Southern Heroes Series by Quinn Marlowe

A girl with a broken heart. A guy with a broken family. And a Christmas dream that will bring them together.Olivia Johns has tried the real world, and failed. She had the record contract… and a boyfriend who stole that contract, along with her music.Now she’s heading home for Christmas, escaping the real world and trying to get her feet under her.______Connor Wheating knows a thing or two about having his feet knocked out from under him... moreA girl with a broken heart. A guy with a broken family. And a Christmas dream that will bring them together.Olivia Johns has tried the real world, and failed. She had the record contract… and a boyfriend who stole that contract, along with her music.Now she’s heading home for Christmas, escaping the real world and trying to get her feet under her.______Connor Wheating knows a thing or two about having his feet knocked out from under him. He was on the verge of getting signed to his first record contract when his dad was diagnosed with cancer.Now he finds himself home for the holidays… and missing the future he was polishing for himself.But Christmas doesn’t only bring snow and holly. In Arberry, North Carolina, it also brings the Annual Music Festival. The competition: fierce. The reward: a shiny new record contract with one of the biggest labels in the industry.When Olivia and Connor find themselves in an unwilling partnership, working together—and against each other—for the same prize, the chemistry between them growing by the minute…Christmas wishes might actually come true.Two lost souls looking for a way out. A Christmas music contest. And an unwilling partnership that leaves them both longing for something more.Christmas Music is a sweet small-town Christmas novella that features cowboys, hopeless romance, and a heroine willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, and is the prequel to the Southern Heroes series. less

A Small-Town Sweet RomanceAvery Dawson thought she had it all figured out. A music career, a tour, and the entire world at her feet. Then her bus crashed on a deserted road and she found herself stuck… and in need of a hero.When Jackson Pole stopped to help the country star trapped in the bus, he thought he was doing a good deed... moreA Small-Town Sweet RomanceAvery Dawson thought she had it all figured out. A music career, a tour, and the entire world at her feet. Then her bus crashed on a deserted road and she found herself stuck… and in need of a hero.When Jackson Pole stopped to help the country star trapped in the bus, he thought he was doing a good deed. But the next day, with Avery staying in his house and her fingerprints all over everything, he has one very disturbing realization: Now that she was here, she was going to change everything.Life in his small town in North Carolina, on the ranch he worked so hard to buy, has always been more than enough for him. He never wanted anything more, and he certainly never wanted a woman. Especially a high-profile, high-maintenance one like Avery.But when she leaves, intent on starting her tour and moving on from the disastrous week she spent waiting for her bus to be repaired, it turns out he was wrong.He does need a woman. And only one woman will do: the one that just left him.Hero in Waiting is a sweet romance that features cowboys, small-town characters, and plenty of romance, with a guaranteed HEA, and is the start of the Southern Rogues series. less

A gift she didn't want. A neighbor he definitely didn't need. And a week that would change everything.Parker Pelton had it all figured out. A career as a manager, a music tour with her best friend, and a beautiful house in Nashville to come home to. But if she knows anything about life, it’s that you can’t trust things just because they look too pretty.When she arrives home to find that she’s been given another house, she’s forced back to the hometown she always swore she’d put behind her... moreA gift she didn't want. A neighbor he definitely didn't need. And a week that would change everything.Parker Pelton had it all figured out. A career as a manager, a music tour with her best friend, and a beautiful house in Nashville to come home to. But if she knows anything about life, it’s that you can’t trust things just because they look too pretty.When she arrives home to find that she’s been given another house, she’s forced back to the hometown she always swore she’d put behind her. Arberry, North Carolina. Where her father was cruel and her first boyfriend even crueler.The town she left as soon as she was old enough to rent an apartment by herself.The town she swore she’d never set foot in again.When she arrives at her new house, intent on figuring out how quickly she can get rid of it again, she’s confronted with another problem.A new neighbor. A new neighbor that she knows.A new neighbor who came a little too close to touching her heart the last time she was in Arberry.______________________Dev Hawthorne never set out to be a rancher. He never set out to be a cranky neighbor, either.Most importantly, he never set out to suggest to Parker Pelton, the girl next door, that he help her turn her new house into a B&B rather than selling it to the developer who would ruin the neighborhood.But if Dev knows anything about life, it’s that it rarely goes the way you expect it to. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches.When Parker finishes her business and is on her way out of town again, though, Dev realizes it’s one punch he’s not willing to roll with.He never set out to fall in love with Parker Pelton. But now that he has, he’s going to find a way to make her stay—and a way to save her from the past that has never stopped haunting her.Hero Next Door is a sweet small-town romance that features enemies to lovers, an unwilling hero, a girl with a broken heart, and a guy who never really fit in. There’s plenty of romance and a guaranteed HEA. Hero Next Door is the third book in the Southern Heroes series. less

A history they can't ignore. A contract they have to satisfy. And a tour that goes so wrong, it might just be right.Olivia Johns and Connor Wheating reunite in Hero on the Roa d. There will be music. There will be contracts.There will be a bear.But will they get their HEA?Follow along as Olivia and Connor go on the tour from hell, and realize that they're stronger together and maybe even in love--if they can both manage to admit it... moreA history they can't ignore. A contract they have to satisfy. And a tour that goes so wrong, it might just be right.Olivia Johns and Connor Wheating reunite in Hero on the Roa d. There will be music. There will be contracts.There will be a bear.But will they get their HEA?Follow along as Olivia and Connor go on the tour from hell, and realize that they're stronger together and maybe even in love--if they can both manage to admit it.Hero on the Road is a sweet romance that features forced proximity, a road trip, rock stars, and plenty of romance, with a guaranteed HEA. This is the fourth book in the Southern Heroes series. less