Almost Heaven: A Small Town Christian Romance (Country Roads Series Book 1)

When Jane Summers finally turns twenty-one and inherits her grandparents’ mountain property in West Virginia, she flees to the abandoned homestead, believing she's finally found a place to breathe freely and build a life for herself. But her dreams take an unexpected turn when she discovers that Johnny Hinton—her stubborn, blunt-spoken next door neighbor—has been working her land for years…and has filed a legal claim to keep it.Johnny has poured everything into the farm he built from nothing. After the ten years of backbreaking work he put into the abandoned property, he can’t imagine losing everything. Especially when it means returning to the soul-draining work in a West Virginia coal mine, and breaking his mother's heart.Forced into a temporary partnership neither of them wants to admit they need, Jane and Johnny find themselves sharing long days, small victories, and a growing bond that neither rivalry nor court dates can entirely drown out. Sparks of friction slowly give way to something more precious, something neither wants to give up.But even as their connection blossoms, past wounds threaten to destroy the beautiful future ahead of them. The truth can set them free--but will they let it?A heartfelt, slow-burn romance about honesty, healing, and falling in love, Almost Heaven is a story for readers who believes that sometimes the land chooses us…and sometimes love does too.