Mature contemporary romances about accomplished adults discovering that the life they spent decades building isn’t necessarily the life they’re supposed to finish.
Reinvention, second chances, family, grief, and the growing suspicion that the best part of life may still be ahead.
She keeps asking when she’s going back to her old life. He asks the harder question.
After a professional crisis shakes her confidence, surgeon Claire Donovan retreats temporarily to the Carolina coast. There she meets Jack Sullivan, the widowed architect living next door. Claire keeps asking herself when she’s going back to her old life.
About the BookHe chose the game. Twenty years later, the game is over.
Marcus and Natalie knew each other in their twenties. He chose football — and the life surrounding it — over their relationship. Twenty years later, their paths cross again after Marcus’s playing career has ended.
About the BookHe bought the vineyard on impulse. She’s spent her life tending it.
Daniel Hart walks away from a lucrative corporate career and impulsively purchases a struggling Virginia vineyard. Unfortunately, he knows almost nothing about wine.
About the BookThe hard part isn’t that he hates her for leaving. He doesn’t.
When Kate Morgan’s very public career begins unraveling, she returns to the hometown she left decades earlier. Ben Callahan is still there. Twenty-seven years ago, Kate chose her ambitions over their relationship.
About the BookFalling in love in their fifties makes them feel young. Their teenagers have opinions.
Rachel and Tom unexpectedly fall passionately in love — while both are still raising children at home. Their romance has to coexist with teenagers, custody schedules, ex-spouses, school activities, family loyalties, and the complicated business of blending two established families. Some of the kids are protective. Some worry that accepting a new partner betrays their other parent. Others see the relationship before Rachel and Tom are willing to admit it themselves.
About the BookContemporary romances about accomplished people who discover that love doesn’t require giving up who they are. The right relationship makes them stronger, more human — and ultimately better together.
Explore the series →Romantic stories about people whose most important relationships begin after everyone else has gone home.
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