After selling her successful catering company and pouring every last penny into the purchase of the Briarwood Inn, Grace Bentley is ready to start over in the sparkling lakes of Sunset County.
When local contractor Noah Crawford makes a case for heading up the inn’s redesign, Grace is uncertain about hiring the man who clearly has his own vision for the project. What she doesn't know is that Noah is fiercely protective of the Briarwood: he has a bittersweet history with the inn and can't bear to see it touched by anyone else.
While their competing interests and ideas for the inn cause friction, the attraction between them builds. When a major construction issue threatens the completion of the project, can Grace put aside her pride, and open up her heart to the possibility of true love?
An unlikely volunteer…
Saving more than the shelter!
When Georgia O’Neill bursts into the Sunset County Animal Shelter, wary veterinarian Mel Carter doesn’t know what’s hit her. But soon, Georgia’s California rays of sunshine are lighting up even the darkest parts of Mel’s heart, still raw after a heart-wrenching betrayal. Still, PR pro Georgia is set only on rehabbing her image while cleaning out her beloved aunt’s cottage. Mel’s life in rural Canada can’t possibly compete with LA glamour…can it?
From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.
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Attorney Jeannie Carmichael can’t wait to celebrate Christmas at her grandparents’ Butterfly Lake Lodge in the Canadian Rockies. The night before she leaves, Jeannie and her colleagues stop for drinks at a local pub, where she chats with the handsome, charming guitar player of the house band. He shares his number, but Jeannie’s eyes are on her colleague and the promise of an invite to his fancy New Year’s Eve party, so she stuffs the number into her purse.
Everett McCarthy is shocked when the beautiful Jeannie from the bar calls him, but it’s about a Christmas Eve gig at her grandparents’ lodge, not a date. Still, he and the band accept and head to the mountains. Over the course of an eventful party, a tussle with an errant elk, and midnight snowshoeing through the woods under the glow of the romantic Northern lights, Everett is smitten. Christmas morning pancakes, a family hockey game and an evening sharing dreams by a bonfire under the stars seals the deal. He’s in love.
But can he convince Jeannie that their Christmas kiss is just their beginning?
Can a stumble through a wrong door lead to Mr. Right?
When Celeste McCarthy’s parents announce plans to sell the family’s cherished Butterfly Lake Lodge, she’s devastated. She’s grown up working at the lodge and hoped to build her career and life there. Her parents think the new owners will keep her on, but Celeste needs certainty, not hope. She enrolls in a local accounting class to boost her resume but ends up in a salmon fly tying course taught by a local angler, who’s distractingly handsome.
Jack Wallace is teaching the college extension class hoping to increase his fly fishing business that’s been struggling since a media savvy trust fund kid moved to town, and hooked many new clients despite his inexperience fishing. Jack is intrigued enough by the beautiful Celeste that he steps out of his comfort zone and agrees to help her plan a groomsman day out for an influencer’s wedding held at her lodge.
As Jack and Celeste work side by side during the weekend wedding, they begin to discover that sometimes, the best catch is found in unexpected waters.
Available March 18, 2025
When brilliant biology professor Elodie McCarthy is forced to juggle her research and her family’s impending sale of the Butterfly Lake Lodge, she finds her focus, for the first time in her life, fractured.
Best-selling first time author Kendra Green fears a sophomore slump. She retreats to the gorgeous Canadian Rockies in the guise of research and meets the enigmatic professor, whose sharp intellect and magnetic presence make concentrating on her manuscript nearly impossible.
An affair is out of the question. Elodie needs to prove herself to earn tenure, and Kendra has to finish her book. But as professional boundaries blur in the wilderness, will Elodie and Kendra discover that love really can make the impossible possible?
Available July 1, 2025