Mary & Bright (Maple Falls) (Volume 3)

As a young child, Mary Bradford dreamed of walking down the aisle wearing the most beautiful wedding dress she could imagine and marrying that someone special. Even now as an adult, not much has changed about that dream. She’d get married, raise a family with her husband, all while living in her hometown of Maple Falls. However, when her boyfriend, Alex Dawson, accepts the job offer of a lifetime, Mary sacrifices her lifelong dream and follows Alex halfway across country for his job. While his career was taking off, she struggles to find work for herself. As Mary prepares to fly home for her little sister’s wedding, she’s forced to see the reality of the life she chose – no job, no social life, and not even an engagement ring on her finger.When Will Roberts abruptly finds himself unattached again, he decides to take another look at the direction he’s taking in his life. A possible new career opportunity that was offered to him may just be what he needs. As a local delivery man for the area businesses in Maple Falls, he often hears of the town’s latest gossip, so the news of an old crush of his coming home for the holidays sparked the embers of a relationship of years gone by. Things get complicated, and suddenly, he’s faced with some pretty difficult decisions – more than he can handle.When Mary and Will’s paths ultimately cross, the feelings they once had for each other are suddenly resurrected. Even though fate seems to have brought the two together again, they are faced with several obstacles from their past and present that make it all but impossible to reignite the spark of that relationship.

Shannon Graupman lives in rural Minnesota with her husband and four children. When she's not running her family to dance, t-ball, and driving the carpool, Shannon enjoys reading, crocheting, and coffee. And of course, writing.