L.B. Dunbar Books in Order

Visiting her grandmother’s town, Emily clashes with single father Jess, whose young daughter has stopped speaking. As the child warms to Emily, repeated encounters challenge both adults’ plans to keep their lives and hearts separate.

Garden-center manager Pam works as an assistant to reclusive horror writer Jacob and develops feelings for him. His dark outlook and determination to avoid love test her confidence that their flirtation could become something lasting.

After losing his prestigious job, chef Ethan becomes cook for Ella, a former model hiding from the world after facial scarring. Their contentious proximity challenges his bruised pride and her conviction that she should remain alone.

Teacher Tricia’s concern for a struggling student introduces her to the girl’s guardian, her intimidating new neighbor Leon. The former gang member wants a quiet life, but their mutual attraction challenges the warnings both have set against getting involved.

Rock star Arturo King has fame, fortune and a loyal band, but lacks a partner to share his future. Guinevere DeGrance wants recognition for her music, and her father’s plans bring her into the orbit of the charismatic musician.

Drummer Perkins Vale has waited years for the woman he first loved as a boy. When fate reunites him with Hollister, whose life centers on helping women in distress, they must confront the years and uncertainties separating them.

With his band falling apart and his best friend missing, Lansing Lotte finds an unexpected distraction in his neighbor. Single mother Lila needs help after a fire, but accepting his support challenges her determination to avoid rock stars.

Arturo King returns to face the woman whose heart he lost through silence and absence. Both he and Guinevere carry guilt over their separation, and their reunion forces them to confront whether forgiveness can repair what happened.

Seeking refuge from his troubled band, Tristan Lyons retreats to an island and encounters another unwelcome guest. Isolde wants escape from scrutiny and an unwanted future, but their agreement to withhold identities becomes complicated by growing feelings.

Filmmaker Gavin returns to his hometown and reconnects with Britton, the woman he left behind after a memorable summer. Now running an inherited tea shop, she must confront old feelings and a secret kept for years.

Tired of living in his famous brother’s shadow, Abel Callahan offers financial help to a woman he admires in exchange for dating lessons. Elma accepts the arrangement for practical reasons, but revenge and unexpected feelings complicate their bargain.

Fighter Cain Callahan is determined to find the wife who vanished after their whirlwind marriage. Sofie left after discovering troubling truths about his past, and their reunion becomes a struggle to decide whether love can survive broken trust.

After rescuing Persephone from danger, Hades takes her into the Underworld without considering the consequences. Attraction grows between the ordinary young woman and the ancient prince, but divided families and incompatible worlds force difficult choices about loyalty.

After losing her husband of twenty years, a forty-year-old professor decides to explore dating again. Her attractive firefighter neighbor offers an introduction to modern intimacy, challenging her uncertainty about desire and the possibility of another meaningful relationship.

Phyre seeks safety from a destructive past in a home for women in hiding. Hephaestus returns there after heartbreak, and their connection challenges the shame and painful memories that have kept both from believing they deserve love.

Sent to an isolated island as part of an experimental punishment, Juliet expects solitude after taking revenge. Instead, she finds Tack, whose life is entangled with hers, and their hostility becomes a difficult search for forgiveness and connection.

Two years after their island experiment, Tack discovers where Juliet has been and wants to return with her. Reuniting forces them to decide whether their earlier connection was lasting love or merely the product of isolation.

Distrustful of men, Veva Matron clashes with the beautiful and flirtatious Solis Cronus. A charged encounter and emerging secrets expose the fate linking them, transforming mutual hostility into a struggle between anger, attraction and the possibility of love.

Celebrating recovery from breast cancer, a woman travels to Hawaii with her grown children and meets former rock star Tommy Carrigan. Their unexpected attraction offers a fresh beginning, but a holiday romance raises questions about what happens afterward.

Overwhelmed by her ex-husband and three children, a forty-one-year-old woman begins questioning the life she has accepted. Encounters with recovering alcoholic and former rock star Hank Paige suggest another possibility, though both carry emotional burdens into their connection.

A successful baker takes a much-needed holiday and unexpectedly shares her beach retreat with the man she lost twenty-two years earlier. Agreeing to avoid their past seems simple, until renewed attraction makes old mistakes impossible to ignore.

A widow discovers her late husband’s instruction to contact their estranged childhood friend. When former rock star Denton Chance returns to care for his dying mother, old feelings resurface despite a painful history and the prospect of another departure.

Real-estate agent Olivet Pierson needs George Harrington’s mountain property to secure her professional future, but he refuses to sell. His unexpected condition requires three nights camping together, turning a business negotiation into a challenge to their guarded hearts.

Seeking perspective after heartbreak, a woman leaves her mountain hometown for the coast and meets her brother’s wealthy neighbor. Garrett Fox values possessions over emotion, but recognizing their shared disappointment in love challenges the defenses both have built.

Six years after tragedy shattered their family, James and Evie Harrington must confront the pain separating them. Facing a marriage that has stalled in grief, they must decide whether to rebuild their future together or finally part.

Respectable mayor and single father Charlie Harrington avoids scandal until a misunderstanding introduces him to Janessa Cruz. Seeking privacy after a public marriage, she hopes to start over quietly, but their growing attraction makes restraint increasingly difficult.

When a teenage daughter unexpectedly enters his life, pub owner Billy Harrington needs help from the bookstore owner he constantly argues with. Roxanne reluctantly agrees to a truce, and shared responsibility begins changing their assumptions about each other.

Newly divorced father Zack encounters free-spirited River during a lakeside holiday with his unruly twin sons. Their immediate attraction offers a temporary escape, but conflicting expectations about commitment threaten the connection forming between them.

Approaching forty and determined to have a baby, Autumn devises a plan during a lakeside vacation. Her brother’s friend Logan objects to her shortlist of potential fathers and tries to convince her that he belongs on it.

Single father and military veteran Levi Walker returns for a family celebration and reunites with Katie Carter. Once the younger girl who admired him, Katie is now a successful woman whose lingering feelings might finally have room to grow.

Mae Fox plans a cross-country drive to reclaim her independence, then reluctantly agrees to transport her sister’s demanding boss. Seven days along Route 66 bring her closer to Tucker Ashe while confronting both travelers with memories they hoped to escape.

Returning to his family’s cottage, Archer finds widowed teacher Jenna and her daughters staying in his apartment. He welcomes attraction but resists emotional commitment, while their shared holiday offers a second chance at love and family.

Jane Fox agrees to pose as her boss’s wife at a funeral in exchange for a coveted promotion. When Machlan inherits an entire town on condition that they actually marry, their deception becomes a much more complicated commitment.

Widow Anna never expected to fall in love again, especially with her late husband’s best friend. Mason has secretly loved her for decades, but acting on their attraction means confronting grief, loyalty and the possibility of another future.

After their children cancel a wedding, the groom’s mother and bride’s father separately take over the unused honeymoon. Sharing a Belize holiday home with only one bed turns their mutual irritation into an attraction neither intended to pursue.

Hoping to stop wandering, Lindee Fox buys a motel and discovers its renovations must be handled by a man she cannot forget. Their previous encounter ended badly, but working together offers a second chance neither had expected.

After an unexpectedly intimate but chaste night together, a woman reconnects with baseball manager Ross when he joins her hometown team. He believes sleeping beside her brings good luck, but their arrangement grows complicated when real feelings develop.

Six stories follow people over forty finding romance through reunions, chance encounters and unexpected second chances. A baseball catcher, a firefighter, a pub owner and other familiar faces navigate attraction alongside the complications of adult life.

A newly promoted sports agent is drawn into a marriage of convenience with baseball catcher Bolan to repair his reputation. Caring for his young daughter deepens her attachment, while his increasingly genuine feelings threaten their carefully defined arrangement.

Neve Snowe prefers brief encounters to commitment, until a visitor leaves her unexpectedly pregnant. When Tate Love returns months later on business, his desire for a family collides with plans that could threaten the small-town life she cherishes.

Invited to the wedding of their former partners, Noelle and divorced firefighter Dane agree to attend as a couple. A hotel mistake and wintry disruption intensify their holiday fling, challenging their intention to keep the arrangement temporary.

Summer brings another romance to Lovewell Landing as Isolde Snowe faces a man she cannot stand. Their hostility gives way to an unexpected opportunity for lessons in love.

MMA fighter Cain Callahan feels an unexpected attraction to quiet Sofie Vincentia. As their temptation becomes difficult to resist, the darkness of his past threatens a new connection in this prequel to the brothers’ stories of love and rivalry.