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Small Town Romance Books I Couldn't Put Down 🏡💕
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The grumpy local who's sure you'll ruin his town. The brother's best friend you swore you were over. The lake, the diner, and the whole town watching. Small town romance is cozy, nosy, and steamy all at once, and these are the ones I couldn't put dow...
 
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“These two definitely blew me away given their fighting at the beginning of the book because he is afraid of gentrification ruining their small town.” A Londoner moves across the world to renovate a lakeside boathouse, and the local grump fights her ...
The Cherry Blossom Boathouse
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A runaway bride lands in Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled with fists and beer, and the bearded, grumpy barber Knox wants nothing to do with her. Until he does. Knockemout #1.
Things We Never Got Over
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“Best in the series! … I could not put it down. It is a tale of enemies to lovers.” Small-town librarian Sloane and the ruthless Lucian Rollins have hated each other for years, and Knockemout is about to watch them crack. Knockemout #3.
Things We Left Behind
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She's had a crush on him since she was seven. Now he's back in Darling Lake and done keeping his distance. Small town, he falls hard, steamy and fun, and things kick off fast. Darling #1, by the author of Nero.
Smoky Darling
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“This book is definitely for all the hopeless romantics out there… ✨Fast-Paced ✨Great Humor ✨Rom-Com ✨Steamy Romance.” A fake engagement in small-town Green Oak that gets very real, very fast. Green Oak #2, reads as a standalone. Spice 5/5 (her ratin...
The Fiancé Dilemma
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“This humor and spice had me immediately invested in this book… I was obsessed.” Ten years after he broke her heart, her brother's best friend is back in Oakwood Bay as the college football coach. Brother's best friend, secret relationship, second ch...
Only in Your Dreams
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“It was just what I needed lately and absolutely loved it. I love the friends to lover trope so much.” Best friends since they were three agree to matchmake each other, and it goes hilariously wrong. Oakwood Bay #3 (reads as a standalone).
If Only You Knew
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“Second Chance Small Town Romance… Teen Lovers > Adult Lovers.” One small-town summer in the 1950s, a first love torn apart, and a reunion years later. Standalone. Spice 1/5 (her rating).
The Keeper of Stars
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A Hollywood party girl gets cut off and sent to run her late dad's dive bar in tiny Westport, Washington, where a bearded, grumpy sea captain bets she won't last a week. Grumpy/sunshine, fish out of water, forced proximity, and things heat up fast. B...
It Happened One Summer
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A runaway bride shows up on a grumpy single dad's doorstep still in her wedding gown, and talks her way into being his summer nanny. Cozy lakeside Michigan town, nosy neighbors, low angst, lots of heat. Cherry Tree Harbor #1.
Runaway Love
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