Consider this goal. Redeeming yourself by finding and talking to the person your previous actions had devastated. Perhaps finding some way to truly apologize for ruining that person’s life by killing her daughter. Driving under the influence is an unconscionable act of irresponsibility if nothing more. But when it causes the accidental death of an innocent person then it is manslaughter punishable by time in prison. PARADISE PEAK is about what happens when and if you are fortunate enough to survive incarceration and released from prison. What would your future now look like – if there is a future to be had.
PARADISE PEAK is an idyllic mountainous place inhabited by peaceful, caring, and compassionate people. Neighbors watch out for each other and extend a helping hand to strangers in need. Neil Travis Alden is an example of the latter. Going under his middle name Travis comes to Paradise Peak to find Margaret, the mother of the daughter he killed, and finally, apologize. His court appearance didn’t show him in the best light. Travis knows he could be and is a better man than what he was twenty years ago. Travis had been running wild with his brother his life spiraling toward disaster. He wants salvation although he truly believes he does not deserve it.
Travis is taken under the wing of Red the owner of a rather disheveled ranch that has seen better days. Red and his partner Margaret run the ranch with the help of Hannah. Hannah is a survivor too. Her marriage to a brutal husband is now in the past but the scars live on. Hannah is short on trust and that puts her immediately at odds with this stranger.
PARADISE PEAK is the story of perseverance in the face of danger. Danger comes in many forms and in PARADISE PEAK we witness the best and worst of human beings and nature. PARADISE PEAK is also about taking chances. Travis takes an enormous step seeking out Margaret. He can’t move forward until he makes peace with the woman who lost so much at his hands. Travis is no longer an unruly boy. He is a grown man who spent the major portion of his life behind bars. PARADISE PEAK is his journey toward real freedom. PARADISE PEAK is also about earning trust. Things got complicated when Travis is overcome with a sense of peace, kindness, friendship and trust from people who took in a complete stranger. In short PARADISE PEAK stars some fabulous characters.
Join America's First Lady of Romance, Janet Dailey, on a journey to the great state of Tennessee, as a community unites to save a small mountain town from a raging wildfire heading its way...With a wildfire burning its way toward Paradise Peak, Tennessee, folks are drawing together to save the small mountain community. Times like these can make a hero out of a man--no matter what dark secrets he carries in his heart...A desire for absolution brought ex-con Travis Alden to Paradise Peak. But when he finds honest work, along with a keen sense of belonging, he shelves his plan to unburden his guilty secret, instead working to rehabilitate a ranch--alongside the very people his transgressions hurt the most. With the chance to create a haven for wildfire refugees, Travis seizes the opportunity to do good, to earn the respect his new boss shows him. Only Travis doesn't count on his feelings for his boss' beautiful niece. Hannah Newsome is a woman with a past as bleak as Travis'--the kind of woman he should protect, not pursue. But once the rugged loner sees her wariness turn to warmth, once he tastes the potent passion between them, all he can think about is having it all right here in Paradise Peak, with Hannah by his side...
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