Apple Cart County Character Side Stories: Sweet Southern Romantic Comedy Collection

By Kaci Lane

Brewin' Up Love

My new adult life is going as planned . . . until my boyfriend gets drafted.

Luckily it's just baseball, not war.

Although I'm fighting pretty hard to make a long-term relationship transition seamlessly into long-distance.

One minute Nate and I are headed to college. The next he's joining a minor league team in Atlanta. The only part of my life not changing is my family's apple orchard and good old Apple Cart, Alabama.

Part of me is ready to spread my wings and see what the rest of the world has to offer. But Nate's the other part of the equation-the solution to the "x" that was missing in my life. One that I pray never becomes an "ex."

We made a promise to love each other forever. That's a promise I know I can keep.

But can that promise outlast us chasing separate dreams?

Baking Spirits Bright

I came up with the perfect plan to launch my career as a marketing professional and put my family's apple orchard on the map. Then my quirky old landlord stole my idea to declare an official Apple Cart apple dessert and suggested a county-wide bakeoff.

That leaves me to defend my family's desserts among others in town. For better or worse, it brings more exposure to Apple Cart.

It also brings a handsome man my age to town.

But there has to be a catch. Not until I've bared my soul to him for days do I discover he's a famous Southern food blogger. Was our connection genuine, or was he playing me for intel on Apple Cart?

Guitars and Sandbars

The last person I expected to see on a music video set was my high school boyfriend.

After high school, I headed south to attend culinary classes while he moved to Music City. The last time I saw him was in our hometown Dollar General.

Until this week . . .

What are the odds that we'd end up on the same beach years later?

I landed my first big catering gig for the set of his first video. That's got to be fate, right?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKX5TTZG
• ISBN13: 9798295593406
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Kaci Lane Creations, LLC
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"