L B Dunbar

When a sexy silver fox returns to his small mountain town to find the woman he left behind-but never left his heart-still lives there, could they have a second chance at love? At forty-four, I was a widow. In cleaning out my husband's office, I discovered two letters marked in case of emergency. Mine instructs me to contact our estranged friend. However, I'm not certain I should dip into the past. My heart still hurts from the third side of our former triangle. A man who'd given up both of our friendships-Denton Chance. The second letter is addressed to him-the former rock star, the prodigal son, the boy who lived next door when I was young. One night, I learn he's returned to our small mountain town after a twenty-seven-year absence. His mother is dying. He's here for her, I tell myself.But midnight dancing and backroad drives make it difficult to tamper old desires for my childhood best friend. I'm not certain a second chance is written in the mountain stars for us, though. Our reunion has an expiration date, and then, just like when we were teens, he'll be gone again.+ + +From L.B. Dunbar comes another romantic comedy containing a sexy silver fox, a feisty red-haired vixen, their small, mountain hometown, plus long drives and window-fogging steamy times when reunited, former best friends get a second chance at love (over 40).

When a sexy silver fox finds a woman in his vacation home, a little icing and a long-overdue apology might give him a second chance to restore his dreams with the one who got away. Go, my business partner urges. I deserve a vacation. I've worked hard to establish my bakery and I'm proud of my accomplishments, but an absence in my life still exists-like a cupcake that just needs that something extra-and it all stems back to one man-Brut Paige.The now solid-silver haired man was the one who got away and the last person I expected to find at my beach house rental. For twenty-two years, I've kept up on the single father who'd taken care of everyone else-his pop's garage, his brother's downfall, and his growing child. He needed the life break as much as I did, and when he makes a proposal, just like when we were younger, he's difficult to resist.One week. No mention of the past. No plans for the future. Just be. A major mistake tore us apart. A little matchmaking forces us together. Some frosting, forgiveness and a few surprises might refresh both our hearts and our dreams. + + + From L.B. Dunbar comes more romantic comedy containing a sexy silver fox, the woman who got away, a beach house vacation, naughty board games, a cupcake bakery, and lots of frosting when reunited lovers get a second chance at love (over 40).

Let's start here. The twelve days of Christmas are actually after the holiday. And my dad, being the great guy he is, and the battalion chief of the fire department, signs up one of his rebellious firefighters for a retreat because of his bad behavior. The guy is a total grouch. But when he misses the bus for the adult redemption camp, Dad sticks the guy with me for twelve days. Alone. So, on the dozen days some mysterious true love-which I have yet to experience-should be bringing me gifts, like French hens and golden rings, I'm in charge of this firebird on our pear farm. Being the city man he is, he doesn't have a clue how to can fruit, mend fences, or milk cows. But he knows how to kiss . . . Not that we should be doing such a thing. Only his silver beard is sexy, and his crooked smile kind of sweet. He has this alpha energy vibrating around his well-honed body but underneath the grumpy exterior is a man lonely for something more in his life, like me. And instead of gifting each other random birds, leaping lords, and piping pipers, the gift we give one another is time . . . and our bodies. But what about our hearts? Maybe true love will strike after all. A lot can happen in twelve days.

Meeting Ross Davis, professional baseball coach and my sports crush, is a funny story involving a stalled elevator, the potty dance, and an attempt to get into his hotel suite. In my defense, that last one was an accident.He came to my room instead with a bottle of scotch and a sad soul.My one night was not a stand, but more like a lie-in. As in, we snuggled and talked and not another thing happened.Nothing surprises me more than seeing him again when he becomes the manager of the Chicago Anchors, my hometown team, and our paths intersect once more. This is where the story gets fuzzy, because Ross Davis, that sexy silver fox, has a proposal for me.Baseball players are notoriously superstitious, and Ross is somehow convinced I'm his good luck charm. One who brings him success by sleeping with him.Only sleeping.The problem with this arrangement begins when those funny, fuzzy things called feelings get involved. Eventually, his elevator pitch is no longer an easy walk in the ballpark or a simple sleepover in my bed. And I'm worried I'll be the one left in the outfield when the season ends.

Love was a losing battle for this country music darling and a single dad, baseball star until one night brings them together and one small town sets the playing field for a possible winning streak.They call me Lady Boss. Maneater. Queen. But beneath the makeup, blond wig, and glitzy costumes, I'm just a country girl who likes to sing. I don't hate men, I'm just struggling to find a good one. I've learned my lesson. Fool me once, and it will never, ever happen again. So I'm baffled when I meet Ford Sylver.A superstar in his own right as the centerfielder for the Chicago Anchors baseball team, plus a single dad to three adorable little girls, we share a moment when I save his firm backside and pretend he's mine. Something that he can never be.Only, when he suffers a season-changing injury and I need a place to disappear, we both end up back in Sterling Falls, where I'm suddenly his roommate. There's danger in having a wild side. I'll try anything once. However, forced into close quarters with Ford, acting as his personal nurse, and caring for his three little ones might backfire. Because I'm staring at all I ever wanted and never thought would happen for me.After losing at love in the past, could I finally be on a winning streak?

Love wasn't part of the blueprint when high school sweethearts reunite in their small town. But this former military man never forgot the girl he left behind and he's more determined than ever to rebuild their relationship brick by brick and heart by heart.Getting locked in the men's restroom during my mother's funeral wasn't exactly how I expected to run into my high school sweetheart. The one who got away. The one who broke my heart.I could toss the busted doorknob in my hand at him, but I'd prefer to get the heck away. Because twenty years later, Knox Sylver isn't a teenage boy anymore but a broad-shouldered, thick scruff man with eyes that still look at me like I'm the only person in the room.As a newly divorced mother of two teenagers, it's been a long time since anyone sees me. And Knox is definitely watching.Unfortunately, he made choices in the past and I wasn't one of them.According to him, that is ancient history. Also, according to him, it's never too late for a second chance. He's out to prove he's solid and stable, having returned to our small hometown, in a better place after a career in the military. He's a local hero as a fireman and he wants to rekindle the flame between us.I'm the one with decisions this round.Do I stay where memories hurt? Or do I leave my past, and Knox, behind me again?+ + +From L.B. Dunbar comes an all-new small-town romance with a big family and the silver fox swoon one expects from her love over-40 romances.

Love wasn't part of the blueprint when high school sweethearts reunite in their small town. But this former military man never forgot the girl he left behind and he's more determined than ever to rebuild their relationship brick by brick and heart by heart.Getting locked in the men's restroom during my mother's funeral wasn't exactly how I expected to run into my high school sweetheart. The one who got away. The one who broke my heart.I could toss the busted doorknob in my hand at him, but I'd prefer to get the heck away. Because twenty years later, Knox Sylver isn't a teenage boy anymore but a broad-shouldered, thick scruff man with eyes that still look at me like I'm the only person in the room.As a newly divorced mother of two teenagers, it's been a long time since anyone sees me. And Knox is definitely watching.Unfortunately, he made choices in the past and I wasn't one of them.According to him, that is ancient history. Also, according to him, it's never too late for a second chance. He's out to prove he's solid and stable, having returned to our small hometown, in a better place after a career in the military. He's a local hero as a fireman and he wants to rekindle the flame between us.I'm the one with decisions this round.Do I stay where memories hurt? Or do I leave my past, and Knox, behind me again?

When a mysterious silver fox becomes intrigued with this small town's most disliked society woman, he finds she's more than a little trouble and possibly a whole lot of heart.Scotia Simmons. The name says it all-ornery, judgmental, mean-but underneath a woman like that is typically a shattered heart. Locked within her secrets, this fried pickle princess has used her unkindness as a shield of protection against the loneliness. However, menopause and a one-night stand can change a woman's perspective on things. Who knew it would take a man the likes of him to push her strong will to its limits?Chester Chesterfield. The name has more than one meaning-generous, quiet, private-but within one man is a multitude of personas. The gruff oil mogul has a wounded heart (and a big secret) that holds him hostage from the man he's meant to be. His past defined him, or so he thought. He never imagined it'd take a woman like her to push him over his carefully constructed edges and show him love has no boundaries.When you're in a pickle, it's time to relish what-or rather who-stands before you and accept that even over forty, a second chance at love can be a big dill (every pun intended).'Love in a Pickle' is a full-length contemporary romance, can be read as a standalone, and is book #3 in the Small Town Silver Fox series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

When a silver fox veteran returns to his small town, he sets out to prove to one prickly farm owner, she has what he wants most: a second chance at her land and her heart. Beverly Townsen has pulled back from her mountain valley community, preferring the isolation of her farmhouse and her daily routine of viewing home improvement television programs. It's more than her frail body that prevents her from associating with others, but a fragile heart shattered more than once. When a personal renovation becomes mandatory, she's not so excited about the reality of life versus DIY cable shows. However, her new tenant isn't backing down from this extreme makeover. Jedd Flemming understands physical pain and personal loss, but it's never stopped him from bucking forward in life. A former military man and rodeo star, his life as a nomad comes to an end with false accusations and a family matter in his hometown. His absence has been long, but once returned, there's nothing he wants more than to reclaim what he's lost and maybe stake a claim on the elusive buzzing-bee female who holds a sliver of his heart.When faced with a challenge, sometimes deeds are louder than words, and Jedd's out to prove love is worth another go around the pasture for these forty-somethings.'Love in Deed' is a full-length contemporary romance, can be read as a standalone, and is book #2 in the Small Town Silver Fox series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

When a silver fox biker encounters a quirky, small-town librarian, these opposites might have more in common than one suspects and a long overdue second chance at love. Naomi Winters will be forty-soon-ish-and she's only been with one man. One night. One time. Long ago. She believes everything happens for a reason, and the universe spoke about him. But when her past stands before her looking sexier than ever with silver scruff and a smirky dimple, she's giving her inner goddess a second listen.Nathan Ryder isn't the same man who hightailed his bike out of Green Valley eighteen years ago. Coming home goes against everything he should do. However, he's always been a rule taker, and women are one area he acts a fool. Case in point-the local librarian. When he encounters her between the stacks, it doesn't matter that he can't get a read on her, he just knows he's not willing to risk losing her. Again.Despite little in common, the stars align in mysterious ways and the due date on their love might not be expired after all.'Love in Due Time' is a full-length, contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book #1 in the Small Town Silver Fox series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

With the name Holliday, you'd think I'd be all about the Christmas season. Most years, I am, but this one not so much. Between my ex being a real Scrooge-in-the-backside, re-entering the workforce, wrangling my two children, and evading my eight-year-old's questions about Santa's existence, I'm struggling to believe in the magic myself. Enter Nick, my next-door neighbor. My very hot, single, fireman neighbor. He's full of the seasonal spirit from hanging my outdoor Christmas lights to playing Santa for the local church breakfast. Funny thing about Nick, he kind of resembles the man in red, in a younger, sexier, silver fox way, complete with snow in his beard but rather tight abs suggesting cookies are not part of his diet when they are a staple of mine. Anywho, he's sweet in a rugged sense, and if he were the man making a list and checking it twice, I'd like to be in his naughty column. Because something tells me being a little naughty-ish with Nick from next door might bring me tidings of comfort and restore my joy in this season. When he discovers I have a seasonal list myself, he's determined to help me accomplish all the to-dos, only falling in love with my next-door neighbor wasn't one of them. + + + From L.B. Dunbar comes another SHE-grump Christmas tale of holiday shenanigans and jingling bells with a sunshine silver fox fireman.

Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven. I'd been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I'd been craving since I found out I was pregnant. The draw had nothing to do with the baker himself. Tall, tatted, and edgy, looking more like a biker than a man who makes baked goods. I hardly knew him other than taking a tumble in a rainstorm in front of his shop . . . and then tossing myself at him after he rescued me. We shared a moment but it's not what you'd think. Months later, he delivered my baby among his cookies and cakes. Talk about a second chance encounter. Then he whips up a plan to pretend to be my baby's father, and everything heats up from there. My body.My heart.My willingness to accept a perfect stranger's kindness despite him telling me over and over he isn't who I think he is. I beg to differ. He's that sugary drizzle on a citrus-flavored, guilty pleasure that's bad for the hips, but together-him, and me, and baby-we're the perfect blend of ingredients that might do all our hearts some good.

The road less traveled by a sexy silver fox and a restless woman might be the path they need to restore both their hearts.Lindee FoxMy entire adult life has been a road trip, and I'm ready to put the brakes on the wanderlust in my veins. So, I bought a motel. The irony isn't lost on me.What I hadn't anticipated was a little clause in the contract, stating I must use a specific construction company for renovations. A business owned by a man who gave me one toe-curling, thigh-clenching, soul-defining night that came with a huge dose of reality the following morning. I wanted to erase him from my memory, but that has not been easy. And seeing him once again because I'm his new boss, well, I can't decide if I want to kiss him or fire him.Leaning toward firing him. Maybe.Thaddeus RhodeMy forty-five years have been full of reckless twists and turns. Former motorcycle man. Newly divorced single dad.The one direction I never expected was a glance back at the woman who crashed into my life. Hadn't planned on that single, incredible night. Hadn't foreseen a big misunderstanding the next day. After everything that happened, I never thought I'd see her again. But I hoped I would. She rejuvenated my road-weary soul and been impossible to forget. When fate crosses our paths a second time, I had decisions to make.I wasn't giving up this job.I wasn't leaving this town.Walking away from her?Definitely not happening again.+++Join Lindee and Thad when one-night leads to a second chance adventure that neither predicted would take their desires down unfamiliar paths where one person is a wandering soul and the other wants to stay put . . . together.