying to salvage what’s left of her itinerary. But when a sudden storm strands them ...

When It Was Us is a deeply moving, second-chance love story about Ella Hayes, a woman who returns to her small hometown eight years after walking away from the boy she never stopped loving—and the pieces of herself she left behind. What begins as a temporary stay turns into a reckoning with the past, as Ella is forced to confront old wounds, buried secrets, and the version of herself she tried to forget. As she rebuilds her life—and her voice—through the power of her writing, she must decide whether healing means letting go of Luca... or finally letting him back in. Poignant, ...