THE ROAD BACK HOME

When a burned-out executive returns to save her father’s mountain inn, she discovers the quiet woodworker helping her restore it might be the home she’s been running from all along.

TROPES:
• Returning Home Heroine
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Forced Proximity / Working Together
• Small Town Romance
• Slow Burn
• Widower Hero
• Found Family
• Second Chance at Life
• Meddling Community
• Mountain/Wilderness Setting
• Autumn Romance
• He Falls First  

HEAT LEVEL: Sweet / Closed Door 

The Christmas Comeback Cafe

When a ruthless editor returns to her hometown to open a redemption café, the last person she expects to work with is the bestselling author whose career she nearly destroyed—but as a record-breaking blizzard forces them together, she discovers that earning his forgiveness might lead to the love she never knew she deserved.

TROPES:
• Enemies to Lovers
• Grumpy/Sunshine (She’s Sunshine, He’s Grumpy)
• Forced Proximity / Snowed In
• Small Town Romance
• Second Chance Romance
• Redemption Arc
• Found Family
• He Falls First
• Meddling Small Town
• Christmas/Holiday Romance
• Writer Hero + Café/Small Business Owner Heroine

HEAT LEVEL: Sweet / Closed Door

Lettered in Love

When a sunny corporate-refugee designer opens a modern studio above a brooding letterpress printer’s historic shop, the last thing she expects is to be forced into collaboration with the grumpy craftsman who sees her laser cutter as a threat to tradition—but as summer deadline pressure mounts on their shared rooftop workspace, she discovers that earning his respect might lead to the love she never knew she needed.

TROPES:

• Enemies to Lovers
• Grumpy/Sunshine 
• Forced Proximity 
• Small Town Romance
• Workplace Romance
• Found Family
• Fish Out of Water 
• Meddling Small Town
• Opposites Attract 
• Artisan/Maker Romance

HEAT LEVEL: Sweet / Closed Door