"Hello, Enzo." With just two simple words, Chari Atwood storms back into my life. Beautiful. Irresistible. The woman standing before me is not the girl I knew growing up. And I'm not the same hopeful kid everyone thought was goin...
Returning to my childhood home feels surprisingly nice, but this is no vacation. I’m a man on a mission, and as soon as I clear my friend’s name, it’s back to Philly to be named partner in one of the most prestigious law firms on the East Coast...
“Too early seen unknown, and known too late.” ~Juliet Capulet Of all the women in the world, or at least in Bridgewater, why did I have to fall for this one? When she walked into my brother’s wedding reception, I fell quick and hard. Unti...
Newly fired from my Manhattan job and fresh off a bad breakup, is it any wonder I got a little tipsy during a wine-tasting road trip and ended up doing snow angels on the winery lawn… in June? Cosimo Grado, the gorgeous, grumpy, Clark Kent look-...
I’ve had a crush on my best friend’s older brother, Antonio Grado, since middle school. And now that I work for Grado Valley Vineyards, it’s getting harder to keep this infatuation a secret. My biggest problem? I just got scheduled to take a...
The first time we met, he “arrested” me. The second time, he tied my hands behind my back, wearing only a cowboy hat and a thong. Our night together is nothing more than a dare. I told my friends I wanted to kiss a cowboy during a weekend b...
My hot new neighbor hates me. A year ago, Owen Smith and I spent one epic weekend together, and it was almost enough to make me upend my life and move to the Fingerlakes to be with him. Instead, I got scared and put an end to our long-distance cha...
Italy was supposed to be an uncomplicated trip with the girls. But that was before a rainstorm, a washed-out road, and a forced overnight stay at a Sicilian vineyard. Before Gian DeLuca. My already broken heart does not need an American marketi...
I remember three things most about Lucas Warner. One. He’s a dirty talker, and I doubt ten years in the military cleaned up that filthy mouth of his. (Not a complaint. In fact, just the opposite.) Two. He has a possessive streak. When we date...
Love's battlefield knows no distance. As a deployed US Army sniper, my days are filled with little more than my scope and memories of home. That is, until I connect with Zoe, a small town girl from upstate New York whose fun, easy banter bring...
Jaxon Hayes is everything I despise. Arrogant. Self-serving. He's come to Kitchi Falls for one purpose -- to purchase and develop a piece of protected lakefront property. Does he care I'm using it for a children’s community rowing pro...
He’s a playboy. A certified Casanova a younger version of me would likely (definitely) have fallen for, hard. I would have loved the way Marco Grado looked at me from across the bar. The way he strode over to my friend and I as if he owned the p...
Bachelor best friends and steamy romance . . . Welcome to Cedar Falls. The emotionally riveting, uplifting and spicy small-town series from Cissy Mecca. Perfect for fans of Lucy Score, Elise Silver and Lauren Asher. Rule one of the Bachelor Pact i...
When my father dies unexpectedly, I leave the NYPD and big city lights temporarily behind to move back to Cedar Falls and run the family inn. My first order of business? Firing Pia Russo, the manager Dad hired. Sure, she’s beautiful and smart,...