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The Aster Valley Collection, Volume 1

By: Lucy Lennox
Narrated by: Michael Dean
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Included in The Aster Valley Collection, Volume One, are the following four titles:

Winter Waites

When Winter Waites knocks on the door to the snowy cabin where his next physical therapy patient awaits him, he has no idea his dream celebrity is on the other side. Rockstar Gentry Kane is everything Winter has always fantasized about. But it was only a fantasy. What happens when Winter is faced with the flesh and blood man who wants more than physical therapy? Can one night in a cozy cabin lead to more? And how will that affect Winter's growing career in the tiny, charming town of Aster Valley? Winter Waites is a 25k-word prequel novella.

Right as Raine

As the first openly gay professional football player, Tiller Raine can’t afford to make any mistakes, on or off the field. And the absolute biggest mistake he could make right now would be to fall for Mikey Vining, his best friend, employee and, more importantly, Coach’s baby boy. Tiller might fantasize about Mikey at night—every night—but actually touching him would be a serious personal foul. And falling for him? That’s completely out of bounds.

Sweet as Honey

When Sam Rigby rolls into Aster Valley looking for peace and quiet, the last thing he expects is to stumble across Truman Sweet—shy botanist, spice-shop owner, and adorable bee-costume wearer—being harassed on the side of the road. One impulsive rescue later, he’s caught in Truman’s orbit, and leaving town suddenly feels impossible. Truman has secrets someone wants buried and protecting him might cost more than a temporary visitor ever planned to give. In a town full of charm and hidden dangers, entanglement might be the riskiest move of all…unless love makes it worth the sting.

The Water Boy

Mikey surprises Tiller with a steamy NFL locker room fantasy come to life in this delicious short story perfect for fans of Right as Raine, American football, or shower steam…The Aster Valley Collection is made up of two volumes.

©2025 Lucy Lennox LLC (P)2025 Lucy Lennox LLC
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This bundle starts with Winter Waites, a great short starter for the Aster Valley series which sets up the location and introduces some of the characters we will see as the stories continue. I am reading everything in order for once, having started and completed the original Made Marian series, this one follows on from Forever Wilde book 8 and we get a few of these before Wilde book 9. I really love the invention and world building in Lucy's story-worlds. This was a quick insta-love between rockstar Gentry and physical therapist Winter.
Number two in this bundle is Right a Raine, a full length novel with Mikey as such a great character. He is the son of the Coach of the Houston NFL team who's top star is Tiller a wide receiver. He is gay, the first out gay NFL player in the league and he is in love with Mickey. Coach is not keen! Their relationship revolves around football until Tiller is injured and takes a break with a visit to Astor Valley. There we meet a number of characters we have met in past Astor Valley stories. The growing relationship and the skirting around the 'boyfriend in public' problem is well handled and very sweet.
The third is Sweet as Honey, a full length novel which picks up characters we met in previous novels and focuses on them. Truman is a sweet nerdy guy with a history in Aster Valley that has meant that he has been constantly bullied for years. Sam is a friend of Mikey from the previous story, who has come to visit Aster Valley where he meets Truman on the side of the road as he is being chased by a bully. The story focusses on the bullying and the history behind it and we see Truman come to trust Sam as he helps to resolve Trumans ongoing problems. Their relationship is very sweet. Great story.
The final is a short facet called the Water Boy which is basically a fantasy short about Mikey pretending to be the waterboy and Tiller falling for him. It is very hot and a really fast 15min listen. Well worth it when in this bundle and not available anywhere else that can be recorded in Goodreads.
As always, Michael Dean lend his great talent to the telling of all of these stories..

A prequel, two novels and a ficet

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