Big News from The Ridge

I’m delighted to announce Book 2 in the Hearts of the Ridge Series: Heartsong Hills!  Those of you who have read Hometown know our heroine well: she’s Nora Beiler, Jonas Rishel’s sister.  At least, you think you know Nora.  Nora is a complicated character–in Book 1 she stands in the way of our heroine’s Happily Ever After.  In Heartsong Hills, you’ll absolutely become Team Nora and root so hard for her to find love.  Plus…our new hero is pretty darned dreamy.

Here’s a little sneak preview:

Nora Beiler remembers shelling peas on the front porch step. She remembers warm sunshine on her shoulders and the plunk each pea made when it landed in her mother’s yellowware bowl. She remembers running through the pasture barefoot, skirts snapping at her calves, kapp strings bouncing against her neck with every step. She remembers feeling like there wasn’t a single place she’d rather be than home.

But the accident that killed her husband and changed her life forever?

Of that, Nora Beiler has absolutely no memory.

Tucker McClure hates farming. He hates the bugs and the dirt and the icy water no solar panel can ever turn into a truly hot shower. Not on his family’s off-the-grid potato farm in Northern Maine. Most of all, he hates staying in one place. From the moment he picked up a guitar, Tucker knew what he wanted—the open road and the life of a musician.

But ice-cold beer?

That, he liked just a little too much. In six, short weeks he tanked his career, lost his spot opening for the next Grand Ole Opry superstar, and bought himself a one-way ticket to his grandfather Hank’s house, smack in the middle of nowhere. Now he’s clean and sober, ferrying the old man around town, and unable to write a note of music for the first time in his memory. Life’s never really gotten Tucker McClure down. But at this moment, it’s is sure as heck trying.

Nine months post-surgery, Nora remains in Pennsylvania, healing well, but still not strong enough to resume baking for the weekly Farmers’ Market. At the urging of Dr. Richard Bruce, she agrees to be enrolled in a fitness class. The local senior center seems a safe place to regain her strength, away from prying, young English eyes. But when she arrives at “Shuffle Off to Fitness,” she discovers it’s no ordinary exercise class. This class requires special shoes and secular music. Welcome to tap dance for strength and agility! 

I’m so excited to share Nora’s story.  It’s heartfelt and funny, sweet and surprising, and I hope you love it.  I’ll be looking for ARC readers in 2022–send me a message if you’d like to join my street team and get an early review copy.  

Have a beautiful holiday season.  Stay safe and healthy.  Eat good food.  I’ll see you in the New Year!