Orlinda Valley

Best friends. One bedroom.Years of tension we pretended didn't exist. A housing mix-up forces Rowan and me into close quarters, and the chemistry I've ignored for years explodes overnight. Stolen glances turn heated. Touches linger too long. I try to ignore it. He's my best friend.But when Rowan looks at me with those deep brown eyes, I feel it. The pull. The want. The truth we've both been too scared to face.But I don't believe in happily ever after.I never have.There are parts of my past I've never shared-not even with him. Love always hurts, and someone always loses. And yet… staying away from Rowan is starting to feel impossible when everything between us feels so right.No Place Like Home is the steamiest book in the Orlinda Valley series, featuring best friends to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, emotional vulnerability, and a slow burn that ignites into an unforgettable happily ever after.

Lance Hartley is cocky, annoying, and wrong for me.So why is he the only one who makes me feel safe?Everyone in Orlinda Valley knows Lance Hartley-the confident football coach, the town heartthrob, the guy who never takes anything seriously. He's all charm, cocky smiles, and trouble.Exactly the kind of man I should stay far away from.I came to Orlinda Valley to be with my brother and his wife, and disappear. I needed to feel safe. To heal. What I didn't expect was Lance-infuriating, relentless, and impossible to ignore..Then the messages start.Someone's watching me.And my past has finally caught up.When a violent storm floods the town and leaves us stranded together for the night, Lance steps in-not as the flirt everyone thinks he is, but as the man who refuses to leave my side. Protective. Steady. Willing to burn the world down to keep me safe.One night. One bed. And suddenly, the man I never trusted becomes the only one I want.But my past isn't done with me yet-and loving Lance means risking a heart that's already been broken once.