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Stonehill Romance Book Four
Jessica’s father Phil has worked his entire life to create a more stable childhood for his daughter than he had. His own nomadic, single-parent childhood has made him fiercely committed to raising his daughter with everything he didn’t have, with one exception: two parents. After his wife left him, Phil’s mother stepped in to help her son with their infant daughter. But rainbow pancakes, ponies, and princesses can’t color over the dark void left in Phil’s heart which he won’t even admit is there.Jessica’s grandmother takes in foster babies like some people take in stray dogs, her grandfather just came into the picture for the first time in her life, and her father may or may not be looking to replace the mother who left them with her 6th grade teacher. There is nothing Jessica wants more than to be like everyone else, but between her Down Syndrome and her colorful family, “average” isn’t part of her vocabulary. This year when she blows out eleven candles on her homemade vegan cake she makes the same wish she’s made for as many birthdays as she can remember: she wants a mother.
Mallory had it all: a college degree and a dream job offer in a glamorous city far from the small town where she grew up. But when her mother’s life unexpectedly turns upside down, Mallory realizes her dreams come second to her heart, and she moves home set on helping her fiercely independent mother recover. She forms a bond with her mother’s unexpected ally, Jessica. Between cosplay and Jessica’s hot father, Mallory finds that coming back to Stonehill she might just have found a way to make all of her dreams come true. But as their families start not-so-subtly pushing Phil and Mallory together, old insecurities and Phil’s worst fears threaten to break up the happy trio and catch Jessica in the emotional crossfire.
