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Book One
The Last Stop on Mill Row
A school-bus contractor finds her grandchildren on her own route sheet, and the man she can’t stand on the other side of a custody fight.

Port Haven, Maine
What June Kept
An aunt’s house above a Maine harbor, a cash offer that expires on Labor Day, and the first love who won’t sign.

Book Four
Before the Creek Rises
A new councilwoman holds the deciding vote, and she’s falling for the farmer selling the land.