Taking Chances

A struggling single mom. A workaholic city grandson. One elderly woman's final wish to bring them both back to life.

Piper Williams waitresses sixty hours a week at a greasy diner in rural south Georgia, buys her seven-year-old son shoes from the thrift store, and counts every penny twice. The only bright spot in her days is Lola — the sharp-witted, eighty-nine-year-old regular who shows up at 11:15 every morning without fail.

Until the morning she doesn't.

When Lola passes away, her attorney delivers a shock: she's left her mountain orchard, antebellum farmhouse, and entire estate to Piper and her grandson Cameron — equally. There's just one condition. They have to live together and run the business side by side for six weeks before either of them can walk away.

Cameron Elliott is a stressed-out New York publishing executive who hasn't visited his grandmother in two years. He's furious that a stranger is inheriting half of his family's legacy, and he's convinced Piper conned a lonely old woman. Piper is convinced Cameron is an arrogant, ungrateful snob who didn't deserve Lola in the first place.

Six weeks. One sprawling farmhouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A little boy who needs a real home. And a grandmother who knew exactly what she was doing.

A blessing disguised as chaos. An orchard that needs saving. Two people who need saving even more.

Perfect for fans of Denise Hunter, Carolyn Brown, and love stories that start with two people who can't stand each other.