Tasha Zima

Welcome to Ashby Lake

What is Ashby Lake?

The Ashby Lake romance novels are set in a fictional small town in rural Ontario, Canada, created by author Tasha Zima. Ashby Lake is an invented setting—not the real Ashby Lake and not a town in Atlantic Canada. The interconnected contemporary romances feature recurring characters, overlapping storylines, and a close-knit community where every story leaves a lasting impact.

Nestled among lakes, forests, and close-knit communities, Ashby Lake is a place where neighbours become family, friendships grow into love stories, and familiar faces appear when readers least expect them. Every novel explores a different romance while contributing to the larger story of the town itself.

A castle reflected in a dark lake beneath a twilight sky

Arriving August 20, 2026

Ashby Lake After Dark: Rosa

Rosa Clark ran to Ashby Lake with evidence powerful people wanted buried. She found a vampire who had been waiting one hundred and fifty years for her—and a town that protects its own.

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Meet Rosa, Monty & the After Dark Cast

What Makes Ashby Lake Different?

Unlike many romance series that focus on a single couple, Ashby Lake is built as a shared world. Characters from earlier books continue living their lives in later stories, friendships evolve across multiple novels, and readers often discover connections they didn’t notice the first time around.

New to Ashby Lake? Begin here.

Small-town romance, emotional intimacy, and characters who feel like home.

Ashby Lake is a place where connection runs deep and every story leaves a mark.

These are reader favourites and perfect entry points.

Find Your Ashby Lake Story

Nothing Too Fancy by Tasha Zima book cover, featuring Erin Kelly and Adrian Blake in an Ashby Lake farm field
Lakeweed: Lust and Longing by Tasha Zima book cover
However Much or Little by Tasha Zima book cover
Cover of the Book a Making of a Storm. A couple with Toronto in the background
The Making of a Storm Short Listed

Where Every Story
Connects

Ashby Lake isn’t just a setting—it’s a living town where characters cross paths, history lingers, and every love story leaves a ripple.

Ashby Lake character relationship map showing connections across Tasha Zima’s romance novels

From best friends to rivals to found family, Ashby Lake stories overlap in ways that reward long time readers—and warmly welcome new ones.

Explore the Ashby Lake Connections
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Ashby Lake Books at a Glance

Every Ashby Lake novel features a different romance, but all are connected through shared characters, friendships, families, and community events. Readers can start almost anywhere, though some books build on relationships introduced in earlier stories.

TitleGenreTropesReading Order
Lakeweed: Lust & LongingContemporary RomanceFriends to Lovers, Small TownStandalone
Nothing Too FancyContemporary RomanceOpposites Attract, Small TownStandalone
However Much or LittleContemporary RomanceOpposites Attract, Wealth GapStandalone
The Making of a StormContemporary RomanceOpposites Attract, Found Family, Billionaire RomanceStandalone
Looking UpContemporary RomanceSmall Town, Wealth GapRead After However Much or Little
Nothing Too TameContemporary RomanceFound Family, Small TownRead After Nothing Too Fancy
Confessions, Hot Tubs & Second ChancesContemporary RomanceReality Show, Grumpy/SunshineStandalone
Lies, Cleavage and Quantum TheoryContemporary RomanceCatfishing, Friends to Lovers, STEM HeroineStandalone
Between Breath and BreakingContemporary RomanceForced Proximity, Romantic SuspenseStandalone
No Matter What HappensContemporary RomanceOpposites Attract, Small TownRead After Looking Up
FWB: Friends with BakingContemporary RomanceUnrequited Love, Small TownStandalone
Frogs, Fireworks and ForeverContemporary RomanceSecond Chances, Single ParentsStandalone
The Brave OneContemporary RomanceHealing after Trauma, Small TownStandalone
Ashby Lake After Dark: Rosa
Preorder at your preferred retailer		Small-Town Paranormal RomanceWealth Gap, Age Gap, Sunshine/GrumpyStandalone — releases August 20, 2026

Popular Romance Tropes Found in Ashby Lake

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