The North River Series
The North River Series is a debut collection of interconnected standalone romance novels, based in the fictional Minnesota town of North River.
The series follows healthcare workers in a small hospital system as they navigate finding love, along with familial challenges and their own mental health needs.
If you are looking for sweet and spicy reads that also make you laugh, then these are the stories for you!
Marcy Murphy has lived through some dark times. She has the anxiety and occasional depression to show for it. Lately though, things have been looking up.
Dream social work job at hometown hospital? Obtained.
Flirty best friend who appreciates a happy hour? On Standby.
Sweet and supportive adoptive dads? Right downstairs.
Vintage apartment that smells like fresh bread? Yum.
What doesn’t Marcy have? A love life. All of that may be about to change however, when the hospital hires Nick Anderson, an attractive healthcare consultant with a dirty reputation and charisma to match.
While Nick and Marcy navigate the intricacies of improving social services in rural healthcare, the spark between them begs the question that neither of them was ready to answer. How do you traverse the landscape of love and attraction without a map?
It’s tough to keep Annie Wilco down. She lives life through a fun, flirty, and optimistic lense. It helps that she loves her job as an emergency department nurse in the small-town of North River; the town she grew up in, and where she gets to work alongside her best friends every day.
So, what’s the problem?
Annie has been financially supporting her dad, who is living in a memory care center with Alzheimer’s, and the bills are stacking up. Going broke isn’t something Annie planned for, and she needs a back-up plan to keep her dad safe and her life in motion.
Dr. Charlie Roberts’ life hasn’t gone according to his plan either, including becoming a parent to the infant daughter of his best friends. For four years, he has been building a life around his family of two, but with a growing little girl, he is realizing that raising a kid without support isn’t going to work.
When Annie accidentally opens up to Charlie about her predicament, he has a proposition that might solve both their problems.
After all, what could go wrong when two attractive co-workers decide to live together to ease their burdens?
Cait Carlson grew up on the East Coast and now calls Minnesota home. She has a master's degree in social work, and her work experience in the mental health field greatly informs her work.
When she isn't writing, Cait can be found running, reading, and navigating the beautiful chaos of parenting her three children. Love & Other Mental Health Concerns is her debut novel.
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