Joy in the Storm (A River Bend Romance Book 5)

Three years of stolen glances over morning coffee. One lost child. And a Christmas blizzard that changes everything.

Sheriff Nate Brody has been rebuilding his life one careful day at a time since his divorce. His children are his world, and his morning visits to River Bend Bakery give him something he won’t admit—a reason to see Elin Morgan. For three years, they’ve danced around feelings neither has been brave enough to voice.

Until the day Nate finds a terrified deaf child abandoned on a snowy highway and brings her to the one person he trusts most.

Elin Morgan left behind her family’s expectations and Chicago society to build a life on her own terms. She’s created a successful bakery, found a chosen family, and carefully protected her heart from the one man who could break it. But when Nate walks through her door with a lost little girl and finally says the words she’s waited three years to hear, Elin faces an impossible choice: play it safe, or risk everything for the family she’s always wanted.

Then his manipulative ex-wife threatens to take his children away.

A record-breaking blizzard threatens to cancel the town’s beloved Christmas festival.

And a frightened child with nowhere to go desperately needs a home.

As custody battles and community emergencies collide, Nate and Elin must prove that the family they’re building—with his kids, Olivia, and her elderly grandmother—is strong enough to weather any storm. But when Elin’s disapproving parents and Nate’s bitter ex join forces to tear them apart, it will take more than love to survive.

Sometimes the greatest love stories require the courage to fight through the storm.

Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Hallmark movies, Joy in the Storm is a heartwarming holiday romance featuring a protective single-father sheriff, a nurturing baker with a heart of gold, friends-to-lovers, instant family, a surprise Christmas wedding, and a small town that takes care of its own.

This friends-to-lovers, instant family, small-town Christmas romance showcases a protective single-father sheriff falling in love with a nurturing baker with a heart of gold. It features sweet romance with closed-door intimacy. This book can be read as a standalone as Nate and Elin will get their happily ever after.