You can never go home. Tasha Simmons really doesn't want to
test that theory. She ran away from home and all of the ugly
memories that it carried for her. With the tragic death of
her mom, Tasha must go home to help her family. But how is
she going to face her past? Her youngest sister resents her
every breath. Her relationship with her father was severed
so many years ago that a chasm would have to be crossed for
it to be mended. And oh yes, Josh, how could she forget
Josh? Her only love -- the one she walked out on -the one who
married and moved on. Her job in the Peace Corp is a walk in
the park compared to facing life at home.
Josh Halvorsen moved back home to get his life in order. Now
a single father, he needed to give his child some stability.
His son has become an introverted computer geek. Being able
to get him out working would certainly help them both get
back into the swing of life. He just wasn't counting on
Tasha returning. She left him once, she would do it again.
While he needed for his son to get his life on track, Josh's
was a train wreck about to happen.
Could Josh and Tasha rekindle what they had, or was it
better left a perfect memory? Even though there was a hole
in Tasha's old home wall, there was a cast iron wall
surrounding her heart. Josh was able to fix the wall at her
house, but there was no guarantee he could do the same for
her, and no guarantee that she would stay even if he did.
You may never go to the home you remember, but for Tasha
Simmons that may be a good thing.
Kimberly Van Meter's RETURN TO EMMETT'S MILL is a sweet
story of rekindling love and what it takes to trust again.
Lives change and so do situations, but this is a
heartwarming telling of new beginnings. Some memories are
better in person. A book of endearment, this one is a keeper.
Fifteen years ago golden girl Tasha Simmons had run from
Emmett's Mill, leaving behind everyone she loved.
Including Josh Halvorsen, her high school sweetheart, whom
she'd hoped to marry. She'd never told him the secret that
shamed her into leaving. And when Tasha learned that Josh
had married and moved on, she'd known the man of her
dreams was lost to her forever.
Yet now that Tasha's had to return to Emmett's Mill, she
can't avoid Josh—handsome as ever, a single father who
hadn't forgotten their love. Or forgiven her for leaving.