Promise Me Always — Christine Lynxwiler

Allie thinks she's got everything under control.
How wrong can one woman be?

ALLIE RICHARDS has always dreamed of having her own landscaping company. After she loses her job, her lifelong "Pinky Promise" girlfriends convince her to enter the Beautiful Town Landscaping Competition, a prequel to the Shady Grove Centennial Celebration.

The prize? A new landscaping truck, a chunk of cash, and a one-year contract for Shady Grove's landscaping and maintenance.

But there's a hitch. Every move Allies ragtag crew makes will be filmed and featured in the reality segment of the local TV show Wake Up, Shady Grove. And Daniel Montgomery, the man behind the camera, is after more than just a story. Will he be satisfied with anything less than Allies heart?

Armed with a green thumb, help from her Pinky friends, and lots of determination, can Attie survive the hype, keep her fatherless kids from running amuck, maintain her faith, guard her heart -- and still win the prize?