*Each con­tem­po­rary romance in Hearts in Hawthorne may be read as a stand­alone and in any order. The series will be avail­able exclu­sive­ly at Ama­zon and can be read for free in Kin­dle Unlimited.

A man who’s gained for­tune and fame. A woman who’s known heart­break and despair. A sec­ond chance for a cou­ple who went their sep­a­rate ways years ago …

As a wide receiv­er for the Dal­las Cow­boys, West Suther­land walks away at the peak of his career, ready to find a qui­eter life in his home­town of Hawthorne, Texas. He’s hired by his for­mer high school coach and men­tor and will have a place on the Hawks’ coach­ing staff next year. He’s sur­prised to find Kel­by Black­stone in town, the girl he’s nev­er forgotten.

Kel­by Black­stone mar­ried her col­lege boyfriend, who was draft­ed into the NFL. Injury-prone, he turns to alco­hol and drugs, and Kel­by divorces him. She moves to Dal­las and forges a new career path and life, until she receives dev­as­tat­ing news that her father has suf­fered a stroke.

Although as teenagers, West and Kel­by mature­ly agreed to go their sep­a­rate ways after high school, run­ning into one anoth­er in Hawthorne four­teen years lat­er caus­es unre­solved feel­ings to sur­face for them both. They decide to explore what they missed out on the first time, find­ing their shared past and old friend­ship soon grows into deep feel­ings for one another.

The road to love is nev­er easy, how­ev­er, and they must deal with obsta­cles in their pro­fes­sion­al lives, even as they find strength in their shared pas­sion for their home­town and each other.

Will a sec­ond chance at find­ing last­ing hap­pi­ness be in store for West and Kelby?

Find the answer in best­selling author Alexa Aston’s Heart­strings and Hel­mets, the first book in Hearts in Hawthorne. This romance con­tains no third-act breakup!

*Heart­strings and Hel­mets releas­es 17 June 2025. Pre­order at Ama­zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYZB8VV7/

A woman betrayed in the worst way by her hus­band. A man who has nev­er fit in wher­ev­er he went. Togeth­er, they find a deep love which will heal and restore them …

Autumn Suther­land, a ded­i­cat­ed nurse, catch­es her doc­tor hus­band cheat­ing on her with a col­league. Heart­bro­ken, she divorces him and returns to her home­town for a fresh start. Once in Hawthorne, she accepts a posi­tion as Direc­tor of Nurs­ing at the soon-to-open Hogan Health Hospital–Triple H–hoping to find new pur­pose in both her pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al life.

For­mer ER physi­cian and new med­ical direc­tor Eli Car­son grew up in fos­ter care. While a bril­liant doc­tor, Eli is shy and social­ly awk­ward, hav­ing skipped sev­er­al grades through­out his edu­ca­tion. Despite his reserved nature, Eli is deeply com­pas­sion­ate and ded­i­cat­ed to his patients, earn­ing the respect and admi­ra­tion of every­one at the new med­ical center.

As Autumn and Eli work togeth­er, they form a strong bond built on their shared pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers. Autumn is drawn to Eli’s kind­ness and humil­i­ty, while Eli admires Autum­n’s strength and deter­mi­na­tion. Despite their ini­tial hes­i­ta­tion of becom­ing involved, as they spend more time togeth­er, their friend­ship blos­soms into some­thing deeper.

Will Autumn and Eli learn to open their hearts to one anoth­er, or will their pasts keep them from find­ing a last­ing future together?

Find the answer in best­selling author Alexa Aston’s Heart­beat Har­mo­ny, the sec­ond book in Hearts in Hawthorne. This romance con­tains no third-act breakup!

*Heart­beat Har­mo­ny 22 July 2025. Pre­order at Ama­zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ213L7T/

A suc­cess­ful sports agent search­ing for fam­i­ly. A woman at a cross­roads in her career. Two peo­ple from very dif­fer­ent worlds who meet—and find they need one anoth­er desperately …

Jace Tan­ner, who owns a top sports man­age­ment agency in Dal­las, longs to recon­nect with the broth­er he was sep­a­rat­ed from when they were small chil­dren. He hires an inves­ti­ga­tor to locate Eli after his adopt­ed par­ents pass on. Upon learn­ing that Eli serves as the med­ical direc­tor of a hos­pi­tal in the small town of Hawthorne, Texas, Jace decides to reach out, meet­ing Eli on his wed­ding day.

Dar­by Mont­gomery is the bride’s cousin, vis­it­ing her for­mer home­town and ready to change careers after ten years. An oppor­tu­ni­ty to teach at her alma mater gives Dar­by the chance she’s been look­ing for, but cross­ing paths with Jace leaves her utter­ly con­fused. She believes they are too dif­fer­ent from one anoth­er to pur­sue a roman­tic relationship—but Jace is ready to try and con­vince Dar­by that she’s wrong.

Drawn to Darby’s pos­i­tive out­look and out­go­ing, friend­ly nature, Jace thinks he’s final­ly found a woman who can hold his interest—and his heart. As he sees his brother’s hap­pi­ness, Jace begins to want the same for himself.

As Jace and Darby’s rela­tion­ship blos­soms, they must nav­i­gate the chal­lenges of bal­anc­ing their pro­fes­sion­al lives with their grow­ing feel­ings for one anoth­er. Jace opens up about his past and tries to over­come his fears of set­ting down with one woman. Dar­by, on the oth­er hand, thinks they ulti­mate­ly want dif­fer­ent things out of life, and she is reluc­tant to risk her heart, while des­per­ate to ignore the chem­istry between them.

Will Jace and Dar­by set aside their dif­fer­ences and take a leap of faith, find­ing the courage to choose each other?

Find the answer in best­selling author Alexa Aston’s Agent of the Heart, the third book in Hearts in Hawthorne.

*Agent of the Heart releas­es 12 August 2025. Pre­order at Ama­zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYZ59PR8/

A ranch­er ready to set­tle down. An edi­tor mak­ing a career switch. Two peo­ple who return to their home­town in Texas—and find love …

Chance Black­stone sowed his fair share of wild oats dur­ing his twen­ties. With his father’s death, how­ev­er, Chance takes over run­ning his family’s ranch. His sis­ter Kel­by has recent­ly mar­ried West Suther­land, Chance’s best friend since child­hood, and Chance is a bit envi­ous of their domes­tic bliss, won­der­ing if it’s time for him to find a wife of his own and start a family.

After a decade of work­ing for Lib­er­ty House, a New York pub­lish­er, Sum­mer Suther­land is forced from her job as a senior edi­tor. Her gut tells her she can write bet­ter romances than the ones she’s been edit­ing, so she returns to Hawthorne and gives her­self a year to see if she can make it as an author. Draw­ing from her roots, Sum­mer begins writ­ing a series about a small town in the Texas Pan­han­dle and runs into her teenage crush, Chance Black­stone, the guy who always made her heart race.

Chance nev­er gave Sum­mer a sec­ond glance, main­ly because she was a cou­ple of years younger and West’s awk­ward lit­tle sis­ter. Now, how­ev­er, the rugged­ly hand­some ranch own­er finds him­self drawn to the tal­ent­ed, inde­pen­dent, grown-up Sum­mer. Chance’s unex­pect­ed atten­tion ignites feel­ings Sum­mer thought she had long buried, and she agrees to kick their bud­ding friend­ship up a notch and explore the feel­ings stir­ring with­in them both.

As they spend more time togeth­er, the spark between them ignites, lead­ing to a deep­en­ing con­nec­tion and unde­ni­able attrac­tion. But when a secret from Chance’s past comes to light, it threat­ens to ruin their chance at last­ing happiness.

Can Sum­mer come to terms with this sud­den change and embrace a future with her cowboy—or will this explo­sive secret extin­guish the flame of their love?

Find the answer in best­selling author Alexa Aston’s Hearts and Hooves, the fourth book in Hearts in Hawthorne.

*Hearts and Hooves releas­es 16 Sep­tem­ber 2025. Pre­order at Ama­zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYZ5N652/

A man haunt­ed by the death of his fiancée. A woman whose ath­let­ic career was cut short. Two peo­ple adrift, seek­ing to find a place in their community—and find­ing one another—and love …

Assis­tant dis­trict attor­ney Sawyer Mont­gomery is over­whelmed with grief after los­ing his fiancée in an unsolved hit-and-run. He throws him­self into his law career until he reach­es his break­ing point. Sawyer decides to return to his home­town of Hawthorne, Texas, where he has fam­i­ly and friends who can sup­port him as he begins to seek a bet­ter bal­ance between work and his per­son­al life.

WNBA play­er Pais­ley Roberts has won bas­ket­ball cham­pi­onships at every lev­el, even play­ing for Team USA and earn­ing Olympic gold medals three times. A cheap shot by a jeal­ous play­er ends her play­ing days, and she finds a fresh start, land­ing a job as the head bas­ket­ball coach of the Lady Hawks high school team.

When Sawyer and Pais­ley meet, she is closed off. As a for­mer fos­ter child who was nev­er adopt­ed, Pais­ley has nev­er trusted—much less loved—anyone. Sawyer’s easy­go­ing nature and abil­i­ty to see the best in oth­ers breaks through her tough exte­ri­or, though, and she finds her­self open­ing up to the hand­some lawyer, even believ­ing they may have a future together.

Their rela­tion­ship faces chal­lenges along the way, how­ev­er, as both begin to heal emo­tion­al­ly while try­ing to bal­ance work oblig­a­tions and career pres­sure, all under the watch­ful eyes of their small town.

Can Sawyer and Pais­ley let go of the ghosts from their pasts and real­ize that they are bet­ter togeth­er, thanks to the pow­er of love?

Find the answer in best­selling author Alexa Aston’s Hoops and Hearts, the fifth and final book in Hearts in Hawthorne. This romance con­tains no third-act breakup!

*Hoops and Hearts releas­es 14 Octo­ber 2025. Pre­order at Ama­zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ3WK5FJ/