The Inn on Harmony Island: A Sweet, Small Town Southern Romance with a Single Dad and Forced Proximity (Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman Book 1)

USA Today Bestselling Author Anne-Marie Meyer invites you to Harmony Island — the start of the beloved Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series, a sweet, closed-door Southern romance perfect for fans of Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River.ShelbyTen years. That's how long I've stayed away from my home town of Harmony Island and I had no intention of ever returning until my grandmother passes away and leaves me half of her inn.If I don’t fulfill her stipulations, it will be auctioned off. And the highest bidder? The one family in town I could never let own it.I thought I could handle returning home until I find out the other half of the inn belongs to Miles Lachlan. My ex-boyfriend’s best friend, my enemy in high school, and the reason I ran away so many years ago.The will says we both have to live on the property for six months before we can sell. I should be fine. I can do anything for six months when he stays in the big house and I move into the small cottage, a few hundred yards away.I just didn’t count on falling for his little girl. I didn’t count on him always showing up when I need him. And I didn’t count on my heart refusing to listen to everything my head knows about Miles Lachlan.MilesI've loved Shelby since we were kids. I've never been able to say that out loud — not back when she belonged to my best friend, and not the day I found out how badly he was treating her.I did the only thing I could. I told him to do right by her or get out of her life. I never expected him to choose the latter. And I never expected Shelby to spend the next ten years believing I was the one who took him from her.Now she's back, living in the cottage across the lawn, hating me. I'm a single father to my daughter Belle and I’m just trying to keep the inn standing. I know I should keep my distance.But I've waited a decade for Shelby to come home. If I only get six months with her, I'm going to spend every one of them trying to show her the man I really am.Told through three points of view — Shelby, Abigail, and Miles — The Inn on Harmony Island is a story of second chances, the family we choose, and the kind of small-town community that feels like coming home.Perfect for readers who love:- Sweet, closed-door small-town romance- The Netflix show Sweet Magnolias- The ex-boyfriend's best friend trope- Forced proximity and the only-one-cottage setup- Single-dad heroes and scene-stealing toddlers- Second chance romance and coming home again- Hallmark-style comfort reads you can share across generationsThe Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series delivers Anne-Marie Meyer's signature HEA Guaranteed — every romance finds its happy ending. No explicit content, no graphic language, just the kind of love story you can share with your mother, your daughter, and your best friend.Please note: This is Book 1 of a connected series and ends on a cliffhanger. Shelby and Miles's story continues in Book 2, The Shop Around the Corner.Come home to Harmony Island. Read more