If you like the Sweet Magnolias or Virgin River series, you’ll want to read A Week At Most. First book in the new Nature’s Crossing series. ***Also Available: Time To Grow, Book 2 in series***

Big-city newscaster Ashley Lanovan never envisioned herself divorced, unemployed and house sitting for friends during the holiday season. After adjusting to small-town culture shock, she realizes that her priorities have been misplaced for the past ten years and feels inspired to energize the struggling community. But a holiday getaway to Washington, D.C., gives her even more reason to call Nature’s Crossing her home.

Mark Garmund is ready for a change in careers. He’s seriously considering the National Park Services job offer in the area of Nature’s Crossing. Now, he’s got his eye on ten acres with towering pines, a park-like setting and one sprawling house he could call home. Meeting Ashley has triggered emotions he’d rather not face, and a few he would sure like to pursue. But first he has to earn her trust.