Brewing Up Forever
(2026)(The fourth book in the Hemlock Grove Romance series)
A novel by Lia Bradford
She was only supposed to stay in Hemlock Grove for eight weeks. Long enough to plan the Winter Market. Not long enough for her son to fall in love with the town’s favorite coffee shop owner.
Wren Parker knows how to build the perfect event.
Timelines, vendor maps, contracts, budgets — those she can handle. What she cannot handle is a small-town committee that runs on caffeine, good intentions, and the firm belief that ‘it’ll all work out.’ But the Hemlock Grove Winter Market is the kind of job that could open the right doors, and eight weeks in a quiet mountain town might be exactly what she and her two-year-old son need.
Temporary. Simple. Professional.
Until Asher Cole offers them the apartment above Rusty Bean.
Asher has never met a stranger. As the owner of Rusty Bean Coffee Shop & Roaster, older brother of Blair Cole, and unofficial problem-solver of Hemlock Grove, he knows everyone’s order, everyone’s business, and exactly how to make people feel like they belong. He is charming, funny, impossible to rush, and entirely too comfortable assuming Hemlock Grove will win Wren over eventually.
Wren is determined not to let that happen.
They clash over schedules, vendor layouts, committee chaos, and Asher’s infuriating habit of making every problem seem solvable with coffee and a smile. But forced proximity has a way of turning arguments into almost-kisses, and living above Rusty Bean makes it harder to ignore the man waiting downstairs every morning.
Especially when Wren’s little boy decides Asher is his new favorite person.
Asher never planned on falling for a woman with one foot out the door, and Wren never planned on watching her son find comfort in a man she is trying not to need. But Hemlock Grove has a way of pulling people in, and soon Wren starts wanting things she told herself were off-limits: community, belonging, love, and a future that feels like home.
Then her son’s father finds out.
The same man who always had an excuse when it was his weekend suddenly wants a say in where they belong. And as the Winter Market approaches, Wren has to decide whether the safest choice is going back to the life she knows…
Or trusting the one she never saw coming.
Brewing Up Forever is perfect for readers who love:
Small town holiday romance
Single mom romance
Enemies to lovers banter
Forced proximity
Workplace romance
Coffee shop romance
Cozy winter market vibes
Found family
Adorable kid moments
Funny, charming heroes
Protective heroes who show up
A heroine finding home where she least expects it
Soft open-door romance with deep emotional tension
Readers will love:
‘She was only supposed to stay eight weeks.’
‘Her son fell for him first.’
‘He gave them a place to stay and became the reason they wanted to.’
‘Frenemies above the coffee shop.’
‘Holiday market chaos with small-town heart.’
‘A funny, swoony coffee shop owner readers have been waiting four books to love.’
Genre: Romance
Wren Parker knows how to build the perfect event.
Timelines, vendor maps, contracts, budgets — those she can handle. What she cannot handle is a small-town committee that runs on caffeine, good intentions, and the firm belief that ‘it’ll all work out.’ But the Hemlock Grove Winter Market is the kind of job that could open the right doors, and eight weeks in a quiet mountain town might be exactly what she and her two-year-old son need.
Temporary. Simple. Professional.
Until Asher Cole offers them the apartment above Rusty Bean.
Asher has never met a stranger. As the owner of Rusty Bean Coffee Shop & Roaster, older brother of Blair Cole, and unofficial problem-solver of Hemlock Grove, he knows everyone’s order, everyone’s business, and exactly how to make people feel like they belong. He is charming, funny, impossible to rush, and entirely too comfortable assuming Hemlock Grove will win Wren over eventually.
Wren is determined not to let that happen.
They clash over schedules, vendor layouts, committee chaos, and Asher’s infuriating habit of making every problem seem solvable with coffee and a smile. But forced proximity has a way of turning arguments into almost-kisses, and living above Rusty Bean makes it harder to ignore the man waiting downstairs every morning.
Especially when Wren’s little boy decides Asher is his new favorite person.
Asher never planned on falling for a woman with one foot out the door, and Wren never planned on watching her son find comfort in a man she is trying not to need. But Hemlock Grove has a way of pulling people in, and soon Wren starts wanting things she told herself were off-limits: community, belonging, love, and a future that feels like home.
Then her son’s father finds out.
The same man who always had an excuse when it was his weekend suddenly wants a say in where they belong. And as the Winter Market approaches, Wren has to decide whether the safest choice is going back to the life she knows…
Or trusting the one she never saw coming.
Brewing Up Forever is perfect for readers who love:
Small town holiday romance
Single mom romance
Enemies to lovers banter
Forced proximity
Workplace romance
Coffee shop romance
Cozy winter market vibes
Found family
Adorable kid moments
Funny, charming heroes
Protective heroes who show up
A heroine finding home where she least expects it
Soft open-door romance with deep emotional tension
Readers will love:
‘She was only supposed to stay eight weeks.’
‘Her son fell for him first.’
‘He gave them a place to stay and became the reason they wanted to.’
‘Frenemies above the coffee shop.’
‘Holiday market chaos with small-town heart.’
‘A funny, swoony coffee shop owner readers have been waiting four books to love.’
Genre: Romance