One Fall Day

Manhattan food critic Valentina Aragon knows a good meal when she tastes it, and she never expected small-town River Valley to fall onto her plate. Her mentor insists it's a working retreat to recharge her creativity. But between the autumn-gold streets and the warmest people she's ever met, the town starts to feel less like a temporary stay and more like home. Too bad its most eligible landscape designer greets her with more bite than warmth...

Brandon Scott doesn't need love cluttering a life already full. But the inn's new boarder is impossible to ignore, even after he puts his foot in his mouth when she first arrives. When an opportunity to make things right lands in his lap, he takes it...and keeps taking it, one fall day at a time.

Acquaintances become friends, friends become something more, and a community rallies to save the landmark that holds the town together, while a figure from Brandon's past threatens the future he never saw coming.
 

Small town ~ Grumpy meet-cute to slow-burn chemistry ~ City girl finds where she belongs ~ Community & found family ~ Supportive female friendships
Heat: kisses only (clean/sweet)
 

Previously Published. Now re-released and expanded into a series!