Giving Thanks
Shannon Macallan

The way that Tom McGuire is looking at me has changed. He doesn’t see me as his daughter’s friend anymore but as a woman, a woman in whom he is interested. This is all new territory for me.
My name is Casey Barnes. I’m from California, a freshman in college in New England. Miranda, my roommate and new best friend, might as well be from another universe. She’s from one of New England’s oldest and richest families. And Miranda’s father - well, he takes my breath away. Maybe going home with her for Thanksgiving was a bad idea?
Giving Thanks is a romantic novella set in Maine about an innocent and inexperienced young woman’s first time falling in love with an older man, and explores themes of friendship, loss and letting go of past sorrows. It is the first part of a three-part series, but stands on its own with no cliffhanger.