Bluebird Basin

46-year-old Ashley Cooke will do just about anything to save her struggling ski hill. When she hires the men from a local sober living home for the season to cut costs, even she thinks she's gone too far. With her credit cards maxed, her cheating ex-husband intent on buying the mountain out from under her, and record-breaking snow in the forecast, she can't afford to be distracted by the six-foot-tall bearded and tattooed sober-living-home owner moving onto her mountain. 53-year-old recovering addict and ex-grunge rocker Matthew Madigan has devoted every minute of the last decade to the men residing at his sober-living home. When he meets tightly wound and adorably flustered Ashley, desires he's put on the back burner for years start to simmer. Immune to his infamous, albeit rusty charm, Ashley presents a challenge he can't resist. When she offers to give him skiing lessons in exchange for his help training her St. Bernard rescue dog, he jumps at the chance to ride next to her on the chairlift despite his debilitating fear of heights. During bunny hill shenanigans, chairlift confessions, and steamy cabin serenades, Madigan teaches Ashley that a person's past doesn't define them, and Ashley shows Madigan that the men he helps aren't the only people who deserve a second chance. When sabotage threatens both the men and the mountain, Ashley and Madigan will have to decide if they're only having a winter fling or if the mountain isn't the only thing worth fighting for.

It's official, Mira Harlow has finally lost it. Between running her small-town bakery, parenting her fourteen-year-old son, and taking care of her mom, she's a stretched-thin mess. But kissing a total, and very sexy, stranger before begging him to be her date to Ashley and Madigan's wedding just so her ex won't see how lonely she really is? That's a new level of chaos, even for her. The last thing drummer Cole Sanderson expects when he drives into the small ski town of Red Falls, Montana, is to score a date to his best friend's wedding. But since his life in Seattle is stagnating, when the gorgeous, green-eyed bakery owner propositions him to be her long-distance boyfriend, stirring his punk-shenanigans roots to their core, he doesn't even hesitate to tell her "Hell yes!" Mira doesn't expect more than a fun night with her fake date, but when their wedding weekend turns into a genuine connection and when Cole returns to Seattle and she tries to go back to her normal life, she can't help but wonder if she missed out on something real. But Cole isn't done with her yet, and when he finds his way back to Red Falls, she'll have to decide what's more important, holding down her world or taking a risk, embracing the chaos, and maybe even falling in love. Content Notes: Living with and caring for a parent with mild cognitive impairment, addiction, relapse, an unhealthy ex.

She thought she could forget him. He'll never stop trying to prove she shouldn't. Davis Thompson had never been so happy or so in love as she was with Kevin Lowes. Until his relapse shattered their world. After finding him at his lowest, in a moment that will haunt her forever, she's convinced he'd not only chosen drugs over her. But he'd chosen another woman too. Now she's trying to rebuild her life, wanting desperately to move on and figure out who she is and what she wants without him. There's only one problem: Kev is returning to Bluebird Basin. After a brutal rebab stay, Kev is determined to recommit to his recovery and win back the only woman he's ever loved. But when he realizes the depth of the pain he caused and the secrets Davis has kept to protect him from himself, he wonders if it's too late. More broken than he's ever been, Kev finds unexpected healing while working with a wild mustang whose invisible scars match his. But Bluebird Basin is a small ski hill, and as Kev and Davis continually cross paths, old wounds reopen and sparks reignite. Davis doesn't know if she can trust Kev again. And Kev must confront his darkest fears and deepest regrets if he wants to prove to her that a second chance with him is worth fighting for. Wish You Were Here is book 3 in the Bluebird Basin Romance series but can be read as a standalone. Although reading the first two books is recommended. Content notes: Relapse, discussions of drug use, discussions of abuse. Tropes: second chance romance, relationship in trouble, forced proximity, reformed bad boy, hurt/comfort, redemption romance, animal as a mirror, small-town romance, high angst, pining/groveling.