Preston's Mill

Forget all those other roommate romances you might have read. Heather and Chris don't hate each other…very much. And they don't have sex all the time…at least not at first. Chris doesn't go around shirtless, flexing his muscles and driving Heather wild…too often. And he doesn't get jealous and possessive every time she goes out with another man…well, maybe occasionally. But they definitely don't fall in love…right away. When Heather comes back to her hometown, she plans to take over her father's historic restoration business and move into a beautiful converted apartment in Preston's Mill. Then she finds out she'll have to partner up with the one man she can never forgive. Chris Dole, who abandoned her father and betrayed her trust three years ago. It gets even worse. They don't just have to work together. They have to become roommates for six months to prove they can get along. That means Heather will have to play nice with Chris and put up with his obnoxiousness, his drop-dead sexiness, and his ugly recliner named Flo. She'll do what she has to do out of loyalty to her father, but she isn't going to like it. At least not much.

Forget all those other best-friend romances you might have read. Jace and Isabella have only known each other…since kindergarten. And he hasn't been secretly in love with her…for more than six or seven years. She doesn't make him bristle with jealousy when she goes out with other guys…that he'll admit to. And she doesn't get all flustered and confused when she starts to find him incredibly sexy…too often. But they definitely don't transform their friendship into romance…right away. Isabella has known Jace all her life, and she's been best friends with him since high school, when she used to date his best friend. Now she's ready to settle down and get married, and she's decided that her sister's wedding in three months is her deadline. She's going to find the man of her dreams in time to take him to the wedding. Now if only Jace would stop acting strange and territorial so he could help her.

Forget all those other accidental pregnancy romances you might have read. Daisy and Carter don't have a one-night stand...because it's thirty minutes in a back room at a wedding reception. And Carter isn't a bad boy baby-daddy...except for the motorcycle, tattoos, and attitude. Daisy doesn't have the typical issues with her pregnancy...if you don't count the morning sickness, food cravings, and occasional horniness. And Carter doesn't hang around all the time, wanting both her and the baby...until he falls in love. But they definitely don't become a happy family...right away. Daisy has always been a good girl. She's never done anything wild or spontaneous until she has a little too much to drink at a wedding and has a fling with a sexy stranger. She thought they were careful, but accidents happen. And now she's going to have the baby of a man she barely knows. Carter is her opposite in every way and completely the wrong man for her. They can still work out a reasonable arrangement regarding the baby. But the more time she spends with him, the less reasonable she feels. And he's acting all possessive and protective, so it gets harder and harder to convince herself that he's just the father of her baby. She wants him to be so much more.