“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

SANDY DIDN'T COME TO him. Trey didn't realize how much he'd expected her to show up and talk through things until the night went by and she didn't darken his door. He was still at his desk, looking out at the green as the sky began to lighten with dawn.


What did that mean? Was she still angry? Had they just retreated to their corners? Or were they really through?


He hadn't wanted to listen. Not with her entire family looking on. Having an audience while she explained why he wasn't worthy was more than he could endure. But he'd really believed she would come to him, if only to try and dissolve things completely. Maybe it was good that she hadn't. In his hurt and anger, he might have let her.


Chapter 127