The Honey Season Rules
A Rival Beekeepers Romance

About this book:

Ten thousand dollars. One blue ribbon. And the only thing sweeter than the sourwood honey flow is the rivalry burning between the hives.

Maysie Bell has spent years perfecting her grandfather's apiary—hand-painted supers, Cordovan queens, and a scholarship plan that hinges on flawless comb. Cole Dawson has four hundred commercial hives, a dynasty to uphold, and a grin that makes her want to smoke him out of the meadow. When sabotage stains Maysie's best colony with industrial repellent and Cole's swarm traps get hit with a botanical siren, they're forced into an uneasy truce: someone is targeting both of them, and the only way to save their season is to work the same flow.

But the closer they get to the fair—and to each other—the harder it becomes to remember why they were enemies in the first place. Between midnight inspections, pheromone warfare, and a bet that could leave one of them in a bee costume on judging day, Maysie and Cole will learn that the most volatile chemistry in the apiary isn't in the honey. It's the kind that makes two rivals forget the fence line entirely.