“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

When Tess held up the spoon, Mitch obligingly took a sniff. "It smells heavenly." He started to lean in to sniff her, but she screwed up her face in a frown, attention back on the sauce.


"Something's not right." She put the spoon in her mouth, considering. "Too much garlic? Or maybe I need a touch more anchovy paste." Grabbing a fresh spoon from the drawer, she scooped up more sauce, blew on it gently, and offered it to him. "Here, you taste."


Tasting pasta sauce should not be this sexy. Mitch wondered if she realized how charmingly domestic she looked, fussing over an enormous meal in his kitchen. Did it make him a chauvinist if he imagined her with a little apron on to complete the picture? And maybe those power heels and nothing else?


She still didn't seem quite satisfied, fluttering her hands in frustration. "Agggh."


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