Julia Gabriel

FREE small town contemporary romance ebook! Becca Trevor never intended to come back to pretty little St. Caroline, Maryland—where, growing up, she was the wild child/black sheep/girl who couldn’t get anything right. And she definitely never intended to see Jack Wolfe again, with whom she shared an unforgettable fifteen minutes seven years ago. Jack Wolfe was the golden boy of St. Caroline. Smart, Ivy League-educated, law school-bound. He has a nice, steady job as an attorney with a hotshot tech company in California … well no, scratch that. That’s just what everyone—including his dying mother—believes. He just has to keep his real life secret until summer’s end. But Becca has an even bigger secret of her own … one that will change hers and Jack’s lives forever. This sweet small town firefighter romance will melt your heart! Come to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Julia Gabriel’s new series about love, family, and second chances ... The 300-year-old town of St. Caroline, Maryland, is part fishing village and part summer playground for the wealthy and powerful. Meet the Trevor women—Michelle, Becca, Charlotte, Natalie, Cassidy and Lauren—and their popular quilt shop, Quilt Therapy. Across town, the men of the Wolfe family have been the backbone of the St. Caroline fire department for generations—and Tim, Jack, Matt and Oliver are continuing the tradition. Read the entire series: Book 2 Two of Hearts Book 3: This Reminds Me of Us Book 4: When We Believed in Forever (coming soon!) **** Read what others are saying about Hearts on Fire ... "Julia Gabriel does an amazing job with this devastatingly, heartbreaking love story." -- RT Book Reviews, Top Pick "Hearts on Fire is a heart-wrenching and emotional read, with a sweet payoff that will leave readers smiling" -- InD'Tale Magazine “This book was so good, that I went back and ordered the rest of this series. This may have been my first book by this author, but it won't be my last.” “Grab the tissues - this second-chance romance is going to tug at all your heartstrings.” “I adored Hearts on Fire & I read this book way way past my bedtime.” "Holy Cow!!! This story was so riveting, that I just couldn't put it down." "Just wow!" "I am blown away at this beautiful love story! This should be made into a movie! Seriously, right from the very beginning you are hooked on the next chapter. I've always been a Mary Higgins Clark reader .... This book is gets my five star review!" "This book was so beautiful written. I couldn't put it down!" "Julia Gabriel touches the heart!" "I loved this book from beginning to the end! I read a lot of books, sometime in a single day! This book I wanted to savor and make it last!!" "This was a riveting tale that I could not put down. I wept, laughed, and was charmed by this full cast of delightful characters. Ms. Gabriel created a unique plotline that builds this novel with so much warmth that you just want to hug all of the characters to let them know everything will be all right." "I HIGHLY recommend this novel to anyone wanting a uniquely written contemporary sweet romance." "If you are looking for a clean romance that takes you through so much emotion, this is a great choice for you. Be ready for the tears, because they are coming, but know that the ending will make you smile!" "OMG!! I found a favorite "new" author! I adored Hearts on Fire & I read this book way way past my bedtime." "The advance copy I read of this book is my first by this author, and this lady has some mad writing skills. Not only did she create a quaint, sweet, small town setting that anyone would love to visit, all of the characters are dynamic, complex, realistic people that I felt like I knew personally. There are some tough topics that she masterfully addresses with compassion, tenderness and stark reality so much so that I felt the emotions right along with the characters. I laughed. I cried. I felt frustrated, uncertain and hopeless, and then relieved, joyful and at peace." "This is the first book I've read by this author. I am just blown away." "Heartbreakingly Beautiful. This is the first book that I have read by Julia Gabriel and I can honestly say that it will stay with me for a while. I couldn't help but love Becca (how can you not!). She sees herself as a walking, talking, disaster. I also really liked Jack, the golden boy meant for greatness, who couldn't truly be himself." "This book is truly what a great love story should be and I shed a few tears reading it. The emotions that come out from these characters are what makes it so amazing." Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Elin Hilderbrand, RaeAnne Thayne, Pamela Kelley, Denise Grover Swank, Layla Hagen, Nancy Thayer, Susan Mallery, Mary Alice Monroe, Mary Kay Andrews, Robyn Carr, Barbara Delinsky, Jill Shalvis, Kristin Hannah, and Luanne Rice. Topics: second chance love, small towns, firefighters, motherhood, parenthood, adoption, families, family life, sweet romance, clean and wholesome, sisters, sisterhood, mothers and daughters, secret baby, free read, free romance book, summer romance, contemporary romance.

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Hearts on Fire

A laugh out loud romantic comedy starring the geeky billionaire boy next door ... Amy's life was going swimmingly. She was about to be promoted from English teacher to department chair. She was engaged to the hunky football coach (and owner of Get Fit with Danny). She was headed for a blissful honeymoon at her in-laws’ timeshare in Hawaii. And then ... Her promotion goes to some outlander from Philadelphia. She walks in on her fiancé “having lunch” with an adult film star. (Using “star” loosely here. Also “lunch.”) And Ethan McNamara—the boy next door she's known since they were in diapers—kisses her in front of everyone at the class reunion. Ethan’s a billionaire these days. (Thanks to the world’s most annoying game app.) He’s also pretty darn hot. (And that kiss made her tailbone tingle.) He wants her to pretend to be his fiancée for a week. She could use a week away from real life, tbh. (Especially if it involves a beach.) Besides, what else in her life could possibly go wrong? (Did I mention that kiss made her tailbone tingle?) Author Note: Anything for Her is a sexy-sweet friends-to-lovers romantic comedy with the boy-next-door-turned-billionaire, the world’s most annoying video game app, death-defying water slides, mud baths, fascinators, a fake engagement, and a porn star nemesis. A new standalone release. Readers are saying ... "Read this book for laughs, for sighs, and to be reminded how sweet falling in love can be." "A riot of a read!" "Different and soooo good!" "Enjoyable lighthearted funny friends to lovers romance read." "Just what my heart needed." "A truly wonderful read." "Enjoyable romantic comedy."

A friends to lovers romantic comedy

Anything for Her

Summer Again

Next to You

A sizzling new romance from Julia Gabriel Art. Politics. Scandalous paintings. And an artist who insists that not all seeing is done with the eyes. Marie Witherspoon can't catch a break. She's been dumped by her husband-a rising political star in Washington, DC-and humiliated by his gossip blogger wife. Just when she's picked herself up and dusted herself off, her ex changes his mind and calls off the divorce. There's just one hitch. Marie has rekindled an old hobby and her relationship with her new drawing teacher-sexy French artist Luc Marchand-is way past the point of no return. With her heart on the line, she's prepared to do anything to keep from returning to her old life. It's been twelve long years since Luc Marchand's life was shattered by a former student. Forced out of academia, he's walled off his heart and his career. Now he has a chance to revive both-if his past doesn't destroy everything for Luc and Marie. "Gabriel ... paints white-hot sex scenes."-Kirkus Reviews "What a sigh-worthy tale! The relationship between Marie and Luc is a slowly growing burn. One that isn't an insta-love relationship, it builds with each lesson, making it much more romantic ... There are twists and turns in this story that one will not expect, which is a delightful surprise. Ms. Gabriel does an amazing job of making the reader want to turn every page and savor it." -InD'Tale Magazine

Drawing Lessons

All Sterling Matthew wants is to get his family's inn back on sound financial footing-and then leave sleepy St. Caroline for good. He expected the inn's staff to resist the business changes he has to make. What he didn't expect was to find skinny, gawky Lucy Wyndham all grown up. For years, Lucy wondered whether she'd ever catch another glimpse of the tall, quiet boy she'd crushed on at the Chesapeake Inn's summer camp. Now he's her boss-and determined to get rid of the camp to improve the inn's bottom line. But Lucy is just as determined to save the camp, even if the price is her job ... and her heart. "Masterfully crafted ... Ms. Gabriel takes her readers on a delicious journey of man vs. woman vs. self with carefully woven conflicts. Her characters are real and her descriptions of them are tantalizing. Kudos!" -- InD'Tale Magazine

Falling for the Prodigal Son

A moving story of secrets and discovery, The Senator’s Wife is a gripping tale of two love affairs spanning oceans and centuries—and the art inspired by each. In the 1940s, American artist Alistair Smith embarks on a fifteen-year affair with Elizabeth Calhoun, wife of Senator Teddy Calhoun. Along the way, he makes dozens of paintings and drawings of his mystery lover, taking the secret of her identity to his grave. Marie Barlowe is modern-day political royalty in Washington, DC … until the unthinkable happens. Her Senator husband leaves her for his mistress. She is lost, cut adrift from her old life, until a surprise gift from her best friend lands her in the orbit of one Luc Marchand—grandson of a famous painter and infuriatingly sexy Frenchman. Marie dives headlong into a journey of self-discovery. Then the unthinkable happens again. Her estranged husband calls off the divorce. Desperate to save her newfound freedom, Marie hatches a plan that ignites a high-stakes political scandal … and brings to light secrets from Luc’s past. In Paris, the two couples’ lives converge before a painting of Luc’s grandmother, in which she is wearing an emerald and diamond necklace that is identical to one worn by Elizabeth Calhoun in another, earlier painting. Can Luc and Marie avoid the sad fate of Alistair and Elizabeth’s doomed love? An engrossing, sexy novel that strolls the intimidating halls of power in Washington, the famed museums of Paris, and the gritty streets of Pittsburgh. The Senator’s Wife is at once a passionate romance, a tale of one woman’s journey to her truer self, and an ode to the seductive power and mystery of art.

The Senator's Wife

She’s a small town barista. He’s one of the biggest rock stars in the world. When rock star Ian Youngblood stops to do a good deed in a ferocious storm, he’s not expecting to find the woman with the angel’s voice who walked out on him in London ... a woman he hasn’t been able to forget. Two years ago, Mai Tran narrowly missed becoming just another notch on a rock star’s bedpost. But when a hurricane knocks out power and leaves her stranded with him, can she resist their undeniable attraction one more time? Stormy Hearts is a swoony St. Caroline small town romance novelette about two people trapped by a storm—and by the chains they long to break. Story themes: small town, rock star, stranded, second chance, music, coffee, quick read Read the entire series! Book 1: Hearts on Fire Book 2: Two of Hearts Book 3: This Reminds Me of Us Book 4: Stormy Hearts Book 5: The Wedding Planner (coming 2022 Book 6: Secret Beach (coming 2022)

A St. Caroline Novelette

Stormy Hearts

Pink Diamonds is a Bonus Scene (5,000 words) from Next to You. It's best to read Next to You first. "Obviously, this isn't a permanent ring." Jared owes Phlox a replacement engagement ring for the ring of braided grass he proposed with. But like most things with Jared Connor, that's easier said than done. Let's just say I spent more than two month's salary on it. Oh who was he kidding? The ring had cost more than his beloved Maserati. Their friends and family have gathered at Phlox's Connecticut home to meet and celebrate the engagement. Zee and Rye. Jake and Mina. Emma and Aidan. It wasn't even that Phlox was so concerned about a ring. It was Jared's ego that needed the ring, the symbol. He needed to show people that he would take care of her, that he would treat her well, that … well, that she was his. He wanted to laugh at himself. He'd always thought that falling in love would make him a better man. Instead it had made him even more of a Neanderthal. He has the girl. The ring. The "yes." Now all he needs is the perfect moment.

A Bonus Scene from Next to You (Phlox Beauty Series)

Pink Diamonds

Come to the charming town of St. Caroline and discover emotional stories with relatable characters you'll fall in love with, true-to-life problems and triumphs, and sweetly sexy romance that leads to a happy ever after. HEARTS ON FIRE Becca Trevor’s life is falling apart. She’s lost her job, her boyfriend’s in jail, and her mother’s quilt shop has just caught fire — with her in it. To make matters worse, town golden boy Jack Wolfe has returned — looking better than ever … but can their budding relationship survive the secret Becca’s been keeping for years? TWO OF HEARTS When straitlaced Cassidy Trevor and freewheeling Matt Wolfe are volunteered to co-chair St. Caroline’s first ever Winter Festival, no one expects sparks to fly. Some opposites are just too opposite to attract ... THIS REMINDS ME OF US Oliver Wolfe has waited four months for this day … for his wife to wake up … for everything to go back to normal … a normal life she can’t remember … a life that might not have been as perfect as everyone thought ... Praise for the St. Caroline Series TOP PICK ROMANCE—Romance Times Book Review—"Julia Gabriel does an amazing job with this devastatingly heartbreaking love story." "Hearts on Fire is a heart-wrenching and emotional read, with a sweet payoff that will leave readers smiling" — InD'Tale Magazine "I haven't enjoyed a "slice of life" novel so thoroughly as this one in a very long time. I highly, highly, highly recommend this very excellent novel." — Reedsy Discovery "An appealing contemporary romance and an affecting portrait of a family recovering after a shattering tragedy." —Kirkus Reviews

Small Town Romance Box Set

St. Caroline

Praise for Back to Us: "Back to Us is a unique romance about falling in love all over again. Colt is a great character that readers will be rooting for throughout the book. Suffering from memory loss, he needs to recall his past in order to move on with his future. The alternation between past and present timelines works well and while the story can be enjoyed as a standalone, it is further enhanced by the inclusion of all the characters from Next to You, the first book in the Phlox Beauty series." -RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars "Ms. Gabriel's deeply moving storytelling evokes every facet of emotion from the reader. Not only does this book have standout characters, the city of New York shines in this tale. All in all, between the beautiful settings and the sweet and satisfying ending, this book is a winner!" - InD'Tale Magazine When an assignment in the Middle East goes bad, adventure journalist Colt Buchanan comes home to New York and the love of his life, beauty mogul Zee Malisewski. The only problem? She says they broke up four years ago. Can there be a second chance at love for a man who can't remember ... and a woman determined not to forget? The daughter of an actress, Zee Malisewski grew up on movie sets and in boarding schools. As an adult, she's built a life away from all that-and a successful cosmetics business with her best friend-in New York City. Men? They've come and gone. Mostly gone. She's sworn off the male species anyway, after her latest boyfriend tampers with her company's new product and nearly destroys everything she and her business partner have spent years working for. Now Zee wants a home of her own and she's done waiting for Prince Charming to show up and share it with her. Adventure journalist Colt Buchanan grabbed his own bootstraps and yanked hard-leaving the poverty of his rural hometown behind for a scholarship to a fancy east coast college and then the bright lights of the big city. But when an assignment in the Middle East leaves his interview subject dead and Colt's memory riddled with holes you can drive a bus through, he comes back to the only place that's ever felt like home-the Manhattan apartment of a pretty Hollywood princess he never had any business wanting.

Back to Us

Book 2 in Julia Gabriel's Phlox Beauty series ... A new contemporary romance about reunited lovers, being the right person at the wrong time, and what it means to be home ... The daughter of an actress, Zee Malisewski grew up on movie sets and in boarding schools. As an adult, she's built a life away from all that-and a successful cosmetics business with her best friend-in New York City. Men? They've come and gone. Mostly gone. She's sworn off the male species anyway, after her latest boyfriend tampers with her company's new product and nearly destroys everything she and her business partner have spent years working for. Now Zee wants a home of her own and she's done waiting for Prince Charming to show up and share it with her. Adventure journalist Colt Buchanan grabbed his own bootstraps and yanked hard-leaving the poverty of his rural hometown behind for a scholarship to a fancy east coast college and then the bright lights of the big city. But when an assignment in the Middle East leaves his interview subject dead and Colt's memory riddled with holes you can drive a bus through, he comes back to the only place that's ever felt like home-the Manhattan apartment of a pretty Hollywood princess he never had any business wanting. You can never forget true love ... even when you want to ... Back to Us is the second book in the Phlox Beauty series. It is a standalone book although reading Next to You first is recommended.

Return to the small town and Chesapeake shores of St. Caroline in this heartwarming story about finding one’s way back to love when life throws you a curveball ... Deputy fire chief Oliver Wolfe had everything he ever wanted. A beautiful wife, two adorable (if rambunctious) sons, a job he loved, a comfortable home, and family and friends in his hometown of St. Caroline, Maryland ... … until the day he has to stand by helplessly and watch his wife’s unconscious body get cut from the mangled wreckage of her car. Serena Wolfe was a blissfully happy newlywed with a tall, dark, and handsome firefighter for a husband and a honeymoon baby on the way … … until the day she wakes up from a coma to discover that she’s actually thirty years old and has two adorable (if rambunctious) boys, a house, and friends … none of which she can remember. That’s alarming enough. But Serena might have had a secret former life … which she also can’t remember … Come to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Julia Gabriel’s new series about love, family, and second chances ... The 300-year-old town of St. Caroline, Maryland, is part fishing village and part summer playground for the wealthy and powerful. Meet the Trevor women—Michelle, Becca, Charlotte, Natalie, Cassidy and Lauren—and their popular quilt shop, Quilt Therapy. Across town, the men of the Wolfe family have been the backbone of the St. Caroline fire department for generations—and Tim, Jack, Matt and Oliver are continuing the tradition. Read the entire series: Book 1: Hearts on Fire Book 2 Two of Hearts Book 3: This Reminds Me of Us Book 4: When We Believed in Forever (coming soon!) *** Read what others are saying about This Reminds Me of Us: "Julia Gabriel has become one of my favourite authors. In this series, Gabriel has created a realistic world in theseaside town of St. Caroline. The Wolfes and the Trevors are some of my favourite book people. Thestorytelling was vivid - so much so that I actually felt like I wassitting in a corner, watching the drama unfold in the characters' home.The characters were real to me: it was as if I was watching a movie -from the inside! I haven't enjoyed a "slice of life" novel so thoroughly as this one in a very long time. I highly, highly, highly recommend this very excellent novel. You can bet I will be purchasing her other novels in thisseries. Enjoy!"-- Reedsy Discovery "If you like small town romance, hot firefighters, and second chances, this is your book." "Warm, sweet, beautifully written." "This book gave me ALL the feels. It is an extremely emotional story that deals with heartbreak and loss in an extremely honest and heartfelt way." "I expected a typical "romance" with a predictable outline resulting in a HEA. I wouldn't say that this book lived up to those expectations, as it didn't feel like a mass market romance. It was so much more. It was raw and gritty and so honest. There is an HEA but it is wrestled out of life circumstances that would defeat many." "This is one of those books where you need more than 5 stars! The story line is so captivating and so realistic. The characters are so real and so easy to fall in love with. The author has done a fantastic job writing the story line so the reader feels like they are right there with the characters. As you read along you find yourself getting lost in the pages and just want to escape your every day routines for a little while." "I was looking forward to this book and it didn't disappoint." "Wow this was the first novel I have read by this author but it won't be the last. This novel grabbed me from the very first page and would not let me go until the very last." Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Elin Hilderbrand, RaeAnne Thayne, Pamela Kelley, Denise Grover Swank, Layla Hagen, Nancy Thayer, Susan Mallery, Mary Alice Monroe, Mary Kay Andrews, Robyn Carr, Barbara Delinsky, Jill Shalvis, Kristin Hannah, Jamie Beck, Tess Thompson, Barbara O'Neal, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pat Conroy, Nicholas Sparks, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Benedict, Amy Bloom, Sherryl Woods, Danielle Steel, and Luanne Rice. Topics: second chances, small towns, firefighters, motherhood, parenthood, families, family life, sweet romance, clean and wholesome, amnesia, brothers, best friends, mothers and daughters, new beginnings, contemporary romance, husbands and wives, working mothers, grief and grieving.

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