Sherry and Sunflowers
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She’s never been wrong yet.
Alara Brighton never meant to stay in Napa. She was supposed to be passing through on her way to a steady job with health benefits. But when the job disappeared and her worsening health left her unable to keep driving, the people she’d tried so hard not to need refused to let her face it alone.
Now she and Zia are staying at the House of St. James wine-country estate—the place Zia calls the castle—while Alara works on a rebrand that might save the struggling family winery.
It’s only temporary.
She’ll finish the work, get back on her feet, and move on.
At least, that’s the plan.
Reaves St. James lost his heart to Zia before he realized her mother was stealing it too. But he knows Alara doesn’t need a man with intentions. She needs a friend who’ll drive her to appointments, give her room to breathe, and never make her feel as though accepting help means surrendering control.
Reaves can be that man.
Even while Zia fills the estate with glitter and fairy tales, his father begins to laugh again, and Alara brings new life to the winery—and to Reaves himself.
He’s spent his life in the sky, but his father needs him on the ground. As Reaves begins trading the cockpit for the family business, he has to decide where his future belongs.
Alara faces a harder choice.
She’s spent her whole life believing she has to earn the right to stay. But the St. James family is offering her something she’s never had: a home, a family, and a love that asks nothing in return.
Reaves can wait for her to believe it’s real.
He just hopes that when she’s strong enough to leave, she’ll finally be brave enough to stay.
Sherry and Sunflowers is a warm, emotional wine-country romance featuring a patient pilot hero, a fiercely independent single mom, an enchanting six-year-old matchmaker, a beloved winemaker finding his joy again, and a feel-good found family worth putting down roots for.
The Hamiltons Series
This series follows the Hamilton family in California wine country. If you recognize the name Hamilton from the Summer Lake Series it’s because this is Smoke’s family who own one of the largest wine growing and distribution businesses in the country. In this set of connected stand-alone books you will meet Smoke’s brother and sister as well as a couple of cousins.
Book 1: Red Wine and Roses
Book 2: Champagne and Daisies
Book 3: Marsala and Magnolias
Book 4: Prosecco and Peonies
Book 5: Milkshakes and Mistletoe
Book 6: Cognac and Cornflowers
Book 7: Bourbon and Bluebells
Book 8: Whiskey and Willow
Book 9: Vodka and Violets
Book 10: The Wedding Toast
Book 11: Lattes and Lilacs
Summer Lake Romance Series
Each Summer Lake Romance can be read as a stand alone book – no cliff hangers here! Each book contains one couple's story. However, they are best read in order to get full enjoyment of the underlying story and friendships.
Book 1: Love Like You've Never Been Hurt - Emma and Jack
Book 2: Work Like You Don't Need the Money - Pete and Holly
Book 3: Dance Like Nobody's Watching - Missy and Dan
Book 4: Fly Like You've Never Been Grounded - Smoke and Laura
Book 5: Laugh Like You've Never Cried - Michael and Megan
Book 6: Sing Like Nobody's Listening - Kenzie and Chase
Book 7: Smile Like You Mean It - Gabe and Renée
Book 8: The Wedding Dance - Missy and Dan's Wedding
Book 9: Chasing Tomorrow - Ben's backstory with Charlotte
Book 10: Dream Like Nothing's Impossible - April and Eddie
Book 11: Ride Like You've Never Fallen - Nate and Lily
Book 12: Live Like There's No Tomorrow - Ben's story
Book 13: The Wedding Flight – Smoke and Laura’s Wedding
Book 14: Fight Like You’ve Never Lost – Ryan and Leanne
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About the author
Hi, I'm SJ, a coffee addict, lover of chocolate and drinker of good red wines. I'm a lost soul and a hopeless romantic. Reading and writing are necessary parts of who I am. Though perhaps not as necessary as coffee! I can drink coffee without writing, but I can't write without coffee.
I grew up loving romance novels, my first boyfriends were book boyfriends, but life intervened, as it tends to do, and I wandered down the paths of non fiction for many years. My life changed completely a couple of years ago and I returned to Romance to find my escape.
I write 'Sweet N Steamy' stories because to me there is enough angst and darkness in real life. My favorite romances are happy escapes with a focus on fun, friendships and happily-ever-afters, just like the ones I write.
These days I live in beautiful Montana, the last best place. If I'm not reading or writing you'll find me just down the road in the park - Yellowstone. I have deer, eagles and the occasional bear for company, and I like it that way :0)
