Author: jessiegussman
A driven company executive and a hard-working mechanic must set aside their differences and try to work together.After spending the last fourteen years raising his twin sisters, Ben Baxter is ready to start his own diesel repair business. But the big trucking company he works for asks him to move to Pennsylvania and manage their home terminal shop, which is located in his home town. Ben has to … town. Ben has to turn the offer down—his estranged family thinks he’s married and he won’t show up without a wife at his side. His sisters, ever resourceful, hatch a plan…
*Previously titled Serious Fun*She doesn’t laugh. He can’t be serious. How will they ever work together?County librarian Harris Winsted can’t believe she lost her leading man. No. What she really can’t believe is that her friends think Harris’s childhood nemesis, Turbo Baxter, might be able to play the part. Even if it is just a small production to raise money for a hospital library, Turbo’s … a hospital library, Turbo’s class-clown personality makes him a disastrous choice.However opening night is three short weeks away. Left with Turbo as her only option, she can only hope he suddenly develops a brain,…
Previously titled Tough TalkAn energetic philanthropist and a quiet mechanic are thrown together through a car accident. But the mechanic has a secret and the philanthropist has a fiancé. When the secret is exposed, the philanthropist must make a choice: will she choose love over money?Kelly Irwin just wants to help children like she used to be—underprivileged, hungry, and with a family so mixed … just wants to help children like she used to be—underprivileged, hungry, and with a family so mixed up she wasn’t sure who she really belonged to. None of them wanted the responsibility to raise her.…
Torque Baxter spent 10 years in prison for Cassidy Kimbell’s accidental crime — but he still loves her. How much will Cassidy sacrifice to love him back? A captivating romance that’s first in a series!
Sometimes a match that’s all wrong, turns out to be just right. While waiting to audition for a rare tubist seat opening, Avery Williams intends to cheer up her cancer ridden neighbor. She plans a throwback Christmas party in the barn where the sick woman got engaged forty years ago. It will be the highlight of the year, unless the building gets destroyed first.In town for a short while to help … first.In town for a short while to help his sick mother, Gator Franks expects to grab a side job and make some quick cash to help pay her…
Love kindles when a fake engagement brings best friends together. World Champion snowboarder, Wyatt Fernandez, should be hitting the slopes in the Andes and spending his days teaching as the new ski instructor. But an emergency means he’s heading off the family’s tree farm with his best friend, Harper. She’s too busy with her books and earning tenure to notice his hopes for more than friendship.… for more than friendship.Homebody and nutritionist, Dr. Harper Bright, must let go of her coveted summer research position so she can help on the tree farm…with Wyatt. He might push past her comfort zone,…
Frustrations and tensions fly amid adversaries turned partners in this fun and sweet romance.When the high school’s float explodes five days before the National Farmer’s Day parade, Principal Calvin Finkenbinder sees his chance at the promotion to Superintendent disintegrate. Unless he enlists the help of Ellie Bright, the most annoying, disorganized and kissable woman he knows.Standing in … he knows.Standing in Principal Fink’s office, again, for driving her daughter to school late, again, Ellie is given two odious choices. Either her straight A daughter receives detention for another tardy that’s not her fault, or Ellie uses her artistic skills and…