Publication Date: Sep 2024

Synopsis:

Audrey Needham, Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, is down to her last nerve. Her boss is impossible to please, her future is in jeopardy, and her great-aunt Daisy needs support as her husband descends into Alzheimer’s. When Daisy enlists Audrey’s help preparing for a move to assisted living, Audrey risks her career to return to the idyllic small town of Charity Falls, Oregon, the summer stomping grounds of her childhood. But Charity Falls was also the place that broke her heart when her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago. Despite Audrey’s intent to avoid emotional entanglement, the pull of home is hard to resist. Something should be done about the deteriorating inn. A local girl with an incarcerated father needs a friend. And handsome local do-gooder Cade Carter is coloring Audrey all shades of uncertain.

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a small town contemporary fiction with lovable characters finding unexpected friendships and embracing what it means to truly live.

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Content Warnings:

Language: None

Sexual Content: Mild – One kiss

Violence: Mild – Memories of accidents that results in death, injuries

Substance Use: Past driving under the influence and drinking too much referenced.

Prejudices: None

Religious Themes: Christian faith themes and references weaved throughout.

Other Topics: Death (none on page). Grief & anxiety. One character has Alzheimer’s.

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