Gilmore Girls meets Sweet Home Alabama in this Watty-Award winning, small-town, second-chance romance! Quinn is hustling to make her dream of owning her own business come true. But first, she'll have to survive a week of hosting her small town's Founder's Festival with her ex-boyfriend. Could Quinn Kelley's summer be more stressful? She's hustling to complete the certification program she needs to launch her own business. She has enough ongoing family drama to keep up with a Kardashian. And, oh yeah, her ex-boyfriend is back in town for the first time in years. Quinn would have been perfectly happy to continue pretending Ty Rossi doesn't exist. But when their mutual friend has a family emergency and has to leave town suddenly, Quinn and Ty are left in charge of their town's Founder's Festival. If they can survive an entire week of co-hosting events without murdering each other, it'll be a miracle. Their tempers ignite like flames set to paper anytime they're together. But the more time she spends with Ty, the more Quinn questions if all those sparks are fueled entirely by hate. 2020 Watty Award Winning Novel! [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]]

She left to build a life. She came back to remember who she really was. At 23, Piper Hart has a stable job as an ultrasound technician, a tiny apartment in the city, and a carefully constructed life that looks good on paper. But when her younger siblings beg for one more summer at the family farm in Arbor Flats, Piper finds herself back in the sleepy town she once called home where the days are slow, the air smells like honeysuckle, and the past never stays buried for long. She hasn't been back in years, not since her mother dragged her away after the divorce. And definitely not since she tried to forget about Wesley Lakes the quiet, blue-eyed boy from the farm next door who once meant more to her than she ever admitted. Now Wesley is grown, still rooted in Arbor Flats, and even more impossible to ignore. Their childhood connection flickers back to life just as Piper learns a devastating truth: her father is being pressured to sell the family farm to make way for luxury condos. Developers see land. Piper sees memories, legacy and the last safe piece of her fractured world. As the summer heat rises, Piper is forced to choose between the life she's built and the one she left behind. And Wesley? He might just be the reason she stops running for good. A small-town summer romance about second chances, deep roots, and finding your way back to where you belong.