Cedar Creek

CHILDHOOD FRIENDSAnnie Pope loves Finn Burton, and he loves her too-as a friend. Even after they both begin college, they return every year to their families' neighboring cottages, work summers at the local food market, and spend all their spare time together.MAKE CHOICESBut when Finn graduates and takes off backpacking through Europe with his college girlfriend-a girlfriend he's never mentioned to Annie-she's forced to face facts. She is merely the sister he never had, and he's the boyfriend she'll never have.THAT TIME CAN'T ERASETwo decades later, life hasn't turned out as Annie had hoped, but she's come to terms with it. In fact, she's content with her life-that is, until her daughter and Finn's son show up and announce they're getting married, bringing Finn Burton back into her life.BUT CAN LOVE?Now they're both trying to be the good friends they'd once been. But friendship has never felt like this.A heartfelt and compelling read in the vein of storytellers like Debbie Macomber, RaeAnne Thayne, and Robyn Carr. J.L. Jarvis is a left-handed former opera singer/teacher/lawyer who lives and writes books on a mountaintop in upstate New York. Get notified of new book releases at news.jljarvis.com. Read more at jljarvis.com.

In a small mountain town, two broken souls find themselves falling in love.Zoey Beckett, a former teacher haunted by a family tragedy, has closed herself off from relationships and poured herself into her teaching. But when the school board implements changes that would hurt her students, Zoey resigns.Foreign news correspondent Tyler Farrington has seen too much violence. When facts he reports are suppressed, he resigns and retreats to a mountain cabin in the small town of Cedar Creek.When Tyler and Zoey meet while volunteering at the town's historic theater, their chemistry is undeniable. But so are their polar opposite lives. The two broken souls could complete one another if they dared. How can they take a chance on love if it means exposing old wounds?If you love the novels of Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber, and RaeAnne Thayne you'll adore this uplifting sweet romance. J.L. Jarvis is a left-handed former opera singer/teacher/lawyer who lives and writes books on a mountaintop in upstate New York. Get notified of new book releases at news.jljarvis.com. Read more at jljarvis.com.