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The One I Never Forgot
Ten years ago, Tilly Langston was left standing alone on homecoming night with nothing but a broken heart.
She never got an explanation. Or an apology. Or even the closure she craved. Convinced she’s finally moved on, Tilly is blindsided on the first day of her new job when she’s assigned to plan the ten-year high school reunion – with the man who broke her heart, Walker Ellis.
Walker never pictured being back in Fox Grove, much less having to face the one person he’s hurt the most. As Walker juggles coaching the Fox Grove Foxes through their best season in years and Tilly competes for a long-awaited promotion, they’re forced to work side by side. The more they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings neither of them truly left behind.
Walker is determined to earn the forgiveness he never thought he’d deserve. Tilly is resolute in her claim she’ll never trust him with her heart again. But when old wounds begin to heal, they’ll have to decide if love is worth risking one more time. Can they overcome their differences, or is history destined to repeat itself?
The One I Never Forgot is a heartwarming small-town Christian romance featuring second chances, redemption, and the God who specializes in restoring what once seemed lost.
The One I Never Forgot
Ten years ago, Tilly Langston was left standing alone on homecoming night with nothing but a broken heart.
She never got an explanation. Or an apology. Or even the closure she craved. Convinced she’s finally moved on, Tilly is blindsided on the first day of her new job when she’s assigned to plan the ten-year high school reunion – with the man who broke her heart, Walker Ellis.
Walker never pictured being back in Fox Grove, much less having to face the one person he’s hurt the most. As Walker juggles coaching the Fox Grove Foxes through their best season in years and Tilly competes for a long-awaited promotion, they’re forced to work side by side. The more they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings neither of them truly left behind.
Walker is determined to earn the forgiveness he never thought he’d deserve. Tilly is resolute in her claim she’ll never trust him with her heart again. But when old wounds begin to heal, they’ll have to decide if love is worth risking one more time. Can they overcome their differences, or is history destined to repeat itself?
The One I Never Forgot is a heartwarming small-town Christian romance featuring second chances, redemption, and the God who specializes in restoring what once seemed lost.
Royal Chef’s Kiss
Will they discover that love is the missing ingredient, or will the secrets between them spoil the sweetest second chance of all?
After a change in her employment status, Jamie Bowlin needs to find a new path.
When the king’s assistant calls and offers her a job inside the Nevive palace, Jamie accepts. Turns out she should have asked questions because now she’s working for her late best friend’s husband. He’s a painful reminder of everything she’s lost.
Yet when life tastes bitter, Jamie finds comfort in a witty online friend who always knows what to say. Unaware that the person behind the screen is the very man testing her patience in real life, she starts to wonder if her own happily-ever-after might still be possible.
Palace chef Orlin Tarpen has a recipe for everything—except moving on.
Since losing his wife, he’s poured his heart into his cooking and what little family he has left. With the most important culinary competition of his career simmering on the horizon, Orlin has no time for distraction, especially Jamie Bowlin. Their constant disagreements make one thing clear: they couldn’t be more wrong for each other.
When long-buried feelings and unexpected secrets come to a boil, they’ll have to decide whether to walk away—or discover that love might be the missing ingredient they’ve been searching for all along.
A Christmas Romance Fit For A Princess
Royal Runaway’s Holiday
Evalina Rosalind Marie Bexley, Princess of Nevive, is ready to step into her role as Queen. The pageantry, the protocols, and, most certainly, the pretense. She’s prepared for it her whole life—until Parliament uncovers an ancient law saying she must marry before her birthday next month.
In an unprecedented move, she seeks refuge at the local Christmas bazaar. She’s certain her disguise will give her the freedom she craves before she must face her obligations. No one will ever know— after all, no one, including God, sees the real Eva.
He’s worked for years to prove himself in a country that isn’t his.
Reporter Gordon Tarpen may have found the story of a lifetime when he recognizes his childhood friend, Eva, at the Christmas bazaar. Despite her heavy disguise, he’d know that laugh, that smile, those eyes anywhere. And he most certainly recognizes the same way the princess captivates those around her. Is he willing to sacrifice her trust for his own personal gain?
For one unforgettable day, they share adventure, laughter, and the spark of something more. But when the truth shatters their fragile fairytale, can love—and God’s grace—rewrite the rules? Or will the crown demand the ultimate sacrifice: her heart?
A Christmas Romance Fit For A Princess
Royal Runaway’s Holiday
Evalina Rosalind Marie Bexley, Princess of Nevive, is ready to step into her role as Queen. The pageantry, the protocols, and, most certainly, the pretense. She’s prepared for it her whole life—until Parliament uncovers an ancient law saying she must marry before her birthday next month.
In an unprecedented move, she seeks refuge at the local Christmas bazaar. She’s certain her disguise will give her the freedom she craves before she must face her obligations. No one will ever know— after all, no one, including God, sees the real Eva.
He’s worked for years to prove himself in a country that isn’t his.
Reporter Gordon Tarpen may have found the story of a lifetime when he recognizes his childhood friend, Eva, at the Christmas bazaar. Despite her heavy disguise, he’d know that laugh, that smile, those eyes anywhere. And he most certainly recognizes the same way the princess captivates those around her. Is he willing to sacrifice her trust for his own personal gain?
For one unforgettable day, they share adventure, laughter, and the spark of something more. But when the truth shatters their fragile fairytale, can love—and God’s grace—rewrite the rules? Or will the crown demand the ultimate sacrifice: her heart?
Second chance at love in a small town
Here With Me
He’s helping her stay. She’s making sure he can leave. This second chance at love in a small town will tug at your heart and make you believe in love all over again.
“Sadie and David’s journey to salvage love and a family legacy will steal your breath and reaffirm your belief in second chances. A must-read for anyone who cherishes a heart-pounding romance as much as a heartwarming happy-ever-after.” –USA Today best-selling author Susan May Warren
Love ignites in a last-chance hardware store, but will their hearts, like the failing family business, require a rescue?
She just wants a fresh start…
Inheriting her best friend’s daughter and a store on the brink of collapse, Sadie Hoover is determined to provide Lottie a stable life and keep the family business afloat. But her resolve is tested when the past walks in, wearing a tool belt and a smile that still weakens her knees.
Is he back to break her heart?
David Williams, once the love of Sadie’s life, returns to Heritage not as the missionary he was, but as a man in search of healing and purpose. Tasked with community service, he’s thrown into the daily grind of nuts and bolts, unaware that the hardware store’s troubles—and Sadie’s struggles—are more than just loose hinges and unpaid bills.
What will it cost her to fall for him again?
As they grapple with financial peril and the echoes of a love once lost, David and Sadie are forced to confront what they truly want. The store’s impending foreclosure looms over them, a testament to their joint past and the future they must shape.
If the store fails, they lose not just a legacy, but the second chance life has offered them. Can they rekindle their love while saving the heart of Heritage, or will their dreams rust away like forgotten tools?
Can love be rebuilt from the ruins of their shared history, or will the fight for survival drive the final wedge between them?
Heart-Healing Story of Second Chances
What If I Stay
She built walls around her heart—until he came home to tear them down.
Cami Jackson has her life locked down tight. As Nashville’s most ruthless property developer, she’s made a fortune turning sentiment into profit and never looking back. But when a mysterious email about the Hearts Bend Inn—the place where her mother died fifteen years ago—lands in her inbox, everything she’s buried threatens to surface.
Some places hold more than memories. They hold the keys to who you’re meant to become.
Enter Ben Carter, the boy who gave her first kiss, now a devastatingly handsome hotel executive with his own empire to build. He’s inherited his grandparents’ beloved inn, but his future lies halfway around the world in Sydney. When Cami arrives with a briefcase full of cash and a heart full of unresolved pain, their reunion ignites a fire that could either heal old wounds or burn down everything they’ve built.
In Hearts Bend, Tennessee, some inheritances are worth more than money…
As Cami fights to honor her mother’s memory and Ben struggles between duty and desire, they must navigate family secrets, corporate betrayal, and a love that refuses to stay buried. When her father’s shocking revelation threatens to destroy the inn forever, Cami faces an impossible choice: protect the empire she’s spent her life building or risk everything for the one place—and one man—that feels like home.
Will love be enough to bridge fifteen years of silence?
Heart-Healing Story of Second Chances
What If I Stay
She built walls around her heart—until he came home to tear them down.
Cami Jackson has her life locked down tight. As Nashville’s most ruthless property developer, she’s made a fortune turning sentiment into profit and never looking back. But when a mysterious email about the Hearts Bend Inn—the place where her mother died fifteen years ago—lands in her inbox, everything she’s buried threatens to surface.
Some places hold more than memories. They hold the keys to who you’re meant to become.
Enter Ben Carter, the boy who gave her first kiss, now a devastatingly handsome hotel executive with his own empire to build. He’s inherited his grandparents’ beloved inn, but his future lies halfway around the world in Sydney. When Cami arrives with a briefcase full of cash and a heart full of unresolved pain, their reunion ignites a fire that could either heal old wounds or burn down everything they’ve built.
In Hearts Bend, Tennessee, some inheritances are worth more than money…
As Cami fights to honor her mother’s memory and Ben struggles between duty and desire, they must navigate family secrets, corporate betrayal, and a love that refuses to stay buried. When her father’s shocking revelation threatens to destroy the inn forever, Cami faces an impossible choice: protect the empire she’s spent her life building or risk everything for the one place—and one man—that feels like home.
Will love be enough to bridge fifteen years of silence?