Lily Writes

Ever had a crush on someone?  Someone older. Someone completely off limits. Someone you knew you shouldn’t want… but couldn’t stop thinking about anyway? Crushes are powerful things. Equal parts excitement, hope, obsession, and heartbreak. Sometimes they fade.

Sometimes… they last a lifetime.

Meet Love Crush.

While most romances begin with a meet-cute, this one begins with a little boy who fell hopelessly in love with his dad’s best friend so long ago… he doesn’t even remember meeting him for the first time.

If you’ve spent any time in Pinkerton Falls, you’ve already met Haggar Jones, a widower who always puts responsibility ahead of his own happiness. He’s the dependable one. The owner of Haggar Hardware. The guy who volunteers for every committee in town while insisting he doesn’t want the job. The man everyone trusts. Especially his best friend’s son.

Blue Collins has loved Haggar for years. Not a passing crush. Not hero worship.

Real, enduring, impossible-to-ignore love.

Unfortunately, Haggar has spent just as many years convincing himself that Blue deserves someone younger, someone with his whole life ahead of him. After losing the love of his life once already, he refuses to believe he deserves a second chance.

He’s wrong.

Readers who enjoy slow-burn romance know the sweetest love stories aren’t about two people falling in love. They’re about two people finally admitting they’ve been in love all along.

That’s Love Crush.

It’s about longing.

About timing.

About fear.

About believing you’re protecting someone while accidentally breaking both your hearts.

And it’s about discovering that sometimes the biggest obstacle standing between happily-ever-after and heartbreak… is yourself.

Some couples spend a whole book falling in love.

Blue and Haggar spend years learning to stop being afraid of it.

Of course, this is Pinkerton Falls, so you’re also getting plenty of meddling townsfolk, found family, laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt friendships, and a community that refuses to let anyone stay lonely for long.

If you love:

❤️ Dad’s best friend romance
💙 Age-gap romance
🏡 Small-town romance
🔥 Mutual pining
💔 One-night mistake
🥹 Emotional grovel
👨‍👦 Protective hero
🌈 MM romance
🤝 Found family
✨ Guaranteed Happily Ever After

…then I think you’re going to enjoy this one.

Some characters quietly move into your heart while you’re writing them. Blue and Haggar absolutely did that to me. Blue refuses to stop believing in love, while Haggar spends far too much time trying to convince himself he doesn’t deserve happiness.

Thank you, as always, for spending time in Pinkerton Falls with me. Every new release is possible because of readers like you, and I’m so grateful you continue coming back for more.

I hope you’ll fall in love with Blue and Haggar the way I did… and cheer just as loudly when these two stubborn men finally stop getting in their own way.

Because thankfully…

Blue Collins has never been very good at giving up.

And sometimes…

that’s exactly what a happily-ever-after needs.

Happy reading!

— Lily P. Archer