"THE SUGAR LAKE SERIES"--contemporary romance from K.M. Jackson--true to its name, the small southern town of Sugar Lake is a sweet place to visit — and you might even want to live there!

As Good as the First Time (Sugar Lake, #1)
  

True to its name, the small southern town of Sugar Lake is a sweet place to visit — and you might even want to live there...

With her big city career and relationship in sudden free fall, Olivia Gale isn't sure where she belongs. So when her help is needed at Goode N' Sweet, the family bakery in Sugar Lake, she jumps at the chance to indulge her pie-making hobby while getting her life back on track. Olivia's not looking for any distractions. Even if the boy who once left her without a word is now a grown man with intriguing secrets — and the same tempting hold on her heart...

A firefighter and single dad, Clayton Morris is trying hard to fix his past mistakes. He thought he was doing the right thing by leaving Olivia — and now he's sure he has nothing to offer the accomplished woman she's become. But ignoring the sparks between them is impossible. And as unexpected surprises and hard choices endanger their fragile reunion, they'll have to decide which direction to take if they want to find the road back to love...


REVIEWS

“Readers will love spending time in Sugar Lake with K.M. Jackson’s warm, witty characters who remind us all that happiness and love come only when we’re brave enough to follow our hearts.”—Jamie Beck, author of When You Knew

“A perfect blend of great storytelling, unforgettable characters, and a delicious setting. Aunt Joyce and her pie shop in Sugar Lake reminded me why I love books with cooks so much.”—Falguni Kothari, author of My Last Love Story

“This is a story as sweet as pie, warm as a soft Georgia evening, and K.M. Jackson knows exactly how to feed her readers a book to be savored again and again.”—Barbara O’Neal, author of The Art of Inheriting Secrets

“With her rich writing and relatable characters, K.M. Jackson perfectly captures the charm and enchantment of a small southern town.”—Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author

“K.M. paints vibrant pictures of her characters. . . . The romance at its heart is nostalgic, satisfying and real.”—Karen Rose Smith, USA Today bestselling author




Too Sweet to Be Good

Between the bustling local bakery, helpful neighbors, and down-home wisdom, Sugar Lake is a delicious place to call home--and love is the sweetest risk . . .

Alexandrea Gale put her acting career on hold to help keep her family's bakery in business--and gave it a few eye-catching updates while she was at it. To earn money to return to New York, she puts her designs skills to work with a job renovating a once thriving local vintage theater. But Alexandrea didn't bargain on the owner's business-minded grandson fighting her every step of the way--or proving so unexpectedly irresistible . . .

As the new president of his family's real estate business, Kellen Kilborn feels that selling the theater is the only way to do right by the grandmother who helped raise him. He just can't take a risk on Alexandrea's inventive ideas--but he also can't walk away from her warm-hearted free spirit. As troubling decisions threaten to tear them apart, can they create a way to turn their dreams into the sweetest of futures together?

K.M. Jackson



A native New Yorker, K.M. Jackson had two dreams for what she wanted to be when she “grew up”: 1. a fashion designer and 2. a writer.

After graduating from high school, she pursued her first dream and studied fashion design at New York’s FIT. She then spent ten years designing for various New York houses. But after years of jugging the oh-so-glam world of mid-market fashion along with being a mother of twins, K.M. took the leap of faith and decided to pursue her other long held dream of being a writer.

She currently lives in a suburb of New York with her husband, teen twins, and her precocious terrier named Jack who keeps them keeps her on her toes.

http://kmjackson.com/