Heart of the Town

Can its determined inhabitants save a dying country town? Four different writers tell the story of Mindalby, a beautiful country town threatened with extinction when its cotton mill closes. Cotton Field Dreams by S.E. Gilchrist Sasha comes to the small town of Mindalby to recover from a traumatic event with vengeance on her mind - the last thing she wants is a relationship. Local single dad, Cole, is drawn to this smart determined nurse, but could Sasha' secrets destroy the relationship before it has begun? Starting Over by Susanne Bellamy When fashion designer Serena Quinlan arrives in Mindalby for the annual cotton festival she meets local leather worker Paul Carey and commissions him to create accessories for her designs. Their mutual attraction is powerful, but hampered by Serena's search for her father and the arrival of her ex-fiance. When Serena uncovers the truth of her birth, will it blow their budding relationship apart? More than a Promise by Lauren K McKellar Asher is struggling to keep her head above water. With her job at the real estate agent, her father's addiction to the bottle, her absentee mother's increasingly pushy text messages and trying to be a good mum to daughter Dakota, she has no time for relationships...even if Flynn Carmichael is the most beautiful man she's ever seen. A Daughter's Choice by Lee Christine Lynsey Carter's relationship with her father is fraught, so when she hears that the cotton mill that is her birthright has closed down (and her father is lying low), she returns to Mindalby to support her mother and seek out answers. Torn between family loyalty and duty to the community and an old passion for Julian Stone, her high school sweetheart, Lynsey has a lot to deal with. More than that, she has built a life for herself away from Mindalby. How can she stay there now?