Laura Beth
Grace General Series, Copper Ridge Series
Worth The Hurt by Laura Beth
Official release date 4/23/2026
First, he was my best friend. Then he became my everything. And then he was gone.
I met Lukas Hart the day my family moved to Copper Ridge.
By fourteen, we were inseparable. By sixteen, we were in love.
I never imagined a version of my future that didn't have him in it.
Our twenties came with new challenges, and we watched the dreams we built together slowly shift, then fracture, until Lukas’ shattered all together.
Desperate for a new purpose, Lukas joined the military. I promised to wait for him, to support him. But as the months dragged on, the calls came less and less, and the letters faded away. His words were clipped, conversations cut short. The demons he tried to outrun managed to find us at every turn. No matter how tightly I held on, I could feel him start to slip through my fingers.
How long do I keep pretending everything is fine, when I no longer recognize the man I fell in love with?
Worth the Hurt is an angsty, emotional romance about first loves, sacrifice, and the heartbreaking realization that walking away might be easier than holding on.
Worth the Hurt is the second book in the Copper Ridge series, and the first book in the Worth it All Duet. This book ends on a cliffhanger, and does not end in a happily ever after. Look for their happily ever after in Book Two, arriving Summer 2026.
It Was Always You (Grace General Series 1) by Laura Beth
A decade of friendship. Three years of heartache. One man she could never forget.
Jenna Watkins has never quite found the place she belongs. Growing up as the only child of a military father, her life was constantly on the move. New city, new school, new faces. With a wild personality and a no-filter mouth, making friends wasn’t something she was good at.
That all changed the day she met Emmett Owens.
At 15 years old, Emmett became the best friend she’d ever had. He was her confidant, the peanut butter to her jelly, and the one person she grew to trust with everything she knew. Over their ten years of friendship, feelings blossomed, and so did the possibility of a true Happily Ever After…
Until he married someone else.
Three years later, Emmett is back, with his adorable daughter in tow, begging for a chance to prove himself. Jenna wants to believe he’d never hurt her, but she was foolish enough to think that once before. Yet, the more they rekindle their friendship, and the closer she grows to his daughter, those lines she so firmly planted start to blur.
Will she be able to let him in, or are some wounds too deep to heal?
It Was Always You is a friends-to-lovers, second chance romance that will have you swooning over a single dad determined to make a good life for his daughter and win back the only woman he has ever loved.
Tropes:
Friends to Lovers
Second Chance
Single Dad
Dual Timelines
Mutual Pining
Slow Burn
Safe With You (Grace General Series 2) by Laura Beth
A man who never knew love. A woman determined to leave it behind. Falling for one another was the last thing they wanted.
Lainey Peterson only has time for three things --- her career, her two best friends, and her education. The last thing she needs is a relationship. Two years ago she let a man into her heart, and it nearly cost her everything.
Her promise to avoid men had been working, until a wardrobe disaster on a girls’ night out brings her face to face with a handsome, mysterious stranger.
She never thought she’d see him again…let alone at work…as her newest coworker.
When people see Dr. Ryan, they see a hotshot doctor with a playboy reputation. They don’t see the reasons behind the walls he’s built, the pain he keeps locked tight, or his determination to avoid falling in love.
As a friendship blossoms, Ryan and Lainey can’t deny their attraction… or the unrelenting desire to learn what led them to each other. But some secrets might be too heavy to share.
Can they overcome their inner demons and open up to one another, or will the weight of the past tear them apart?
Safe With You is a steamy, age gap, workplace romance between a stubborn, brooding doctor and the only woman who can bring him to his knees.
Then There Was You (Grace General Series 3) by Laura Beth
Megan Abernathy knows two things for certain.
- Men are trash.
- Men that aren’t complete trash, are only good for one thing…
That attitude has kept her safe. Work hard, play harder, don’t let anyone get too close. Then one day her life changed. Her axis was permanently altered, responsibility thrust on her in the form of her five-year-old nephew, who now calls her mom.
Enter Dr. James “Jim” Charlebois. With his annoyingly upbeat personality, Meg planned to avoid him at all costs. Despite her efforts to keep her distance, circumstances force them together, and the tension between them becomes palpable. They share one unforgettable night with no expectations for the future.
Except fate takes control, and their paths intertwine yet again. The old Meg would have never embraced the feelings bubbling to the surface, but Jim does just enough to leave her wondering if not all men are as awful as they’ve once proven to be.
Can she overcome her fears and let love in, or are some men just too good to be true?
Then There Was You is a spicy, age gap romance between a single mom and a handsome ER doctor determined to win her heart.
The Bind by Laura Beth
The rules were simple… following them just got complicated.
Colter
Doctor Richard Keeton is the closest thing to a father figure I have ever known. He single-handedly guided my medical career with plans to appoint me as Chief of Surgery upon his retirement. So when he asks for a favor, who am I to say no—even if that favor means sabotaging his own daughter’s surgical career.
It should have been easy. Mentor his young, entitled daughter through her residency. Put up with her spoiled demands and work her so hard she quits the field.
But I wasn’t prepared for Annaliese Keeton.
She’s not spoiled or entitled. She’s beautiful, snarky, and has a strength inside of her that brought new meaning to my life. She’s everything I thought I’d never find in a woman… and everything I know I can’t have.
Falling for her means betraying the only person I consider family. How can I choose between the man who gave me everything, who holds my professional future in the palm of his hand, and his daughter who now holds my heart?
The Bind is a steamy, contemporary romance novel between a grumpy, older surgical attending and a second year resident, who just happens to be the boss’s daughter.