Sweetest in the Gale

3 stories + 3 couples = 6 lonely hearts finding love and happily-ever-after at last. Sweetest in the Gale Much ado about love... Candy Albright has always stomped confidently through the halls of Marysburg High, passionate and loud and entirely devoted to her students and her various English department initiatives. From his first day as her colleague, Griff Conover couldnt look away, despite his best efforts. After a summer apart, though, Candy returns to school a changed woman. Muted. Dimmed. Bowed by a grief Griff recognizes all too well, but doesnt yet understand. And when theyre thrown together to coordinate a poetry project, he cant resist the urge to read between her lines once and for alleven if doing so means hell have to confront his own lossand his own lonely, longing heart. Unraveled The more tightly wound a man is, the faster he unravels Math teacher Simon Burnhamcool, calm, controlledcan't abide problems with no good solution. Which makes his current work assignment, mentoring art teacher Poppy Wick, nothing short of torture. She's warm but sharp. Chaotic but meticulous. Simultaneously the most frustrating and most alluring woman he's ever known. And in her free time, she makes murder dioramas. Murder dioramas, for heaven's sake. But the more tightly wound a man is, the faster he unravelsand despite his best efforts, he soon finds himself attempting to solve three separate mysteries: a murder in miniature, the unexplained disappearance of a colleague...and the unexpected theft of his cold, cold heart. Cover Me First comes marriage Elizabeth Stone has no health insurance. No savings. No one to turn to when she finds a lump on her breastexcept James Magnusson, her friend of over twenty years. When he offers her a marriage of convenience for healthcare coverage, shed be a fool to say no. But given the emotions shes buried for so long, saying yes might lead to a broken heart. James wont take no for an answer. Not when marriage could save Elizabeths life, and not when hes finally realized how much he needs her. Even during his doomed first marriage, James considered Elizabeth a special friendone he had to keep at a safe distance. Now hes free, and Elizabeth is his wife...but will they finally have the chance to be together, only to have everything torn apart? Content guidance for Cover Me: This story contains discussions of breast cancer, an on-page mammogram and biopsy, and a definite happily-ever-after. This book contains one entirely new story ("Sweetest in the Gale") and two stories previously published in the He's Come Undone and Rogue Acts anthologies. The latter stories have been lightly edited since their original publication, and "Unraveled" has a new epilogue. Title: Sweetest in the Gale: A Marysburg Story Collection Author: Olivia Dade Series and series number: Theres Something About Marysburg, Book 3 Keywords: Romance anthology, workplace romance, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, curvy girl romance, banter, teachers