Mountain Joy

By Kathy Kalmar

Highly competent Chief Operating Officer of the family-owned Sugarlands Lodge, Skye Scraper faces many obstacles. The least of which is her husband, Luke, a park ranger in charge of park land management. Luke frequently blocks her as she fights to restores the family-owned Lodge to return it to solvency. Known to face obstacles head on, she faces an even larger problem than Luke’s job and opposition, the Chimney 2 Fire in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Newlywed and pregnant with twins, she finds her husband trapped by the spreading fire which causes her to go into premature labor. Her husband, her heritage and now her own safety are jeopardized by the proximity of the fiercest wildfire of the century. Facing hurricane force winds fanning the flames, she must fight fire with fire or watch her dreams go up in smoke.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Jul 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781487419295

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Matter-of-fact Skye Weathers has everything under control, but how is she supposed to save herself and her family’s legacy in the Great Smoky Mountains when her husband becomes trapped by the fire and she goes into unexpected labor as the Chimney 2 Fire rages ever closer?

Highly competent Chief Operating Officer of the family-owned Sugarlands Lodge, Skye Scraper faces many obstacles. The least of which is her husband, Luke, a park ranger in charge of park land management. Luke frequently blocks her as she fights to restores the family-owned Lodge to return it to solvency. Known to face obstacles head on, she faces an even larger problem than Luke’s job and opposition, the Chimney 2 Fire in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Newlywed and pregnant with twins, she finds her husband trapped by the spreading fire which causes her to go into premature labor. Her husband, her heritage and now her own safety are jeopardized by the proximity of the fiercest wildfire of the century. Facing hurricane force winds fanning the flames, she must fight fire with fire or watch her dreams go up in smoke.

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Mountain Joy

Copyright © 2018 Kathy Kalmar

ISBN: 978-1-4874-1929-5

Cover art by Angela Waters

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Mountain Joy

Mountain Series Four

By

Kathy Kalmar

Dedication

To Larry who gave me my very own second chance to love.

In Memoriam

To my forever friend, Linda Wilson, whose skills, talents, and belief in me and my work led to this publication. Ours is a relationship forged in the fires of loss, love, and laughter. I hope you get a laugh out of the Weather girls.

To my Mom and Dad who introduced me to the Great Smoky Mountains.

Acknowledgments

Always to Jay Austin, my editor in chief who made my lifelong dream