Still The One - Susan Mallery

When Kari Asbury left Possum Landing, Texas, for New York City eight years ago, she was thinking only of the future — not of her ex-boyfriend, Gage, the one she left without saying goodbye.

Gage Reynolds had planned to propose to Kari on the night of her prom but instead he finds himself jilted and abandoned without a word. Shocked and heartbroken, Gage does his best to move on, building a life in Possum Landing and working his way up to becoming the town sheriff. He’s all but forgotten Kari — until she comes back to sell her grandmother’s house and turns his carefully built world upside down.

Hometown Hero’s Redemption - Jill Kemerer

When he becomes guardian to his friend’s troubled ten-year-old boy, firefighter Drew Gannon knows he needs help. But before he can get former social worker Lauren Pierce to agree, he’s got to prove he’s changed from the sports jock who gave her a hard time back in high school.

Returning home, Lauren wants no part of her old profession. She only wants to forget the unspeakable tragedy she left behind. She can’t take responsibility for another child. Or a reunion with Drew — no matter how generous he’s become. But a desperate boy and his handsome guardian may be more than Lauren can resist...