An escape to Martha’s Vineyard. A job she never thought she’d need. The summer that changed everything.Val Leone’s planned path to partner at her New York law firm didn’t include incapacitating burnout. But after six years of sacrificing everything to meet impossible client demands lead to a panic attack so intense she faints—in front of the head partner of her department—she has no choice but to take a break. And her beloved grandmother’s house on Martha’s Vineyard is the perfect place to get her mental health back on track.On the island Val’s latent passion for creative writing blossoms as naturally as the cerulean blue hydrangeas in Mimi’s garden, and the salt air makes breathing feel easy. Even her dating life blooms when she begins seeing Max—a flirtatious Manhattan banker spending his summer on the Vineyard.She can’t help but consider extending her time off, so she gets a job babysitting spunky, eight-year-old Luna for island local carpenter Luke—a gorgeous single dad who is very easy to talk to. Since then it’s felt like a surreal vacation—writing every day, biking around the island with Luna, sharing confidences with Luke on his quiet back deck, building a connection with him that could catch fire if only their circumstances were different.But that’s a fantasy incompatible with her temporary three-month medical leave. Val couldn’t possibly give up the career she’s worked her entire life to attain. New York, her steady (if all-consuming) job, a relationship with another workaholic like Max—that’s what her future realistically holds with her return-to-work date fast approaching.So why can’t she picture it anymore?This steamy, coming-of-thirties story serves up romance & self-reflection in equal measures—best paired with a glass of your favorite summer wine.

She went to Marietta to meet one brother…but fell for anotherWith everyone in her Texas hometown suspecting her of involvement in her parents’ illegal activities, Cici Bradley hopes linking up with the cowboy she met on a dating app will give her a fresh start in rural Marietta, Montana. Liam McFarland is handsome and charming, but there’s zero chemistry. The sparks with his brother, however, threaten to ignite.Dr. Logan McFarland is suspicious of his brother’s online match. Why did such a captivating and beautiful woman leave Texas to meet a man? He’s determined to solve her mystery, but instead finds himself caught in her spell. But Cici is his brother’s girl and that makes her completely off-limits. Then Logan learns that Cici and Liam have decided to remain just friends. Do he and Cici have a chance?Just as Cici and Logan explore their feelings, Cici’s past catches up with her and threatens the future she’s only begun to imagine.

They've already said goodbye. But maybe they can have one last dance…Mack Finley left his Tennessee hometown for good reasons. Yet he always knew the problems deep in the Finley clan would one day draw him back. What he didn’t count on was encountering an old flame at the same time, and that one-two punch from the past has him reeling.Nina Spencer never forgot Mack. But she respects that they wanted different things out of life. Now, with the life she built imploding, she’s not sure how to resist the draw of the man and the magic of their shared memories. When she comes face to face with Mack’s complicated family again, she quickly recalls why things fell apart between her and Mack the first time. As old secrets come to light and new pressures make it harder than ever to stay together, Mack and Nina grapple with what it means to be a family.*an earlier draft of this story previously released by Harlequin

Cowboy Becket Weston likes women, plural, and has a reputation for breaking hearts. His bad-boy behavior masks a deeper need to atone for past mistakes. His side-hustle—using a pseudonym and posting comic drawings of ranch life on social media—lets him explore life, love, and grief without being exposed. He even has a following! But no amount of introspection can explain his fascination with Eleanor Campbell—Main Street, Marietta’s newest shopkeeper. She’s definitely not his type, so why does she keep turning up in his drawings?Ellie Campbell isn’t one for staying long in any one place, but when she inherits money from her grandmother and decides to open a yarn store in small-town Marietta, it feels like she’s putting down roots. She’s not looking for a relationship after one too many hard knocks, literally, but Becket Weston gets under her skin like no other, igniting passion that’s impossible to ignore.He’s a bad boy playboy and everyone knows it, but there’s something about him that just doesn’t add up. Does Ellie have the courage to stick around and find a way into his heart?

Finn O’Reilly is the New York Defenders’ golden boy: six-foot-two, wicked grin, trouble in skates.He’s my father’s star player. I’m the coach’s daughter.Which makes him the one man I’m not allowed to want… and the only one who won’t stop wanting me.He doesn’t flirt. He presses. He persists. He gets under my skin and refuses to leave.The night I finally give in, it’s reckless perfection.So the next morning, I do the only smart thing.I walk away.Because the last time I trusted a man like him, I paid for it.Finn doesn’t give up on me. He fights for another chance, even when I keep telling him we never should’ve crossed that line.But the problem is…I didn’t just leave with Finn etched under my skin.I left with his baby.

What do you do if a handsome cowboy ends up rescuing you from the side of a snow-covered road?If he were anyone else, I’d thank my lucky stars, but this particular cowboy happens to be the same one I had a one-night stand with… and subsequently snuck out on without saying goodbye.Holt Basil has brains, brawn, and two precocious little girls who are hell-bent on finding a woman for their daddy to fall in love with.And I’m not the kind of woman men fall for. I’m the one they sleep with a few times before they’re ready to settle down with Mrs. Right. Trust me, it’s better that way.Holt hasn’t gotten the memo though. He seems to like me for some reason, and what’s crazier is I’m starting to fall for him too.But Pine Creek Falls isn’t my home. I never intended to stay here forever, and long-term commitments aren’t my specialty.Saying goodbye is my only choice. Isn’t it?**Warning: Learning to Stay is full of characters who will make you fall in love with them. Welcome to the small town of Pine Creek Falls, where the cowboys are plentiful, and you're always invited to the table.