Charlotte "Charley" Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont-except for one. Tyler Westcott's attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can't stand how he acts like he knows her better than she knows herself. So when Tyler turns up at the running club Charley joined to train for a marathon, she's almost ready to quit before she even gets started. Tyler knows that behind Charley's prickly personality and dismissive attitude is a sweet woman he wants in his life. And when Charley suffers an injury while training, Tyler is ready to prove that the perfect man for her has been right there all along . . .
Landon Abbott and his identical twin brother, Lucas, had always shared everything-until they laid eyes on Amanda Pressley and both wanted something only one of them could have. All it took was her pretty little mouth uttering the words "prostate massager" during a sales pitch at his family's Green Mountain Country Store in Butler, Vermont, to make Landon's heart stop and other parts of him jump to attention. Unfortunately, his brother felt the same... Amanda is making a list and checking it twice. Nearly dying in the fire at the Admiral Butler Inn has left her with tons of regret and a new lust for life. Topping the list of things she wants to do with her second chance are two key items: fall in love and have an orgasm with a man. The last person she expects to check all her boxes is world-renowned player Landon Abbott. She might've made the mistake of saying yes to dates with both brothers once upon a time, but only one of them makes her heart pound. Too bad she can't figure out how to move off the starting line toward something more than friendship with the ridiculously handsome firefighter... Things are heating up in Butler this spring as they find just what they've been missing on the road to happily ever after. But like mud season in Vermont, that road is full of potholes as a long-buried secret from Amanda's past and Landon's plethora of female admirers threaten their newfound happiness.
The family-run Green Mountain Country Store is cherished by locals as a reminder of simpler times. The Abbott children are determined to keep it that way—but their father has different plans… When Cameron Murphy heads to Vermont to build a website for a new client, she imagines a more relaxing trip than she gets. After wrecking her car by colliding with the town moose, she meets the most handsome hero she’s ever seen. Unfortunately, her savior, Will Abbott, is also the son of her client—and he wants nothing to do with the new website or the city girl creating it. For all Will cares, Cameron can march her fancy boots right out of town and out of his family’s business. But he can’t seem to get her out of his head. And as his family’s dispute heats up, so does the chemistry between the two, leaving them wondering if simple is better after all—especially when it comes to matters of the heart.
As the chief financial officer, Hunter Abbott manages the family's various business interests while "fixing" things for the people he loves. But the one thing he can't fix is his undeniable attraction to Megan Kane. Instead, Hunter is prepared to do whatever it takes to show Megan that he's the man for her. Megan's sister rocks her with the news that she and her husband are moving overseas, leaving Megan truly alone. With her sister-and her job at the diner-going away, Megan finds herself leaning on the sexy, button-down accountant who isn't afraid to lay it all on the line for her. But Megan has watched too many people she loves leave her. Can she risk her heart for Hunter? Contains a bonus Green Mountain short story!
An island-wide power failure has thrust Gansett into darkness. We'll take this opportunity to catch up with each of the couples we've come to know and love, and meet a few new characters who'll appear in upcoming books. It's the heart of summer, and things are getting hot on Gansett Island!
Mary enjoys her predictable, satisfying life in Butler. If it's a little lacking in excitement, well, that's okay. But after meeting Patrick Murphy and getting to know him better at his daughter's wedding, Mary's intrigued by the well-known, sexy billionaire businessman. Patrick is equally intrigued. For the first time since he lost his wife suddenly thirty years ago, he has met a woman who makes him feel less lonely, and all he wants is more of his Sweet Mary from Vermont. Flirty phone calls become a weekend away together that takes his relationship with Mary to the next level. But with six hours and two vastly different lives standing between them, can Mary and Patrick find happily ever after together? And after telling her father to keep his hands and everything else off Mary, will Cameron approve of her father's new romance?
On the occasion of their fortieth wedding anniversary, Big Mac and Linda McCarthy take a look back at how they came to be while each of their children confront a new challenge in their own lives. Come to Gansett Island to celebrate the holidays and the anniversary of the island's most beloved couple!
After forty days holed up in his house on Gansett Island nursing a broken heart, Jared James decides enough is enough. Determined to snap out of the funk he slipped into after his girlfriend refused his marriage proposal, Jared organizes a party for the friends who've seen him through the worst of his heartache. Now, if only he could stop thinking about the love of his life and how he will survive the rest of his days without her... Elisabeth "Lizzie" Sutter knows she has no business chasing Jared after she turned down his lovely heartfelt marriage proposal in a moment of sheer panic. It didn't take long for her to realize how foolish she'd been. Now all she can do is hope it's not too late to set things right with the one man she can't live without...
Three years after his marriage ended in dramatic fashion, Noah Coleman has one goal-to steer clear of romantic entanglements. In fact, he steers clear of most human interaction, studiously avoiding his large meddling extended family, working until he's exhausted, and then repeating the pattern day after day. His strategy has worked well for him for years, keeping him sealed off from anything that can cause him pain or angst. Or it was working for him... before his company was hired to rebuild the Admiral Butler Inn, forcing him to co-exist with the exasperatingly difficult, gorgeous architect the inn's owner, Mrs. Hendricks, hired to oversee the project. While nursing a badly broken heart, Brianna Esposito is determined to complete the Butler Inn construction under budget and on time-and to make partner in the Boston firm where she's been working fourteen hours a day for five years. Nothing is going to stop her from achieving her goal, especially not a cranky contractor with the people skills of a rabid cougar. Noah Coleman is the most exasperating human being she's ever had the misfortune to tangle with. She's never had screaming fights with anyone the way she does him, and the fact that he's also the sexiest man she's ever met makes it that much more difficult to hold her ground. When Mrs. Hendricks intervenes and orders the two of them to resolve their differences, Brianna is stuck having dinner with the man she wants to stab one minute and kiss the next...
Kate Harrington left Reid behind when she set out to chase her dream of music superstardom. Now, she has everything she ever wanted, except for the one thing she can't live without. What will Reid say when she shows up unannounced in St. Kitts, looking to reclaim their lost love? And what will Jack, Kate's father, say when he hears she's gone back to her first love, a man he once considered to be a friend? And what will happen when Jill Harrington, Kate's sister, attorney, and manager, faces off with Ashton Matthews, Reid's son, the same man who made life miserable for Kate many years ago? Sparks will fly when the Harrington, Matthews, and O'Malley families gather in Nashville for a Christmas none of them will ever forget!
As one of Hollywood's hottest producers, Kristian Bowen is on top of the world. With the Quantum team fresh off a clean sweep of awards season and looking ahead to the premiere of their new film, his life is exactly how he likes it, complete with a stable of willing subs to tend to his every desire. That is, it was right up until he attended a wedding and met Aileen Gifford. Since meeting her, his carefully cultivated life has changed in ways he never could've expected. Now she and her children are moving to LA, and he's not sure whether to be excited or terrified about his powerful feelings for the single mom. Aileen is coming off the worst year of her life, spent battling breast cancer while taking care of two young children. When her friends encourage her to move to LA and work for Quantum, she jumps at the chance to give her family a fresh start. And with her off-the-charts attraction to Kristian in the mix, the idea becomes that much sweeter. But then everyone shows up to welcome her and the kids to their new home except him. But Kristian can't avoid Aileen forever, and when they finally see each other again, sparks fly between the single mom and the producer with a past he's kept hidden from everyone who matters to him. When that past rears its ugly head, will he run away from the woman he loves or turn to her for comfort in the storm? And will she prevail in convincing him that he can be himself, in every possible way, with her?
Tobias "Slim" Jackson has the perfect life as a pilot on Gansett Island in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He's happiest when he's in the air, or at least that was the case before last summer when he met Erin Barton, Gansett Island's newest lighthouse keeper. Now he can't seem to find his usual enthusiasm for flying, winter in the sunny South, or anything that doesn't include her. Erin has been stuck on pause since she lost her twin brother. She'll tell you herself that her life has been a hot mess since Toby died. After dropping out of law school, she flits from one pointless job to another, existing rather than truly living. Then she comes to Gansett Island to take over as the new lighthouse keeper and meets Slim, who happens to share her beloved brother's first name. That small coincidence is enough to convince her that she needs to spend more time with the dashing pilot-except for the fact that he's spending the winter more than a thousand miles from her. Now Slim's come home to Gansett for the holidays and hopes to pick up where he left off with Erin. He's got twelve days before he's due back in Florida to finish out the remainder of his winter obligations. A lot can happen in twelve days, but will it be enough to convince Erin that it's time to start truly living again?
