Main Street Minden

The Main Street Minden Series

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Falling on Main Street

Shame chases her to Minden. Grief traps him in the past. But they can’t deny the spark between them.

Charlotte's world as an executive recruiter comes crashing down after a classified document under her care is leaked to the press. Endless thoughts of her best friend's betrayal and her tattered reputation follow her to the small town where she takes refuge.

A widower while he was still young, Luke Brand chases off any threat to the memory of his young bride and the house where they lived together. When an attractive city slicker with the stunning green eyes moves in, an Luke get over his stubbornness and follow his mother-in-law’s desire and God’s instruction to help the town’s newest resident?

Between the infuriating hot and cold signals of her landlord's son and the sincere faith of those in her new circle, Charlotte is left
questioning a lot more than how to take back her career.

Can this time in the charming Indiana town of Minden spur healing for both Charlotte and Luke and help them find the way to a new life, together?

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Winter Wishes

Keeping secrets could keep them apart.

Todd Flynn has always been the lovable jock, known for being a simple yet reliable carpenter and handyman in the small town of Minden. Nearly a high school dropout and actively discouraged from pursuing academic pursuits by his abusive father, Todd hides the truth from every one, including the friend he’s harbored feelings for since high school.

Christine Mathes has worked at her parents’ cafe ever since returning home after only a year in college. When her parents retire and leave the cafe entirely in her hands, she quickly becomes overwhelmed with the new responsibility. A dark secret of her own threatens to derail her grand plans for the restaurant and she has to face her fear of the city for her business dreams to come true.

Despite their long friendship and the romantic tensions that seem to rise when they are alone together at the holidays, will Chrissy and Todd let their secrets and their insecurities hold them back from happiness? The power of community, honesty, and forgiveness highlight this faith-centered happily ever after.

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Kissing in the Kitchen

Finding love after 50 is impossible… isn’t it?

Ruth Coffman has been a widow for over twenty years and is content in her independence. But when making the plans for an upcoming wedding finds her repeatedly thrown together with the charming new chef from Minden's main restaurant, she starts wondering if God has other plans for her. Should she take the risk of starting a new relationship at this stage of life? Or would she be better off single - like she has been for decades?

Norm recently moved back to the area to help take care of his aging parents after working for nearly thirty years as an executive chef in Chicago. He's always been too busy for relationships or a family of his own. As he spends more time in Minden, he starts to imagine a different future for himself - one that might just include sharing his kitchen with the beautiful widow with the fiery red hair. Can he open himself after so many years of self-imposed distance from the people around him? Or will his stubbornness sabotage any chance of a friendship with Ruth?

Please note: Kissing in the Kitchen is a bonus novella within the Main Street Minden Series and is approximately 20,000 words. It is a stand-alone story but does contain spoilers of Books 1 and 2 of the series.

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Spring Fever

An adorable toddler brings them together. Will their own priorities tear them apart?

Mandy spends her days teaching and chasing children who eventually go home with someone else at the end of the day. But she dreams of the little girl she lost and the family they could have been. To ease her loneliness, Mandy fills her calendar until there isn’t a spare moment to remember.

Dr. Garrett Pike is ambitious and entirely focused on his career, despite the frequent admonitions from his happily settled brother about making time for a family. When tragedy strikes and Garrett becomes a father overnight to his four-year-old niece, he is way out of his depth. He turns to the only person he can think of - the intriguing daycare owner he met exactly one time and then ghosted without calling for the date he promised.

Mandy thinks God has given her everything she wants - a ready-made family with a man who makes her stomach do backflips. Garrett, on the other hand, never wanted any of it. Suddenly, he has the perfect girlfriend and an adorable daughter on top of a job he can barely manage.

Work. Family. Faith. Kissing. Can people really have it all?

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Summer to Remember

Fitting together might be more important than fitting in.

Danielle Washington never felt like she belonged. After she loses her bakery job, she is left with no family, no job, no car, and no money to pay rent. When she gets a call that an aunt she doesn’t remember breaks a hip, Danielle jumps at the chance to come help. Maybe the small town holds chance to start over. Or at least discover the secrets that kept her mother from ever returning home.

Mark Dawson doesn’t fit a mold, either. His family has lived in small-town Minden his entire life, but his trendy style and that’s-definitely-not-a-sport interests didn’t always fit in. As a middle-school teacher, Mark tries to teach students it’s okay to embrace your quirks; a lesson he also finds himself reiterating to the cute new baker in town. But when he is accused of the unthinkable and his career and community threaten to crumble; the shame is too much to share.

Danielle finds herself caught up in the charm of small-town life and the handsome school teacher who shares her love of video games and superheroes. But can she overcome the skeletons of the past to connect with the only family she has left? Will Mark’s own secrets push them apart before they ever have a chance?

The healing power of the truth and God’s provision are front and center in this story of forgiveness, acceptance, community, and love.

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