Petals — Reina M. Williams

Visit a small town with a heart as gold as the California hills! Settle in a cozy seat and enjoy these sweet, Austen-inspired stories of pride and prejudice, persuasion, and matchmaking in this modern "country village." Bennet Ray is home. She loves her grandma, their toy shop, and their cobbled-together family in the small Sonoma County town of Rancho Valle. But restless wanderer Bennet is afraid she can't settle down, or be open to the love she wants. When her former high school nemesis Ryan Stone threatens her family's business, and her feelings, can she face her past and find and way to remain in Rancho Valle? Length: 63 pages Heat level: Sweet Rancho Valle Series Book .5: Petals (a short story of Pride and Prejudice) Book One: Dear Cate (a novella of Persuasion) Book Two: Chance for Love (a novella of Pride and Prejudice) Book Three: Loving Lucky (a novella of Matchmaking)