Quarterback Jordan Dean thought he had everything until his long-time girlfriend broke up with him. His football rock star life had become too burdensome to her. Plus there was another teensy, weensy reason. Chef Grace Kincaid had gotten tired of waiting for him to propose. Ouch.
When Jordan wins the Super Bowl, he tells himself it’s enough. But he can’t get Grace out of his mind. When she calls, insisting they meet, he eagerly agrees. .
Only to discover he’s going to be a father….
Grace had always wanted a happily ever after—her yellow house, the picket fence, and children—with Jordan. She’s not willing to settle for a shotgun wedding. But hope makes her agree to live next door to him in the dream house he’d secretly had built for her. The fire of their attraction and deep waters of their love reemerge as they become parents for the first time.
The gate between their houses becomes the key—to everything.
Note to Readers: Jordan's football friends appear in THE BRIDGE TO A BETTER LIFE in Ava's bestselling Dare Valley series. Millions love it. Discover why.
Book 1: NORA ROBERTS LAND
A journalist returns to her hometown to debunk the Nora Roberts’ romance novels her ex-husband blamed for their divorce only to discover happy endings exist.
Book 2: FRENCH ROAST
A small-town girl mixes business and pleasure with her childhood BFF until his own Mrs. Robinson returns, making her question their friendship and newfound love.
Book 3: THE GRAND OPENING
A cynical single-mom cop discovers she can’t bluff her way out of love when a mysterious poker-playing hotel billionaire shows her he’s worth the gamble.
Book 4: THE HOLIDAY SERENADE
A professional gambler prepares a holiday serenade to convince a single mom and Martha Stewart wannabe to give their love a second chance.
Book 5: THE TOWN SQUARE
An ambitious journalist returns to Dare Valley to start a newspaper empire, but is soon caught up with his mysterious secretary, not realizing she’s come to his small town for revenge.
Book 6: THE PARK OF SUNSET DREAMS
A candidate for mayor falls in love with a sassy dog walker, but soon her secret past comes back to haunt them and their newfound relationship.
Book 7: THE PERFECT INGREDIENT
A celebrity chef gives love another chance with a mysterious woman from his past.
Book 8: THE BRIDGE TO A BETTER LIFE
A sports hero and newly retired NFL quarterback puts everything on the line for a second chance at love…with his ex-wife.
Book 9: THE CALENDAR OF NEW BEGINNINGS
A sexy single doctor falls for his best friend when she comes home hurt from an assignment as a war photographer.
Book 10: HOME SWEET LOVE
A billionaire’s accident lays him up in a small town where the only fun and romance turns out to be with his newly hired employee.
Book 11: THE MOONLIGHT SERENADE
A poker player pulls out all the stops to get a serious single mom to take a chance with him on love.
Book 12: THE SKY OF ENDLESS BLUE
A billionaire wanting to start a museum hires a sexy art curator to be his partner, only to have her become his partner in love.
Special Wedding Novella: DARING BRIDES