Gabe wants Alec between the sheets…too bad Alec’s undercover already…

Triggers: contains mentions of depression, suicidal ideation and PTSD recovery. HEARTSCAPE is a heartfelt MM friends-to-lovers romance in the True North world, with a brooding bartender, a rugged outdoorsman, sweet angst and lots of Shipley cider. Is it wrong to hope we can heal each other? Or will one of us die trying? The last thing I want is to screw this up. But I've got a pile of baggage and I don't want to be a burden on anyone let alone a man who seems to have enough demons of his own. Having Jax in my home makes my chest warm. I don't know if it's his melodic Cornish accent, or his ocean blue eyes, or the rock-hard body with the mysterious scars, but I get the feeling whatever happened to him runs far deeper than those wounds. When a mutual friend calls in a favor, the sexy newcomer winds up crashing on my couch. I just focus on getting through each shift until the night a beautiful stranger appears, looking as lost and damaged as I feel. I’m not the obvious choice to run Burlington’s coolest wine bar-quiet, brooding, clueless about tannin content, and always one wrong turn away from another downward spiral.īut no one seems to mind that I'm a wreck. This opposites-attract, age-gap romance features a low-angst, fluffy-and feathery-romp as a fish out of water discovers the home he never thought he’d find.įrom award-winning author Garrett Leigh comes a gorgeous new romance in the True North world! Think: great food, burly men and good times. Can they take a leap of faith together before it’s too late?įeatherbed is a stand-alone novel in Sarina Bowen’s World of True North. Feathers may be flying, but learning to trust takes time neither may have. What starts as a fling brings very real feelings for two lonely souls, but a future together seems as unlikely as chickens in a bookstore. Now they’re stealing kisses in Finn’s barn, sneaking out like teens, and burning up the sheets.

And somehow amid book discussions and farm tours, they discover plenty in common. City slicker types like Harrison never end up staying in Vermont for the long-term. The burly organic farmer knows all about rare breed poultry, but dealing with a hot, older bookseller is an entirely different matter. Also not supposed to be here? An unexpected delivery of chickens.įinn Barnes knows chickens. Not in Burlington, Vermont, not running Vino & Veritas, a quaint inclusive bookstore and wine bar, and definitely not still alive, at forty-two. Harrison Phillip Fletcher, III isn’t supposed to be here. When a bookworm on borrowed time meets a younger, free-spirited chicken farmer, sparks and feathers fly…

Hair & Heart by Rhys Everly