Tasha Zima

Love isn’t on her schedule—but Ashby Lake has other plans.

Bunny Malone came to Ashby Lake for peace.
Instead, she got tangled in lakeweed, rescued by a shirtless neighbour, and dunked under a cold outdoor shower while he laughed.
So, you know… serenity.

Burned out from the tech world and under strict instructions to relax, Bunny escapes to cottage country for the summer. But on Day One, she nearly drowns herself in the weediest part of the lake—and gets pulled out by Caleb, the infuriatingly calm, unfairly handsome neighbour who looks like he restores boats for fun and reads poetry at midnight.

Bunny decides instantly: absolutely not.
Caleb? Off-limits.
She’s a short-term girl. He’s a long-term man. This summer will be stress-free, drama-free, and most importantly… romance-free.

Caleb has other ideas.

He likes her—her chaos, her sharp humour, her soft edges she pretends don’t exist. And while he’s not a “forty-minutes-after-meeting” kind of guy, he is the slow-burn, take-you-to-dinner, learn-your-laugh, make-you-melt type. The type Bunny swears she doesn’t want.

When a misunderstanding sends both of them spiralling—him jealous, her heartbroken—they’re forced to confront the one thing Bunny tried desperately to avoid:

She didn’t just come to Ashby Lake to rest.
She came here to feel something again.

A cozy, charming, laugh-out-loud romantic novella about new beginnings, emotional courage, and a slow summer love that sneaks up on you when you least expect it.

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, cottage-core romance, and low-spice stories with big feelings.

A sweet and sexy small-town rom-com from Tasha Zima

Return to Ashby Lake in this warm, witty romance where friends, flour, and feelings collide in all the best (and most deliciously inconvenient) ways.

When Amy Wheeler opened her bakery, she wasn’t expecting Julian Ward—the boy who once made her heart flutter with a single glance—to be in town too. She definitely wasn’t expecting morning kitchen visits, emotional confessions, or the kind of kisses that turn your spine to honey.

Julian is everything Amy should avoid: successful, charming, emotionally complicated, and not looking for forever. But he keeps showing up. Helping. Lingering. Stealing frosting and glances like a man with no self-preservation.

They’re not pretending to be dating. They’re not playing games.
They’re just two adults trying (and failing) to keep their hearts out of the mixing bowl.


If you’re craving:

Banter that bites and melts

Slow kisses and round motel beds

Friends who become more (and messier)

Small-town charm with a heat warning…

Then FWB: Friends with Baking is your next one-sitting read.

She wanted to study the universe. She ended up studying men.

Megan Sinclair lives off charm, cleavage, and the kind of confidence that looks good in low lighting. But beneath the gloss is a restless mind obsessed with quantum theory—and the possibility that attraction, like matter, can exist in two states at once.

Enter Luke: smart, sincere, and the online friend Megan debates scientific theories with… until he becomes inconveniently interested in Kitty.

The problem? Kitty isn’t real. She’s Megan—plus a few lies.

When the experiment turns personal, Megan finds herself tangled in her own equations:
one lie + one man who actually sees her = chaos at the molecular level.

Lies, Cleavage, and Quantum Theory is a whip-smart, low-heat romantic comedy about identity, desire, and the strange science of becoming the person you pretend to be.

Perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood, Emily Henry, and anyone who’s ever wondered what would happen if You’ve Got Mail met The Big Bang Theory—and decided to misbehave.

Katie Quinn has never had time for soft things. Not when the bills pile up, and the dreams she once had feel a thousand kilometres away. She keeps her hood up, her head down, and her heart out of reach—especially when it comes to men in suits with perfect smiles and lives she can’t afford to want.

Bennett Rhodes wasn’t supposed to stay in Ashby Lake. But something about the stubborn, fiercely capable woman with grease under her nails and fire in her eyes keeps pulling him back. He’s not looking for trouble—or a future—but Katie makes him want both.

When a track day turns into something real and the world starts paying attention to Katie’s raw driving talent, everything shifts. Possibilities and feelings neither of them saw coming are on the table (or track).

But how do you build something real when life keeps reminding you how easily things fall apart?