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One forbidden kiss sparks a small-town war—and threatens everything they love. Harper Fairchild has spent her life keeping Moss Creek stitched together with grit, loyalty, and handcrafted leather. Her problems used to be broken saddles and harmless gossip… until the night she falls—hard—for the one man Moss Creek should never touch. Harrison Wells. Beaufort’s mayor. Moss Creek’s rival. The spark that lights a firestorm. When their secret slips, the whole Lowcountry erupts. Beaufort’s council demands answers. The League sharpens their claws. And suddenly Harper and Harrison ...

Mira Caldwell didn’t come to Mayhaw Bend looking for answers. She came for a story. A small Alabama town. A week before the annual festival. A quiet assignment that should have been simple—observe, write, move on. But Mayhaw Bend doesn’t behave the way it should. The air feels heavier in certain places. Conversations seem to carry more than words. And the people who live here move through their days with a kind of quiet certainty Mira can’t quite explain. Then she makes a small mistake. And everything shifts. Not dramatically. Not all at once. Just enough that things stop settling ...

A broody veteran. A sunshine hairdresser. A town that loves a good romance. Former military medic Tucker Williams only plans to stay in Moss Creek long enough to help rebuild a Mustang and then disappear again. Love isn’t in his future… and neither is putting down roots. But then he meets Gabby Sullivan—the fiery salon owner with wild curls, a big heart, and absolutely no patience for handsome strangers who are just rolling through. One shameless wink on Main Street. One very intimate shampoo. One small town ready to ship them before they’ve even exchanged phone numbers. Soon, Moss ...

He’s used to being the center of attention. She doesn’t even blink. When Amber Wilson shocks the entire town of Last Chance by beating the biggest ranches at Founders Day, she doesn’t celebrate. She gets back to work. Amber rides to win—not to impress anyone, and definitely not to entertain Jack Bitterman. Jack has always been the easygoing one. The charming one. The guy who can turn any room in his favor with a grin and a joke. But Amber Wilson isn’t impressed. She doesn’t flirt. She doesn’t perform. And she certainly doesn’t care about Jack’s reputation. For the first ...

A heartwarming, laugh-out-loud small-town romantic comedy about healing, second chances, and a community that refuses to mind its own business. When Hazel McCreedy’s mother lost her battle with breast cancer, Hazel did the only thing she knew how to do—she left her life in Charlotte and moved back home to Moss Creek. Now she runs the Sweetwater Café with steady hands and a guarded heart, convinced that loving someone again would only lead to another loss she couldn’t survive. Then West Monroe shows up. Brooding, tattooed, and fresh out of the military, West came to Moss Creek hoping ...

Welcome back to Elmwood Hollow—where the costumes sparkle, the drama is bigger offstage than on, and murder always steals the spotlight. Maddie Belle thought joining the town’s community theater production of Mamma Mia! would be a fun way to sing a little, dance a little, and maybe avoid tripping over her platform heels. But when sabotage, scandal, and a dead body upstage the cast, Maddie finds herself in the middle of a real-life mystery. With a diva co-star who could weaponize a side-eye, a sheriff whose smolder should be illegal in at least three states, and a best friend running “...

A Small-Town Second-Chance Romance Harper Linwood once promised she’d never come back to Chestnut Hollow. But when her perfectly curated city life falls apart, she’s left with no choice — just a suitcase, a bruised heart, and a temporary plan to crash in her hometown until she can figure things out. Temporary. Always temporary. What she doesn’t plan on is Eli Brooks — the boy she left behind, now the man who owns the town’s cozy café, Brewed Awakenings. The same man whose heart she shattered years ago. Eli’s still sunshine — warm smile, easy laugh, the kind of man who makes...

Jamie Fairchild does not believe in sunshine. She believes in schedules. Control. Keeping her heart guarded in a town that’s finally learning how to challenge old power. What she does not believe in is Knox Goodman. Knox is warm, steady, and infuriatingly calm. He runs a pizza shop, smells like basil and fresh dough, and seems determined to make Jamie laugh—on purpose. Unfortunately, he’s also her co-chair for Moss Creek’s biggest fall festival…and the one person who refuses to let her carry everything alone. As the town shifts and long-buried secrets surface, Jamie finds herself ...

A century-old rivalry. A small Texas town that won’t mind its business. And one very bad idea. When the town council of Last Chance, Texas forces Blair Sweetwater and Caleb Bitterman to co-chair the Founders Day Rodeo Sponsorship Committee, everyone knows it’s going to be a mess. Blair Sweetwater is organized, optimistic, and used to winning with a plan. Caleb Bitterman is quiet, stubborn, and unimpressed by committees—or Blair’s color-coded approach to everything. They don’t agree on anything. Not the work. Not the town. And definitely not each other. As meetings turn into power ...

A Cozy Mystery In Elmwood, secrets don’t stay buried—they get locked away. When a respected town employee is found dead and the evidence points straight at Preston Fairchild, the community is quick to decide his guilt. As suspicion spreads and loyalties fracture, baker-turned-investigator Lila must navigate a town ready to believe the worst while racing to uncover what really happened. With stolen fortunes hidden in unexpected places, powerful interests determined to control the narrative, and the clock ticking on an increasingly dangerous situation, Lila digs deeper into a web of greed...

Falling for the Likes A viral scandal. A mountain man. And one influencer learning that the best stories aren’t made for the feed. When her family fortune vanishes, Sloane Devereaux trades high society for hashtags, building her life—and income—one brand deal at a time. But her latest campaign at Colorado’s Snowcap Lodge comes with an unexpected complication: her ski instructor, Jasper Snow, wants nothing to do with influencers… or second chances. He’s quiet. Brooding. Off-limits. And completely impossible to ignore. What starts as a clash between camera and caution turns into ...

One small town. One stubborn innkeeper. One rooster determined to steal the show. Tara Hart doesn’t have time for romance—not with a charming Texas inn to run, a teenage daughter to raise, and the world’s most notorious rooster to wrangle. But when Jordan, a man with secrets and a smile that feels like trouble, shows up in Willow Creek, he doesn’t just rent a room—he begins to claim a place in her carefully guarded heart. As family drama, small-town gossip, and political scandal swirl around them, Tara has to decide: will she keep protecting her walls, or take a chance on love ...

She’s sunshine and cinnamon tea. He’s storms and silence. When a blizzard traps them together, warmth finds a way in. When Olivia Green returns to Edelweiss Springs, she’s determined to bring her mother’s café, The Hearth, back to life—even if it means facing the ghosts she left behind. Across the square, Nathan Adler, owner of Adler’s Outfitters, prefers quiet trails and solitude to the chaos of town life. But when a winter storm shuts down the mountain pass, Olivia and Nathan are thrown together in the middle of the town’s Fire and Ice Festival. Between hot springs, power ...

The Trouble with Perfect (The Moss Creek Society, Book 1) A laugh-out-loud Southern small-town romance full of sass, scandal, and second chances. When Scarlett Montgomery caught her politician fiancé in bed with another woman, she didn’t just end an engagement—she upended her perfect image and the evening news cycle. So she does the only thing that makes sense: she goes home. Back to Moss Creek, South Carolina. Where the garden parties are weaponized, the gossip is faster than Wi-Fi, and the secretive Moss Creek Society still pulls the town’s strings. Scarlett’s plan is simple—...

Some heirlooms come with strings attached. This one comes with bodies. When Juniper Bloom opens a family curiosity shop on the coast of Beaufort, she expects chipped teacups, cranky tourists, and maybe a midlife crisis or two. What she doesn't expect is a pendant with a pulse, ghostly visions she can't control, and a warning whispered through time: return what was taken. Suddenly, Juniper’s quiet life is flipped like a tarot card. The pendant has a history—one soaked in tragedy, betrayal, and a curse that won’t rest. And now that she’s touched it, neither will she. With the help of ...

One fake romance. One cursed cocoa. One very real Christmas. Jack Mercer didn’t come to Hollybrook to fall in love—he came to write an exposé. But when a meddling town, a not-so-innocent mug of cocoa, and a certain Christmas shopkeeper pull him into the holiday whirlwind, keeping his heart out of it proves impossible. Noelle Winters has one goal: protect her grandmother’s magical legacy. The last thing she needs is a sharp-tongued journalist poking holes in Hollybrook’s Christmas cheer. So when the town mistakes Jack for her holiday date, she plays along… never expecting the lie ...

Welcome to Elmwood Hollow, where the cupcakes are sweet, the gossip is sticky, and murder is always bad for business. Claire Callahan just wanted to keep her late grandmother’s bakery running—maybe bake a few scones, avoid small-town drama, and keep the flour off her jeans. But when the local gossip is found dead behind her shop, Claire finds herself knee-deep in secrets that rise faster than her sourdough starter. With a chaos-prone assistant who treats the Murder Wall like modern art, a mayor who’s way too shady for a man who wears that many sweater vests, and a hardware store owner...

Kiss the Chef: A Cozy Small-Town Romance About Second Chances and Starting Over After burning out in the city’s high-pressure restaurant scene, Chef Sasha Carter does something completely reckless—she buys a storm-ravaged seaside restaurant online. No plan. No staff. Just a dream, a set of keys, and a desperate need for a fresh start. What she finds in Blue Heron, South Carolina, is more than peeling paint and hurricane damage. There’s a community ready to welcome her in… and one frustratingly handsome, quiet contractor determined to keep his distance. Boone Redding doesn’t do ...

Small Town. Big Fallout. Getting Personal. Alabama Sweetwater does not do drama. She competes. She wins. She stays out of the Bitterman feud that has defined Last Chance for generations. Luke Holland does not take sides. He shoes horses for both ranches, keeps his head down, and refuses to be pulled into a rivalry that isn’t his. But when a simple equipment check turns into public spectacle, the town decides for them. Now whispers are louder than the announcer. Neutrality is suspicious. And every shared form, glance, and argument becomes proof of something neither of them agreed to. It ...

Welcome back to Moss Creek—small-town charm, high society rules, and a love story ready to break them. Savannah Beaumont has a perfect life—at least, that’s what Moss Creek likes to believe. Heiress. Elite rider. Flawlessly composed. Too bad it’s all built on control she never asked for. Enter Diego Morales: steady hands, quiet strength, and the one person who makes Savannah feel like she’s more than a Beaumont. Their chemistry is instant… and absolutely off-limits. But Moss Creek is a town that never stops watching. Its traditions run deep, its gossip runs deeper, and stepping ...