The New Guy in Town: a Small Town Romance (Tender Hills #1)
Presley Brooks
BRENDA
Everyone in Tender Hills knows my story.
The diagnosis and the treatments, but sometimes it feels like they forget the remission. Six years of fighting cancer will do that in a small town.
Now I’m finally healthy, living on my own and trying to build a normal life again… but my parents still watch me like I might break at any moment.
So when the town starts buzzing about Tyler Saunders coming home, I try not to pay care because I can't afford to be distracted.
After all, he’s a country music superstar now.
Sold-out stadiums.
Hit songs on the radio.
A life that looks nothing like the quiet one I’ve been rebuilding here.
But the man the whole world knows is starting to look at me like I’m the only thing in Tender Hills and I don't want him to stop.
CASH
I’ve played for crowds at sold-out stadiums, but stepping off the plane and seeing my dad waiting for me at the airport?That nearly knocked the air out of my lungs.
Five years ago I left this town chasing a dream.
Now I’ve got the record deals, sold-out tours and more attention than I ever wanted. I've also got a case of writer's block and a deadline just around the corner.
That's why I came home.
I needed to go the one place where things are quieter... Simpler.
Then I met my sister's best friend.
Brenda is stronger than anyone I’ve ever met. After everything she’s been through, she still wakes up every morning determined to live a life that matters.
Being around her reminds me of the person I used to be before the world got loud.
Before the pressure and the spotlight.
I came back to Tender Hills looking for inspiration for my next album.
But Brenda makes me wonder if the life I left behind Tender Hills might be the one I was meant to live all along.
Tropes you'll find in THE NEW GUY IN TOWN:
Small town romance
Best friend's brother
Sister's best friend
Rock star
Teacher
Healing after illness (Cancer Survivor)
Coming home again
Slow burn romance
Close-knit community
This book is part of the Tender Hills series featuring standalone novels by multiple authors. Start the series with THE NEW GUY IN TOWN, a best friend's brother romance set in a small town with healing after illness as a main theme.
NOTE: This story was originally published in LOVE IS IN THE AIR an anthology published by RhetAskew Publishing benefiting Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
