The Sheriff's Runaway Bride: A Small-Town Contemporary Romance
Annie Jo
Charlotte Ashford was thirty minutes away from marrying the perfect man when she realized she'd rather be alone and terrified than married and miserable. Now she's stranded in Ember Ridge, Colorado, with nothing but a ruined wedding dress and a desperate need to figure out who she is when no one's watching.
Sheriff Jake Sullivan has seen plenty of strays roll through his small mountain town, but none quite like the society princess who breaks down in his diner on a Sunday night. She's everything he's learned to avoid—wealthy, complicated, and clearly running from something. But there's steel beneath Charlotte's silk, and courage under her carefully constructed facade.
What starts as temporary shelter becomes something neither expected. As Charlotte trades her trust fund for paint brushes and learns to build a life with her own hands, Jake discovers that sometimes the best things come from the most unexpected places. But when Charlotte's family arrives to drag her back to Boston, she'll have to choose between the security of her old life and the uncertain joy of building something real.
In a town where everyone knows your business but they also know they can count on you, Charlotte must Is love worth walking away from everything you've ever known?
A heartwarming contemporary romance about second chances, small-town charm, and the courage to choose your own happily ever after.

