In this novel you'll revisit the artists' of Pine View, Tennessee, fifteen years later. You will be invited back to the ladies Friday night tea with some of the same loveable characters, and some not so likeable ones, where there is never a shortage of local gossip to debate at length. When forty-eight years old Adeline Hubble, a journalist by trade, comes to spend the summer at her mother's former cottage on Crystal Creek, she's hoping the time alone will help heal her broken heart. The last thing she wants is a story to cover, any civic conflicts to get involved with, or romance. On her...

Kate Simmons had always assumed to be spending the golden years of retirement with Bill, her husband of thirty years. That changed after Bill selected a retirement location without even consulting her. They go their separate ways, Bill to Arizona and Kate to Tennessee, each hoping that the other will compromise. In the end, Kate hopes to be sharing the same home with her husband. The cottage Kate rents on Crystal Creek has one drawback. She must participate in the two yearly art festivals put on by the residents who live on the creek. Kate feels like a fraud calling herself an artist among...

When famous landscape artist Truman Webb joins the Two Rivers Arts Village for the winter, he is surprised over the depth of his attraction for one of the shopkeepers. Tess Swan, proprietor of the Country Cupboard, isn't looking for romance. The fifty-nine year old widow has a lot on her mind after hearing rumors that her young grandson might be involved in a string of fires in the small town of Brewster. Is it possible that Stephen could be involved? After Truman shares a secret with Tess, she will come to lean on him for moral support while they search for the truth regarding her grandson.