Author: amymatayo
It’s been quite the year for the Hayes/Gamble family, but now things are looking up. When you’ve survived a tornado, a concert shooting, and being stranded on a deserted island, what else can possibly go wrong? After all, isn’t that the rule—three strikes, and you’re out? That should totally be the rule. Dillon Hayes has dreamed of her wedding day since childhood. Now, after months of planning, … months of planning, the chapel is booked, the invitations are sent, and the dress is ready and waiting. In only a few days’ time, Dillon will become Mrs. Liam Gamble in front…
It’s the same routine every night, and country music superstar Teddy Hayes wouldn’t have it any other way. 7:00 pm: Arena doors open and fans fill the stands.7:45 pm: Lights go out and spotlights come on.7:46 pm: Energy from concert-goers reaches an ear-spitting crescendo. 7:47 pm: Teddy takes the stage and begins to sing. But tonight, something is off. It starts when a stage light malfunctions … starts when a stage light malfunctions and sends sparks into the air.It continues when his drummer stops playing and stares slack-jawed in Teddy’s direction.It dawns on him when a fan doubles-over and a…
According to Riley Mae Floss, life is a ten-page menu of possibilities. As the owner of a cupcake shop in small-town Missouri, she thrives on candies and rainbows and spreading joy every chance she gets. Even her hair is the color of bubble gum. Life is just the way she likes it, so why would she want anything to change now?But when a tornado rips into Riley Mae’s southern town and destroys … destroys nearly everything in its path, her happy little life changes in less than forty-two seconds. Buildings gone. Homes carried away. People missing or even dead. Her…
Dillon Hayes is twenty-eight and single, an unfortunate status her overbearing family is determined to fix. So when she’s stuck on a cruise ship for a seven-day reunion with the lot of them, she’s desperate for any escape she can find, even if it means partnering with a sketchy stranger for an off-the-beaten-path snorkeling excursion. After her mother’s last matchmaking attempt, Dillon is more … than willing to trade all her good sense for a few hours of solace. Liam Gamble is stuck in the middle of family vacation hell. The worst part: it’s not even his family. This will…
Presley Waterman is a rescuer: of animals, of businesses, of people. Like the stray cat she’s allergic to, but continues to care for. Like her small-town newspaper, a business that’s been dying a slow death for the better part of a decade. And like Micah. Her best friend and the man she has loved since they were kids, back when no one else cared. As for him… Presley. She’s the girl who’s always been there to help, the one who knows all the ugly things about him and makes him believe he can be a better man, the one who…