Dear Reader,

All good things eventually come to an end and it is no different with the Wickham Falls Weddings series when it concludes with A Winning Season. I’d decided to set the series in a fictional small town in rural West Virginia. It is also in a coal-mining region that at one time propelled the town’s economy, but after the mines closed, many of the young men and women enlisted in the military, which is another theme that resonates throughout many of the titles.

The common thread connecting each novel is the sacrifice the hero or heroine are willing to make for their families. The residents look out for and support one another, and it is no different when, as a graduating high school senior, Zoey Allen becomes the legal guardian for her two younger brothers after the death of her father and stepmother. She defers her dream to become a nurse, and having a relationship is out of the question. But she did not count on Sutton Reed returning to Wickham Falls and renting the house next to hers.

Sparks fly and sexual tension crackles between Zoey and Sutton. Sutton wants to prove to Zoey that he is the role model her teenage brother needs, and to convince her he can help her realize her dream. He soon discovers that Zoey has carefully mapped out her future, but it is when he interferes with a family member from her past that he fears losing her forever.

A Winning Season is filled with loss, abandonment, passion, hope, redemption and forgiveness, and hopefully you will enjoy it as I bring the curtain down on the Wickham Falls Weddings series.

Happy reading!

Rochelle Alers