Catalpa Creek Series by Katharine Sadler

One night. One drunken mistake of a night and Carrie Harrison is forced to pretend to be engaged to her obnoxious, deadbeat, inconveniently gorgeous, Neanderthal of a neighbor or risk losing her job. How hard can it be? As long as she doesn’t get too close, as long as she treats their relationship as a business arrangement, she can pull off this fake engagement, keep her job, and maintain her sanity... moreOne night. One drunken mistake of a night and Carrie Harrison is forced to pretend to be engaged to her obnoxious, deadbeat, inconveniently gorgeous, Neanderthal of a neighbor or risk losing her job. How hard can it be? As long as she doesn’t get too close, as long as she treats their relationship as a business arrangement, she can pull off this fake engagement, keep her job, and maintain her sanity. Except that the more time she spends with him, the harder it gets to deny her attraction to him, and the more she gets to know about him, the harder it is to remember why she hates him. One night. One night taking care of his gorgeous, sweet, funny neighbor, and Cody Reynolds is finding it hard to remember his priorities. He needs to focus on building his winery and proving to himself and everyone else that he won’t fail. His past mistakes have caught up with him and the owner of his dream property won’t sell unless Cody can prove he’s planning to stick around Catalpa Creek for the long term. When the perfect solution shows up on his doorstep and asks for his help, he offers her a mutually beneficial deal. A deal that will work as long as he can ignore the very real feelings he’s starting to have for his neighbor. Feelings that could ruin what should be a sexy, fun role play. **This book is a stand-alone in a series of stand-alones. There is NO cliffhanger and there most definitely is an HEA** less

Dilly Thompkins is a liar. She’s been lying to everyone, even her closest friends, for more than a decade. She lies to keep a secret, a secret not entirely her own, a secret that will change the way everyone in her small hometown of Catalpa Creek looks at her and treats her... moreDilly Thompkins is a liar. She’s been lying to everyone, even her closest friends, for more than a decade. She lies to keep a secret, a secret not entirely her own, a secret that will change the way everyone in her small hometown of Catalpa Creek looks at her and treats her. Her lies and her secret have made it important that she never lets anyone get too close, not just because she needs to keep her secret, but because loving someone, getting lost in another person, is dangerous for someone like Dilly. Oscar is Dilly’s new neighbor and he’s determined to find out why this woman, a woman he’s been drawn to since their first meeting, looks so sad so often. He’ll do just about anything to make her smile, but the more he gets to know her, the more he cares about her, the more he knows he stands to lose. He moved to Catalpa Creek for a simpler life, and Dilly’s secret may be more complication than he wants. As the people who care about Dilly begin to question her carefully laid lies, she shoves her own walls up higher and goes on the defensive. Her world is crumbling and the only place she feels safe anymore is in Oscar’s arms. *This is the third book in the Catalpa Creek Series, but it can be read as a stand-alone* (less) less

One kiss. One smoking hot kiss with a gorgeous man. A dangerous man. Not just because he’s her boss, but because he makes Jill Reynolds feel. Feelings are messy, they’re unpredictable, and they make it far too difficult for Jill to be the solid, confident rock everyone in her life expects her to be. Some might call her cold, some do call her an ice queen, but Jill’s okay with it, because that icy facade is her armor... moreOne kiss. One smoking hot kiss with a gorgeous man. A dangerous man. Not just because he’s her boss, but because he makes Jill Reynolds feel. Feelings are messy, they’re unpredictable, and they make it far too difficult for Jill to be the solid, confident rock everyone in her life expects her to be. Some might call her cold, some do call her an ice queen, but Jill’s okay with it, because that icy facade is her armor. That armor doesn’t work as well as it should when Alex Owings walks into her office, his large, muscular body and undeniable charm impossible to ignore, and tells her he’s never forgotten that kiss either. One kiss. One kiss that lit Alex Owings on fire and made the icy hot woman in his arms the center of his world. Alex tried to forget that kiss, because Jill’s the best CFO in the business and he wanted her working at his company. He spent an entire year trying to convince himself he could keep their relationship professional. He failed. Only, he’s not ready to admit defeat. He’s going to do everything he can to win her over. He’s got charm, good looks, and charisma on his side and every chance of piercing her armor, until his past shows up on his doorstep and threatens to destroy everything he’s worked so hard to achieve. **This is the fourth book in the Catalpa Creek series but can be read as a stand-alone. ** less