Applemore Bay Books in Order

Rilla returns to a Highland village to settle her late father’s affairs and encounters her teenage sweetheart. Lachlan’s inherited castle brings debts and family disagreements, while their renewed connection complicates both their plans to leave.

Polly prepares a festive market while her friend Harry plans to close his hotel for renovations. A celebrity’s demand for a Christmas wedding brings the village together, but unexpected trouble threatens their carefully arranged celebrations.

Charlotte agrees to house-sit a Victorian property she hopes to buy for her holiday business. Sharing it with the owner’s nephew, a man from a recent romantic encounter, turns her plans into a complicated battle of wills.

Beth has worked hard to build her Highland flower farm and has little patience for distractions. A newcomer’s plans for an activity center unsettle the village, while their growing attraction challenges both their priorities.

After her daughter leaves for an overseas scholarship, veterinarian Sophie starts again in a Highland village. A reclusive divorced artist is drawn back into community life, discovering unexpected possibilities for friendship and romance as their paths cross.

Recently widowed Meg spends a summer caring for a lighthouse cottage and its little library. Village friendships and a reserved forestry worker offer new possibilities, but both must find the courage to face what they left behind.

Café owner Sarah expects a lonely Christmas until a visiting American professor becomes a regular customer. Their growing friendship offers unexpected hope, but his approaching return home raises doubts about a future beyond the holiday.

A novelist struggling with writer’s block returns to the Highland house where she grew up in foster care. Reconnecting with the village and a man tied to painful memories challenges the life she has carefully constructed.