Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Tasha Zima Stories set in Ashby Lake ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://tashazima.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Rosa Is Now Available for Preorder](https://tashazima.com/rosa-available-for-preorder/) - Ashby Lake After Dark: Rosa releases August 20, 2026. Preorder the vampire romance now from your preferred ebook retailer. - [A Quiet Win (and What Comes Next)](https://tashazima.com/a-quiet-win-and-what-comes-next/) - Tasha Zima reflects on a meaningful book award, creative momentum, and what comes next while building an interconnected romance catalogue. - [New Novella Announcement](https://tashazima.com/new-novella-announcement/) - Meet Brittany and Jonah in Confessions, Hot Tubs & Second Chances, a reality-show romance with Arctic danger, forced proximity, and old sparks. - [Building a Media Page & Taking the Leap: Why I Entered the Firebird Awards](https://tashazima.com/building-a-media-page-taking-the-leap-why-i-entered-the-firebird-awards/) - Tasha Zima reflects on creating a professional author media kit, entering the Firebird Book Awards, and confidently building an indie career. - [Shortlist Announcement](https://tashazima.com/shortlist-announcement/) - The Making of a Storm by Tasha Zima was shortlisted for the 2025 Chanticleer Chatelaine Romance Awards. Read about the recognition. - [Romance By The Sea 2026 — Book Signing Event](https://tashazima.com/romance-by-the-sea-2026/) - Event details for Tasha Zima’s Romance By The Sea 2026 appearance, featuring signed books, reader conversation, and small-town romance. ## Pages - [Discover Ashby Lake Romance Novels: Big Hearts & Small-Town Magic](https://tashazima.com/) - Discover Tasha Zima’s interconnected romance novels set in Ashby Lake, a fictional small town in rural Ontario, Canada—not the real Ashby Lake. - [Read a Free Chapter of Between Breath and Breaking](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/between-breath-and-breaking/between-breath-and-breaking-free-chapter/) - Read the Between Breath and Breaking free chapter, “Sideways,” by Tasha Zima. Vivian must keep Noah alive after their private jet crashes off Greenland. - [13 Charming Places on the Ashby Lake Interactive Map](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-interactive-map/) - Explore the Ashby Lake interactive map and visit 13 fictional Ontario landmarks, from Main Street and Goat Haven to Squirrels Pub and the racetrack. - [Discover Ashby Lake Racetrack: Fast Cars, Big Dreams & Romance](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/ashby-lake-racetrack/) - Visit Ashby Lake Racetrack, the fictional Ontario track where Katie Quinn's driving talent changes everything in Tasha Zima's romance series. - [Discover Ward Wines: Fine Wine, Warm Welcomes & Vineyard Romance](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/ward-wines/) - Visit Ward Wines, the fictional vineyard and grand stone estate at 84 Winery Road in Ashby Lake, featured in Tasha Zima’s Friends with Baking. - [Discover Ashby Lake Farmer's Market: Fresh Food, Familiar Faces & Saturday Magic](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/ashby-lake-farmers-market/) - Visit the year-round Ashby Lake Farmer's Market, open Saturdays 8–4 and Sundays in December 10–3, in Tasha Zima's fictional Ontario town. - [Discover Looking Up: Speed, Courage & A Love Worth Fighting For](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/katie-and-bennett-series/looking-up/) - Discover Looking Up by Tasha Zima, a contemporary motorsport romance about ambition, belonging, and Katie and Bennett’s hard-won love. - [Bentley’s Department Store: A Main Street Landmark](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/bentleys-department-store/) - Visit Bentley’s Department Store, a family-owned Main Street landmark in Ashby Lake, and meet Graham Bentley, Joan Bentley and retired clerk Maggie Thatcher. - [A Little Bit Ruined](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/a-little-bit-ruined/) - Explore the A Little Bit Ruined series, featuring veterinarian Erin Kelly, Adrian Blake, emotional connection, and small-town romance. - [Ashby Lake After Dark. The town you know has secrets.](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-after-dark/) - Enter Ashby Lake After Dark, Tasha Zima’s paranormal-romance world of vampires, witches, dangerous secrets, found family, and slow-burn love. - [4 Reasons You’ll Love Squirrels Pub: Trivia, Hockey and Paint Nights](https://tashazima.com/squirrels-pub/) - Visit Squirrels Pub in fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario, for trivia, hockey crowds, Paint n’ Sip Sundays and lively small-town nights. - [Meet Rosa: A Dangerous Vampire Romance in Ashby Lake](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-after-dark/rosa/) - Meet Rosa Clark and vampire Montgomery Marcon in a slow-burn paranormal romance with witches, danger, found family and goats in Ashby Lake. - [Discover the Ashby Lake Book Timeline: Romance in Reading Order](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-book-timeline/) - Chronological reading order The Ashby Lake Book Timeline Every romance stands on its own, but the people of fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario keep wandering into one another’s stories. Follow the timeline to watch the town—and its happily-ever-afters—grow. Hover over a cover for a closer look • Select a title to visit its book page 01Ashby - [Confessions, Hot Tubs & Second Chances](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/confessions-hot-tubs-second-chances/) - Meet Brittany, Jonah, and the cast of Confessions, Hot Tubs & Second Chances, Tasha Zima’s snowy romance filled with reality-show drama. - [Lakeweed, Lust & Longing](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/lakeweed-lust-longing/) - Read Lakeweed, Lust & Longing, Tasha Zima’s free romantic novella about new beginnings, summer chemistry, and love in Ashby Lake. - [Read Free Stories and Chapters in the Ashby Lake Reading Room](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-stories/) - Read a free romance novella in the Ashby Lake Reading Room, then explore Tasha Zima’s small-town romance novels set in fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario. - [Lies, Cleavage and Quantum Theory](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/lies-cleavage-and-quantum-theory/) - Discover Lies, Cleavage and Quantum Theory, a witty romantic comedy about identity, desire, unexpected attraction, and becoming yourself. - [Discover The Tropes Series: Big Laughs, Bold Love & Happy Endings](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/tropes-series/) - Discover The Tropes Series by Tasha Zima—three fast, funny contemporary romance novellas packed with chaos, unforgettable characters and happy endings. - [Read Most Likely to Charm from FWB: Friends with Baking](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/fwb-friends-with-baking/fwb-friends-with-baking-free-chapter/) - FWB: Friends with Baking free chapterMost Likely to CharmAmy came to Ashby Lake for a fresh start. Julian Ward was not supposed to be waiting in it. FWB: Friends with Baking Free ChapterRead Chapter One, Most Likely to Charm, from FWB: Friends with Baking by Tasha Zima. Amy Wheeler arrives in Ashby Lake with a - [Read The Last Detour from However Much or Little](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/katie-and-bennett-series/however-much-or-little/however-much-or-little-free-chapter/) - Read The Last Detour, a free chapter from However Much or Little by Tasha Zima, and discover what finally brings Katie Quinn home to Ashby Lake. - [Between Breath and Breaking](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/between-breath-and-breaking/) - Discover Between Breath and Breaking, a sharp, emotional romance about survival, second chances, sizzling chemistry, and unexpected love. - [Read a Free Chapter of Ashby Lake After Dark: Rosa](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-after-dark/rosa-free-chapter/) - Read a free chapter of Ashby Lake After Dark: Rosa. Meet Rosa and billionaire vampire Montgomery Marcon on a foggy Ontario road. - [Inside Goat Haven: 16 Goats, Big Hearts & Beautiful Chaos](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/goat-haven/) - Meet Goat Haven, the fictional family farm at 22 Harvest Lane in Ashby Lake, home to Luna, Orion, sixteen goats, handmade goods and Gillian’s studio. - [The Brave One](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/the-brave-one/) - Discover The Brave One, an emotional autumn romance set in Ashby Lake about survival, courage, healing, and choosing a future filled with love. - [Music of Ashby Lake by Blacktide Skald](https://tashazima.com/music-of-ashby-lake/) - Music of Ashby Lake Every town has a soundtrack. Ashby Lake has secrets set to music. Original music inspired by the Ashby Lake stories. Created by Blacktide Skald. Choose a song and press play—nothing starts automatically. Welcome to Ashby Lake The lake, the roads, and the town after dark. Ashby Lake Anthem Ashby Lake After - [Discover The Perch: Great Coffee, Familiar Faces & Small-Town Magic](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/the-perch-new-draft/) - Visit The Perch, Ashby Lake’s beloved café and diner, where 1940s fishing-lodge charm, great coffee and familiar faces anchor small-town life. - [Discover Sebastien’s Corner: Wit, Wisdom & Survival Tips](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/sebastiens-corner/) - Visit Sebastien’s Corner for witty survival tips, warm observations and gloriously well-dressed advice from a beloved resident of fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario. - [Discover Kelly Farm: Deep Roots, Open Hearts & A Place to Belong](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/kelly-farm/) - Visit Kelly Farm, the Kelly family’s fictional Ashby Lake farm and a home base for Katie Quinn and Dr. Erin Kelly in Tasha Zima’s romances. - [Discover Joy Bakery: Sweet Treats, Big Hearts & Beautiful Beginnings](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/joy-bakery-new-draft/) - Visit Joy Bakery at 123 Main Street in fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario—a warm heritage bakery featured in Tasha Zima's interconnected romance novels. - [The Essential Canadian Indie Publishing Guide for Authors](https://tashazima.com/canadian-indie-publishing/) - Canadian Indie Author Resources Canadian indie publishing comes with its own opportunities, questions, and occasional paperwork-shaped dragons. This growing guide collects Canadian indie author resources I have personally used, researched, or found helpful during my own publishing journey. Legend: 🟢 Personally used 🟡 Researched or still exploring 🇨🇦 Canadian resource Written by Canadian - [FWB: Friends with Baking](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/fwb-friends-with-baking/) - Discover FWB: Friends with Baking, a warm and witty Ashby Lake romantic comedy where friendship, flour, chemistry, and feelings collide. - [Inside Highway Haven Motel: Retro Charm, Romance & Secrets](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/highway-haven-motel/) - Visit Highway Haven Motel, a retro roadside stop in fictional Ashby Lake, Ontario, featuring old-fashioned hospitality and the unforgettable Love Shack. - [Ashby Lake Fire Station](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/ashby-lake-fire-station/) - Visit Ashby Lake Fire Station, home to one chief, four career firefighters and twenty volunteers—including Chris Kelly and Graham Bentley. - [Inside Ashby Lake Vets: Pets, Farm Calls & Familiar Faces](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/erins-veterinary-clinic/) - Visit Ashby Lake Vets, where Dr. Dennis Barnes and Dr. Erin Kelly care for town pets and farm animals in Tasha Zima’s fictional Ontario community. - [Ashby Lake Town Hall: History, Council & Small-Town Politics](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/ashby-lake-town-hall/) - Visit Ashby Lake Town Hall, built in 1928, and discover the council, civic history and small-town politics shaping Tasha Zima’s fictional Ontario community. - [Nothing Too Tame: A Fierce Slow-Burn Romance](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/a-little-bit-ruined/nothing-too-tame/) - Read Nothing Too Tame by Tasha Zima, a fierce slow-burn Ashby Lake romance with found family, biting banter, a surprise dog, and a guaranteed HEA. - [Nothing Too Fancy: A Heartfelt Small-Town Romance](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/a-little-bit-ruined/nothing-too-fancy/) - Discover Nothing Too Fancy, Tasha Zima’s heartfelt Ashby Lake romance featuring a farm veterinarian, a wealthy landowner, found family and an HEA. - [Discover Ashby Lake: Beloved Residents, Romances & Secrets](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/) - Meet Ashby Lake residents—the recurring characters, couples, families, and neighbours connecting Tasha Zima’s contemporary romance novels. - [Meet Tasha Zima: Heartfelt Canadian Romance & Ashby Lake Magic](https://tashazima.com/about/) - Meet Tasha Zima, a Canadian contemporary romance author creating emotionally rich, interconnected love stories in the fictional town of Ashby Lake. - [Escape to Ashby Lake: Stories, News & Reader Exclusives](https://tashazima.com/newsletter-sign-up/) - Join Tasha Zima’s newsletter for Ashby Lake book news, new releases, behind-the-scenes stories, reader extras, and small-town romance updates. - [No Matter What Happens](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/katie-and-bennett-series/no-matter-what-happens/) - No Matter What HappensA runaway driver. A guarded heart. A love worth racing home for.The third novel in the Katie and Bennett series by Tasha ZimaShe never does anything halfway.He must decide whether love is worth the detour.Katie Quinn has never done anything halfway. Not surviving. Not dreaming. And definitely not leaving. But when her - [However Much or Little](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/katie-and-bennett-series/however-much-or-little/) - However Much or Little Small town. Big dreams. Slow burn. High stakes. The first novel in the Katie and Bennett series by Tasha Zima She doesn’t trust men, especially those with money.He doesn’t do complicated. Katie Quinn has spent her life surviving—not dreaming. Bills come first. Work comes first. Love? Not even on the list. - [Katie and Bennett Series](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/katie-and-bennett-series/) - Discover Katie and Bennett’s emotional Ashby Lake romance series, beginning with the award-winning novel However Much or Little. - [Media Kit](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/media-kit/) - Access Tasha Zima’s media kit, including her author biography, book covers, publication details, awards, ISBNs, and press information. - [The Making of a Storm](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/the-making-of-a-storm/) - Discover The Making of a Storm, an award-recognized contemporary romance about a wild pianist, a controlled heir, grief, and desire. - [Frogs, Fireworks and Forever](https://tashazima.com/ashby-lake-residents/frogs-fireworks-and-forever/) - Discover Frogs, Fireworks and Forever, a heartfelt Ashby Lake romance filled with second chances, found family, parenthood, and lasting love. - [Privacy Policy](https://tashazima.com/privacy-policy/) - Read how Tasha Zima and Ashby Lake Publishing House collect, use, and protect information from website visitors and newsletter subscribers. ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://tashazima.com/category/uncategorized/)