Bestselling author Denise Hunter delivers a heartfelt small-town romance filled with hidden identities, long-buried love stories, and the charm of lakeside life in Lake Season, the first novel in the Bluebell Inn Romance series. Perfect for readers who love cozy settings, slow-burn romance, and stories where past and present intertwine.

"Nobody does summer romance better than Denise Hunter." --Julie Lessman, award-winning author

A young innkeeper falls in love with a reclusive novelist in a small North Carolina lake town. Past and present collide and old secrets beckon in this first installment of the Bluebell Inn Romance series.

When her parents die in a tragic accident, Molly Bennett and her siblings pull together to fulfill their parents' dream of turning their historic Bluebell, North Carolina, home back into an inn. Staying in town would be temporary--three years at most--then they plan to sell the inn, and Molly can get back to chasing her own dreams.

Adam Bradford (aka bestselling author Nathaniel Quinn) is a reclusive novelist with a bad case of writer's block. Desperate for inspiration as his deadline approaches, he travels to the setting of his next book, a North Carolina lake town. There, he meets his muse, a young innkeeper who fancies herself in love with his alter ego.

Molly and Adam strike up an instant friendship. When Molly finds a long-lost letter in the walls of her inn, she and Adam embark on a mission to find the star-crossed lovers and bring them the closure they deserve. But Adam has secrets he isn't ready to share. Past and present collide as truths surface, and Molly and Adam will have to decide if love is worth trusting.

Full of warmth, intrigue, and emotional depth, Lake Season begins the Bluebell Inn Romance series. Continue the journey with Carolina Breeze and Autumn Skies and discover why readers say nobody writes summer romance quite like Denise Hunter.