Maple Lake, Book 1

Contemporary Romance

The Story Between Us

Best friend’s older brother. The almost-kiss summer. And one bestselling manuscript that’s years overdue.

Livvie Fox has spent six years being too nice for the New York publishing world. Cupcakes for coworkers who steal her promotions. Senior agents taking credit for her finds. A boss who can’t be bothered to learn her name.

Then her boss announces that bestselling reclusive author Ian Rivers is two years past deadline — and if his contract dies, Livvie’s job dies with it.

Two years past deadline. The man who shut down the day his twin sister died. The boy Livvie almost kissed on a dock the summer she was twenty.

Nate Rivers doesn’t write anymore. Doesn’t take meetings. Doesn’t open his door for anyone — until the woman his late sister loved like family shows up in Maple Lake with stolen soup, a publishing deadline, and a Flannel Festival weekend he can’t hide from.

He never finished the story they started. She came back to save her career — not her heart.

She came to save her career. He’s about to lose his house. And the chapter neither of them ever wrote is finally demanding to be told.

Some what-ifs deserve a second chapter.

Falling for Flannel — Some stories are worth coming home for.

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Releasing September, 2026 in ebook, paperback, and audiobook

About the Authors

Susan May Warren has made a career out of keeping readers up way too late—and she’s not even sorry about it. With nearly 2 million books sold and over 100 novels spanning romance, romantic suspense, and thrillers, this USA Today and CBA bestselling author has mastered the unputdownable story. Her award-winning books have been translated into eight languages and topped multiple bestseller lists. A true citizen of the world, she’s lived everywhere from Russia to Florida (where she currently resides with her handsome hubby and two messy labradoodles). When she’s not writing page-turners, you’ll find her traveling, savoring good wine, or hanging out with her four kids and five grandchildren.

Find excerpts, reviews, and a printable list of her novels at www.susanmaywarren.com and connect with her on social media.

Growing up in a writer’s household, Sarah May Warren always knew she was doomed to catch the writing bug—and she did, right around the time she met and fell in love with her now husband, Neil. She finally started writing her first full length novel while pregnant with their first child, and she hasn’t stopped since. When she’s not writing a story, or adding another book to her endless TBR, Sarah can be found volunteering with her Church’s worship team, coordinating weddings, or cuddling up for movie night with her two amazing daughters—oh yeah, and that scruffy hubby of hers.

Visit her as SEWarrenFiction.com.

Maple Lake

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