When Love Gives You Lemons, Make Lemon Pie. Ambitious pastry chef Mila Warner dreams of winning the Taste of the North Shore Festival bake-off, hoping it will catapult her onto the regional food scene once and for all. Maybe claiming the top prize will be her ticket to earning a livable income without holding down three jobs, including the pleasant but stagnant job of overseeing the kitchen staff at Blueberry Point Lodge. Her only problem is paying that hefty entry fee. As interim editor of the Lakeshore Weekly, Cam Beckett is sticking around long enough for his publisher to find someone else to fill the role. He has four weeks to plan a special supplement for the local food festival. His first task—interviewing Mila Warner who has charmed the local food scene—and him—with her custom picnics and sought-after pastries. When a mysterious benefactor steps forward to sponsor Mila, her dream is within reach. But the gift comes...

A broken dream. A chance to heal. And the lakeshore inn where love might bloom. Hilary Larkin knows one thing: spending a week at an idyllic lakeshore inn in the Minnesota Northwoods is the last place she wants to be. But refusing her sister-in-law's help when the woman offered to pay for the small farms conference is out of the question. The only bright spot of the dreaded week is the handsome lavender farmer distracting Hilary from the crushing reality of trying to keep her late husband's inn-keeping dream alive. Dane Porter locked up his heart after his ex-wife betrayed him. Even literally colliding with the beautiful and intriguing woman at this conference can't make him forget that trusting another woman will only lead to heartbreak. But amidst the conference gardening workshops and lectures about raising alpacas, Hilary makes him wish he could finally let go of the past. When Hilary's meddling sister-in-law arrives unexpectedly at...

She thought their kiss marked a beginning. Then he never called. The last time Farra Hall stepped foot in Blueberry Point Lodge, a guy with a quirky necktie and all the right dance moves stopped her in her tracks. They shared a kiss right out of a fairy tale before they said goodbye. He promised he'd call, but that call never came. Now she's back in town to help her friend ready the lakeshore inn before the grand opening celebration. But when the guy she fell head over heels for reappears, Farra's resentment threatens to ruin the happy occasion. Trey Merrick's life these last few months has been full of regrets. Getting into the car that fateful night is one. His biggest mistake, though, was not calling the woman he met at the Stetman wedding. After his life took a tragic turn, he let foolish pride keep him away, but he's not going to make that mistake twice. Will Trey finally get his chance to make...

He values tradition. She's pushing for progress. Can they find common ground under the Christmas lights this season? Despite an aversion to all things Christmas, plucky publicist Fallon Gale is in charge of taking the Holly Days Festival to the next level. They might not appreciate her vision, but she's determined to drag these tradition-bound locals into this century, despite the handsome, enigmatic son of the festival's founders fighting her at every turn. Marine First Sergeant Kade Behar just retired from active service and returned home to Hendricks. But clashing with the infuriating yet adorable woman who would rather seat Santa and Mrs. Claus in one of those fancy electric pickup trucks instead of his family's heirloom sleigh is not what he had in mind. He's caught between saving the festival from a stranger's nontraditional plans and fighting his growing attraction to her. When Fallon unknowingly enlists help from a Behar family...

She closed the book on romance after their first date fizzled. He'd love to rewrite their story if she'll give him another chance. Librarian Cora Martin spends her days immersed in books at Broman County Library, but she has yet to find her own love story. When her boss assigns Cora to oversee the author visit of her literary crush, she wishes her dream task didn't involve working with Evan, the handsome yet reclusive guy tending Dog-Eared Books across town. Reluctantly overseeing his sister's bookstore while she travels, software engineer Evan Hollis bides his time in Hendricks. His one and only date with librarian Cora wasn't exactly a highlight of his stay in town. After all, he declared himself a non-reader in the first fifteen minutes—and who admits that to a librarian? When Evan's opportunity for a do-over arrives in Hendricks in the form of literary sensation Renn Stone, he's ready. Renn's first stop:...

A class reunion. An unrequited love. And the small-town roots that never let go of the heart. When big-city accountant Wynne Terry dreamed of her future, it looked like the one she's living. Then an invitation to her high school reunion lands in her mailbox and curiosity beckons her to return for the first time in fifteen years. It has nothing to do with seeing her childhood best friend who unwittingly stole her heart. At least, that's what Wynne tells herself. Chase Ford's regrets come back to haunt him when Wynne walks into his life again. Marrying the first girl who turned his head in high school was mistake number one. Turning his back on Wynne when she needed him most was another. If it's forgiveness he's looking for, Wynne may give it to him. But raising his daughter and keeping the ever-elusive Wynne from turning his loveless life upside down take precedence over pleasing his conscience. When Wynne discovers there's more to Chase's...

Two Hearts, One Tour Bus. Is There Room Enough for Love? Suddenly jobless, Darcy Conti becomes a tour guide for Sturgeon Widows Tours, a quirky family-run business on the shores of Lake Superior. As she settles into her new role narrating local history excursions, she fights an undeniable attraction to the one man she definitely can't fall for—the owner's son. Fresh from a relationship gone sour, Sean Stetman plans to avoid dating—and his job at his parents' tour company—for the foreseeable future. He wants nothing more than time to fish, hike, and work on his cabin. But when the tour driver quits, he is suddenly back on board, reluctantly shuttling Darcy and the tour guests along the North Shore. Together, Darcy and Sean survive unruly tourists, meddling mothers, and even an unscrupulous developer looking to give the Stetmans' tour company some fierce competition. Will their time on the tour bus drive them both...

Fall into the seasonal stories in this sweet romance collection. Blueberry Point Lodge and the lakeside small town of Hendricks is the backdrop where these couples are bound to find their happily-ever-afters. In LILAC CRUSH, recently divorced Grace Callahan returns to her hometown where she's always felt invisible—to everyone but Kendon Wright, her ex's best friend and the man hired to renovate her rented carriage house at the inn. Farra Hall thought her kiss with Trey Merrick marked a beginning, but then he never called. Now they're together again during Blueberry Point Lodge's opening weekend in LOVE, LIES and FIREFLIES. PROMISE ME OCTOBER finds wedding photographer Kiley Byrne fighting her attraction to Bret Hanning, the man she's worked with during North Shore events for the last three years. Will their last weekend together at Blueberry Point Lodge turn their professional relationship into one a little more personal?...

One stolen kiss. A little Christmas magic. And the snowy inn where love stands a chance. Interior designer Layla Dean can't believe her good fortune at snagging the holiday decorating gig at Blueberry Point Lodge. And even though her fledgling business has a growing list of happy clients, her personal life isn't filled with the same Christmas magic. She needs a man in her life like she does coal in her stocking. But tell that to Brant Johnsson. Brant is known as the Twin Cities' Master of Lights and Luminaria for good reason. His company oversees most of the downtown's outdoor displays every season. But when a professional snag sends him reeling, he's ready to quit the business. Until he runs into Layla again. Forgetting their awkward mistletoe kiss last year just isn't possible, but she doesn't share the pleasant memory. Now that they're decking the halls together for the newly opened inn's first Christmas, Brant hopes for a replay of their first...

All is Fair in Love and Bidding Wars When museum curator Maggie Patton learns a rare valentine collection will be auctioned in Minnesota, nothing will stop her from making the cross-country trip to acquire it. As Valentine's Day approaches, she needs the distraction anyway to take her mind off what should have happened over the holiday weekend—a marriage proposal from her ex. Trouble is, someone also has an eye on the prize and he's determined to post the highest bid. One valentine in Lot 23 belonged to Ry Murray's famous distant relative, he's sure of it. As family historian, Ry's obsessed with recovering the long-lost card, but outbidding the woman who's come from Boston seems impossible, unless he convinces her it's better off in his hands than hers. When an eccentric billionaire pays big money to thwart their plans, Maggie and Ry think they're out of luck. But then the gentleman proposes a Cupid's match: spend forty-eight hours...