Wedding Ranch

A woman whose marriage is failing agrees to every request her husband makes, even taking on a mastiff mix puppy, in the hope of saving things between them. Her husband, however, has other plans: he leaves her for the owner of a teacup yorkie he met during puppy class. Left with a puppy that seems to grow larger every day, she packs up and sets out to begin again.

Her fresh start leads her to a household facing its own hardships and to a man who has stopped believing in love. Two bruised people are drawn together by coincidence and carried forward by hope. The novel explores family, romance, grief, forgiveness and the bonds of a close community.

The story is set around a group of old tobacco barns and outbuildings that have been restored and given a new life as The Wedding Ranch. The venue is run by twin sisters...