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    The Ties That Bind: Mill Creek Junction Collection, #4
    The Ties That Bind: Mill Creek Junction Collection, #4
    The Ties That Bind: Mill Creek Junction Collection, #4
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    The Ties That Bind: Mill Creek Junction Collection, #4

    By J. A. Bouma

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    If money makes the world go 'round, then relationships are the currency of small towns. They're the ties that bind a community together, the grease that makes the pistons turn.

     

    Mill Creek Junction is a small fictional Midwest town filled with relationships of all shapes and sizes—brought to you in a collection of five original, heartwarming short stories.

     

    From a chance-encounter meet-cute between two people from opposite sides of the tracks on New Years Eve leading to a connection that leads to something more. To a night on the countryside between friends that leads to a rollicking adventure only conjured by small-town living.

     

    Then there's the small-town law firm of three partners struggling to make ends meet, and a revelation about what matters most. The baton-passing between one pastor and another, one generation to another, and all the thoughts and feelings about that. Ending with a group of friends celebrating a holiday that reminds them they've got all they need: each other.

     

    So, here's to relationships of all sorts. Here's to what brings us together and holds us together—in any number of ways.

     

    Here's to the ties that bind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmmausWay Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2022
    ISBN9798201097776
    The Ties That Bind: Mill Creek Junction Collection, #4

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