The Sugar Maple Inn: A Small-Town Romance (Solace Springs)

When Grace Sullivan finally tracks down the anonymous online mentor who's been stealing her heart one late-night message at a time, she never expects him to be standing on the wrong side of a bidding war for her dream.

Grace has spent years perfecting lattes and playing the dutiful daughter at her mother's café in charming Solace Springs. But the historic inn on Maple Island represents everything she's been working toward — independence, purpose, and a future built entirely on her own terms. Her secret advantage is WildTrailGuide, the mysteriously compelling stranger whose business advice turned into something she's afraid to name. Then she meets Reese Spencer in person.

Rugged, relentless, and used to winning, globe-trotting billionaire Reese needs that same inn to uncover a decades-old family secret buried somewhere on the island. He has the money. He has the resources. What he doesn't have is the stubborn, infuriatingly capable single mother standing between him and what he came for.

As their rivalry over the inn collides with the undeniable pull of who they've been to each other online, darker secrets begin surfacing around Maple Island — ones that put more than just their hearts at risk.

Set against the cozy backdrop of a small town that knows everyone's business except the right secrets, *The Sugar Maple Inn* is a simmering, slow-burn romance that proves the person who drives you the most crazy might also be exactly what you need.