Fall in love in the Tennessee Mountains! Twenty-five years after her mother dragged her from Fog’s Edge, Shelby Barrett returns at the request of her grandfather’s executor. The terms of the will are very specific and include Shelby taking on a leadership role in the community – a role not everyone is happy to have an outsider fill. With a vote that could impact the future of Fog’s Edge on the horizon, Shelby must decide if staying in town is really what she wants. And the very tempting chief of police is making that decision more difficult. After years away serving his country, Stone Childers has returned to Fog’s Edge and settled into a comfortable life. As chief of police, the most danger he faces is keeping the tourists safe from wildlife – and himself safe from cougars of a different kind. When the granddaughter of an old friend returns to town, his comfortable life is turned on its end. Fog’s Edge is embattled in a fight for its future. Opposing sides bring bitter family battles to the table. Perhaps a little new blood is what is needed, especially if it can unite long-time rivals.
Sometimes revisiting your past can be your salvation. Mia Waters never saw her life unfolding this way. Being a married yet single mother has left her in a strange sort of limbo. The last thing she ever wanted to do was contact her non-ex-husband, but now she has no choice. This mission is about more than her broken heart. It’s a matter of life or death. And nothing is going to stand in the way of her accomplishing this mission – not even a stubborn ex-soldier who loves nothing more than shirking his responsibilities! Danny Waters doesn’t get drunk – well, unless you count two nights a year – his wedding anniversary and his divorce-iversary. He has long since gotten rid of anything that could possibly remind him of her betrayal, but after three years, he is still struggling to move on. So, when he opens his bleary eyes to see his ex-wife standing beside him, he’s sure he is hallucinating. Now having her close enough to smell her signature perfume is playing games with his foggy brain - maybe getting drunk was no longer working to wipe his memories. When he realizes she isn’t an apparition, her reappearance threatens to wreak more havoc on his life than he ever could have imagined.
A vulnerable moment could be the beginning they’ve been waiting for… For as long as she can remember, Oakley Marshall has been in love with River Childers. She’s flirted with him. She’s been coy. She’s even thrown herself at him. All to no avail. Despite her friends saying that he’s interested, she’s come to the conclusion that it’s just not meant to be – with River or anyone else. The small town of Fog’s Edge doesn’t offer much in the way of men and online dating hasn’t resulted in even the smallest glimmer of a promising match. Then River walks into her diner and says the most hurtful words a woman could hear. River hasn’t been able to look at another woman since he set eyes on Oakley their senior year in high school. Sure, they’d gone to school together since kindergarten, but something about her caught his attention that year and no one else could possibly live up to her utter perfection. That’s the problem – she’s too good for him and he knows it. She has her life together, makes a good living, owns her own business, and pretty much helps run their small town. How’s a man going to compete with all that? Things change when Oakley’s life is in danger and River sets out to rescue her. But spending time secluded in the woods might not be the smartest move – then again, maybe it’s just what they need to push them in the right direction.
Acceptance can only happen when you defy expectations. Spring Childers has been in love with Gus Bailey since she was a small child. She’s always known they were destined to be together, and she’s persisted in that belief through the years – despite the ridicule of those who insisted that no one finds their soulmate at five years old. But Spring knows they’re wrong – or at least she thought they were. Gus has always considered Spring his own personal sunshine. The first time he laid eyes on her, she was crying – a sight he just couldn’t bear, even as a young boy. Since then, he’s spent his entire life dedicated to making Spring happy. Only now, he’s the sole cause of her heartache. Nearly a year ago, Spring and Gus parted ways. Neither of them had the energy to continue the fight against all the voices telling them they could never make a relationship work. Despite their attempts to put their feelings behind them, when Spring is in need of help, the first person she turns to is Gus – who is only too happy to have the opportunity to make things right. Now, they need to find the strength to overcome the obstacles before them - and facing them together might just be the linchpin of their love.