Sugarplums & Second Chances
(2025)(The second book in the SnowDrop Inn series)
A novel by Josephine Beintema
🎄 A bustling inn. A golden-hearted architect. A Bennet who learned the hard way not to trust her heart.
Jane Bennet has always been the dependable one. The oldest sister.. The baker who fed everyone else before herself. As the Snowdrop Inn prepares for its first Christmas and its first wedding, Jane is juggling holiday menus, wedding chaos, and the pressure of making everything perfect.
She did not plan on Braxton Hale.
Braxton is charming, earnest, and entirely too attentive for Jane’s comfort. He insists on carrying trays, fixing things that are not broken, and looking at her like she matters. After a painful past with a former boss who took advantage of her kindness and crushed her confidence, Jane is not interested in being fooled again.
But when a celebrity chef crashes the wedding plans complete with a camera crew, impossible demands, and memories Jane would rather forget, sparks fly, tempers fray, and the inn fills faster than anyone expected.
Between surprise guests, a makeshift apartment with no running water, and a weeklong wedding countdown, Jane and Braxton keep finding themselves in close quarters. Some moments are sweet. Some are awkward. Some are impossible to ignore.
And when outside voices start questioning whether Jane fits into Braxton’s world at all, Jane must decide whether protecting her heart means keeping it guarded… or taking a chance at love.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
• small-town charm
• cozy winter romance
• golden-retriever heroes
• slow-burn tension
• Jane Austen–inspired retellings
• sweet heat and full-heart happily ever afters
Sugarplums & Second Chances is Book Two in the Snowdrop Inn Romance Series and can be read as a standalone, though readers will enjoy returning to Maple Ridge after Snowflakes & Sweethearts.
Genre: Romance
Jane Bennet has always been the dependable one. The oldest sister.. The baker who fed everyone else before herself. As the Snowdrop Inn prepares for its first Christmas and its first wedding, Jane is juggling holiday menus, wedding chaos, and the pressure of making everything perfect.
She did not plan on Braxton Hale.
Braxton is charming, earnest, and entirely too attentive for Jane’s comfort. He insists on carrying trays, fixing things that are not broken, and looking at her like she matters. After a painful past with a former boss who took advantage of her kindness and crushed her confidence, Jane is not interested in being fooled again.
But when a celebrity chef crashes the wedding plans complete with a camera crew, impossible demands, and memories Jane would rather forget, sparks fly, tempers fray, and the inn fills faster than anyone expected.
Between surprise guests, a makeshift apartment with no running water, and a weeklong wedding countdown, Jane and Braxton keep finding themselves in close quarters. Some moments are sweet. Some are awkward. Some are impossible to ignore.
And when outside voices start questioning whether Jane fits into Braxton’s world at all, Jane must decide whether protecting her heart means keeping it guarded… or taking a chance at love.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
• small-town charm
• cozy winter romance
• golden-retriever heroes
• slow-burn tension
• Jane Austen–inspired retellings
• sweet heat and full-heart happily ever afters
Sugarplums & Second Chances is Book Two in the Snowdrop Inn Romance Series and can be read as a standalone, though readers will enjoy returning to Maple Ridge after Snowflakes & Sweethearts.
Genre: Romance
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