The Spain, Maine Series
Welcome to Spain, Maine—a small coastal town built on second chances, stubborn hope, practical kindness, and the belief that no woman is ever too late to start over.
In Spain, lives change quietly. Over soup at the Mad Moose Café. During Late Night Library conversations that somehow become confessions. Through KC nights filled with tea, blankets, and women learning that rebuilding does not require perfection. Here, heartbreak is not a final chapter. It is often where the real story begins.
The Spain, Maine Series follows women in their forties and beyond as they navigate divorce, reinvention, burnout, grief, legacy, second acts, and unexpected love. These are emotionally rich, deeply comforting sapphic romances about community, chosen family, healing without performance, and discovering that the life ahead can still surprise you.
Come for the cozy small-town charm, stay for the women finding their way back to themselves—and to each other.
The Shape of Starting Over is a heartfelt midlife sapphic romance about a divorced cookbook editor, a warm café owner, and the small Maine town that helps one woman stop recovering from the past and start building from the present.
What We Keep, What We Change follows an exhausted inn owner and a steady preservation contractor as they renovate a beloved Maine landmark and discover that some things only survive when they are finally allowed to change.
Permission to Want is a tender sapphic small-town romance about a burned-out chef, a grounded specialty grower, and the quiet courage of wanting a softer, more honest life.
A Better Version of Honest follows a fallen design-media personality and a no-nonsense salvage builder as they discover that love, like restoration, only works when it is built to hold.
When the Useful Woman Breaks is a mature sapphic small-town romance about a beloved town fixer, the logistics consultant who sees how much she is carrying, and the terrifying relief of being loved without having to earn it.
The Heat of Being Seen is a tender sapphic small-town romance about a burned-out hospitality manager, a steady musician, and the quiet relief of being loved beyond usefulness.
What Survives is a tender small-town romance about a woman rebuilding after public failure and the archivist who helps her see that history is not destiny.
The Season of Wanting is a tender later-in-life sapphic romance about a divorced mother learning that wanting more for herself is not selfish—it is the beginning of coming fully alive.
Tempered is a warm later-in-life sapphic romance about a guarded blacksmith, a precise town manager, and the love that proves strong women do not have to carry everything alone.
Who You Are Now is a later-in-life sapphic romance about legacy, reinvention, and the woman who helps Vivian Cross stop performing the past and start choosing herself.