The Sugar Queen (Emerson Pass Contemporaries Book 1)

True love requires commitment, and
many times unending sacrifice. . .

At the tender age of eighteen,
Brandi Vargas watched the love of her life drive out of Emerson Pass,
presumably for good. Though she and Trapper Barnes dreamed of attending college
and starting their lives together, she was sure she would only get in the way
of Trapper's future as a hockey star. Breaking his heart, and her own in the
process, was the only way to ensure he pursued his destiny. Her fate was the
small town life she'd always known, her own bakery, and an endless stream of
regret.

After a decade of playing hockey,
a single injury ended Trapper Barnes' career. And while the past he left behind
always haunted him, he still returns to Emerson Pass to start the next chapter
of his life in the place his ancestors built more than a century before. But
when he discovers that the woman who owns the local bakery is the girl who once
shattered his dreams, the painful secret she's been harboring all these years
threatens to turn Trapper's idyllic small town future into a disaster. Will it
take a forest fire threatening the mountain village to force Trapper and Brandi
to confront their history? And in the wake of such a significant loss, will the
process of rebuilding their beloved town help them find each other, and true
happiness, once again?

Fast forward to the present day
and enjoy this contemporary second chance romance set in the small town of
Emerson Pass, featuring the descendants of the characters you loved from USA
Today bestselling author Tess Thompson's The School Mistress.