Deborah Raney

Minor-but-nagging setbacks continue to sour Grant and Audrey Whitman's initiation into the world of innkeeping, but larger challenges brew when an innocent flirtation leads to big trouble for the Whitmans' son-in-law, Jesse. Jesse Pennington's friendly, outgoing personality has always served him well, especially in a career that has earned him and his wife Corinne a very comfortable lifestyle. But Corinne and Jesse are both restless-and for similar reasons, if only they could...

Bree Cordel Whitman is a Whitman by marriage, but sometimes she forgets she wasn&rsquo;t born into Grant and Audrey&rsquo;s family. Her late husband, Timothy Whitman, gave his life for his country on a windblown hill in Afghanistan. Bree has let the love of Tim&rsquo;s family keep her ties to him strong&mdash;in the same way she keeps Tim&rsquo;s memory alive for them. But it&rsquo;s been almost five years, and she can&rsquo;t hang onto the past forever.<br> ...

Link Whitman has settled into the role of bachelor without ever intending to. Now he&rsquo;s stuck in a dead-end job and, as the next Whitman wedding fast approaches, he is the last one standing. The pressure from his sisters&rsquo; efforts to play matchmaker is getting hard to bear as Link pulls extra shifts at work, and helps his parents at the Chicory Inn. All her life, Shayla Michaels has felt as if she straddled two worlds. Her mother&apos;s white family labeled her African American...