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The Maple Ridge Cozy Romance Collection: Welcome to Maple Ridge, the small town where gossip travels faster than the mail truck, festivals are a competitive sport, and love always finds a way, usually with a little help from nosy neighbors, mischievous pets, and just the right amount of seasonal magic. This heartwarming collection brings together six full-length stories, each brimming with cozy vibes, witty banter, and swoony heroes you’ll fall for. Read Between the Pines – A big-city escape, a broody handyman, and a bookstore full of second chances. Jingle Bells and Starlit Seas – A ...

Welcome back to Blackbird Springs—where the blackbirds sing before everything changes. The bookshop doesn’t want to be sold. And it definitely has opinions about who should fall in love inside it. When Grace Hamilton inherits her late aunt’s bookstore in Blackbird Springs, she has thirty days to prove it’s profitable—or lose it to county liquidation. Simple. Except the shelves rearrange themselves overnight. Books fall open to messages meant just for her. And the reclusive writer living in the reading nook refuses to let her “fix” anything. Leo Callahan used to be a ...

She traded the skyscrapers of New York for the small-town charm of Maple Ridge, but running her aunt’s bookstore is just the beginning. Abby thought escaping her fast-paced city life would be easy, but between a grumpy, brooding handyman (who just might be the most ruggedly handsome man she's ever met), a tight-knit community eager to play matchmaker, and exes that just won’t get the hint, nothing is as simple as it seems. For fans of small-town charm, grumpy x sunshine, cinnamon roll heroes, and inheriting a new life, this heartwarming romance full of cozy fall vibes is a must-read. ...

In a town where everyone knows your business and the bees spell out love advice, some summers rewrite your entire story. Eighteen-year-old Junie Whitlow is ready to leave Blackbird Springs for good. Raised by her quirky, bee-loving family in a town where privacy is theoretical and romance is community entertainment, she's determined to trade sweet tea and small talk for a backpack and a one-way ticket out of Mississippi. College can wait, her heart's set on the world. But when Junie takes a summer job at her aunt's Memory Tea Shop, where the whole town gathers for gossip, wisdom, and ...

Amber’s holiday to-do list: Avoid her ex-boyfriend who is now dating her mortal enemy from high school Enjoy an ‘old-ladies-only’ cruise with her feisty grandmother and... Definitely don’t crush on the flannel-wearing hottie who makes a mean hot cocoa. Too bad that stranger is also Luke ‘Ryder’ Harrison, country music’s scandal-dodging bad boy, who is incognito on the cruise with his grandmother after yet another tabloid scandal. With snowball fights, starlit strolls, and one identity reveal that’ll knock the eggnog out of her hand, this Christmas cruise just got way more ...

He’s a billionaire in disguise. She’s the only thing standing between him and the town he plans to buy. Holden Blackmont doesn’t do feelings. He does acquisitions. Sweetwater Springs is next on his list. To keep the land prices low, he goes undercover as a handyman at the town’s beloved historic inn—gathering intel, mapping vulnerabilities, and preparing to turn charm into profit. Then he meets Zara Hoffman. Zara runs the Copper Bell Inn with sunshine, stubbornness, and more heart than budget. She believes in second chances, homemade pie, and protecting her town from corporate ...

In Blackbird Springs, some flowers bloom for the heart that needs them most. When former supermodel Lena Marlowe trades her Manhattan penthouse for a ramshackle cottage in Blackbird Springs, she's hoping for exactly two things: solitude and a place where nobody knows her face used to grace magazine covers. What she gets instead is a garden that seems determined to grow impossible flowers overnight and a neighbor who keeps leaving perfectly ripe tomatoes on her doorstep like some sort of botanical fairy godmother. That neighbor turns out to be Jonah Reed—gentle-eyed botanist, devoted son, ...

Some houses remember. Some hearts take time to reignite… Willa Merriweather doesn’t believe in magic—until she inherits Sweetgrass Cottage. The crumbling house on the edge of Blackbird Springs has a wild garden that breathes, walls that hum lullabies, and a neighbor who glares at her through the overgrown sweetgrass like she’s personally offended the sky. Beckett Knox isn’t just grumpy—he’s a storm wrapped in flannel. A former firefighter who fled his career after a rescue went tragically wrong, he’s back in Blackbird Springs to care for his uncle and disappear from a world ...

Forget the tulips, and grab your popcorn. It's all out war in Maple Ridge… When the old Starlite Drive-In is slated for demolition to make way for luxury condos, Clara’s ready to channel her inner superhero (cape optional) to stop the slick-talking developer behind the plan. Jason Reed might have devastating good looks, but his idea of “progress” is about as charming as a pothole in spring. But just when Clara thinks she’s got the upper hand, the mayor forces her and Jason to co-lead Maple Ridge’s Spring Beautification Project. A week-long community initiative where they’ll be...

Noelle has her life perfectly styled... until her high school rival opens a competing salon across the street. As if dealing with Diana "Dream-Crusher" Smoot wasn't enough, now Diana's irritatingly charming brother Cole keeps showing up with his perfect face and hazel eyes, bringing coffee and that smile that definitely doesn't make Noelle's heart flutter. When mysterious holiday pranks start appearing around their small town of Maple Ridge, Noelle finds herself caught between her need for control and Cole's infectious joy for the season. She's determined to win the Winter Fest competition ...

New York City meets small-town charm in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about second chances, family secrets, and unexpected sparks. Ashley Winters doesn’t do small towns, or flowers, for that matter. But when her free-spirited grandmother takes a nasty fall in her beloved Maple Ridge flower shop, Ashley begrudgingly trades skyscrapers for sunsets to help out for the summer. Despite her utter lack of gardening skills and a black thumb that could kill a cactus, Ashley sees this as her chance to finally connect with the grandmother her parents kept at arm’s length her entire childhood...

It's A Very Bookish Christmas in Maple Ridge Abby’s big holiday idea is simple: Blind Date with a Book. Wrap a favorite story, add a clue or two, and let Maple Ridge share the joy of reading. But when the books land in the wrong hands, the town erupts into hilarious chaos—farmers quoting Regency dukes, the mayor addicted to vampire novels, and more holiday mix-ups than Santa’s elves can handle. Caught in the middle is Sunny Perkins, Maple Ridge’s endlessly cheerful second-grade teacher, determined to save the event before it turns into a Christmas catastrophe. The problem? ...

A missing recipe. A meddling cat. And a second chance sweeter than she ever imagined… When Maggie Hayes moves to the picturesque town of Maple Ridge to open The Strawberry & Thyme Café, she's chasing a dream she and her late husband never got to share. Her heirloom strawberry-thyme jam is an instant hit, until the secret recipe disappears just before the town's Golden Harvest Festival. Enter Jameson Whitmore, the town's notoriously gruff billionaire landlord who owns half of Maple Ridge, including Maggie's beloved café. Jameson has spent decades quietly nursing old wounds in self-...

Country music’s bad boy just dropped two explosive hits, and neither one’s a love song. Luke “Ryder” Harrison lives loud. Whiskey-soaked anthems, sold-out arenas, and a headline-chasing romance with pop darling Savannah Sparks. But when she fabricates a cheating scandal to boost her brand, Luke fires back with “Nashville Psycho” A vicious, viral breakup track that’s equal parts revenge and relief. Then his parents pull the rug out. In a tear-soaked interview, they paint him as a selfish son who abandoned them. The truth? They’ve been leeching off his fame for years. Luke’s...