A novelette based on the characters from The Thing About Home and Bitter and Sweet. This may not be a story you will fully appreciate if you haven't read the novels.

Victoria Black's life of comfort and control is shaken when she travels to the South Carolina coast for the opening weekend of her daughter Casey and son-in-law Nigel's new beach resort, Black Sweetgrass. The successful widow has finally allowed herself to love again, with one of the investors in the resort. However, Victoria harbors deep fears of losing love. Will she let go of the ghosts of the past and embrace a new opportunity for love?

Mariah Holland has always wanted a cooking show. Years ago, the dream was stolen when her ex-husband evicted her from their home and his family restaurant. But now Mariah's dream is within reach, will a mishap in the kitchen cause her to lose all that she's prayed and worked for?