A Stevenson Family Story

Carmen Maclean needs to escape her toxic ex when the life they built together implodes, and she isn't ready to deal with the fallout. Throwing a few odds and ends into her trusty VW Bug, she heads for her brother's place in the mountains. However, bad luck isn't done with her yet, and Carmen's ancient car leaves her stranded on the side of a secluded highway.

Loving Charlotte Baker isn’t new for Sam Stevenson; knowing she tastes like rich wine and sounds like heaven when he kisses her, however, is, and now he can’t forget. Sam never intended to act on his decade-and-then-some crush on Charlotte; he is used to living with the heartache of knowing he will never have her. Weddings are dangerous places, though, and intoxicated in more ways than one, Sam lets his resolve slip.

River James tried to leave home to chase her dreams, but circumstances hauled her back. Now she’s resigned to spending her life in the town where she grew up. She’s happy working at her brother’s vet clinic and living in their family home. Sometimes it feels as though something unnamable is missing, but meeting Cascade Creek’s handsome interloper, Jake Maclean, has her feeling more optimistic.