By Valentine's Day

Southbridge Sweet Romances Book 1

A sweet romance tied up in a happily-ever-after bow. 

Soulmates have a way of showing up out of the blue—sometimes even in a smoke-filled room with dangling paper hearts.

Becca

Has your heart ever been so broken that you devise a plan to casually date your way through all of the town's eligible hotties?

Becca Steal launched out on such a plan—one kiss at a time. 

It's not like she never believed in everlasting love. She grew up dreaming of meeting her one and only and living happily ever after in her hometown of Southbridge, Florida. That was until last Valentine’s Day, when Tony Balducci ripped her heart out and stomped up and down on it with the carelessness of a grape crusher.

Her plan to avoid heartbreak worked well until she found herself in the back hall of her favorite coffee shop immersed in billowing smoke. 

When a firefighting hero carries her from the building to safety, her old belief in finding eternal love floods back. Her heart explodes with hope as she conjures a plan to make him hers. 

That is until she hears his name...Veek Balducci—Tony’s brother. 

Veek

Vico Balducci had his own reasons and plans for avoiding heartbreak. 

A three-date maximum—that was his limit. 

Veek had fled his hometown of Southbridge, Florida, the moment he turned eighteen. Graduating from the fire academy, he landed a job with some of the country’s top firefighters in New York City. As a way of giving back to his hometown, he returns quarterly to train the new recruits for the town’s volunteer fire station.

Never once did he veer from his heart-protecting plan until he carried this beautiful woman from a smoke-filled coffee shop. Something about her sweetness and vulnerability stirred within him uncharacteristic thoughts of forever and family. 

Then he heard her name. Becca—the one his brother Tony cheated on. He couldn’t take a chance on another Balducci man hurting her, so all thoughts of taking her out vanished. 

If you like fun-filled romances in a close-knit community where everyone sticks their noses in the mix, then you’ll like—By Valentine’s Day. 

The Southbridge Sweet Romances series is a spinoff from the Sisters of the Silk Veil Series. In this first book, Becca’s troupe member, Della Rae, plans her wedding to Gil Balducci—Veek’s father. Becca and Veek find their attempts to avoid one another wrecked when they’re thrust into assisting with the wedding plans. 

Can they see each other every evening and continue to deny their feelings?