Ellie Chambers always wanted to be a writer. Now, she was a successful author, but it had come at a price. Two prices, actually. The first was the fallout from a hastily-signed contract with Margo Rollings, the Publisher Who Wouldn't Die. And the second was Sam Price, her former writing partner and almost-fiance. Sam Price had dreamed of being the next Hemingway, not the hack ghostwriter behind the popular "Lottie Long" cozy mystery series. But days spent with his dad as a carpenter in quaint Golden Grove, Iowa gave him little time for much else.  An unforeseen catastrophe, in the form of Margo Rollings, leaves Sam with the ultimate lose-lose proposition: write another book with Ellie, or face a ruined career. The result leads them into the deadly world of laser-guided rosary peas and spam cupcakes. But can Ellie and Sam put aside their differences in order to save their careers, and is there a happily-ever-after waiting for them at the end?

She wants to go places. He's got the car. If only things were that simple. Widowed father Adrian Adams isn't looking to change his life. He just wants to keep his seven-year-old daughter Charlie safe and happy. The last thing he expects is to suddenly lose his job as a driver for the Washington DC diplomatic community. Luckily, he's offered a new embassy driving assignment, one that starts with a tea cup-and-tie collision with a clumsy, cute, and oddly charming Irish woman with a penchant for talking to squirrels. Maggie MacNally always seems to fall short, especially when it comes to her family's expectations. She's bracing again for disappointment as she tries to forge a new life in DC. Then an out-of-the-blue summons from her influential grandmother offers her one last chance at success-a chance that puts her in Adrian's back seat and on the road to a career in the family business of international diplomacy. Is Maggie finally headed where she wants to go, or is her big opportunity just another wrong turn? Is Adrian ready to take a second chance at love, or is he determined to put on the brakes before Maggie drives him crazy? And what's with all the squirrels?

Kate Brady nunca pensó que volvería a pisar su ciudad natal. Después de todo, Golden Grove fue el escenario de la mayor vergüenza de su vida, cuando era "Katie Braces", la nerd de arte de la escuela secundaria. Pero si quiere subir la escalera corporativa en su nueva compañía, tiene que tomar un trabajo en su ciudad natal en Iowa. Y para hacer eso, va a necesitar la ayuda de su viejo vecino de al lado, Peter Clark. El chico lindo al que ella realmente nunca superó. Antes de perder a su padre, Peter Clark había planeado una carrera prestigiosa. Pero aquí sigue, atrapado en su pequeña ciudad natal, enseñando química en su antigua escuela secundaria. Lo último que espera es que su amor de la infancia vuelva a Golden Grove. Pero cuando un viaje se convierte en muchos, él se pregunta si esta es una oportunidad para curar viejas heridas, y tal vez más. ¿Puede Kate hacer el trabajo mientras soporta las emocionantes distracciones de Peter? ¿Y tendrá Peter la oportunidad de encontrar el amor con la chica que una vez dejó escapar?