Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings Books in Order
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Last updated: June 29, 2026
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Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings books in publication order
5 books
Falling in Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2021
Ava Wells wakes up expecting to get married and ends up face-to-face with a complicated man from her past instead. Asher Ford is starting over with a teenage daughter, and Hope Falls gives them one more chance to get it right.
Trusting Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2021
After walking away from the life she thought she wanted, Grace Wells gets stranded in a snowstorm and rescued by laid-back writer Easton Bishop. Their fake-ish setup is fun at first, until real feelings start creeping in.
Flirting with Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2022
Vivien Wells is tired of fairy-tale fantasies until a sassy next-door connection with single dad Glenn Maguire starts to feel dangerously real. Their chemistry is instant, but both have good reasons to keep love at arm's length.
Resisting Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2022
Audrey Wells has spent years hiding that she is in love with her best friend, Josh Bianchi. When one confession changes everything, friendship, old wounds, and fear all collide in a tender friends-to-lovers romance.
Second Chance Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2025
Caleb Harrison wakes up as Hope Falls' accidental Hot Pastor just as Taylor arrives with her son and a secret from their past. This emotional second-chance romance mixes tenderness, small-town support, and real stakes.
Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings books in chronological order

Falling in Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2021Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings, Book 1
Trusting Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2021Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings, Book 2
Resisting Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2022Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings, Book 3
Flirting with Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2022Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings, Book 4
Second Chance Fate
by Melanie Shawn
2025Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings, Book 5
Series background & context
This Hope Falls branch centers on the Wells sisters and the coffee shop they build together, Brewed Awakenings. The setup is simple and satisfying: four sisters, a close small town, a business that becomes a community hub, and a steady stream of love stories that grow out of the people walking through the door.
Coffee is the excuse. Family is the engine.
The books lean hard into the Hope Falls atmosphere readers already know: locals who involve themselves freely, old hurts that never stayed buried, and a town that seems to nudge people toward exactly the person they have been trying to avoid. Each romance stands on its own, but the emotional payoff gets bigger when you watch the sisters' lives overlap.
Ava, Grace, Audrey, and Vivien all bring different energy to the page, which helps the series feel varied even though the books share the same warm foundation. One story might tilt toward a jilted bride and a single dad. Another might go for opposites attract, friends to lovers, or a slow second chance. The through line is that every book pairs strong chemistry with the comfort of a familiar place.
The tone is affectionate, funny, and very small town. There is heat, but there is also a lot of everyday closeness: siblings showing up, townspeople interfering, and characters trying to build a life instead of just survive a plot.
If you like romance series where the setting matters as much as the couple, this is a good one. Brewed Awakenings feels like a real gathering place, and Hope Falls does what it always does best, it gives wounded or guarded people room to soften, reconnect, and try again.
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