The Bayview Romances Series by Lily Seabrooke

Some love stories just aren’t meant to be. And some people don’t care. While she’s lost in her biggest contract yet, freelance producer Emberlynn’s comfy small-town life gets turned upside-down by the arrival of her best friend Paisley’s older sister. Sleek, chic, impossibly cool and way more attractive than her friend’s sister has any right being, Aria is distracting—and off-limits... moreSome love stories just aren’t meant to be. And some people don’t care. While she’s lost in her biggest contract yet, freelance producer Emberlynn’s comfy small-town life gets turned upside-down by the arrival of her best friend Paisley’s older sister. Sleek, chic, impossibly cool and way more attractive than her friend’s sister has any right being, Aria is distracting—and off-limits. Burned out from her same-old career and wanting a fresh start after her relationship ended, Aria takes a break from New York, staying with her sister in the cozy small town of Bayview as she works to launch her first business. What should have been a quiet interlude takes a turn when her sister’s best friend, and next-door neighbor, is a little too interesting—and a little too interested in her. When their neighboring-balcony coworking sessions blossom into something more, will their secret connection convince Aria to stay? Or is it a love story that isn’t meant to be? If It’s Meant to Be is an 80,000-word small-town, best-friend’s-sister romance and the first book in the Bayview Romances trilogy. Features a cozy small town with a big gay friend group, pining for a forbidden love interest, unpacking loaded family dynamics, sexual tension in conversations between adjacent balconies, innuendos about a guitarist’s skilled fingers, and Paisley being the human equivalent of a hyperactive scruffy cat fished out of a dumpster. Content warnings for on-page sex, a lot of gay people, and… well, just Paisley, honestly. less

Collegiate swimmer Priscilla knows her gorgeous coach Annabel is off-limits, but it hasn’t stopped Priscilla from longing for her for the past year. But an unexpected gold medal throws Priscilla into the spotlight and, as long-repressed emotions flare up, into bed with Annabel. Annabel knows she’s attracted to Priscilla, but the line between coach and student is clear... moreCollegiate swimmer Priscilla knows her gorgeous coach Annabel is off-limits, but it hasn’t stopped Priscilla from longing for her for the past year. But an unexpected gold medal throws Priscilla into the spotlight and, as long-repressed emotions flare up, into bed with Annabel. Annabel knows she’s attracted to Priscilla, but the line between coach and student is clear. Still, as their training sessions blur the line ever further, Annabel and Priscilla have to keep quiet before the thing growing between them tears apart both their careers. But when everything is on the line between them, will they follow their dreams, or their hearts? Against the Current is an 85,000-word small-town student/coach sports romance and the second book in the Bayview Romances trilogy. Features a big gay friend group in a small gay town, consensual nonmonogamy, unraveling insecurities of want and desire, a forbidden relationship loaded with ages of pining, and a whole lot of jealousy moving things along. Content warnings for on-page sex, girlfriend drama from basically every direction, and Paisley delivering victory cheese(? ). less

The end isn’t the best time to realize you’ve been in love all along. Bakery owner Harper has her secrets. She’s always kept to herself, constantly on a career climb that only she can see, with no one allowed close—except the one person in Bayview who won’t take no for an answer. Paisley’s fallen into bed with Harper twice already over their years of friendship, but it’s never meant anything... moreThe end isn’t the best time to realize you’ve been in love all along. Bakery owner Harper has her secrets. She’s always kept to herself, constantly on a career climb that only she can see, with no one allowed close—except the one person in Bayview who won’t take no for an answer. Paisley’s fallen into bed with Harper twice already over their years of friendship, but it’s never meant anything. Unless it has, in which case—well, she’d have to confront those feelings now, because Harper is on her way out of Bayview for good. It’s too late now for the two of them to find all the things they could have been. But maybe the ending is the best time for a new beginning. Every Little Thing is a 90,000-word small-town friends-to-lovers romance and the third and last book in the Bayview Romances trilogy. Features a cute small town with a big gay friend group, being in major denial about feelings, identity crises, reinventing yourself, and kissing your friend just because it’s fun and you feel like it, and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything, right? Content warnings for on-page sex scenes, some major family trauma, off-page death of a family member, survivor’s guilt, hospitalization relating to not eating, a lot of angst, Kay keeping secrets really really really well, and Paisley’s whole thing she’s got going on. less