Hidden Gems of Sweet Small Town Romances






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I'm so excited for Rules of the Heart to be on this list with all these other wonderful clean & wholesome romances.  
I thought I'd share a little bit about each of these books. 



After Sierra West suddenly left town, Braxton Chalmers tried to move on with his life. But thoughts of her always taunted him, to the point no other woman could ever live up to her standards.


Sierra West returned to the outback town of Oakdale after the death of her beloved grandmother. Seeing Braxton again has reignited past emotions. She can’t allow these feelings to surface again – she must return to the city once her business in Oakdale is done.



The only thing Jake Dunn can keep alive is a plant. Besides his friend Dusty, he has no use for anyone, including God. So when Dusty’s sister asks him for help, he turns her down flat—until he realizes he needs her help, too. As they trade tulips for business expertise, Jake finds there’s more to Kim than he’s ever noticed before. Too bad the only way to keep her safe is to keep her out of his heart.


Dex Callison, otherwise known as Ace makes a split second decision to parachute into a hostile situation to make a lot of things in his life right. His life as a Senator's son, a JAG Air Force pilot and then an active duty soldier have not yet filled the loss of his best friend, the only woman he has ever loved, Gianna West.


It's supposed to be a weekend of relaxation for advertising agency co-owner Marti Meredith—two days of getting away from her increasingly hectic life, spent at the mountain retreat of a tech billionaire. But you know what they say about the best-laid plans. Only minutes after she arrives, she discovers she's not alone. Her ex-husband is the property manager, and in just a few hours, being with him again turns her life, and all of her best-laid plans, upside down.


When Doctor Edie Fletcher sticks a pin in a map to find a place to flee from her cheating ex-husband, the last thing she expected was to stick it right in the path of new love. Getting a job as a psychotherapist on a clinical trial, miles away from home, Edie finds herself stuck with a surgeon who has a reputation for being a brute. Can she ignore his behaviour and keep her new job? And can she keep the secret that she brought with her from home?


Margot Kelly has waited patiently to take her dream vacation. Swapping her home in Magnolia Harbor for a quaint beach bungalow in Florida, she will finally be able to fill her days with the perfect blend of relaxation and adventure.


Tempers flare and sparks fly as Cat and Justin revive the old McCormick mansion, but Justin can't afford to be distracted and Cat has no plans to stay in town afterward. And both have pieces of their lives they aren't willing to share. Can love conquer the clashes between them and the secrets each is keeping?


Paramedic Andrew Herrin delivered Gretchen Samuels's daughter on the side of the road when she and her husband couldn't make it to the hospital in time. When their paths cross again in small-town Hawthorn Harbor, she's a widow and the baby is ten-year-old Dixie.


Cord’s mantra growing up? Get out of Sutter’s Hollow. Now he’s back in town, but only long enough to get rid of his grandma’s ball and chain—the ranch. He doesn’t need a complication like Molly, who reminds him of an injured baby bird. He’s no protector. So why can’t he tell her to get lost?


Abandoned on her wedding day, Constance Chambers flees the humiliation and goes on her honeymoon with her bridesmaids in tow.

The owners of The McCagan Inn, in small town Chapel Pines, Texas, go out of their way to make the jilted bride’s heartache lessen, including shoving their eligible brother Dance McCagan at her as a heart-easing distraction.

Dance wants nothing to do with it, even as Constance’s bridesmaids prescribe that a little harmless flirtation is just the thing to take her mind off of her truant groom.

The Mysterious Gnomes of Pickard Hall at the University of Texas, Arlington

My Gnome
They show up in offices unannounced and unadorned. Several faculty and staff members of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at UTA (where I work) have received one. The receiver of the Gnome will open their office in the morning and come face-to-face with old wizened features staring at them from atop their desk. There is no note, nor explanation of any kind. Although there’s been speculation, no one knows the reason behind the enigmatic gift or why the receiver is chosen. I'll be honest, when I came into work one day and found my gnome, I felt honored, like I'd passed some kind of rite of acceptance. 

The mysterious Gnome showing up in Pickard Hall can be traced back as happening for at least a decade. No one knows who first started handing out the Gnomes or why or if it is the same person doing it? Could this be a Dread Pirate Roberts scenario where the responsibilities of Gnome giving is passed to the next giver in sworn secrecy? One thing is for certain. Once a Gnome comes, it doesn’t leave as most receivers view it as a form of community or acceptance. So as you’re walking through Pickard Hall, peek inside the offices. Chances are, you’ll find a Gnome lingering there. Or one just may find you.

Are there any little quirks that happen where you work? I'd love to hear about them. 



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You're going to love their story as much as I do.
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