“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

"You know, I'm not normally a fan of any sort of project that destroys books, but I have to admit, this looks kind of amazing."


From her position in the front window of Inglenook Books, Hannah smiled over at Reed Campbell, the owner, as she finished adding the last layer of "branches" to the Christmas tree she'd fashioned out of book pages. "Well, it's certainly not something you'd do with new stock, but giving new life to a book that's already damaged...yeah, there's a lot you can do with pages. The print against the white makes for a cool effect. I'll be making a wreath, too."


Brenda, the bookstore's only other employee, wandered over. "Where did you learn how to do all this? Pinterest?"


"There are certainly plenty of ideas there," Hannah conceded, "but no, I'm actually an interior decorator by training. I've got a degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design."


Her brows drew together in confusion. "And you're working at the diner?"


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