Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon by Melody Carlson

Title: Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon

Author: Melody Carlson

Release Date: April 19, 2011

Summary: Hope is from the small Oregon town of Sisters and comes home after her beloved grandmother has passed away. She has inherited her grandmother’s old house and must get all the affairs in order. The hardest part is coming face to face with her ex-boyfriend Drew and her little sister Cherry, who are now married and have a beautiful young family.

There is a touch of romance between Hope and the lawyer, Lewis, who is helping her sort out her choices with her grandmother’s property. Not only do you get a little romance in the book, but also a hefty dose of family as the three sisters and all their past hurts roll to boil during the time Hope is at home.

Author website: Melody Carlson

Love Handles by Gretchen Galway

Title: Love Handles

Author: Gretchen Galway

Release Date: April 24, 2011

Summary: Bev Lewis is a preschool teacher who has just inherited her grandfather’s fitness fashion empire. But she wants out. She’s not cut out for the fashion industry. Family drama runs amuck as she tries to heal the wound cut between her mother and aunt so many years ago. However, she can’t seem to get out of the agreement.

After returning to her preschool job and then being fired from that job she has no choice left but to try to make it work in the fitness fashion industry. You would think her grandfather’s VP, Liam—the Olympic gold medalist—would be her best ally, but instead he’s working as hard as he can to make life difficult on her. Including, the way he makes her weak in the knees anytime he is around.

Author website: www.gretchengalway.com

Retailer links: Amazon

Worth the Effort – Ayden’s Story by Kai Strand

Title: Worth the Effort – Ayden’s Story

Author: Kai Strand

Release Date: July 27, 2014

Summary: Ayden is a 17 year old boy struggling with anxiety—a burden that has led him to trade in the perfection and comforts of his life for the cold streets and back alleys of town. By good fortune, Ayden is discovered by Ella Jones. A girl he has fancied for a long time. She tries to help him, but that just makes him feel more anxiety about not being accepted for who he is. This is a heartfelt story of struggle and teenage love.

Author website: www.kaistrand.com

Retailer links: Amazon

The Road Home by Meg Gray

Title: The Road Home

Author: Meg Gray

Release Date: March 29, 2015

Summary: When Blake Anderson decides to sneak away from the limelight of his father’s political career, he sets out to find an answer that has haunted him his whole life. He heads to the small town of River’s Edge in the heart of Oregon’s wine country along the Columbia River. In the small town, he gets his first taste of anonymity and it feels good. His trail quickly runs cold and instead of racing back to his family’s mansion he decides to stay for a while, and makes a place for himself as Reg Wheeler’s hired hand.

Maria Sandoval is recovering from a devastating loss and has sought refuge on her grandparents’ prosperous estate, Ramirez Vines. Doing her best to outrun haunting memories from her college days, she takes great solitude in riding her horse along the edge of the vineyard property. One night she runs across a stranger who claims to work for her grandparents’ old neighbor Reg Wheeler. Her mistrust and anxiety push her emotions to a new level as she tries to determine the stranger’s real purpose for helping the cranky crippled old man.

Secrets, trust, and love all combine as Blake and Maria journey together toward finding answers and healing old wounds. But in one emotionally charged night it all starts to come undone. As one life hangs in the balance, questions are answered, but will it be too late?

Author website: www.meggraybooks.com

Available: Retailer links