Meet me by Lavender Valley
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  • Parts 28
  • Time 3h 21m
Complete, First published Aug 22, 2023
- Book 1 in The Evermount Springs series -

When her mother unexpectedly passes away, Eloise Somerset leaves behind her job as a small-time baker, apartment, and city girl lifestyle to return to her mother's hometown. The town her mother always talked about but never visited. The more she sees the town and it's people, the more she starts to wonder if it is where she was meant to be all along.

It's also there, that she meets the handsomest man she's ever laid eyes on. Drew Owen, a grumpy dreamboat, the town winemaker and... her temporary housemate. If just staring at him makes her knees weak how will it feel like to live with him?

There's just one problem. Drew Owen doesn't want her there, but what if he realises that she's just what he was missing all along?

TW:
Death of a parent (only mentioned)
Body image issues (only mentioned a few times)
Kidnapping

TROPES:
- Small town romance 
- Grumpy but actually a softie MMC
- One bed 
- Roommates 
- Little bit of dislike to love
- Romantic tension

RANKINGS:
#14 in Country
#4 in Small town romance
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