The Art of Love: Collection One
(2026)(A book in the Art of Love series)
An omnibus of novels by Merry Farmer
Four artists. Four impossible romances. One family determined to save the place they love.
The Hawthorne family has poured everything into keeping their ancestral estate's arts center alive. For better or for worse, love has a way of finding them right in the middle of the fight. From a boardroom battle to a blacksmith forge, from a Renaissance faire to a Christmas charity drive, this collection follows four couples discovering that the art of love is messy, vulnerable, and always worth the risk.
Thrown
Ceramic artist Robbie Hawthorne will do anything to save Hawthorne House from a corporate buyout. But does that include teaming up with Toby Tillman, the abrasive financial world climber who irritates him on sight and turns him on even more? Between a Renaissance faire, a guest spot on reality competition show, and a road trip with only one bed, these two men from opposite sides of the tracks discover that saving a family legacy might mean losing their hearts in the process.
Painted
Painter Rhys Hawthorne is grieving, stuck, and dangerously fixated on Early Stevens. Early is younger, still finding their footing as nonbinary, and an employee of the Hawthorne family. The two are completely off-limits to each other, right? Not so fast! When Early is taken in by the Hawthornes after being kicked out by their parents, proximity becomes temptation, and one night of accidental passion forces both men to ask what they actually want from their lives.
Decorated
RAF officer Alfie Spears doesn't do Christmas…until Blaine Hawthorne, hiding out from a business disaster and a vengeful ex-partner, drags him into the arts center's holiday charity drive. Alfie can’t resist Blaine’s relentless and his campy enthusiasm. As Blaine works to make Alfie love Christmas and Alfie works to make Blaine face his problems, their holiday fling starts to feel like it could last well past New Year's.
Forged
Widower Nick Turner is drowning. He has two small kids, a looming deadline to finish a massive sculpture for a competition, and no idea how to ask for help. Then Bax Hawthorne, the accountant black sheep of his artistic family, falls into his life and his children's hearts. Nick always thought he was straight. The closer he gets to Bax, the less certain that feels…and the more it seems like this unlikely spark could forge a family none of them saw coming.
Step into Hawthorne House and fall in love four times over. Grab the collection today!
Genre: Romance
The Hawthorne family has poured everything into keeping their ancestral estate's arts center alive. For better or for worse, love has a way of finding them right in the middle of the fight. From a boardroom battle to a blacksmith forge, from a Renaissance faire to a Christmas charity drive, this collection follows four couples discovering that the art of love is messy, vulnerable, and always worth the risk.
Thrown
Ceramic artist Robbie Hawthorne will do anything to save Hawthorne House from a corporate buyout. But does that include teaming up with Toby Tillman, the abrasive financial world climber who irritates him on sight and turns him on even more? Between a Renaissance faire, a guest spot on reality competition show, and a road trip with only one bed, these two men from opposite sides of the tracks discover that saving a family legacy might mean losing their hearts in the process.
Painted
Painter Rhys Hawthorne is grieving, stuck, and dangerously fixated on Early Stevens. Early is younger, still finding their footing as nonbinary, and an employee of the Hawthorne family. The two are completely off-limits to each other, right? Not so fast! When Early is taken in by the Hawthornes after being kicked out by their parents, proximity becomes temptation, and one night of accidental passion forces both men to ask what they actually want from their lives.
Decorated
RAF officer Alfie Spears doesn't do Christmas…until Blaine Hawthorne, hiding out from a business disaster and a vengeful ex-partner, drags him into the arts center's holiday charity drive. Alfie can’t resist Blaine’s relentless and his campy enthusiasm. As Blaine works to make Alfie love Christmas and Alfie works to make Blaine face his problems, their holiday fling starts to feel like it could last well past New Year's.
Forged
Widower Nick Turner is drowning. He has two small kids, a looming deadline to finish a massive sculpture for a competition, and no idea how to ask for help. Then Bax Hawthorne, the accountant black sheep of his artistic family, falls into his life and his children's hearts. Nick always thought he was straight. The closer he gets to Bax, the less certain that feels…and the more it seems like this unlikely spark could forge a family none of them saw coming.
Step into Hawthorne House and fall in love four times over. Grab the collection today!
Genre: Romance
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