An inheritance. A long-forgotten dream. A new life in a spacious place.Corporate life has not been treating Katie Grace well. Suffering from extreme anxiety due to a recent incident at work, she learns that she has inherited her late grandmother's Victorian house in the lake town of Aveline, in the rolling hills of the Los Padres National Forest. Maybe a new start will be exactly what she needs.Hardware store owner Sam Grant remembers Katie from when they s...

"I was hooked from the first page. The characters are very supportive and care for each other and their community. I'm a fan." --Amazon ReaderRead the first 3 books from the Aveline Series in one go!This Boxset contains:The Lost Art of ReverieA Jar Full of LightThe Fire in our HearthThe Lost Art of ReverieAn inheritance. A long-forgot...

Theresa Grant fled Aveline ten years ago, certain that she would never return. She was wrong.When Theresa's teenage daughter, Maddie, pleads with her to come back to Aveline, Theresa can't say no. She finds herself packing up and driving back to the lake town of her childhood--back to the lake, the trees, and to an old friend who wants to rekindle their spark.Will a new house, new friends, and her work as a potter be enough to keep her in Aveline? Or will o...

He’s the last person she wants to see again. Unfortunately, she's about to see him every day.Zoe and Lewis's first meeting was a speed-dating disaster.Within minutes, they had managed to offend each other, and both left convinced they were opposites in every way.Then they ended up living in the same small town.For years, Lewis and Zoe avoided each other whenever possible, sidestepped their friends' attempts to set them up, and stubbornly hel...

A temporary job assignment in a small town. A family in need and a compelling, kind-hearted man. Will Ani be able to leave when the time comes?When Ani Nazaryan's job as sponsorship facilitator brings her to Aveline to assist four refugee families, she knows she must keep her heart unattached or risk heartbreak when it is time to move away. But she couldn’t have foreseen the big changes in the program, the beauty of the town, or the connection she would feel to one...