Simple riches

Sometimes The Only Thing Worth Treasuring Is In Your HeartDeveloping luxury resorts may be an odd career for a woman who never takes a vacation, but growing up with her grandfather's no-nonsense work ethic has made Alexandra Chamberlain good at her job. Convincing residents of the logging community of Rastelline, Pennsylvania, to embrace the idea of a resort will be a challenge, however. For them, Rastelline means picnics, baseball games, and families connected by both blood and history-the kind of small-town life Alex has never known. Nick Androvich left Rastelline once-and paid for it dearly. Grief and guilt have brought him back to town and the farmhouse he and his wife dreamed of renovating before she died. As Rastelline's only doctor and the son of one of the community's oldest families, Nick is bound to his hometown in ways someone like Alex can never understand-and he doesn't want anything about the place where he grew up-and where he's raising his young son alone-to change. Neither Nick nor Alex imagined that a business deal might get personal, or that rational negotiations would pale in the face of good old-fashioned emotion. Suddenly, Alex is questioning everything she always believed she wanted, and Nick is wondering if his wounded heart might be on the mend. Because they're both discovering that the only things that really matter-like love, laughter, and long, slow kisses under the stars-are life's simplest riches. And sharing them is the only thing worth fighting for…