The Innkeeper’s Kiss

Hazel Turner has spent years running her family's old inn — and hiding behind its walls. After losing too much too soon, she's built her life around quiet routines and safe distances. The Magnolia Inn is her refuge, her anchor… and her excuse to never risk her heart again.

Then a storm rolls into Willow Creek — and with it, Cal Bennett, a travel photographer with no roots and a broken compass. He's searching for peace and meaning in the stillness of small towns, but he never expected to find it in Hazel's eyes.

When the storm traps them together, sparks turn into something deeper — something dangerous. Cal sees beauty in every corner of Hazel's world, and in every shadow she's afraid to face. But just as love begins to bloom between them, Cal's past — and his career — call him away, forcing them both to choose between safety and surrender.

In a town where magnolias bloom and secrets linger, The Innkeeper's Kiss is a slow-burn, sensual love story about two hearts learning that sometimes, home isn't a place.
It's a person.