Coming Home to Hudson — Kimberly Rae

She was hiding from love ...Hiding behind her neighbor's bushes to avoid the town matchmaker was not the way Leah Prescott expected to meet Hudson, North Carolina's, new art teacher. Why did Jake McCormick move to her tiny town? He is charming, and his art and garden therapy days are unifying the town and giving new life to Leah's ailing grandmother. But Marcus had been charming too.Leah vows to avoid the mysterious Jake, but how can she when the quirky southern townsfolk are certain they belong together? Her three single best friends think it's time for her to move on, but their heartache hadn't ended up on a newspaper's front page.Is Jake worthy of Leah's trust? Can Leah overcome her fears and risk loving again?Praise for Coming Home to Hudson from readers like you:The humor hooked me on the first page ...I would love to live in a town with those characters.-Alves... a mixture of a caring community, small town gossip, outsideinfluences, effects of war, and most of all Love.-Phyllis... wonderful read ... the characters quickly became friends that I did notwant to say goodbye to when the book ended!-BetsyFall in love with Hudson, North Carolina, Rae's former hometown and the childhood home of Jan Karon (#1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Mitford Series).