The Maple Creek
Starter Kit
Sarah & James
Everything you need to write one complete romance novel. Character bible. Plot architecture. Scene starters. Visual prompts. Fifteen pages pulled from a 600-page production-ready framework.
Instant download — yours forever
Where every love story begins with a latte and a chance encounter.
The Story
A founding family daughter hiding a secret. A Manhattan banker running from a breakdown. One snowbound inn. No way out.
Her Side
Sarah Hartley is Maple Creek royalty in crisis. Her family has been in this town for four generations — sugaring the same trees, living in the same house, carrying the same name. But the money is gone. The mortgage is three months behind. And nobody knows.
She takes a job as assistant manager at the Maple Creek Inn and tells everyone it's just to help out. She's humiliated, terrified of exposure, and carrying her entire family on her shoulders. She is twenty-eight years old.
His Side
James Whitmore III is a Manhattan investment banker on sabbatical — actually recovering from a breakdown and questioning everything. He arrives at the Inn expecting quaint charm and quiet solitude. Instead he finds a prickly assistant manager who despises everything he represents.
When a freak snowstorm traps him at the Inn indefinitely, there's nowhere to hide. Not from her. Not from himself.
Meet the Characters
These aren't outlines. They're complete people — with wounds, voices, histories, and futures. Your job is to make them yours.
Sarah Elizabeth Hartley
The princess who lost her kingdom
Dark auburn hair, deep blue eyes, lightly freckled. The kind of composure that looks effortless and isn't. Sarah carries herself like someone taught to — shoulders back, chin up, Hartley posture. It's armor now.
She's become the de facto crisis manager for her family because her father is paralyzed by shame and her mother doesn't know the full truth. She bakes maple scones from her grandmother's recipe, reads romance novels in secret, and says "it's fine" when it absolutely is not fine.
She's been performing an identity instead of living one — and the performance is about to collapse.
James Edward Whitmore III
The prince who discovered his kingdom was empty
Dark brown hair, silver at the temples from stress. Six feet tall, lean — lost weight during the breakdown, starting to put it back on. Blue eyes that are not warm — assessing, calibrated. They warm visibly when he's genuine. Sarah notices this before she'd admit it.
He had a panic attack during a client presentation. Couldn't speak, couldn't breathe. His father called it "unacceptable." His therapist called it "overdue." He came to Maple Creek seeking quiet. He found Sarah instead.
Without his name and his money, he has no idea who he is. The identity was never developed.
She resents his easy privilege. He sees through her facade before she sees through his. They're mirrors of each other — people hiding behind the names they were born into.
— from the Character Bible
What's Inside the Starter Kit
Fifteen pages of production-ready framework — not a teaser, not a worksheet, not a fill-in-the-blanks template. The real thing.
Complete Character Bible
All fifteen sections for both Sarah and James — identity, appearance, psychology, backstory, relationships, wounds, voice, habits, beliefs, and arc. Forty pages of depth in the full package; a faithful excerpt here.
20-Beat Plot Architecture
The complete Gwen Hayes "Romancing the Beat" structure for their story. Every beat, every timing cue, every scene-level note. Their entire narrative spine from meet-cute to happily ever after.
Dialogue & Scene Starters
First meetings, building connection, conflict escalation, declarations — designed to spark authentic emotional responses. Plus scene writing prompts for tension, vulnerability, and turning points.
World Guide: Maple Creek
A curated excerpt from the World Bible — the town's geography, key locations, seasonal rhythms, and the social dynamics that shape Sarah and James's story. Enough to start writing immediately.
Visual Prompt Library
AI image generation prompts for Sarah, James, their couple compositions, and key locations — optimized for Midjourney, DALL-E, Grok, Gemini, and generic platforms.
Heat Level 3 Guidance
Intimacy progression calibrated to their specific story. Explicit but emotionally grounded — the physical connection serves the relationship arc, not the other way around.
Imagine Your Cover
Five cover concepts to spark your vision. Your story, your title, your cover — these are just the beginning.
The Snowbound Inn
Founders' Bridge
Almost
Sugar Season
The Busy Bean
This is not a collection of vague ideas or inspirational prompts. This is a production-ready creative framework — the same kind of detailed documentation that professional authors and writing teams use to create consistent, compelling series.
Everything in the Kit
Sarah & James Character Bible Excerpt
Identity, appearance, psychology, wounds, voice, backstory timeline, and relationship dynamics for both characters.
Complete 20-Beat Plot Architecture
The full Gwen Hayes "Romancing the Beat" structure with beat-by-beat scene notes and timing cues.
Curated World Guide
Maple Creek's geography, the Inn, the sugarhouse, Founders' Bridge, the Busy Bean — every location their story touches.
Dialogue Starters & Scene Prompts
First meetings, building connection, conflict, and declarations — plus scene prompts for tension and vulnerability.
Visual Prompt Library
AI image generation prompts for characters, couple compositions, and key locations across five platforms.
Full Package Preview
A clear picture of what the complete 600+ page, 15-document Maple Creek Romance Package contains — and how this kit fits into it.
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The Maple Creek Starter Kit
$27
15 pages of production-ready romance framework — instant download
Buy the Starter KitImmediate delivery. Opens in Word, Google Docs, or any word processor. You own the right to use these materials to create your own original works. The stories you write are entirely yours.
Love Sarah & James? There Are Seven More Couples Waiting.
The complete Maple Creek Romance Package delivers eight couples, fifteen documents, and over 600 pages of world-building, character development, plot architecture, and creative resources — everything you need to write an entire interconnected series. Your Starter Kit purchase applies as credit toward the full package.