Lindsay Rochester

“I already know there isn’t much I wouldn’t do for you, Vera.  So, should you need to be kept safe, consider it done.” 

Luca Bello joined his family’s business only to find it less of a business and more of a criminal enterprise. However, he’s determined not to carry on the family tradition. Luca finds himself renting the apartment above The Sweet Spot Bakery in the little town of Laurel Falls, Maine, where fall fun is in full swing.

Vera Stephens wants a more fulfilling life. She hopes to find inspiration in Laurel Falls, home to her best friend, Ruby, and honorary grandmother, Mamu. She plans to rent Mamu’s bakery apartment, only to find it already occupied. Vera meets the handsome and dangerous looking new resident and their attraction is explosive.

Bonding over hot chocolate and night skies, Luca and Vera quickly become friends on the verge of more. Luca worries about his family and the threat they pose, so his plan is to have a friendship and nothing more; however, they keep crossing the line!

“Kiss me, Luca,” she whispered. “Just tonight. Nothing changes.”

“I didn’t know where I was going, only that I was looking for home. And when I thought about home, I thought about you.”

Wes had one girl on his mind for almost as long as he can remember – his childhood best friend, Marigold. When she disappeared from his life over a decade ago, he was lost. Eventually, he tried dating, but no one could live up to the standard set by his first and only love.

Marigold is engaged… but to the wrong man. She comes to realize she needs to escape her life in Savannah, so she heads north to Laurel Falls, the home of her youth and the closest friend she has ever had. Will he forgive her for vanishing from his life all those years ago?

It’s a cold winter in Maine, but things get a lot warmer when a flurry-filled wind brings a surprise to Wes’s doorstep. Marigold has a lot to work through, and an ex-fiancé who isn’t ready to let go, but Wes is ready for whatever she brings.

“You’re fine. I’ve got you. And if it makes you feel better, you can pretend I’m not me again.”

There’s something about Laurel Falls, Maine, that brings people together. Perhaps it’s more specifically the apartment above The Sweet Spot bakery, where love always seems to find those who move in. As the town thaws into the warmth and beauty of spring, however, it seems the streak of love matches may be coming to an end.

When Charlie moves into his grandmother’s bakery apartment and begins work as the newtown cop, a relationship is the last thing on his mind. His only goal is to be a serious cop who serves the community in a way they’ve been missing for years. 

Eliza, the town nurse, loves her life. She has a fulfilling job, and friends who feel like family. Things are going well for her until the new cop comes into her life like an infection spreading into everything she loves. 

Their relationship is explosive, and not in a good way. At least not at first. 

Loathing turns to love in this enemies to lovers story about independence, and trust. 

And seeing what’s right in front of you.