“Failure” has never been a part of Norah Burke’s vocabulary, so it comes as quite a shock when she gets fired from the marketing firm where she's built her career after threatening to blow the whistle on some shady business practices. Licking her wounds, she heads South for a little home-grown comfort.

Cam Crawford is a man who values tradition, preservation, and the love of a good woman. He’s not about to let a big box warehouse store capitalize on his hometown's economic downturn. He'll raise hell if he has to in order to stop them from destroying what he holds dear.

This unlikely pair just might be the perfect allies—in war and out. But will this city girl's bigger-picture perspective go with this small-town boy's "keep it as it is" attitude? And even if they can send the suits packing, can she really give up her corner office and power lunches for the corner booth at the local diner?

Wishful Romance is created by Kait Nolan, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Wishful Romance

THE INITIAL BURST OF temper had already bled away, leaving only a grief so deep Norah thought she'd drown. She didn't dare go find Miranda or Aunt Liz to say she was back. She was too stunned, too raw from Cam's accusations to face anyone from the family. Their well-intentioned concern or advice would break her. She wanted a pint of Ben and Jerry's and a dark room in which to wallow, but that meant stopping at McSweeney's Market and guaranteed running into someone she knew. Not knowing what else to do, she simply drove.


He hadn't fought for her. In the face of his misconceptions, he hadn't questioned, hadn't confronted, hadn't argued. He'd accepted as fact. And he'd let her go. Just like that.


She'd given up her whole world for him. 


Chapter 21