Fixed Up in Oak Valley: a Small Town Second Chance Romance

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I’m thirty days away from getting out of Oak Valley and putting this town in my rearview mirror.

I just signed a contract with one of the leading design firms in the country, which means Nashville in thirty days and a future that finally feels bigger than one stoplight and a town gossip network with the efficiency of the FBI.

That's why I refused when Sophie asked me for a favor.
“Just one consultation,” she says after spotting the new owner of the Oak Valley Inn being cornered on Main Street by the town gossip arguing for her favorite shade of blue on the exterior.

Against my better judgment, I agree to meet the guy in charge. I figure I can leave him with a few tips on surviving the historical board and get back to packing.

Turns out the guy running the renovation isn’t new in town.

It’s Ryan Calloway.

My former best friend.

The guy who left me stranded at prom almost ten years ago.

Now he’s back in Oak Valley with a renovation budget, a deadline, and a color palette that looks like greige with a trust fund.

And somehow that “one consultation” has turned into a month-long project working side by side with the one person in this town who knows exactly how to get under my skin.

But the problem with small towns is that everyone knows your business before you do.

A quick stop at the bookstore for inspiration lands us in Mrs. Voss’s neighborhood watch newsletter, which is really just Oak Valley’s official gossip column.

Now the entire town is watching us like we’re the most entertaining slow-motion train wreck they’ve had in years.

And judging by the looks we keep getting at Gus’s bar, half the town is already taking bets on whether we’ll make it this time.

Because small towns remember everything.
Especially the things you wish they’d forget.

Coming back to Oak Valley was supposed to be temporary.

Save my grandparents' inn.
Finish the restoration project.
Then leave town in time for the next board meeting and accept my promotion as the firm's new partner.

Then Dani Wright walked through the door.

She still argues like every conversation is a competitive sport.
Still ignores every carefully laid plan I make.

And somehow, she still manages to make every room feel a little more alive just by standing in it.
I'd forgotten how much I love that about her.

But my feelings don't matter.

Almost ten years ago, I had finally worked up the courage to ask her to prom.
She said yes, but I came back from getting punch and saw her with her ex on the dance floor.
Dani deserved to be happy and he's the one she chose.
So I left.
Right after graduation and never looked back.

Now we’re working together every day while the entire town watches and I'm trying to pretend my heart doesn't still ache over the dance we never shared. I'm trying not to imagine what a life with Dani Wright in Oak Valley might look like, but every day we spend together makes more difficult to want anything else.

The problem with second chances is they don’t come with instructions.
And if I’m not careful, the renovation won’t be the only thing in Oak Valley that ends up changing my plans.

Small Town Romance
Friends to Lovers
Second Chance Romance
Forced Proximity
NO Cheating

FIXED UP IN OAK VALLEY is a second chance romance set in a small town with meddling matchmakers and found family dynamics.

This book is part of the Oak Valley series featuring standalone novels by multiple authors. Start the series to find out how love blooms in the smallest of towns where everyone knows your business before you do.