“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

"DARLING, I WISH YOU'D just let me make some phone calls - "


"Mom, no," Cecily insisted. "I'm not capitalizing on family connections to get a job."


"It doesn't diminish your achievements. It just opens the door. That's how things work in the business world. You use the connections you have."


Cecily resisted the urge to bang her head against her desk. "That's not how I want to work. I'm doing this on my own."


Her mother's frustration was palpable in the silence on the other end of the phone. "So stubborn," she said at last.


"I come by it honestly from both sides."


"Via multiple generations," her mother agreed. "Fine. But since you haven't yet started a new position, you're free to come home for the gala for the Alliance. We could use your professional expertise to get the word out to prospective donors, and it would be good for you to be seen."


Chapter 81