Summit Springs Books

Welcome to Summit Springs, a shared universe series of sapphic Romance! In book one by Julia Talbot, Kylie Brockhurst is kind used to running the rafting guide program at M&M outfitters in Summit Springs during the high season. She’s also used to other guides coming and going in one summer, so when she meets Brittany, she reminds herself not to get too involved. They have an age gap, as well as an experience one, and Kylie has a secret she’s not sure she’s willing to share. Brittany Lehi is just out of college and doing her last summer as a river guide before looking for her dream job as a park ranger. She knows it’s probably a mistake to get involved with Kylie, who really flips her raft, but she can’t help herself. When an injury sidelines Kylie and things start to fall apart, though, will they be able to bridge their differences and keep their new romance from sinking? High Side is an age gap, workplace lesbian romance with a happy ending.

Cowgirl Evie Martin has her ranch, her horses, a bunch of goats, and a million side hustles to make ends meet. So if she misses the one who got away, well, who has time for romance and relationships? At least that’s what she tells herself until that one special woman comes back into her life, needing her help. Barrel racer Cheyenne DeLongh was rodeo royalty until an accident took her best horse and left her with scars that are both visible and deep-hidden. The only place she can think to go is to the woman she still loves. Evie. If her mother could stop meddling and Evie can believe that Cheyenne wants to stay and be a small town rancher, she might just get her stuff together. But as much as Evie loves Cheyenne, can she ever believe she’ll be enough to make Cheyenne stay? Tipping the Barrel is a cowgirl romance with meddling family, second chances, a small town setting, and a happy ending.

She could have found a job anywhere, but Frankie chose Summit Springs for a reason. Her name is Aspen Young. Frankie Hoffman is excited about her new job in Summit Springs, developing a mountain biking adventure program for M&M Outfitters. Riding is her passion, and she loves every adrenaline fueled moment of her sport. Sure, she could have gotten a similar seasonal job back in Vermont, but Frankie chose Summit Springs for a reason, and her name is Aspen Young. Aspen is a potter who moved home to Summit Springs to pursue her dream of owning an art gallery. Keeping the gallery’s doors open and her co-op of resident artists in business keeps her busy enough that she never thinks about Frankie anymore, and she has completely buried her broken heart. Aspen’s not impressed when she comes home to find Frankie standing in her kitchen, and she doesn’t mince words when it’s time for Frankie to go home, making it clear she doesn’t want to see her ex again. But Frankie came a long way to win Aspen back and one rejection isn't going to shake her resolve. Can she make amends and get through Aspen’s walls? Top of the World is a second chances Sapphic (lesbian, F/F) romance set in the fictional town of Summit Springs, Colorado, featuring an ice queen artist and her mountain biker, rough and tumble ex.

Alicia is on the run with her three-year-old autistic son, Micah. Behind her is an abusive ex and a life of hard work living at the poverty line. Ahead of her is the unknown set against the incredible beauty of the Colorado mountains. Carrying her along is her strong love for her son, a hope for a new life for them both, and maybe, just maybe a little love and happiness for herself.

Some inheritances are to die for. Merida Roark was happy, leading an ordinary life as a bike mechanic at Scratchin’ Gravel Bike Shop in Summit Springs, Colorado, far away from her estranged family, and the past she thought long buried. Until the day an envelope arrives with an unexpected inheritance. Tam Grimes was an FBI profiler before a serious work injury ended her career. She moved to Summit Springs for a fresh start in the peace and quiet. Falling in love was not part of her plans, but when a bike chain eats her leg and Merida patches her up, Tam finds herself drawn to the beautiful mechanic. Their fragile relationship is tested when Merida’s home is savagely vandalized. The police have no leads, but it doesn’t take Tam long to realize the threat to her new lover is connected to her hidden past. When things go from disturbing to dangerous, Tam must use all her skills to untangle this web before someone removes Merida from the equation…permanently.

Charlotte Miller is tired of feeling like a failure. She may have gotten herself fired, her love life has imploded…so when she gets the call that the annual Summit Springs Christmas Bazaar, which helps support her family’s farm, is in trouble, she heads home to try to save the day. Maybe her luck will change and she will be happier for the holidays. Too bad her car decides to break down on the way. Naomi “Lars” Beckett is too busy with the tree farm she runs and Christmastime to worry about a stranded hottie like Charlotte, but when they get snowed in together at an old cabin, she figures that’s what she gets for trying to help. On the surface these two seem to have nothing in common, but opposites do attract, especially with the magic of the season, and they find they have more in common than they think. Once they’re back in the crazy mix of family, well-meaning town folk, and trying to make things just right for Christmas though, will they be able to make something together that lasts longer than old wrapping paper and holiday leftovers? Christmas Bizarre is a small town, opposites attract, lesbian romance set in fictional Summit Springs, Colorado.

Love blooms where you least expect it... Newly divorced and ready to make a fresh start, Austen Simms finds herself working for a slowly failing book store. Wanting to save the business, she organizes meet and greets with famous gay authors. First up on her list is Francesca Bianco, known as much for her mega hit Miami Nights series as she is for her ravishing beauty. Mired in the worst slump of her writing career, romance novelist Francesca Bianco is in dire need of a change. When a small business offers to bring her to gay-friendly Summit Springs, Colorado for a podcast interview and a meet and greet with fans, she jumps at the chance, hoping the change of scene will get her creative juices flowing again. Driving through town, Francesca sees a beautiful young woman picking flowers by the side of the road and is instantly struck with the idea for her next book, Wildflower Muse . Getting out of the car, she finds herself kissing the gorgeous stranger. Little does she know the mysterious woman is the same one who brought her to Colorado in the first place. Austen. As they get to know each other, the two women realize they have more in common than meets the eye. Does this budding relationship have what it takes to bloom… or will it wither and die with the chill winds of autumn?

They said that a lesbian of the plaid shirt variety could never make it in Nashville. I've got a case full of trophies that proves them wrong. I've been singing and writing songs since I was a kid, and I kept at it until they couldn't deny me. At the ripe old age of thirty-five, I had my first hit. Ever since then, it's been me and the road. About as lonely as a person can be in the middle of thousands. That is until the tour pulls into the quirky, queer-friendly town of Summit Springs, Colorado. A series of mini-strokes leave me unable to play my guitar and, worse, unable to sing. With a canceled tour and nowhere else to go, I decide to stay put in this small town, despite the busybodies and that one rather disturbing brush with ornithological taxidermy. Doesn't hurt that it's also home to the pushy gal with the long brown hair who saved my life. Even with my world crashing down around me, Kinley refuses to let me wallow. When we start making music together, she shows me that I can have more than a life on the road. Roots and Sky is a spicy 47k word novella set in the Summit Springs world and features a stubborn country music star, a feisty physician's assistant, and a small town that has their back...whether they want it or not.

Niamh Hunter has a teeny, tiny problem. If hosting the first ever Heartcore Yoga Retreat at her Summit Springs studio is about opening as many hearts and minds as possible, well, she’s got plenty to open–because sign-ups are out of control. Maybe she should have capped attendance. Or rented a bigger space. Or researched event organizing before, you know, organizing an event. But an open heart and positive attitude have gotten Niamh this far in life. Surely they’ll get her through what might end up being the Fyre Festival of yoga retreats. Visiting marketing consultant Jordan Kowalczyk owes a friend a favor, which is why she agrees to a consultation with Niamh. But Niamh’s situation is way above Jordan’s paygrade. Maybe Niamh thinks she’s being cute with her scatterbrained, crunchy-granola approach to life. With her smelly–but always well-dressed–bulldog, Beau Brummell. With her…okay, she is kind of cute. But Jordan doesn’t want her chakras opened, thanks. Besides, Jordan’s not an event planner, and marketing this retreat is the one thing Niamh’s done well. Way, way too well. With mere weeks until the retreat, Jordan agrees against her better judgment to assist. What she doesn’t count on is developing feelings for Niamh. As she helps Niamh buckle down, she finds herself opening up–and discovers what’s been missing from her life for too long. But when Jordan’s family threatens her new relationship, she must decide whether to leave Summit Springs in the rearview mirror, or whether she and Niamh have built something worth fighting for.

Zoe has everything she's always wanted - a pop-up Halloween store, a kitten named Midnight, and new friends. Everything, that is, except her ex, whom she still loves and wishes she'd never divorced. Emily is living her life as a writer and is as happy as a clam, except she misses Zoe desperately. When Zoe's store is targeted by anti-Halloween fanatics, she calls the one person she knows she can count on -- Emily. Will Zoe and Emily be able to save The Pumpkin Patch -- and salvage their relationship in the process, or will it all go up in flames?

When Marissa wins a holiday honeymoon package at a ski resort in small town Colorado, she knows she has to call them and back out of the trip. She's not getting married, after all, since her girlfriend turned down her proposal. When the ski resort's marketing manager convinces her to come anyway to save his job, though, she can't turn down a well-deserved vacation, even if it means pretending to be engaged for the photo opportunities. What she really doesn't expect is for the other party of the fake engagement to be someone she used to know. Rebekka shows up in Summit Springs to help her brother out, so it comes as a shock when she has to pretend to be engaged to her old college girlfriend, Marissa. They couldn't be more opposite. Mari is by the book, high dollar, and kind of high maintenance. Bekka is a tarot reading earth goddess type who's a little scatterbrained. Can the two of them learn that they've both matured and changed into people who can really care for each other, or will their relationship end when the fake honeymoon is over? Honeymoon in the Cards is an FF (lesbian) romance featuring opposites attract and second chance romance between a Texas-born tarot card reader and a New York City ad executive, set in the fictional small town of Summit Springs, CO.

Dara Alvarez escaped Summit Springs a decade ago with a plan to see the world. But when her recently widowed sister asks her to come home and help with her troubled nephew, she knows it's the right thing to do. Good thing bar tending pays as well in Colorado as it did in the tourist traps of Paris and Prague. Lillie McClintock can't wait to escape the usual rich-kid ski path and spend her winter searching for ghosts in the charming mountain town of Summit Springs. She doesn't expect to be more interested in the Silver Nugget's gorgeous bartender than the spirits haunting its atmospheric halls. Dara has a sore spot when it comes to the dead. Lillie's on the run from a life that left her empty. Maybe they can help each other. Or maybe they'll never speak again.

Scarlett Lennon died in a skiing accident five years ago, leaving behind secrets she’d been keeping to protect herself, her inheritance and her fiancée , Ella. Single mom Ella Anderson works as a dispatcher for the mountain rescue squad in Summit Springs, CO. She is doing her best to make ends meet while she raises her five year old son on her own. She adores little Theo, and although she would never complain, she doesn’t have time for anyone else. Natalie Lennon is the youngest daughter of the Lennon family, who own Pines Peak ski resort and whose great wealth is well known in town and beyond. She has no career, no girlfriend, and no direction. What she does have is a lot of money. She’s grown up with a silver spoon in her mouth, not understanding at all what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. The two meet by coincidence in the Emergency Room late one night. Ella remembers Scarlett's little sister, even though Natalie doesn’t recognize her in return. The chance meeting touches off something bigger than either woman is ready for. Not just an unexpected relationship, but a dive into the past that shines a light on Natalie’s big sister Scarlett’s secrets. Rich Girl is a millionairess and single mom, secret heir, opposites attract, romance set in the fictional universe of Summit Springs Colorado.

Sometimes the best place to hide is in plain sight. Triss Singleton came to Summit Springs to find a safe place to raise her baby. No one believed her claims about her abusive ex-husband, so she saved herself by taking on a new identity. She just wants to start over and is leery of any cops, current and former… until she meets Briona Maverick, Summit Springs’ sheriff, jumpstarting her bisexual heart. After her missing girlfriend turns up dead, Briona is shattered. She’s certain she’s done with love and relationships, but the mysterious Triss Singleton makes her want to try again. Triss is more guarded than Fort Knox and avoids talking about her past, but something simmering under those well-fortified defenses makes Briona cautiously hope Triss is the kind of woman she’s been searching for her whole life. Plus, baby on the way. Bonus! But trouble arrives when Triss’s ex shows up in Summit Springs, and Briona faces a dilemma. She’s sworn to uphold her oath to protect abused women like Triss, but she’s an officer of the law, which often fails those women. Briona wants the happily-ever-after, but the sheriff must uphold justice. The wrong decision could cost her everything.

Devon swore she’d sever all ties with her sleepy hometown of Summit Springs, leaving behind a broken heart. But fate had other plans. When a high-stakes consulting gig whisks her back to the very place she’d vowed to escape, she finds herself face-to-face with her past, embodied in the form of her first love and high school sweetheart, Cassie. Cassie, now the owner of a thriving escape room company, is far from the girl Devon once knew. She’s confident, self-assured, and determined to protect her business from Devon’s corporate clutches. But beneath her steely exterior, a flicker of the old flame still burns. As Devon delves deeper into Cassie’s world, she’s forced to confront the ghosts of their past and reconcile the girl she once loved with the woman she’s become. Could this chance encounter spark a second chance at love, or will their past prove too great an obstacle to overcome?