Haythen Construction Anthology, 6 Stories Plus 2 Bonus Haythen Adjacent Romances

Sometimes life just gets in the way.

Haythen Construction is the backdrop as six friends go through life challenges with a bit of matchmaking to make it interesting.

Racing Hearts
Leah is a contradiction. She is a vegan who worked as an electrician and raced motorbikes on the weekends. Once her daughters were born, she switched to the office for better hours and flexibility, vowing her girls would always be her priority. Mark has known Leah for years. He appreciates the way she furiously protects her daughters from her ex's idiocrasy. While he loves her devotion to her children, he's never wanted kids? Will her daughters be an insurmountable obstacle?

Rugby Relationships
A familiar voice across the rugby field changes everything. Gail is fed up with her ex-husband's overbearing ways. He'd wanted her to be the perfect wife, now he was forcing their kids to conform - unacceptable. Detective Dean Reynolds has a full life as a single dad to his teenage daughter. He never expected to see Gail again. Especially not as coach to her seventeen-year-old son. She was his first. Could she be his last? Or would a jealous team mom cause an irreparable rift?

Mail Escort,
Viv already had her second chance at love. These days, he's addled with dementia and no longer recognizes her. Still, she feels guilty every time she teases and jokes with Mikail, the mail carrier at work. Even though she'd never cross the line, he's become a bright spot in her day. Fresh from a divorce which left him questioning his assumptions about what makes a successful relationship, Mikail thinks Viv is the perfect friend to help him regain his equilibrium. Yet when she has a crisis, nothing can stop him from being there for her. Can Mikail be the help she didn't know she could ask for?

Isolated Complications
Arif is a big-hearted, teddy-bear of a friend. Always, the friend. He recently left the safety of Haythen Construction to work for himself. Now he just needed to find a woman who wanted more than friendship. Kamilla is intrigued by the handsome guy she meets at her nephew's rugby fundraiser. He's funny, kind and a fellow business owner. Just when it looks like they have a chance, the pandemic pauses everything.

Mistaken Identity
Dave Hannah strikes up an online friendship with fellow single dad, ALVIE on the Single Parent's Anonymous online forum.
ALVIE is really Alison Vietz, who wonders if her forum-friend DHANNAH, is her old friend Dhannah, from elementary school. Online, she and DHANNAH bond over exasperation with another member, who constantly breaks the rules.
They don't realize they've just met in real life. Sparks fly until Dave mistakes her for someone else.

Falsely Accused
Rick's life gets blown apart when his ex-girlfriend's vengeful daughter accuses him of the unspeakable. As his court date grows closer, he worries being innocent isn't enough to clear the shadow over him. Tamera works for CPS and has no doubt that Rick is innocent... and not just because he's exactly her type. Can Tamera risk her career by being with him?

+2 Bonus Haythen Adjacent Novels set in the same universe as the Haythen Construction Series.

Re-Defining Naomi
Naomi was a dutiful daughter and an obedient wife until she adopts an alter-ego to help her protect her son. She's fierce, especially after she discovers someone is stealing from her father's company. Ben remembered Naomi from school. As her helps her find the thief he wonders can she be the one to make him risk falling in love again?

Maybe There's More
Christmas is the time for redemption, isn't it? Sarah has needed to be in control her entire life. She's alienated her family hits rock bottom on Christmas Eve. That's when Brian, her sexy new neighbour sees her. She's already on the path to redemption, he just wants to see her shine.