Things We Burn
A Small Town Sports Romance
Inferno.
The hottest restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, run by the ‘Ice Queen’, Avery Hart.
She is a revolutionary in the culinary world, earning Michelin Stars and feeding presidents while starving her demons at the same time.
Her life is in her kitchen. Where she controls every ingredient, every sear, every plate.
Kane ‘The Devil’ Rhodes is chaos personified.
He’s famous for his death-defying stunts, for his medals, for his roguish charm.
The moment he sees Avery Hart, he knows what he wants.
He wants her.
To unravel her.
Melt the ice queen.
Make her his.
Avery shouldn’t want Kane. He personifies everything she’s avoided her entire life.
Yet she submits to him. She lets him invade her life.
Even though she knows passion will burn out, leaving nothing but ashes.
When the smoke clears, Avery runs to a small town called Jupiter, with a whole new future ahead of her and a broken heart. But Kane isn't going to let her go.
Mention of childhood SA, Postpartum anxiety and depression
Instalove, surprise pregnancy, sports romance, small town romance
Recipe for Love
A Small Town Grumpy Sunshine Romance
Nora Henderson is of the opinion that chocolate cures almost everything.
Which, among a few other reasons, is why she opened her bakery in the small town of Jupiter, Maine five years ago.
People come from miles for her chocolate peanut butter cupcakes. Customers almost come to blows over the last almond croissant. Some even say her chocolate chip cookies help ease the burn of heartbreak.
Nora’s life is good. On the surface, at least.
Underneath the frosting and the sweet décor of her bakery is a broken engagement, doubt and anxiety spirals.
In short, Nora Henderson is a mess.
Not someone Rowan Derrick would ever be interested in. He’s the gruff veteran who owns a construction company, who broods his way around town and can wear the crap out of a backward baseball cap.
He stars in almost every one of her fantasies. She expected him to stay there, to remain her imaginary boyfriend and customer … nothing else.
But Rowan Derrick has had his eye on Nora for a while. Little does she know, she stars in every one of his fantasies too. And now that the beautiful baker is no longer engaged, he’s going to make her his.
Anxiety, mental health struggles, Grief/Loss
“Who did this to you”, grumpy sunshine, small town romance, veteran hero, curvy heroine
Method for Matrimony
A Marriage of Convenience Romance
Marrying Kip Goodman was a last resort.
But she was desperate. Desperate enough to marry a man she despised.
All she had to do was get through the year married to a cocky alpha male who only thought of women as notches on his bedpost.
She had her reasons.
So did he.
They had to lie to their friends and families, try to survive a year with each other.
It was that simple.
Until it became clear she had to resist him.
Because Kip Goodman wasn’t who she thought he was.
And that was dangerous.
DV, Miscarriage, Child loss
Marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, surprise pregnancy romance, groveling
The Anchor Holds
A Small Town, Grumpy Sunshine Romance
Calliope Derrick is in trouble.
Not that she’ll admit it.
She’d sooner go to her grave than ask for help—especially from a man.
Wall Street’s wolf in heels, Calliope built an empire, shattered egos, and earned a reputation as the woman who made grown men cry in their private jets. But after a betrayal that threatens everything she’s worked for, she trades skyscrapers for lighthouses and flees to Jupiter, Maine.
She tells her family it’s just a break. A vacation. A reset.
She’s lying.
She’s here to plot revenge.
Not to fall in love.
And definitely not with a charming fisherman like Elliot Shaw.
He’s not her type—too easygoing, too noble, too sincere.
Or so she thinks… until she discovers the depths beneath his quiet strength.
Until he begins to unravel the cold, calculated woman she spent years becoming.
The carefree fisherman reveals a side of herself she never dared explore.
And the more tangled up she gets, the more she realizes Elliot isn’t just a temptation—
he might be a lifeline.
An anchor. To a better life.
It may be too late to guard her heart, but she’ll do whatever it takes to protect her family—and Elliot—even if it’s from herself.
Because Calliope knows one thing for sure, she doesn’t deserve an easy life with a good man.
SA, Violence, Grief, Childhood cancer
Black cat x golden retriever, small town romance, grumpy sunshine, morally grey heroine