Lucy Lennox

I came to Legacy for a fresh start-to outrun my past and forget the anonymous man I fell for online. But now all I see is Alex Marian. The bane of my existence. Firebug. Reckless bar owner. Walking disaster. It doesn't matter that he's the sexiest man alive. Or charming. Or kind. He's entitled, spoiled, rich, naive-everything I hate. He's also young and untouched-not that it's any of my business. The townspeople say he's the sunshine to my grump. What they don't know is that worrying about him keeps me up at night. He's the match, and I'm the gasoline-and the way he looks at me says he knows exactly what kind of fire we'd make together. But Alex Marian might just be worth the burn.

I came to Legacy for a fresh start-to outrun my past and forget the anonymous man I fell for online. But now all I see is Alex Marian. The bane of my existence. Firebug. Reckless bar owner. Walking disaster. It doesn't matter that he's the sexiest man alive. Or charming. Or kind. He's entitled, spoiled, rich, naive-everything I hate. He's also young and untouched-not that it's any of my business. The townspeople say he's the sunshine to my grump. What they don't know is that worrying about him keeps me up at night. He's the match, and I'm the gasoline-and the way he looks at me says he knows exactly what kind of fire we'd make together. But Alex Marian might just be worth the burn.

Lane's Tips for Licking Thicket NewcomersIf at all possible, find yourself a hot and helpful landlord like Jaybird Proud who mows the lawn shirtless... and hope your grass grows quickly.Expect the unexpected at work. If you're a veterinarian, this might mean letter-cows, pet pigs that aren't pets, and Butterscotch the Pomeranian, who has Strong Feelings about his glands.Offer your help around town when needed... especially when that gorgeous landlord knocks on your door because his (pea)cock won't stop displaying. Learn about local customs, including: matchmaking, leaving Italian Gentlemen on the doormat, ordering tater tots, and entwining dead vines into wreaths as a sign of true love.Get your car washed on the regular... especially when your landlord is the one doing the scrubbing.Above all, keep things casual, even when Jay ends up at your place every night. And every morning. And the occasional afternoon.But when you find yourself falling for someone like Jaybird Proud (and life in his weird and wonderful town), let go of everything you thought you wanted... and Entwine that Thicketeer forever.

I'm a lucky man and I know it. Kids from backwoods Georgia don't land scholarships to Yale, but I did, and striking it rich-like, billions of dollars rich-with my best friends after graduation should have used up my luck for a lifetime. But luck struck again when I followed my passion into music. My career exploded, and now I get to travel the world, performing for thousands of raving fans every night. When you get this lucky, you don't get to want more, and you definitely don't get to complain about the little things. My family, my crew, and my label are counting on me and I refuse to let them down. I pretend I'm fine, totally fine, Mr. freaking Fine... even when someone starts targeting me with a strange series of threats. The only one who sees beneath the pretense is my gorgeous, strictly-professional bodyguard. Ryan keeps me safe and calm. He holds me when I'm terrified. But even Ryan doesn't see everything. He doesn't know I want him. That I crave him. The man who keeps me together has no idea how much I want him to take me apart. And I'll never tell. Because there's no way someone as strong and confident as Ryan could have feelings for someone as chaotic as me. Nobody's that lucky... not even Mr. Fine.

I've made myself into many things over the years. A Yale graduate. A brilliant corporate strategist. A city boy. And, though no one outside my inner circle knows it, a billionaire.One thing I never expected to be? Accidentally married to a straight, small-town cowboy named Waylon, the pride and joy of... *checks notes*... Majestic, Wyoming.Sadly, what happens in Vegas does not, in fact, stay in Vegas, and before I know it, I'm trying to track my erstwhile husband down, divorce papers in hand and thrift store clothes on my back, desperately hoping the stranger I married won't realize he's suddenly entitled to a lot more than that shiny gold ring on his finger. Unfortunately, Way has other plans. His town is counting on him as mayor to bring the lucrative AdventureSmash wilderness race to Majestic, and he refuses to sign my papers until the deal is done... which means me and my second-hand blue jeans will be hanging around a lot longer than I'd imagined, pretending our one-night whatever-it-was was a love match for the ages. As it turns out, Majestic is more charming than I'd expected, and Way... is not entirely without charms himself. It also turns out he's, ahem, not as straight as he thought he was.Before I know it, dusty boots feel more comfortable than my shiny wingtips, coffee at the Love Muffin tastes better than Starbucks, and being the First Husband of Majestic starts to seem as important as any corporate merger I've ever negotiated. But for a man with secrets to keep and a whole life waiting for him back in Manhattan, the only thing worse than Marrying Mr. Majestic... would be falling in love with him for real.

One New Year's masquerade. One anonymous hookup. One billionaire-sized mistake.Once upon a time, someone looked at my scrawny, impetuous eight-year-old self and nicknamed me Mr. Important... and I believed them.That was my first mistake.Two decades, a dozen failed careers, and a thousand meaningless hookups later, I've made more mistakes than I can count. My parents have decided I'm purely decorative, my brother thinks I need pep talks, and the gorgeous billionaire who hired me as a favor to my dad? He's forgotten I exist.So I'm done with mistakes.Call it my New Year's resolution. From now on, I'm going after what I want... starting with the mysterious silver fox in the Roman warrior mask who approached me at the charity gala and offered me a scorching, anonymous one-night stand.Unfortunately, when our masks come off I realize mistakes are not done with me.Because the bossy guy who blew my mind? He'd thought I was someone else. Worse than that, he's my father's friend. A supposedly-straight workaholic. The person I'm stuck on a road trip with for the next two weeks. And, oh yeah, my actual boss.The farther we get from New York, the closer we become, and the harder it is to pretend I'm not falling for him. But I can't see how someone as brilliant, controlled, and successful as Thatcher Pennington would risk everything to be with someone like me... even if he makes me feel like I'm finally Mr. Important.

Anyone will tell you; Cooper Heath isn't much of a build-it-yourself kinda guy.I've been way too busy trying to turn my Hollywood dreams into a career-while simultaneously trying to keep my family afloat when my twin brother's medical bills keep threatening to sink us-to ever strap on a tool belt.But when Jacks needs a treatment I can't afford, I'm willing to take just about any role that comes my way...Even if it means spending an entire summer posing as the fake boyfriend of an up-and-coming YouTube renovation expert while we renovate a dilapidated cabin in front of the cameras.Even if it means we're sharing one tiny bed in one very tiny RV.Even though I quickly find myself falling for my sweet, strong, sexy, stubborn, and oh-so-silent costar.Because in a world of social media filters and fair-weather followers, Isaac "Nine" Winshed is something special, someone real. He's strong, and honest, and kind, and so incredibly... genuine.And when our summer is over, I'm left with an impossible choice: leave Nine behind for the life I always wanted or build a new life with him... together.Say You'll Be Nine is a standalone novel. The cover was changed in 2023.

Hunter Jackson's Sage Advice for a Happy ThanksgivingWhen your turkey-thieving, town-abandoning, former childhood friend reappears in Licking Thicket after fifteen long years, looking like a snack and smelling like all your favorite treats put together, it might be tempting to, well, dig in.Don't.And when your plan to teach the man a lesson goes spectacularly awry, becoming less of a wattle-wearing walk of shame around the Thicket's Thanksgiving festival and more of a sexy turkey-twerk in a skin-tight bird costume featuring the hottest pair of drumsticks the town's ever seen, you might think it's time to get over your feud and, well, take a bite.Resist.But when Charlton Nutter finally shows you the sweet, pure heart he's hiding under all his fine, big-city feathers, and you realize, thanks to the town's meddling matchmakers, that the man is hungry for the kind of love and belonging that only the Thicket can provide, you might decide that both of you have been acting like a pair of turkeys, and in that case you should...Gobble. Him. Up.