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When Smith Long strides into his new hometown, he doesn't expect to get bowled over by a woman chasing her cow whom she claims has fallen in love with a pig. Doesn't every small town have that one crazy person?

On a dark night twenty years ago Whitney Singleton listened to a boy’s whispered word and fell in love. The only problem was she was twelve and he was twenty-four and he was not in love with her. Far from it, since she was just a child. However she never forgot the cowboy who whispered to her in the dark and encouraged her to be fearless. Twenty years later that cowboy has been tasked with helping her move to his hometown. She’s sure he doesn’t remember that night long ago or how he changed her life and he definitely doesn’t know that she’s been in love with him all these years.

Grace Tyack thought she had it all figured out—until her marriage crumbled, her career imploded, and she found herself back in the small town she'd spent years trying to forget. Caring for her mother after surgery, Grace discovers that sometimes the biggest failures lead to the most unexpected blessings. Then, in a twist she did not see coming, she learns that her mother has a boyfriend. Don Gillett is a sweet widower, but he comes with unexpected baggage: his son Trevor, Grace's high school sweetheart whom she left without explanation years ago.

He's never set a toe off the straight and narrow. She doesn't know where the straight and narrow even is. But she'd like to find it. Her life is a wreck, and she couldn't possibly say yes to Tobias's request. Except a billion dollars will make a girl do a lot of things she hadn't planned on. Even fall in love. Can these two opposites build a life and create a home for their new family?

They've been best friends forever. He even moved with her family to North Dakota so they could be together. But his mother wants him to come home. There's a girl she wants him to meet. The last things he needs or wants is a woman in his life. So, of course, he asks his best friend to come along and help. He didn't expect to get caught kissing her, and he really didn't expect the next words that came out of his mouth—"Mom, we're engaged." Will Stonewall and Johanna ever be friends again? Or will this one misstep ruin everything they've had together?

Escape to Strawberry Sands in this charming collection of sweet, heartwarming romances!

Single mom Peyton Sinclair came to the town of Sweet Water to raise her son away from the influence of her ex-husband’s mother. She’s happy with her bookstore and bake shop and is not interested in doing anything but making a living and raising her son. Bryce Shaker had been baseball’s highest paid athlete at one point in his career.

Rancher Cordell Stryker just wants to settle down on his ranch, and he’s convinced the twin sister of his best friend to tie the knot with him. But as the wedding day approaches, he finds himself drawn more to her sister. That just can’t be, because she’s his best friend.

After 15 years of her husband never having time for her, Lindy Coats moves with her teenaged daughter to their summer cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan outside the town of Blueberry Beach. With a lonely single dad on one side of her, a crochety old business owner on the other, and a young mother with terrible secrets and a son fighting leukemia across the road, it doesn’t take Lindy long to discover that learning to enjoy life is less about what she chooses to do for herself and more about what she chooses to do for others.

I was pretty happy with my life until the hot shot, all-state baller from my teen years moved back in next door. (I babysat him, yes, but I never changed his diapers. Just wanted to be clear about that.) Guess who’s now the assistant b-ball coach? Logic would say me–especially since I coached my entire first year holding the playbook upside down (it turned out to be an old football playbook from the ‘80s, so it’s not like it mattered which way I held it) but the accurate answer is Trey Haywood, my all-star neighbor.

After losing his country music superstar sister in a plane crash, Jones Dunn brings his niece to Sweet Water so they could stay where no one will recognize or bother them. He doesn't intend to stay in town long, but a marriage proposal from an unlikely source makes him think that maybe his plans should change.

Hines Cannon, a recluse haunted by the scars of his heroic sacrifice, never expected to find love in the rural North Dakota town of Sweet Water. But when a freak accident leaves him helpless, Eliza Walton, the woman he once saved, becomes his lifeline. As they spend time together, secrets unravel and barriers crumble.

He's a billionaire that's supposed to be dead. She's the woman who chose his best friend over him. They've forged a strong online friendship over two decades as she's raised her eight kids alone, and he kept the promise he made to her husband.

Armstrong Brant stepped between Glory Baldwin and a charging cow. He ended up with broken ribs and a farm and family he couldn’t care for through the pain. At the prompting of the Sweet Water Piece Makers Quilting Club, Glory volunteered to watch Armstrong’s four children while he recovers. She owed him, and it made sense. But she never expected to fall for a man with four boys.

After losing her husband in the line of duty, Annie Brooks moves in with her mother in Sweet Water, North Dakota with her two small children to try to put the pieces of her life back together.

When Karna comes to help her brother on his dude ranch, she runs into her childhood archenemy Miller. Only he's gone from being a skinny dork to a handsome and appealing man. Not that she would ever admit it. Her new mission in life is to avoid him at all costs.

She’s his best friend’s little sister. He’s never noticed her. Not like that. He needs to marry to inherit his money, so he’s hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he’s too sick to get married.

Lark Stryker, a compassionate veterinarian with a heart full of hope, can't forget the man who broke her teenage heart. She has built a fulfilling life centered around caring for others. But beneath her selfless exterior lies a lingering longing for the man who shattered her heart years ago. As she tends to her animal patients and nurtures the teenage girls in her shelter, Lark wonders if God has a greater love in store for her.

Lucas Clyborne has had his eye on Sweet Water's librarian, Ryland Solomon, for almost a year. He's even started going to the library and checking out books. Who knew Extreme Ironing was a thing? So, maybe he had a little trouble concentrating on looking for suitable books since his attention seemed to get fixed on the cute librarian who didn't seem to know he was alive. Ryland didn't know why Lucas all the sudden had a fascination with obscure books like The Iliad and Favorite Ties of Latin American Presidents, but she is sure he's up to no good.

Palmer wouldn't trade his family's land for the world. But the only way to save the ranch from financial disaster and claim his billion-dollar inheritance is to find himself a wife. His happily-ever-after would be complete if he could just hitch his wagon to the woman who sees him only as her best friend.