Jiffy Kate

In the blink of an eye, Willow Bernard goes from stocking shelves at the Piggly Wiggly to kicking butt at Viking MMA. Willow Bernard has taken a lot of hits in her twenty-two years but always manages to come back swinging. Hoping to fly under the radar for a change, she relocates to Green Valley. Her strategy works until one fateful phone call initiates a series of events that shakes up her quiet existence. Tattooed adventure-seeker Ozzi Erickson goes where the wind takes him. When he blows into Green Valley for his big brother's wedding-and to figure out his next move-he isn't prepared for the knock-out punch coming his way. With Ozzi sticking around the Tennessee mountain town, his brother gives him a temporary assignment as Willow Bernard's trainer. His job is to teach her how to fight. But will she have the skills required to protect her heart?'Knock Out' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #4 in the Fighting for Love series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

In the blink of an eye, Willow Bernard goes from stocking shelves at the Piggly Wiggly to kicking butt at Viking MMA. Willow Bernard has taken a lot of hits in her twenty-two years but always manages to come back swinging. Hoping to fly under the radar for a change, she relocates to Green Valley. Her strategy works until one fateful phone call initiates a series of events that shakes up her quiet existence. Tattooed adventure-seeker Ozzi Erickson goes where the wind takes him. When he blows into Green Valley for his big brother's wedding-and to figure out his next move-he isn't prepared for the knock-out punch coming his way. With Ozzi sticking around the Tennessee mountain town, his brother gives him a temporary assignment as Willow Bernard's trainer. His job is to teach her how to fight. But will she have the skills required to protect her heart?'Knock Out' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #4 in the Fighting for Love series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

Vali Erickson is the classic middle child-misunderstood, underestimated, and overlooked. He's fine with it. Really. The overlooked part is actually serving him well during this phase of life. He's in Green Valley in an effort to fly under the radar and regroup after a life-altering blow to his heart and ego. The last thing he's looking for is a woman to warm his bed until one throws him to the mat and rocks his world. Margaret O'Neal is an only child who has led a sheltered life. She's used to being a wallflower. Her ability to blend into the background is what allows her to maintain her anonymity as a gossip columnist for the Green Valley Ledger. Since the Ericksons moved to town, she's never felt more inspired, especially with the newest addition. Vali Erickson is the definition of eye candy-devastatingly handsome with muscles for days-giving her plenty to report about. The more Maggie observes, the more she finds herself wanting things she's only read about in romance novels. Admiring Vali from afar is good enough for her until their paths cross and she finds herself trying to stay afloat in uncharted territory-no labels, no promises, and WAY out of her comfort zone. Will this arrangement be what finally breaks her out of her shell, or will her heart be a casualty of the Viking Invasion?'Eye Candy' is a full-length contemporary romance, and can be read as a standalone. Book #3 in the Fighting For Love series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

If opposites do actually attract, then Gunnar Erickson and Frankie Reeves take the cake. Frankie Reeves is complicated, even though she won't admit it. She fills her days working as an ER nurse, taking care of her mom, and searching for the father she never knew. Anything else has no place in her perfectly compartmentalized, purposefully simple life. Attachments? No thank you. She has no time for that. Gunnar Erickson recently moved to Green Valley to train at Viking MMA with his brother Cage. Being the youngest of the Erickson clan, he's always felt like he has something to prove, and now that he's finished with college, it's his time to shine. But before he can step into the ring, a freak accident sends him to the ER and into the care of one Frankie Reeves. While he's immediately smitten, she pretends to be unfazed by this six-foot-three, two hundred and thirty-pound beef cake. Gunnar sets out to prove to Frankie that, not only does she like him more than she wants to admit, but he's not the uneducated, brute she assumes he is. To Frankie, he's the worst kind of complication, but that doesn't make it easy to stay away.'Beef Cake' is a full-length contemporary romance, can be read as a standalone, and is book #4 in the Donner Bakery series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

It's hard to get revenge without getting a rap sheet. After Tempest Cassidy walks in on her husband banging her high school nemesis, her whole world gets turned upside down. She goes from being known as the Duchess of Muffins to the town crazy. Her new MO: revenge. Eventually, Tempest grows weary being arrested. Yet what choice does she have? If she's not angry, then she's simply . . . sad. Just as she decides to get her life back on track, in walks Cage Erickson, the new bouncer at the local strip club. He's scary-handsome and the polar opposite of her ex. She's attracted to him, but she's not looking for a rebound. He's attracted to her, but he's not looking for a serious relationship. So, they agree to be friends. But when lines get blurred in the friend zone, will they both get burned? Or will it be a TKO?'Stud Muffin' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#2 in the Donner Bakery series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

First comes marriage, then comes...love? Divorce? Let's pretend this never happened ... They say opposites attract and that couldn't be truer when it comes to CeCe and Shep. But what happens when the two most anti-marriage people in the French Quarter start enjoying the act? CeCe I never planned on getting married. After my dad deserted my family the day before my tenth birthday, and I watched my mother fall to pieces over him, I decided it wasn't worth the heartache. Then Shepard Rhys-Jones, who ghosted me two years ago, declares he needs to marry someone to claim his inheritance, and I drunkenly offer myself up as his wife. He was the best I've ever had and now, he's all mine... but only for the next year. ShepI never planned on getting married. It was one business transaction I had no desire to close. Yet, here I am... sitting in a bar in New Orleans... seriously considering making CeCe Calhoun my wife. If we can manage to stay married for a year, I'll be one hundred million dollars richer and finally have the freedom to forge my own path, separate from the Rhys-Jones name. She's the only woman I've struggled to forget, and she's finally mine. For now. Is it possible for this fake marriage to be real?

Two strangers struggling each day-one trying to overcome the past: the other hiding behind it. When a guy with nothing to lose takes a chance on the sad girl at the cafe, everything changes. Tripp Alexander My entire life was mapped out. High school football star. College scholarships. My future was bright. Until a turn of fate delivered an unexpected dose of reality. Life is fragile and I'm notindestructible. What I'm left with is a ghost of my past life, a brokenness that tortures me daily. Then one day I see a girl with mournful eyes sitting at a corner table in a caf . There's amelancholy in her that my soul recognizes. Loren Jensen I know heartache. My entire life was taken from me with no safety net, and despair slowly crushes me. For the last year, I've been living in my own personal hell. Suffering with guilt for something Ican't fix, and trying to pay penance in hopes of not permanently losing my soul. Then he walks in and he's so beautiful it hurts. And the pain is welcome. It's the first time I'vefelt alive in so long. Our pasts colliding might be the final blow... Or we might survive our tragedies and demons tofind fate had a plan all along. A New Orleans story of destiny, healing, and forgiveness with a promised HEA.

WOMEN HAVEN'T BEEN HIRED TO WORK IN MY BAR FOR A REASON: they're too tempting and too distracting-too much of a liability-even if they are good for business... That's why I shocked myself by hiring Avery Cole. She's young, carefree, and happy-a beautiful distraction. When she's around, the devastation of my past gets buried under layers of lust and desire... hints of a life I once lived but have completely given up on. I've already had my love and now that's gone; there's no need to try again. Even if love is staring me right in the face with a pair of deep brown eyes and no expectations. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT SHAW O'SULLIVAN? He's rude, abrasive, sexy-and my boss. He's also broken in ways I would never have seen if I hadn't been looking. Which means he should be off limits; my heart and body cannot handle his baggage. I'm on a quest to find myself, and Shaw O'Sullivan will only get in my way and drag me down. Where I'm light, he's dark. We don't mix and neither of us are looking for love, so what happens when it finds us anyway?

The road to self-discovery leads Maverick Kensington deep into the heart of New Orleans. The colorful characters, beautiful scenery and a hot mess of a woman he finds along the way offer him the perfect place to reinvent himself. The French Quarter and Blue Bayou are exactly the change of pace he's looking for, helping him escape the soul-sucking work he does for his father's company. Carys Matthews is young and inexperienced. Having her family's hotel dropped in her lap after her mother's untimely death, she's struggling to keep her head above water and keep the hotel's doors open. She doesn't have time for relationships, but Maverick Kensington is worth an exception. Besides, his stay is temporary and a fling never hurt anyone, right? His passion and business know-how is exactly what she needs. Her carefree spirit is what he wants. Their whirlwind relationship is one for the books until truths are untold and assumptions are made. Everything comes to a screeching halt just when they were getting to the good part. There's always been a saying around the hotel: eventually, everyone comes back to the Blue Bayou. Will Maverick be the exception?

The day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world. Now, the only thing hindering his much-needed R and R is the smart and sassy Piper Grey. The fire between them is palpable and lands them between the sheets more often than not. But when a blast from Tucker's past shows up out of nowhere, he's forced to re-evaluate his life. The future never looked more uncertain and his heart never felt more torn apart. Suddenly, staying on the road doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all...

Micah Landry has lived in his brother's shadow his entire life, working side-by-side, but also waiting for a chance to make his mark. After tragedy strikes and an offer he can't refuse lands in his lap, he takes it as a sign to take the leap and go out on his own. It seems as if everything he's ever wanted is falling into place-he's getting the restaurant and he's got the girl. But when he loses sight on what's important, he's faced with the decision of a lifetime-his dream or his family. Nothing in life worth having comes easy, but when you lose everything you love in the process, who's left to share it with? Fire is a fickle bitch. It comes in all shapes and sizes. The power held within its heat and flames can either create something strong and beautiful or destroy everything in its path. Sometimes it does both without you even realizing it.

A waitress fielding life's curveballs. A CEO with a penchant for pie. She's independent and tenacious. He's chivalrous and demanding. They're an unexpected match. Somehow, through a series of events, their lives are thrust together. But what happens next? Is this a one-night stand or something more?

Long before Dani Reed and Micah Landry, there was the story of Deacon and Camille. Camille Benoit loved to express herself on canvas and was a dreamer at heart. The small farm she was born and raised on bordered the Landry Plantation, providing her with prime real estate for daydreaming. Even though she spent a lot of time with her head in the clouds, one thing she was always certain about were her feelings for Deacon. He might've been two years older and one of her brother's best friends, but none of that mattered to Cami. Deacon Landry, older brother to Micah, was the local football star. The town might've put him on a pedestal, but he always had his feet firmly planted in the rich Louisiana soil. With all of his skills on and off the field, a good head on his shoulders, and a heart of gold, he was quite the catch, and everyone knew it, especially his long-time best friend, Cami. "I know we've done things slowly, but I've loved you since I knew what it meant to love someone. " He is all her heart has ever known. Her past, present and future. But will the future live up to her dreams? Join Jiffy Kate in this second book of the Finding Focus series as they take you back to where it all started.

Sheridan "Dani" Reed is a recently unemployed photojournalist living in New York City. Her boyfriend is vacationing without her, and her best friend has abandoned her for a job in the south. Is a quarter-life crisis a thing? After accepting a freelance job in Louisiana for Southern Style magazine, she feels the bleakness of her life back in New York fading in the rearview mirror. Getting back to her southern roots seems to be just what she needs to lift her spirits and spark her creativity. During her stay, she meets playboy Micah Landry and his colorful family. She knows she should avoid him and keep things professional, but his southern charms are hard to resist. Through the lens of her camera, she finds the beauty and soul of the Landry Plantation, but it's her beauty and soul that capture Micah's attention. When an unexpected phone call takes her back to New York, she's forced to face the life she was trying to escape head on. Will her trip and the Landrys only become fond memories, or will Dani find her way back to them and her beloved south? In their debut novel, Jiffy Kate bring you a story of love, adventure, and finding a place to call home.