<p><em>'That girl who got knocked up in high school.&rdquo;</em><br />
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Maggie Reynolds went all the way to Los Angeles to escape that label, but she hears the whispers every time she comes home to Eden&#39;s Ridge, Tennessee. She&#39;s been burning the candle at both ends for the last twelve years, trying to make something of her herself, trying to give people something else to say about her.<br />
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Porter Ingram prides himself on being a steady man, a good friend, but he&#39;s none too steady when he flies off to California because Maggie&#39;s collapsed from exhaustion and she doesn&#39;t want her sister, Pru, to worry. Not when Pru&#39;s about to have a baby any minute. What Maggie doesn&#39;t know is that she&#39;s more than just a good friend to Porter. It&#39;s an open secret he&#39;s been wearing on his sleeve for years, if she&#39;d only see it.<br />
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When Maggie&#39;s forced to take a sabbatical from work, the obvious choice is to go home to Tennessee. But there&#39;s nothing restful about just doing nothing for a doer like her. Throwing herself into getting the Eden&#39;s Ridge Artisan Guild off the ground is a natural fit for her talents, and Porter&#39;s grateful for her help. But walking in the shadows of their painful past could reveal secrets that just might destroy everything they think they know about each other.</p>