Sweetbriar Romance

Two lives, forever linked by a single twist of fate.After a life-shattering injury ends his career as a U.S. Navy SEAL, Theo returns home-only to discover his wife and baby girl are gone. After almost three years of fruitless searching, he finds his daughter in the care of a virtual stranger.Kennedy has lived a life of scarcity, letdowns, and far too little love. When she becomes the de facto guardian of her niece, she vows to give Maisie the childhood she never had. But then Maisie's father shows up, upending Kennedy's world-and her fiercely-guarded heart.As an uneasy truce turns to fragile trust, their attraction deepens into something neither can ignore. Yet the wounds of betrayal run deep, and claiming the life they want will mean risking it all.

Piper Easton and Simon Brooks are two souls torn apart by one tragic event. When fate reunites them, they have to make a choice: confront the shadows of their tumultuous past for the chance at true happiness, or let their sweet obsession become a bittersweet memory.Piper seeks refuge in Sweetbriar to escape a life tainted by betrayal and abuse. Instead, she comes face-to-face with the only man to hold her heart before he shattered it twelve years ago. Now, the man Simon has become draws Piper in, and his commanding presence awakens conflicting desires withinguard her heart, or submit to him.Simon regrets ever pushing Piper away, and he will move heaven and earth to prove his love. But in order for Piper to trust him, he has to earn her forgivenessand to do that, he must first break down the walls meant to keep him at a safe distance.As the spark of their young romance reignites, old wounds heal and reveal a bond that time and tragedy could never truly breaka bond that will be put to the test by the storm threatening to destroy their second chance at love before it truly begins.

Two hearts, torn between family and temptation. For Ellery Brooks and Beckham James, surrendering could lead to paradise-or ruin everything they hold dear.Ellery returns to Sweetbriar with plans to make her mark on the art community. Those plans do not include Beckham, her older brother's best friend-and the one man she loves but can never have. Beckham knows better than to try anything with Ellery. She is forbidden fruit, and the unwritten rule of friendship demands that he keep his hands to himself. He has spent the last ten years fighting to suppress his feelings while staying as far away from Ellery as possible. One brief encounter sparks a flame between the two childhood friends. Every look grows their attraction, and every touch weakens their resolve-until those fleeting, stolen moments tempt them to risk it all for a chance at forever. Consequences be damned.