Willow Bay Novel

He broke her heart…but now he's back to mend it.When Brie Watkins's ailing aunt asks her to return to Willow Bay to help at the family resort, she sells her beloved home, quits her job, and goes back to the last place she wants to be…only to find her aunt healthy, The Brown Resort thriving, and the man who left her at the altar living next door and looking as handsome as ever.Why can't life be fair?Carpenter Carter Kessler left Willow Bay like he left his first love at the altar - swiftly, and without a backward glance. But the love that could have been has haunted him ever since. When his father passes away unexpectedly, Carter reluctantly returns to his hometown to find his family's resort in shambles.But even disaster has a silver lining - his new nextdoor neighbor is none other than his jilted bride. Determined to start afresh, Carter talks Brie into helping him with the refurbishments, but first she lays out the ground rules: they aren't friends, they'll never be lovers, and she'll never stop hating him.As far as Carter is concerned, it's a start.As summer heats up, so does their relationship. But as they peel back the layers, painful family secrets threaten to surface. Can they restore what they had, or are some things better left buried in the past?

She chose loyalty over love. But he wants to give her both…Emmaline Brown has spent decades hoping her ex would become soft in the middle (and hopefully bald)-anything to take away from his dashing smile. So, when she discovers the years have left him annoyingly intact, she's less than thrilled. To add insult to injury, he's the new manager of her family resort's main competitor: which is right on Emmaline's doorstep.Miles McClintock lost everything in one honest decision, including his family's honor and the love of this life. Ashamed and outcast, it's been decades since he left Willow Bay in disgrace, but then family duty calls, and an opportunity to run The Kessler Resort puts him exactly where he wants to be: straight in the path of Emmaline Brown.When Emmaline's matchmaking niece finds a way to force them together, she has no choice but to use her managerial expertise to help her nemesis learn the ropes. But while Miles is keen to settle the past, Emmaline has her eyes firmly on the future-one that doesn't include him.He feels abandoned. She feels betrayed. Can love's slow burn turn into a fiery passion that razes their fears to the ground?

He needs a bride.She needs a project.Can a fake marriage lead to a lifetime of love?Charlotte Sutton has dreams as big as the Texas sky, and she'll do anything to make them come true. She's been Miss Lonestar State, a beauty consultant, a real estate agent, and has now set her sights on becoming Willow Bay's most sought-after wedding planner. She's never been in love or married but that doesn't stop her from creating every bride's fantasy day. It's easy-all she does is plan her dream day. So, when devilishly handsome billionaire Bastien Richmond approaches her about arranging an over-the-top wedding, she's all-in until she finds out he doesn't have a bride.Bastien Richmond is a lot of things, but marriage material isn't one of them. He's been a playboy all his life, until his sister passed away and left him the sole guardian of his niece. The only promise he's ever made was that he'd take care of little Ivy, so when his mother threatens to fight for custody if he doesn't marry, he tells her he's already engaged. With the clock ticking, he needs to find a bride. Can the pretty little wedding planner deliver everything she promised? After all, she did say that no request was too large.A handsome billionaire. A beautiful bride. A dream wedding. Is it a fairytale come true or a disaster in the making?