Jessie Gussman

Willen Hawkins knew exactly what she wanted to do with her unexpected inheritance: use it to fix up the Indigo Inn at Blueberry Beach. After all, it’s been more than eighteen years since she graduated from Blueberry Beach High and left town. The life she’s created for herself is far more lonely than the life she’d envisioned for herself as a teen. But if she wants to reinvent herself and start building the life she wants, she has to stop waiting...

He's too serious. She's too prissy. Neither of them knows that they're both not what they seem.Shawn Barclay can't seem to get out of the shadow of his goof-off reputation, despite the fact that he'd been working his own farm, successfully, for years.So, when his match-making parents suggest he head to Ohio to help a friend of a friend who's been in an accident, it isn't hard for him to sell and move, hoping to reinvent himself in the process.Maybe...

As they agreed on the night of their high school graduation, Leiklyn and her two friends, Tiffany and Willen meet on the porch of the Manor at Blueberry Beach on April Fool’s day, eighteen years after being given their diplomas. Life hadn’t turned out as expected for any of them. A single mother for fifteen years, Leiklyn recently lost her job in HR for an oil company and her unemployment is running out. Could the manor she and her friends...

Tammy FryI thought it would be a good idea to buy a dog…I ended up with an ATV I have no idea how to drive.I'm not sure how this happened, especially since the man I purchased it from, Justin Gabriel, introduced himself by running his remote-controlled monster pickup into my high heeled shoe.I'm serious, studious and a high school English teacher at Good Grief High. Needless to say, Justin Gabriel is not my type.Except I also somehow managed to...

Laura Wilson is back in Blueberry Beach, dealing with a mysterious illness that has depleted her energy and left her listless and unable to enjoy life. She's working part time in her grandfather's shop when a mysterious stranger rents the small apartment above theirs. He's strong and athletic and handsome and full of life and energy. They couldn't be farther apart physically, but they bond as they each take on more responsibility as her grandfather's...

After her husband walks out, leaving her with three small children, Shelby isn't interested in romance. She just wants her roof to not leak and the furnace to work.Keene Emmerson is ready to settle down, but he's not expecting to find love in a single wide trailer amidst the chaos of kids and construction and a pair of September sky blue eyes.When Keene volunteers to take some Christmas gifts out to Shelby's place and help put an addition on her trailer,...

They got married in secret then her prison sentence came between them. Can they recapture what they once had?Braxton Emmerson was born and bred in the heartland. He loves his farm and his family, but he was willing to give it all up for the woman who stole his heart.But she didn't want to give up her career and insisted on keeping their romance a secret. But then her business partner doubled crossed her and she ended up with a prison sentence for...

Elias Emerson has worked hard and become a successful businessman. Fellow businesswoman Catherine Hutchison has been with him, helping him, all his adult life, but he's never really paid attention to her. She's just there.Never noticed how much she did for him behind the scenes. How much she lifted him up and made him better. How much she sacrificed to give him the support and encouragement he needed.Until she announces that she's quitting her job...

He's dating one sister and falling for the other.Originally diagnosed with Lyme's Disease, Esther MacCartney is frustrated because she's been bedridden for months and doctors can't tell her if she'll ever be well again. The only person who's visited her regularly is her sister's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Monroe.He makes her laugh and treats her like he enjoys her company. But her sister has a job offer off the farm and Esther is afraid Monroe...

Clara Landry hates her job. When her boss informs her she needs to transfer to The Cities from her office at Lake Michigan she decides it's a good time to quit and to start her dream business selling her art at a small artisan shop in Strawberry Sands. The decision would be a no-brainer, except she's been in love with her boss for years. But he doesn't know and wouldn't be interested in her. Getting out is the best choice.Alexander Hudson has become...