The Cardwell Family Series by Christy Pastore

A small-town, friends to lovers story is coming your way this spring.Getting dumped sucks. Getting dumped by your boyfriend days before your best friend’s wedding? It doesn’t get much worse.Did I mention that the guy who cut me loose was country music’s number one rising star?And my client.I thought I was walking into a proposal. Instead, I crashed right into humiliation—dumped and fired.The silver lining? In a restaurant, there’s plenty of wine to drown my feelings... moreA small-town, friends to lovers story is coming your way this spring.Getting dumped sucks. Getting dumped by your boyfriend days before your best friend’s wedding? It doesn’t get much worse.Did I mention that the guy who cut me loose was country music’s number one rising star?And my client.I thought I was walking into a proposal. Instead, I crashed right into humiliation—dumped and fired.The silver lining? In a restaurant, there’s plenty of wine to drown my feelings.In strolls Tyler Nichols, the restaurant owner. He’s charming, handsome and does a good job of trying to make me feel better. A really good job. Sharing my heartbreak with a beautiful stranger is the last thing that I expected.Turns out, Tyler Nichols is my ex’s best friend. And according to the local gossips—mainly my cousin—he’s got a mysterious past.No worries, I’m the gal with everything going for her—great job, fabulous apartment and a glamorous life half way across the country in sunny Los Angeles—far away from my hometown and my family’s bourbon empire. I’ll be leaving after the weekend wedding festivities.That is until my best friend, Sage, finds herself in a jam and needs my help before jetting off on her honeymoon.So, I’m staying in Mayfield a little longer than anticipated. In just a few short weeks, I’ll march my happy ass back to the West Coast, far away from Tyler’s smoldering gaze and his panty-melting smile. And the chemistry between us that burns hotter than a hickory stump.But the longer I’m in town, the harder it is to stay away from him. And maybe I don’t want to. less

Life isn’t all mai tais, coconut cupcakes and the big “O,” but it should be.I met Wes on a beach in Hawaii. Tall, tan, unruly blond hair and don’t even get me started on that gritty southern accent.To the locals, he was Wes, “The manta ray whisperer.” To me, he was an infuriating, too young for me surfer dude.But that didn’t stop me from falling into bed with him.Being with Wes was thrilling, but he’s all wrong for me. All wrong for my life... moreLife isn’t all mai tais, coconut cupcakes and the big “O,” but it should be.I met Wes on a beach in Hawaii. Tall, tan, unruly blond hair and don’t even get me started on that gritty southern accent.To the locals, he was Wes, “The manta ray whisperer.” To me, he was an infuriating, too young for me surfer dude.But that didn’t stop me from falling into bed with him.Being with Wes was thrilling, but he’s all wrong for me. All wrong for my life. After our week was over, I snuck out of his beach house without a goodbye. I was never going to see him again, right?How wrong I was when I walked into Cardwell Bourbon a few months later to find Weston Cardwell and those smoldering green eyes staring at me from across a conference table.Working together will be a challenge. His family is counting on me to save their bourbon empire.Wes and I have nothing in common except for our hot for each other chemistry—it’s hotter than the copper lining in a bourbon barrel. But that’s the thing about copper, it’s an effective heat conductor—maybe too effective. less