{"title":"Maple Lake","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"preorder-the-story-between-us-maple-lake-book-1","title":"PREORDER The Story Between Us (The Maple Lake Collection - Falling for Flannel - Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER THE EBOOK HERE AND GET IT 9\/1\/2026!\u003cbr\u003eTHAT'S TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e---\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eBest friend’s older brother. The almost-kiss summer. And one bestselling manuscript that’s years overdue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eLivvie Fox has spent six years being too nice for New York publishing — bringing cupcakes to the man who stole her promotion, watching senior agents take credit for the books she fought for, smiling while the bestseller list ticks past her name and lands on someone else’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eThen her agency drops the bomb: bestselling reclusive author Ian Rivers is two years past deadline. The contract is about to die. The agency is about to take a hit it can’t afford. And if Livvie can’t fix it, she’s the one out the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eSomeone like the woman who knew him before he was Ian Rivers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eBefore the bestsellers. Before the funeral. Before the night on a Maple Lake dock when she told him exactly how she felt and he just stood there, frozen, while every star in northern Minnesota watched her heart break.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eNate Rivers shouldn’t open his door.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eNot for the publisher. Not for the lawyer. Not for the woman who walked off his sister’s dock seven years ago and took half the world with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eBut Livvie Fox is back in Maple Lake. With stolen soup. With his sister’s name in her mouth. With a publisher’s deadline that could cost him the only house left where Emma still feels real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eThe town is gearing up for the Flannel Festival. The maples are turning. The dogs already love her. And the chapter Nate has been refusing to write for three years is suddenly demanding a co-author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FAF6EE; margin: 8.0pt .5in 8.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #dc6d42;\"\u003eSome what-ifs deserve a second chapter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eTropes you’ll love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eBest friend’s older brother\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eThe almost-kiss summer (second-chance romance)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eGrumpy reclusive author × sunshine literary agent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eForced collaboration (agent × her bestselling author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eFound family + faith arc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCozy lakeside cabin-country fall vibes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eA swoony, second-chance, best-friend’s-older-brother small-town romance from beloved Christy Award–winning bestseller Susan May Warren — perfect for readers of Rachel Hauck, Carla Laureano, T.I. Lowe, and Becky Wade. The first book in Susan’s new Maple Lake series — and the launch novel of Falling for Flannel, Sunrise Publishing’s new multi-author small-town romance world. Pull up a flannel. You’re going to want a chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike mother, like daughter! \u003cstrong\u003eSusan and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\"\u003eSarah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e May Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e are proof that the writing gene runs strong in this family. With nearly 2 million books sold and 100+ published novels, USA Today bestselling author Susan May Warren has been spinning faith-filled tales of romance and adventure for decades, collecting RITA, Christy, and Carol awards along the way. Her daughter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\"\u003eSarah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grew up surrounded by story magic and, despite her best efforts to resist, caught the writing bug while falling in love with her own real-life romance hero. 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Second chance. And one Friday-night-lights kiss they can’t forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eRowan Wilkes was eighteen the night Lucas Hemingway kissed her at the fifty-yard line of Maple Lake High School. She was nineteen the day she drove out of town with a guitar in the back seat and a graduation tassel swinging from the rearview mirror, swearing she’d never look back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eShe’s spent twelve years in Nashville keeping that promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eNow she’s the country music star with a hit song the whole world thinks is about a fictional boy. He’s not fictional. And neither is her quiet, sleepless 2 a.m.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eLucas Hemingway is the boy who stayed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eHigh school football coach. Funeral home son. Quietly pouring every last dollar he has into the Maple Lake Integrative Counseling Center for Adolescents — because the kids in his town deserve a place where someone says they aren’t too broken, too small, too easily forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eHe’s the steady, faith-rooted, mustard-seed-and-shoulder-pads kind of man who shows up for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eAnd waits for nobody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eEspecially not the girl who broke his heart at eighteen and rode out of town to chase the spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eThen Rowan’s sister calls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eJenna Ludington has beaten cancer twice with more grace than Maple Lake knows what to do with — and the town has named a scholarship in her honor. The ceremony is at the homecoming football game in three weeks. Rowan is asked to be there. To sing. To stand in the lights of the field where she once kissed a boy who told her she could go anywhere — and meant it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eThree weeks at home. One Lucas Hemingway with a glow-up the rumors didn’t prepare her for. One brand-new song nobody knows is about him yet. And a quietly persistent question — the one Rowan hasn’t had the courage to face since the day she packed her car —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FAF6EE; margin: 8.0pt .5in 8.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #dc6d42;\"\u003eWhat if home was never the thing she had to leave behind?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eTropes you’ll love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eFirst love \/ second chance romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCountry music star × hometown football coach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eThe girl who left × the boy who stayed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eFriday-night-lights \/ fifty-yard-line first kiss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eComing-home \/ homecoming-weekend romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCozy autumn small-town faith-forward romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eFrom beloved inspirational romance author Janine Rosche, A HOMETOWN KIND OF LOVE is the second novel in Falling for Flannel — Sunrise Publishing’s new multi-author small-town romance series, set in Maple Lake, Minnesota. Perfect for readers of Denise Hunter, Becky Wade, Carla Laureano, Tammy L. Gray, and Susan May Warren. Pour the cider. The maples are turning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FAF6EE; margin: 8.0pt .5in 8.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #dc6d42;\"\u003eFalling for Flannel — some stories are worth coming home for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProne to wander,\u003cstrong\u003e Janine Rosche\u003c\/strong\u003e finds as much comfort on the open road as she does at home. 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He is the contractor her aunt and uncle just hired to renovate the family bakery — one quiet financial crisis away from closing for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eWes Donovan came home for two weeks. Long enough to meet his niece. Long enough to settle a few things at his family’s woodshop. Not long enough to fall for a New York pastry chef in a flour-smudged apron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eShe’d been running toward somewhere she’d belong for ten years. He’d been running away from the only place he ever had. Two plane tickets. Two weeks. And one Maple Lake bakery about to remind them both what home actually feels like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eTropes you’ll love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eForced collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eMistaken-identity meet-cute\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCity girl × hometown hero\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eFamily bakery on the brink\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003ePastry chef × woodworker (sweetness meets craftsmanship)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eSlow-burn cozy fall faith-forward romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eFrom rising inspirational romance author Alyssa Schwarz, THE SWEETEST THING ABOUT YOU is the third novel in Falling for Flannel — Sunrise Publishing’s multi-author small-town romance series, set in Maple Lake, Minnesota. Perfect for readers of Becky Wade, Carla Laureano, Denise Hunter, Janine Rosche, and Susan May Warren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FAF6EE; margin: 8.0pt .5in 8.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #dc6d42;\"\u003eFalling for Flannel — some stories are worth coming home for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"\u003eAward-winning author of “Fields of Glass,” \u003cb\u003eAlyssa Schwarz\u003c\/b\u003e is a Colorado native who attended the Colorado School of Mines, got her masters in Geological Engineering, and promptly became a watercolor artist and author (as one does). She loves writing heartfelt romances with happy endings, a bit of mystery, faith, humor, and second chances. 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And a script that’s about to start writing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; color: #316a7e;\"\u003eTropes you’ll love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eChristmas-grump heroine × Christmas-personified hero\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eHallmark-movie-comes-to-life (she’s writing it while living it)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eForced collaboration \/ forced proximity (six weeks under one Christmas-decorated roof)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCity girl × small-town hero (Aussie-in-Minnesota edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eShe stopped believing × he never stopped\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 4.0pt .5in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eCozy Christmas faith-forward small-town romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003eFrom beloved Australian rom-com inspirational romance author Jessica Kate, A CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS is the fourth novel in Falling for Flannel — Sunrise Publishing’s multi-author small-town romance series, set in Maple Lake, Minnesota. 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