Why You'll Love This
A single stormy night, a hockey player on the doorstep, and a single mom who has spent four years convincing herself she doesn't need anyone.
- Great if you want: a low-angst, feel-good romance built around found warmth
- The experience: cozy and light — reads like a warm blanket on a bad day
- The writing: Ehemann keeps the emotional beats simple, clean, and genuinely sweet
- Skip if: you prefer romantic tension with sharper edges and higher stakes
About This Book
Single motherhood doesn't leave much room for anything else — not dreams, not second chances, and certainly not feelings for a charming hockey player who shows up storm-soaked on your doorstep. Kacie Jensen has spent four years building a careful life around her twin daughters, pouring her energy into school and into the cozy Minnesota bed-and-breakfast her mother runs. Then Brody Murphy arrives, and everything she's worked to keep contained starts shifting. The real tension here isn't whether two people will end up together — it's whether one woman who's been burned before can trust herself enough to try again when the stakes are so much higher.
Beth Ehemann writes with warmth and an easy, unhurried confidence that makes the Cranberry Inn feel like a place you've actually been. The pacing is generous in the best sense — she gives the relationship room to breathe and develop through genuine conversation and small moments rather than manufactured drama. The twin daughters are fully drawn characters rather than plot devices, and that choice elevates the whole emotional landscape. For readers who want romance that earns its feeling rather than rushing toward it, this opening chapter of the series delivers exactly that.
