Melissa Brayden is a multi-award winning romance author w/ more than 20 novels published with Bold Strokes Books. She is currently hard at work on her next novel, & embracing the full-time writer's life in San Antonio, Texas. Melissa is married & working really hard...

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When your parents name you and your three siblings after flowers, the world is stacked against you. At least, that’s how Aster Lavender feels. The youngest daughter, Aster always keeps her head down and lets her siblings stand in the spotlight. She sells her gourmet doughnuts from Hole in One, the small drive-through stand in sleepy Homer’s Bluff, Kansas, and daydreams about seeing the big beautiful world...

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Maybe small towns aren't so boring after all.

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"Melissa Brayden has become one of the most popular novelists in the genre, writing hit after hit of funny, relatable, and very sexy stories."
--AfterEllen.com

"The story is enchanting, with conflicts and issues to be overcome that will keep the reader turning pages."
--Lambda Literary

"This ably plotted, moving offering will earn its place deep in readers’ hearts."
-- Publishers Weekly