Bøker av Lori Dianni

Falling in love wasn't part of the plan... Kris Galloway, owner of Serenity Inn, has decided never to take love seriously ever again, especially since she was betrayed by her own sister. Now that all her friends in Misty River are married or soon to be married, she feels like a third wheel. She keeps busy trying to bring in guests and overlooking the renovations of the carriage house. All is going well until she discovers the contractors have left the job, permanently! And to make matters worse, her homeless, estranged sister returns with a child in tow, begging Kris for help. If she were looking for love, there was no chance it would happen now. Her life just got twice as busy! Devon Tanner, co-owner of Tanner Construction with his cousin, Lucas, and one of the best contractors in the state of Maine, works hard all day and plays all weekend. His life is carefree and, as everyone in town knows, is not looking to settle down. He's a confirmed bachelor. A past betrayal convince him that true love was elusive and most of the time you got hurt. It wwould take a very special woman to open his heart again. When his long-time friend, Kris, asks him to help her out of a jam, he knows he has to do the right thing. That's what best friends do for one another. He agrees to complete the work on the carriage house. Kris is excited to have the chance to work side by side, everyday, with her charming, sexy and sometimes rough around the edges, best friend, but as each day passes, she realizes her feelings are growing more than she cares to admit. Devon thought working with Kris everyday would be a hindrance, but with each passing day, he realizes he may have found the special woman he'd always been looking for. As Kris and Devon build up new walls on the carriage house and fix its wounds, will they be able to mend the wounds of their own shattered hearts? Falling Inn Love is Book 4 in the Misty River series populated with characters you'll fall in love with. Each book is set during a season and can be read as a stand alone, but it's best if you read them in order. The characters are like one big extended family and appear in all of the books in the series. As you read each one in order, you'll get a better understanding of how their lives connect, interact and grow.* * * *Welcome to Misty River, Maine "where friends are family and visitors come to stay." Dancing in the Grass, Book 1 (Spring)--featuring Bree and LucasWishing on the Stars, Book 2 (Winter)--featuring Chloe and TylerDreaming of Sunsets, Book 3 (Summer)--featuring Jamie and BrettFalling Inn Love, Book 4 (Autumn) --- featuring Kris and Devon No 3rd Act Break Up; No Cliff hangers; No Explicit Sex, Graphic Language or Violence

Can a Christmas loving children's author show the 'grinchy' librarian the true meaning of Christmas? Molly McPherson used to love Christmas until a tragedy took her happiness away. She won't be spending the holiday with her family, now or ever. Living in a town that revolves around Christmas makes it hard for her to cope. If she could, she'd pack up and leave. It doesn't help that as a librarian, she's asked to recommend Christmas books for the season, read Christmas stories to the children and make Christmas crafts. Bah humbug! But when she's tasked with the job to be a tour guide for a visiting children's author, all she wants to do is climb into bed, ignore Christmas and wake up the day after. Brandon Hart loves Christmas and for once, gets to spend it in Dickens, a town dedicated to the holiday year round. It's the perfect place to write, absorb Christmas cheer and forget his recent heartache. He can't fathom anyone not loving Christmas. Soon after his arrival, he meets a woman who reluctantly agrees to show him around town despite her negativity towards the holiday. As they spend time together, Brandon realizes Molly wants to find the joy in Christmas. He has three weeks to finish his book and show Molly the true spirit of the holiday.Author Note **This is a small town sweet Christmas romance. It can be read as a stand alone but features cameo appearances of characters from other Dickens Holiday Romance series written by other authors in this anthology.***

Can wishing on a star make Christmas wishes come true? Chloe Sweet, a small town bakery owner and single mom to Sophie, has one wish on her Christmas list this year: to win the local Christmas tree contest so she can purchase a new oven for the bakery. Her business depends on it. Chloe loves this time of year, despite the fact that the man she loved and thought she'd marry, left her alone and pregnant on Christmas Eve. He never said why. Never contacted her. Then again, she had never told him about Sophie. So, she lived her life and created a business for herself. Now, after all these years, Tyler has returned to Misty River. She decides it's best to avoid him and focus on providing a nice Christmas for her daughter. But, things don't go as planned. Sophie has asked for the impossible: a daddy for Christmas! The only way Chloe can accomplish making her daughter's wish come true is to tell Tyler her secret and hope he'll want to stay. Tyler Anderson, a talent photojournalist and world traveller, has returned to Misty River to find a facility for his ailing grandfather, the only family he has left in the world. For six years, Tyler has avoided Christmas and the small town because it held too many painful memories. The woman he had loved and planned on marrying betrayed him and he did the only thing a man with a broken heart would do: leave town. He figures it shouldn't be too difficult. He was only in town for a few weeks and once he had his grandfather settled in a new home, he'd leave. But, his heart has other plans. He's falling in love again with the woman who shattered his heart. It doesn't help that Sophie has him tied around her little finger. He doesn't understand why he has such strong feelings for this sprite of a girl. The more time he spends with them, makes it harder for him to leave Misty River. Sophie reminds Chloe and Tyler that Christmas wishes come true if you say aloud what's in your heart while wishing on a star.Will Chloe and Tyler's Christmas wishes come true? Wishing on the Stars is Book 2 in the Misty River series populated with characters you'll fall in love with. Each book is set during a season and can be read as a stand alone, but it's best if you read them in order. The characters are like one big extended family and appear in all of the books in the series. As you read each one in order, you'll get a better understanding of how their lives connect, interact and grow.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Welcome to Misty River, Maine "where friends are family and visitors come to stay." Dancing in the Grass, Book 1 (Spring)Wishing on the Stars, Book 2 (Winter)Dreaming of Sunsets, Book 3 (Summer)Falling Inn Love, Book 4 (Autumn) No Explicit Sex, Graphic Language or Violence

Noelle Daniels, a dedicated second-grade music teacher at Dickens Elementary School, loves her students and the close-knit town of Dickens. She once had dreams of singing on stage all over the country, but her dreams were put on hold when she had to care for her ailing mother. She's found joy in teaching music and doesn't have any regrets, until the one man she had given her heart to, returns to Dickens, stirring up dreams and wishes she had tucked away. Matthew Carter, a rising star in the country music world, stands on the brink of stardom. But to reach the top of the charts, he needs to write a new song to sing in front of a live audience on Christmas Eve. In search of inspiration, he returns to Dickens, his childhood home, a town that is all about Christmas.Matt and Noelle take on the role of co-chairs for the annual Dickens Christmas Concert. The concert is not just a festive tradition in Dickens, it's also a vital fundraiser for the struggling music program. The pressure is on for them to make this year's concert a resounding success. With their paths coming together once again, will Noelle and Matthew find a way to rekindle their lost love and fulfill their dreams?

What happens when two best friends fall in love? Combustion! Jamie Sommers, Misty River's well-loved iner owener, feels lost and abandoned now that her two besties have found love, one of whom is getting married in a couple of weeks! Jamie's love-life is as stale as week-old bread and her latest attempts at dating have been nothing but one bad apple after another. It doesn't help that the little town of Misty River has a tremendous lack of eligible bachelors. Stressed to the limit, she takes a well-deserved vacation before her best friend's wedding and rents a cabin along Misty River. All she wants is quiet time to read, drink some wine, and sleep. Sounds like heaven! Brett Thompson, a dedicated firefighter living in Chicago, has come home for his sister, Bree's, wedding. Although his family expects him to stay at the farm, he's decided to enjoy his vacation in a cabin along the river. And, he hopes to amend his friendship with his sister's best friend, Jamie. After a stressful few months at the firehouse, and recently calling it quits with his girlfriend, all he wants is some quiet time to do some fishing, kayaking and sleeping. Sounds like heaven! Jamie and Brett are surprised to run into each other at the cabin. When they realize a mistake has been made with their reservations, and there are no other cabins available, they have a decision to make. Share the cabin or go home? They've always considered themselves off-limits from one another when it came to dating. They're friends first and foremost, but as they spend more time together, they fight the pull of desire to remain in their friendship zone. Can these best friends realize their destiny is to be together? * * * * * * * * * * *Dreaming of Sunsets is Book 3 in the Misty River populated with characters you'll fall in love with. Each book is set during a season and can be read as a stand alone, but it's best if you read them in order. The characters are like one big extended family and appear in all of the books in the series. As you read each one in order, you'll get a better understanding of how their lives connect, interact and grow. Welcome to Misty River, Maine "where friends are family and visitors come to stay." Dancing in the Grass, Book 1 (Spring)Wishing on the Stars, Book 2 (Winter)Dreaming of Sunets, Book 3. (Summer)Falling Inn Love, Book 4 (Autumn)* * * * * * * * * * *

She was living her dream until it all came tumbling down. . .Bree Thompson never expected her dance partner to drop her from a lift during rehearsal. After weeks of therapy, and subsequently losing her contract with the company, she heads back to Misty River, Maine, the hometown she left ten years ago to pursue her dream of dancing. She's determined to find a principal role with another prestigious dance company and when she does, she'll leave Misty River quicker than she can pirouette. But her aunt has other plans. Bree is asked to take over the dance studio and teach the young children the fine art of ballet. With no job and no prospects in sight, Bree decides that maybe running the studio for a little while isn't a bad idea. Until she smacks into the man she had never forgotten. Lucas Tanner, a single, over-protective dad and a successful contractor, wants to forget the tragic past that caused his daughter's partial paralysis. He also wants to forget about the woman who stole his heart ten years ago. While renovating the old dance studio, he's taken by surprise when he bumps into his old high school crush. The woman he had given his heart to. The woman he thought he'd marry. The same woman who left him behind to pursue her dream. He tells himself he should keep his distance, but when he enrolls his daughter in Bree's dance classes, it's all he can do to not dance his way into her heart.Despite the need to pursue her dream, Bree finds herself falling in love with the handsome contractor and his daughter and wonders if having a family is worth giving up her dream.* * * *If you love sweet, clean, small town romance, then you'll love this story of two people searching for love and their happily ever after.Dancing in the Grass is Book One in the Misty River series populated with characters you'll fall in love with. Each book is set during a season and can be read as a stand alone, but it's best if you read them in order. The characters are like one big extended family and appear in all of the books in the series. As you read each one in order, you'll get a better understanding of how their lives connect, interact and grow. Here are the other books in the series: Wishing Upon the Stars, Book 2 (Winter) Dreaming of Sunsets, Book 3 (Summer) Falling Inn Love, Book 4 (Autumn) No Explicit Sex, Graphic Language or Violence If you love sweet, clean, small town romance, then you'll love this story of two people searching for love and their happily ever after.