Old Town Braverton Sweet Romance

When widower Ryan Tupper walks into the Pinwheel Plant Shop, owner Avery Wheeler is surprised to see her brother's best friend from high school and confused by her attraction to him.It's only been six months since Avery's husband died in a car accident and she's had zero desire to date again, but Ryan knows what it's like to be the spouse left behind. While he's been adjusting to his new life as a single dad, Avery's been trying to get up to speed on the business side of the plant shop-something her late husband always took care of-but she's in serious debt and could lose the store.In what should be a win-win opportunity, Ryan asks Avery to co-host a call-in radio show with him all about houseplants. He's a popular morning show host who knows nothing about plants, and she's a plant whisperer in need of extra funds. See? Win-win.That is until people ask if they're together together, instead of how much and how often they should water their begonias.Caught between missing her husband and missing out on a budding relationship with Ryan, Avery must mourn or move on and both choices terrify her.

On the day Layla Franklin is promoted to manager of the Pinwheel Plant Shop, she discovers her first business meeting will be with her billionaire ex-boyfriend, ceramicist Bradley Marconi. Five years prior, when Layla had to drop out of art school to support her disabled mom and her younger brother, Bradley broke off their relationship and broke her heart by saying they came from different worlds. Layla doesn't mind helping everyone in her life, really, she thrives on being useful. She'll even help Bradley make sense of the debacle the Wavelength Pottery P & L statements have become. But she wants compensation for her time and reassurance from Bradley he is learning to manage his business himself and working toward being his own man. When Bradley's overbearing mother demands he attend a dinner party at the family residence and that he brings a date, Layla insists that date be her. Not only does she want to encourage Bradley to stand up to his manipulative family, but Layla wants to prove to them she's found her own definition of success. Inspired by the dinner party date and remembering what they loved about one another, Layla and Bradley give their relationship another try. Everything is going well, until one night when the past and present collide, leaving Layla with little hope for their future and Bradley doubting they were ever meant to be. Calico Hearts is the second book in the Pinwheel Plant Shop thread of the Old Town Braverton Sweet Romance Series. To learn more about the series and Roxie Clarke, visit www.writefreepress.com Pinwheel Plant Shop String of Hearts Calico Hearts Tangled Hearts Christmas in Braverton - Two Holiday Short Stories Heart of Flame Bleeding Heart The Sweetheart Plant Purple Heart Contemporary Romance by Roxie's alter ego Stacey Wallace Crossing (Open Door Love Story #1) Diving In (Open Door Love Story #2) My Remedy (Open Door Love Story #3) Scars On Our Hearts (Open Door Love Story #4) Cooking Up Love The Wedding Arrangement Literary Fiction by Stacey Wallace Her Other Life Totality