The Wishing Season

a Chapel Springs Romance

Plot

"Living side-by-side, a fledgling chef anda big-hearted contractor find a delicious attraction.Trouble is, their chemistry could spoiltheir dreams.Spirited PJMcKinley has the touch when it comes to food. Her dream of opening her ownrestaurant is just onebuilding short of reality. So when a Chapel Springsresident offers her beloved ancestral home to the applicant with the best planfor the house, PJ believes it's a contest she was meant to win. Contractor Cole Evans is confident, professional, and swoon-worthy, but this former foster kidknows his life could have turned out very differently. When Cole discovers thecontest, he believes his home for foster kids in transition has found itssaving grace. All he has to do is convince the owner that an out-of-towner witha not-for-profit enterprise is good for the community.But when the eccentric philanthropist sees PJand Cole's proposals, she makes an unexpected decision: the pair will share thehouse for a year to show what their ideas are made of. Now, with Coleand thefoster kids upstairs and PJ and the restaurant below, day-to-day life hasturned into out-and-out competition with some seriously flirtatious hallwayencounters on the side. Turns out in this competition, it's not just the houseon the line, it's their hearts"--