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From Scalpel to Storyline: Real-Life Medicine Meets Romance in Yukon Valley

August 7, 2025 · Posted by Tule Publishing

I’m so excited to be here talking with you about books – one of my favorite topics! That, and my love of medicine. Given my career as a doctor and the types of books I’ve released this year, it’s no surprise that I really love talking about the spot where medicine and fiction come together!

Tule editor extraordinaire, Julie Sturgeon, standing next to a poster of the series she helped bring to you. We’re goofing off because we can’t take a serious photo to save our lives. This was taken at Indy Author Event in Indianapolis, and yes I’ll be there next year – happily talking about books, books, books!

At first I wasn’t sure what to write for the Tule Book Blog. But as I sat, bone-weary, having just finished 10 days of locums work in the middle of nowhere, I thought maybe sharing a bit of life-becomes-fiction-becomes-life would be fun to read about! Or exhausting to read about. Either way, entertaining.

As you know, all three books in the YUKON VALLEY, ALASKA hospital series are now published! It’s a medical romance series that’s “Grey’s Anatomy meets Northern Exposure” and it was so fun to write and share with readers!

These books focus on healthcare professionals of all stripes who have to overcome physical, emotional, and geographic challenges to not only save lives, but to find true love.

ALASKA, the first book in the series, follows a rural locums (temporary) physician who travels from sunny, warm Georgia to frigid Alaska where she butts heads with the town’s head paramedic, even as they must work together to help patients.

Story time! I wrote the first draft of DR. ALASKA back in 2021, when I was still working a full-time job in a very rural part of the country. My duties included hospital admissions, deliveries and c-sections, newborn care, and lots of procedures. I had never done locums work, although I had previously received the support of locums physicians in my own practice.

One of the many End of the World locations. You can almost see Canada from here!

In this photo, I’m prepping for an endoscopy case in mid-2020 – aka COVID pandemic hell. I was the hospital’s chief of staff at the time. Our facility was swamped with extremely sick patients, and the medical staff was spread so thin. I remember being very, very tired in this picture. But hey, I was still “smizing,” right?

Fast forward to May of 2024 when I received the contract from Tule to publish all three books in the medical romance series! Right around the same time, I began working as a locums doc myself. My job involved temporarily taking over practice duties for rural physicians.

It was a truly surreal experience bringing the first book, DR. ALASKA, to publication, given that the story was about a locums doctor doing literally the job I was currently doing, also at a very remote location. I was experiencing the same things the character experienced! (Minus the sexy sled-dog racer/paramedic, darn it.)

In my car at the End Of The World, -20F, blizzard, hospital parking lot. I really don’t want to exit the warm vehicle to go check on a laboring patient.

There would be moments when editing all three books where I changed certain details because of the real-time, real-life experiences I was having. There were moments where my life basically became my fiction! Talk about a weird adventure!

All that to say, I love what I do from a medical practice perspective. Even though I’m now settled into a job in academic medicine (I’m a professor now – what?), I still do locums work 3-4 times each year in rural places. It’s a great way to keep my skills sharp, help colleagues, and bring back knowledge and experiences to pass along to the next generation of physicians.

It’s also good fodder for future books … So stay tuned. I’m not done with Yukon Valley yet. ☺

If you enjoy my stories (real or fictional), I hope you’ll hang out with me on my newsletter https://www.jilliandavid.net/newsletter-signup.html. There, you can stay up to date with all of my shenanigans!

Here are some other pictures of places where I’ve practiced medicine:

Just outside of a town I worked in. This area wasn’t “rural” it was “frontier” which apparently is even less-populated than “rural”… some Ob patients drove 2-3 hours to get to my hospital!

In this location, the town and hospital were at the base of a mountain range, so I could go snowshoeing or skiing but still be close enough to take call!

When caring for entire families, I get to know people so well. This pregnant couple had a great sense of humor. On his wife’s instructions, the patient’s husband popped up from behind the drape while she was having her c-section, and said “cheese” and of course I smiled. Which you cannot see because … mask. Yup, I’m a dork. Yup, I got permission to use this picture. Nope, there’s no HIPAA violation if you don’t know who, where, or when.

On the outskirts of a town (can you see the town from here? sure you can!) in the middle of the country in the absolute middle of nowhere!

Just outside of the town in Appalachia where I worked for several years.

About the Author

Award-winning and bestselling author Jillian David quickly writes then slowly edits medical romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense books. She loves to use medical situations and characters to drive drama in her books. Her favorite cell is the platelet and her least-favorite organ is the pancreas. She fully believes that curse words, when appropriately deployed during surgery, are hemostatic. Which also explains why no book of hers will ever bleed out…

August Heat and Sizzling New Romances from Tule – a match guaranteed for this month’s hot new romances!

July 31, 2025 · Posted by Tule Publishing

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book of their choice from the August romance releases.

Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

Deal with the Texas Soldier

by Julie Benson

Former soldier Tanner Jordan embraces the opportunities in his new town of Service, Texas. He’s invested in a business that requires his trouble-shooting skills, and when he finds out his new partner is a hometown girl with a huge heart, sassy mouth and a brilliant brain, he’s struck gold. He relishes challenges in work and pleasure.

Reese Cartwright isn’t thrilled when her granddad sells his share in the family business to an outsider, even though he is a friend. But she’s not expecting her new partner to be sexy as sin, and eager to make changes. Reese issues a challenge—winner take all—convinced she’ll win.

Tanner—a true Texan—is game, and their sizzling attraction soon ignites. Tanner wants it all—Reese and their business partnership, but can this stubborn beauty compromise so that they can both win?

Five Alarm Love

by Jillian David

Lives—and hearts—are on the line in Yukon Valley, Alaska.

Yukon Valley Fire Chief Tuli Sampson has spent years protecting his hometown, but the only thing he’s ever wanted to save is Louise Wright’s heart. His childhood best friend has always been his anchor, steady and unyielding like the Yukon River. Now, with his career thriving and his charm earning him fame as a tourist influencer, Tuli is ready to risk it all for the woman who’s been his forever girl.

Louise Wright, a shy and dedicated medic, has spent her life dreaming of more—more courage, more love, and maybe even Tuli. He’s always been her secret wish, the one man who could make her heart race faster than a snowstorm. But just as their undeniable chemistry sparks into something real, Lou receives devastating news that threatens to shatter their future.

Caught between her own happiness and Tuli’s, Louise chooses his. But in a town where matchmakers never quit and love runs deeper than the salmon-filled rivers, can these childhood friends turn years of longing into a lifetime together?

The Bad Boy’s Homecoming

by Stella Holt

She doesn’t care about his fame. He doesn’t trust her motives. Let the sparks fly.

Baseball bad boy Levi Hart is tired of playing a part. Dubbed The Beast at Bat, he’s built a career on swagger and scandal—but he’s done being a brand. When team management demands more drama for ratings, Levi walks. Adrift and at a crossroads, he heads to his hometown for some quiet…and lands in anything but.

Missy Shaw finally has stability—her art is selling, her past is behind her, and her friendship with her sweet elderly landlord has brought unexpected joy. What she didn’t sign up for? Sharing the house with the woman’s grumpy, gorgeous, and very famous grandson.

Levi thinks Missy’s a gold digger. Missy thinks Levi’s a judgmental jerk. But forced to live under the same roof, the tension between them is more than just irritation—it’s attraction. And it’s getting harder to ignore.

He’s used to being wanted for the wrong reasons. She’s vowed never to fall for a player. But what if this game of opposites is one worth playing?

The Cowboy’s Downfall

by Paula Altenburg

His first mistake…saying yes.

Retired bull rider Nix McCray savors his freedom riding the range. Let a woman run his life? Never again. Those days are behind him. When the Endeavour Ranch asks him to run a bull riding clinic for teens, he agrees. How much trouble can a group of kids be? No idea, but the uptight, hyper responsible older sister of a reckless seventeen-year girl sure becomes a burr in his side, disturbing his calm.

Self-assured lawyer Shauna Walsh has always followed the rules. When her flighty mother begs her to take her sister following the latest school expulsion, Shauna’s confident she can prevail. Wrong. She’s out of her depth. Worse, the amused, sexy cowboy running the rodeo clinic is everything she shouldn’t want, yet he has a super power over her once sleepy libido.

Soon, the unruly teenager determined to shock everyone is the least of Shauna and Nix’s problems. How can they explore the fire burning between them, yet keep the casual affair a secret in a rural community when they’re supposed to be setting a good example?

Breaking the Alpha

by Katja Desjarlais

He’s a perfect disaster. She’s a perfect escape.

River Baker has traded his failed marriage, a social media disaster, and his modeling career in LA for his hometown of Epson. Awaiting him is the notorious Baker reputation, a job at his brother’s tattoo shop, Serpent’s Tongue Ink, and there’s no escaping the judgment over why he couldn’t keep his ‘perfect life’ together. But when he meets a business woman who sees past his handsome façade to the scars he hides, River finds the true escape he seeks.

Angelina Watson owns Wholly Yours and strives to live a quiet life of balance. A free spirit who never felt like she belonged, Angelina has created her own peaceful world of candles, essential oils, and trinkets as unique as she is. The broken, conflicted River sets her passion and her bed on fire, but she wants to be his partner, not his crutch.

Torn between perfection, expectation, and love, River has a choice to make before Angelina makes it for him and walks away for good.

Vices, Villains and the Viscount

by Karla Kratovil

An evening of flirtation is interrupted by murder, casting two bruised hearts together as they hunt for the killer.

Elizabeth Harper once had a fairytale romance, but her dreams of a happy future were shattered when her aristocratic fiancé was killed, leaving her unwed and pregnant. Seven years later, she’s a fiercely independent single mother running her late father’s newspaper. Research for her latest article investigating vice in London leads her to an infamous gaming hell where she searches for a friend’s missing daughter.

Owner of the Blue Angel, Matthew Reeves, was betrayed as a child by his family. Abandoning his respectable name and old life, he reinvented himself on the streets of London. The Blue Angel employees are his family, and he will do anything to protect them from a busybody reporter determined to defame its reputation.

In this spicy historical romance, a whip-smart newspaper editor and a devilishly handsome gaming hell owner join forces to find a killer. Can they push aside their mutual mistrust and learn to believe in love again?

What the Cowboy Wants

by Elsa Winckler

The night Influencer Rose Dalton gets dumped live on social media—when she and her millions of followers were expecting a marriage proposal—is the night Rose drives away from her life in Seattle. She’s hurt and angry, mostly at herself for becoming someone she hardly recognizes. She’s also at fault when she almost drives off the road near a town called Marietta, earning a scolding from a cowboy with the most amazing blue eyes she’s ever seen.

Cooper Weston is known as the horse whisperer. He prefers animals to people and loves working with skittish and abused horses on his family’s vast ranch. Women love him, and he enjoys them, but he’s yet to meet one who’s interested in anything besides fashion, social media, and taking pictures of everything.

Then he lays eyes on the wounded, secretive Rose and he wonders if he can trust her with his past, and Rose isn’t sure she’s brave enough to hand over her bruised heart to the quiet sexy cowboy.

Chasing Carolina Jessamine

by Laurie Beach

Sometimes, beauty’s not enough…

Carolina Jessamine Boone was created to be beautiful. At least that’s what she’s been told her whole life. So, why is she still alone?

Jessa has a good job at the island winery and is making an old Lowcountry bungalow into a home—she’s content, and certainly has no need for a man. But anonymous gifts left through an old milk door raise both questions and memories of the past. Were the gifts left by the suave outsider who has designs on not just her, but the winery itself? Could they be from the boy who broke her heart years ago? Or is she about to finally discover who her father is?

The more Jessa opens her heart, the more she puts herself at risk. But sometimes heartbreak is simply a nudge onto a new, better path.

Fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey and Karen White will find this sweet Lowcountry novel full of Southern charm, family drama, and the kind of no-nonsense wisdom one finds among the close-knit communities of the South Carolina sea islands.

Marching along into our April releases at Tule (plus, a GIVEAWAY!).

April 1, 2025 · Posted by Tule Publishing

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book of their choice from the April romance releases.

Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

What They Don’t Know

by Susan Sands

When the past comes to call…

Following the death of her mother and the breakup with her cheating fiancé, clinical therapist, Bree Hawthorne, has built a new life for herself and her pup, Tiny, in the mountains of Moonshine, Georgia. Her practice is thriving, and occasionally, she consults with law enforcement, calling on her insights into human behavior to profile and catch criminals. She finally feels happy, and then the body of a former patient is discovered.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s agent, Mitch Calloway, is investigating the death of a woman who disappeared two years ago. When he meets Bree, Mitch inadvertently offends the blonde bombshell therapist. Though a skilled investigator, his social skills are beyond rusty, but Bree can forgive much if pie is involved.

Through her experience with cults and unfortunate family ties, Bree is dragged into the investigation, and soon she and the handsome, though seriously awkward GBI officer go undercover as man and wife at a suspicious nature retreat where several women have gone missing. For Bree, it’s a chance for closure on her unconventional past—if she and Mitch can survive the investigation.

Fly By Night

by Kelly Cain

Can an unforgettable one-night stand in London threaten a 100-year-old family legacy in Texas?

Ambitious airline pilot Margaret Hawthorne grew up shadowed by her family’s legacy, beginning with a couple of Tuskegee Airmen ancestors. She adores flying but feels the weight of being the oldest. She’s poised to succeed her father, though her grandfather stands firm: only male heirs can take the mantel of the company. When her hot English hook-up arrives and befriends her brother, Margaret is suspicious. She doesn’t believe in coincidence.

Posh corporate recruiter Lewis Watson-Grosvenor knows his meteoric rise is related to his English family’s money and connections. Starting out fresh in the states will be a way to prove himself and leave a very public breakup behind. When Lewis discovers the flight-school director he’s been pursuing professionally is the brother of his memorable one-night stand, he knows he must play his cards close to his chest.

As their attraction blooms, so do the secrets and conflicts of interest. Can Margaret and Lewis find a way to trust each other between the ground and thirty-thousand feet?

Love at First Flight

by Janine Amesta

Can the most awkward ‘Meet Cute’ lead to something real?

When Selah Moreno‘s father unexpectedly dies, she abandons her dream job as an airline pilot to helm her family’s struggling hot air balloon business. While piloting is in Selah’s blood, the pressure of being everyone’s rock leaves little room to breathe. It’s no wonder she gets caught up in the daydream of flirting with a handsome potential client…until she finds out he’s booking a proposal flight.

Smith Rock park ranger Dex Westerly wants to take his relationship to the next level, but nothing goes right. His proposal is rejected and a rogue wind tips the basket upon landing, sending the pretty and curvaceous balloon pilot into his lap where she makes an ill-timed joke, increasing his humiliation.

Months later, Dex and Selah bump into each other and bond over business struggles. Dex proposes a marketing partnership to promote her balloon tours while raising funds for the park’s new wildlife rescue program. Sparks fly between them, and when a promotional social media post goes viral, they’re pushed into a pretend whirlwind romance that starts to feel too close to love.

Their Patchwork Family

by Fiona Marsden

What does it take to make a patchwork family?

Leo Farrell has been picking up after his cousin Tinker all his life, even to the point of providing financially for his dead cousin’s secret daughter. When the young girl loses her grandmother and her stable home, Leo knows he has no options but to bring her to Kurrajong Crossing and raise her as his own.

Single mother Tamara’s one night with wayward musician, Tinker, gave her a cherished son, and while the fling was a mistake, and she’s weathered Tinker’s cousin Leo’s silent disapproval for years, she’s grateful to have her child. Then Leo brings home a daughter no one knew existed, sending the gossips into a frenzy.

The children become fast friends, and Tamara and Leo’s long-held dislike of each other quickly turns into fierce attraction. But with secrets set to unravel, how far are they prepared to go to give their children the life they deserve? And will they finally find the kind of love they’ve both been yearning for?

The Dogwood Days of Summer

by Laurie Beach

Should she choose love or freedom?

After years of committing her life to a man she knew wasn’t right for her, Brooke Warter found the backbone to quit that relationship—and now she’s back in Goose Island, South Carolina, sharing a house with her squabbling parents and kooky grandmother.

On the other hand, she has a job working with her best friend at the local winery, and she has space to figure out what comes next. Brooke just needs to keep moving forward and a solid future will automatically follow.

So when old summer camp friends return to her life, she’s not gung-ho on going backward. Especially since she never really let go of her first love—Nathan Daugherty, whom she met when he showed up to camp with his clothes in a grocery bag. After all, childhood fantasies don’t always equal good adult choices, and she needs to stop defining herself based on her relationship status.

But what if a second chance with Nate could offer a whole lot more?

Fans of Susan Sands and Mary Alice Monroe will find themselves charmed with Goose Island!

Bad Boy in Her Bed

by Katja Desjarlais

Bad boy Birch Baker doesn’t run until he meets a woman worth running for.

Tattoo artist Birch Baker has one goal : support his younger brothers so they can escape their hometown and build successful lives without the burden of the notorious Baker reputation. An ex-con from the wrong side of the water tower, he works hard and keeps his head down, looking up just long enough to see his high school crush, Jocelyn Carter, walk through the door of Serpent’s Tongue Ink.

Forensic accountant and former golden girl track star Jocelyn is back in Epson to hunt down the cooked books of shell companies feeding an elusive corporation with potentially criminal connections. A chance run-in with one of Epson’s infamous Baker boys is an alluring distraction—until she discovers one of the businesses she’s investigating belongs to Birch Baker, the man currently warming her bed and stealing her heart.

She won’t risk losing her integrity or career.

He won’t risk losing his family.

But both are losing themselves in each other and sooner or later, something has to break.

Paging Dr. Breakup

by Jillian David

Widow Deirdre Steen has spent the last five years making sure she’s the best chief nursing officer Yukon Valley Hospital has ever seen. It cost her a personal life—and protected her heart. But now her childhood friend, Dr. Calvin Garrett—the one who got away—is temporarily lending his emergency medicine skills to their rural hospital in Alaska’s interior. The community’s relentless matchmaking network loves a challenge, which leaves Deirdre with one viable option: a fake dating pact with Calvin until the spring Breakup Festival and his inevitable departure to his regular job and his life in Seattle.

Calvin moved away years ago rather than watch his best friend marry Deirdre. Now, amazingly, she’s in Calvin’s bed and the center of his world. Yet a woman like Deirdre deserves forever—as well as a man who didn’t finish as runner-up the first time around.

Can an Alaskan spring thaw help two wounded healers thaw the ice surrounding their hearts and fulfill this second chance at love?

Tule Author Q&A: Jillian David has a strong tie to writing medical romance and shares some insights leading to her Tule debut!

January 3, 2025 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Jillian, your background in medicine clearly influences your writing. How did you transition from the medical field to becoming an award-winning and bestselling author? I didn’t transition — not really! I’m a practicing rural doctor who also writes romance. I’ve practiced for (mumbles) years and I’ve been writing since around 2011, with my first book published in 2015. Some days are super strange. I might have complicated inpatients or a crash c-section or a full clinic schedule, then I come home and I’m like — okay, time to edit some pages of fiction! Or, there are times when I’m drafting a novel, and I get called away on an emergency.

You write across several romance subgenres: medical, paranormal, and romantic suspense. How do you approach blending these elements in your stories? It comes naturally. My inclination is to try and put a spin on the story, whether it’s some otherworldly element or adventure or suspense. Even in this recent Yukon Valley Hospital medical romance series, I put quite a bit of suspense in it. I can’t help myself! But one thing has been a constant: in all of my books, even the paranormal ones, there are always medical components to the stories. When I write medical characters or medical scenarios, I lean into what I know best but also make the book enjoyable and realistic for readers!

Medical situations play a significant role in your books. Can you share how you decide which medical scenarios to include and how you ensure their accuracy? First of all, HIPAA disclaimer: I have never written an identifiable scenario from my own practice. Now, that being said, I definitely have drawn on life experiences! In terms of what to include, there are parts of medicine that lend themselves well to romance novels — pregnancy/birth, emergency room work, first responders, small-town practices. Then there are other aspects that don’t work quite as well — colonoscopies, skin rashes, foot fungus. I mean, hey, I can be realistic, but at the end of the day, I don’t want readers grossed out!

Your books are known for their dramatic and intense scenes. How do you balance the medical accuracy with the need for compelling storytelling? Sheer luck and amazing editing.

How excited are you to be writing for Tule?! What can readers expect from your Tule debut in January? I’m so excited to be writing for Tule! Everyone has been welcoming and kind. For my medical romance releasing in January, Dr. Alaska, readers can expect classic Jillian David: suspense, snappy dialogue, funny secondary characters, steamy romance, and realistic medical scenarios that make you feel like you’re RIGHT THERE treating the condition!

What inspired you to write in the romance genre, and what do you find most rewarding about creating love stories? I love writing romance because life is stressful. My professional life is stressful and readers’ lives are stressful. I want to create books with payoff for my readers: hard-fought happy endings, the bad person gets what’s coming to them, and characters who have to challenge their inner demons to be with the person who ends up being the perfect fit for them. The best reward is when a reader tells me how much they enjoyed the experience of reading my book and how it made them feel (happy, emotional, on pins and needles, etc.). For me, that’s the secret sauce of writer happiness right there.

Did/has anything surprised you in your upcoming romance for Tule? Did you discover something about one of your characters along the way? I was surprised by how exposed I felt while writing Dr. Alaska. Out of all the books I’ve ever written, this one has been the hardest to craft, mostly because I drew from more emotions and experiences in my life than any other book to date. There was a point when I was drafting the book and it just wasn’t flowing. I had to make a conscious decision to let myself be vulnerable when writing this book. I reminded myself that I could always edit it later!

How do you keep your medical knowledge up-to-date, and how does this continuous learning influence your writing? I have to do quarterly CME (continuing medical education) to maintain my license and board certification. Also, I teach medical students and residents. If ever there’s a way to stay on your toes as a doctor, it’s having a learner ask lots of questions. Apparently me saying, “Because I’ve always done it this way” is not an acceptable answer! As for writing, my hunger to keep learning gets fed when I attend craft workshops, read marketing articles, and spend time listening to other successful authors.

What advice would you give to aspiring authors who want to incorporate their professional expertise into their fiction? Using professional expertise is an excellent way to enter fiction writing, but also a great way to establish your brand. One example that comes to mind is Rachel Grant who was an archeologist and writes series that are chock-full of antiquities, cultural implications of archaeological finds, and settings where artifacts are being unearthed. Her expertise brings her fiction to life!

BONUS: What is one comfort read that you will reach for over and over again? I can’t pick just one! Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series, Robin McKinley’s Damar duology. And I’ve re-read JR Ward’s Lover Eternal more times than I can count!

Cheers to the new year and NEW romance releases from Tule!

January 2, 2025 · Posted by Tule Publishing

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book of their choice from the January romance releases. Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

In the small town of Hazard, finding your soulmate might require magical intervention.

She loves to stir this Colorado cowboy up…

Grey’s Anatomy, meet Northern Exposure…

Destiny’s River, Texas: A chance to begin a new life—and new loves.

She’s not looking for love, but a handsome veterinarian and a lost puppy have other plans…

Is she ready to take a risk?

They have seven days to break the curse…

New Year, New Love: Seven Romances to Anticipate in 2025

December 30, 2024 · Posted by Tule Publishing

It’s a good thing romance never goes out of style, no matter what year we find ourselves in! And here at Tule, we pride ourselves on having the very best and brightest romance novels, especially our newest releases you haven’t met yet!

Get ready for the new year, because we have seven intense, charming, and swoon-worthy romances coming to your shelves in 2025.

These books are immediate adds to any TBR and will give you sweet, spice, and everything in between.

One-Night Crush by Mia Heintzelman

RELEASING: February 11, 2025

After a banner year, Marcello Fortemani is eager to prove his value at his family’s Napa vineyard. The youngest of four siblings, he’s used to having his ideas ignored. But when he suspects a collaboration with local competitor Whitaker Vineyard & Winery, Marcello quickly volunteers to take the lead.

Excited for his big shot, he pre-celebrates at the bar where he runs into Holly Whitaker—the babysitter of his preteen dreams. She’s back in Napa, and… doesn’t recognize him? Marcello isn’t about to remind her, either. Especially, when she brings his fantasies to life with a fiery one-night stand.

But the day before the quarterly meeting, he learns his family’s vineyard isn’t partnering but acquiring hers. Now, she feels deceived, and he’s shocked to find they’re both vying for international exports director. What started as a steamy night escalates into a battle of pranks and tactics as they gear up for a brand test at Vintner’s Weekend in Tuscany.

Despite the competition, their chemistry is undeniable—she lets him take care of her, and he finds belonging. But will they fight to win, or call a truce for love?

Heintzelman’s latest installment in her Fortemani Family series follows the youngest Fortemani sibling as he seeks to establish his own legacy in the family business. Full of family drama, pining tropes, and rivals in competition, One-Night Crush offers the very best of the romance genre. Pre-order HERE for its February 2025 release!

A Saltwater Christmas by Laurie Beach

RELEASING: February 20, 2025

Christmas is a time of miracles–but is it magical enough to change a person’s mind?

Allie Westley’s Christmas will be a bit different this year. She’s taken a big step to move away from Nashville to Goose Island, South Carolina, to pursue her dream of becoming a wine enologist, and she’s not tripping over this chance to make a break from her family, either. She’ll spend December 25 doing her own thing. Although the beach might be cold, it is the perfect place for new traditions.

But she was also counting on her new roommate, Sam Clare, to be a sister she never had. Instead, Sam is an ex-military man now working as a paramedic. Even his dog, Buttercup, is part wolf. Yet he turns out to be the most understanding person in her new world, despite the fact that she’s declared him her enemy.

As the season’s activities bring them together, Allie uncovers several details her new circle of friends weren’t forthcoming about. But will the secret Sam’s keeping break her heart or mend what she didn’t realize was broken?

Beach’s newest release combines a holiday, small-town setting, miscommunication tropes, and a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance. Pre-order HERE!

How to Lose a Cowboy in Ten Days by Kaz Delaney

RELEASING: March 4, 2025

Liberty Fox knows better than to be taken in by a handsome face and a hot body, especially when the cowboy’s playboy reputation proceeds him. She’s on a mission to discover her real identity, and doesn’t want the distraction of a charming, cheeky cowboy who makes her laugh and yearn for a place to belong.

Successful livestock broker and rancher, Jack Halligan, knows there’s something missing in his life, but gorgeous Liberty Fox is definitely not it, no matter how perfect she feels in his arms. Still, offering his ranch house as a sanctuary when her life is threatened by a stalker, is understandable.

Appointing himself her bodyguard and spending time with the beautiful and compassionate Liberty is turning Jack’s world upside down, but maybe the collision of their two very different worlds is to blame. Neither Jack nor Liberty know whether they should run towards each other or run away.

Reminiscent of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Delaney’s newest Montana-Born release combines a heroine in search of herself, a charming male protagonist with a reputation, and a one-of-a-kind situation that forces the two together. Pre-order TODAY in preparation for its March 2025 release!

A Summer to Remember by Cassidy Carter

RELEASING: March 20, 2025

Careful what you wish for…

When single mom Delaney Phillips recommends that her boss and best friend, Wyatt Andrews, audition for a reality show that rescues dying businesses, she’s trying to save more than just precious childhood memories. Her home and job are also on the line. But when the slick host arrives full of ideas guaranteed to change the character of the resort, Delaney is worried. Worse, the host has romantic designs on Wyatt, and Delaney realizes she’s deeply in love with her best friend.

All Wyatt has ever wanted was to run his family’s Cabins in the Pine Resort, but when a highway bypass leaves them too far off the beaten path, he’s in danger of losing everything. Delaney’s brainstorm sounds crazy, and it’s crazier when his business is chosen to be “fixed.” When the glamorous host and her crew arrive, they are hilariously unequipped to handle nature or the remote location, but more concerning—his friendship with Delaney is unraveling.

Can Wyatt save his family’s legacy and friendship with Delaney? Has Delaney waited too long to show Wyatt how much he means to her?

Pre-order Carter’s debut release HERE!

Love at First Flight by Janine Amesta

RELEASING: April 15, 2025

Can the most awkward ‘Meet Cute’ lead to something real?

When Selah Moreno‘s father unexpectedly dies, she abandons her dream job as an airline pilot to helm her family’s struggling hot air balloon business. While piloting is in Selah’s blood, the pressure of being everyone’s rock leaves little room to breathe. It’s no wonder she gets caught up in the daydream of flirting with a handsome potential client…until she finds out he’s booking a proposal flight.

Smith Rock park ranger Dex Westerly wants to take his relationship to the next level, but nothing goes right. His proposal is rejected and a rogue wind tips the basket upon landing, sending the pretty and curvaceous balloon pilot into his lap where she makes an ill-timed joke, increasing his humiliation.

Pre-order Love at First Flight HERE!

Paging Dr. Breakup by Jillian David

RELEASING: April 29, 2025

Widow Deirdre Steen has spent the last five years making sure she’s the best chief nursing officer Yukon Valley Hospital has ever seen. It cost her a personal life—and protected her heart. But now her childhood friend, Dr. Calvin Garrett—the one who got away—is temporarily lending his emergency medicine skills to their rural hospital in Alaska’s interior. The community’s relentless matchmaking network loves a challenge, which leaves Deirdre with one viable option: a fake dating pact with Calvin until the spring Breakup Festival and his inevitable departure to his regular job and his life in Seattle.

Can an Alaskan spring thaw help two wounded healers thaw the ice surrounding their hearts and fulfill this second chance at love?

David’s Paging Dr. Breakup combines the fast-paced hospital setting of Grey’s Anatomy, the fake-dating trope of Emily Henry’s Funny Story, and the brisk weather of Yukon Valley, Alaska. Pre-order HERE!

The Seal’s Promise by Stella Holt

RELEASING: May 22, 2025

He never expected to return to his hometown, but now he can’t leave her behind again.

Dr. Dalton Hart left his small Southern beach town fifteen years ago to become a Navy SEAL. Now he’s back, and Sandy Point is buzzing over his return. He thought he came home to help his family, but his oldest brother will barely speak to him and his childhood friend is trying to avoid him. Worse, if he wants to stay, he’ll have to face the secret that’s haunted him ever since he left.

Brooke Garcia can’t believe this ripped, blue-eyed SEAL is back in her life or that she’s stuck working with him. She’s no stranger to smooth-talking hometown heroes—she married one, and he broke her heart. Now a single mom, she doesn’t have time to indulge in walks down memory lane. Brooke never forgave Dalton for the way he left town without even saying good-bye, and she’s not interested in making amends.

But soul mates have a way of finding you…even when you’re not ready.

A Navy SEAL’s dramatic homecoming, an earth-shattering secret, and a second-chance romance await you in Holt’s first Southern Hart Brothers release. Pre-order TODAY!

Written by Tule Marketing Intern, Kristina Gaffney

Tag Archives: Jillian David

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Deal with the Texas Soldier

by Julie Benson

Five Alarm Love

by Jillian David

The Bad Boy’s Homecoming

by Stella Holt

The Cowboy’s Downfall

by Paula Altenburg

Breaking the Alpha

by Katja Desjarlais

Vices, Villains and the Viscount

by Karla Kratovil

What the Cowboy Wants

by Elsa Winckler

Chasing Carolina Jessamine

by Laurie Beach

Top five questions about Jillian’s medical romance series!

Marching along into our April releases at Tule (plus, a GIVEAWAY!).

What They Don’t Know

by Susan Sands

Fly By Night

by Kelly Cain

Love at First Flight

by Janine Amesta

Their Patchwork Family

by Fiona Marsden

The Dogwood Days of Summer

by Laurie Beach

Bad Boy in Her Bed

by Katja Desjarlais

Paging Dr. Breakup

by Jillian David

Tule Author Q&A: Jillian David has a strong tie to writing medical romance and shares some insights leading to her Tule debut!

Cheers to the new year and NEW romance releases from Tule!

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