Fresh Start Summer

Welcome to Cherryvale, where neighbors care, gardeners share, and God allows do-overs.

When a Hollywood film crew announces the sleepy town of Cherryvale will be their next movie location, Grace and Maggie lock horns over whether the announcement will be good for their community or ruin the charm they've worked so hard to establish. Before the director can call "places," fires break out and the outspoken Maggie goes missing. It's up to Grace to organize search parties to find her best friend before it's too late. The cast and crew of "The Scrapbook" pitch in, and as the pieces fall into place, Grace discovers the answer right under her nose just as she's about to deliver the performance of her life.

In this first delightful installment of the Seasons of Cherryvale, readers discover a town they want to return to again and again. Filled with laugh-out-loud humor and grab-your-hankie moments, from characters like Grace Harkins, a muffin-baking bike riding retired English teacher and her best friend, the outspoken Maggie Elmsley, to Shelby who runs the local diner and dishes out plenty of advice, and don't forget the theater owner who's ready to test his chops and try for a role in the movie--every one add a touch of hometown fun and offers lots of hugs.

Starting with Fresh Start Summer, each book in the Seasons series is a stand-alone story with the same small town charm and welcome home warmth, so settle in with a glass of cold lemonade and a put your feet up for your first visit to Cherryvale.