Misty Mornings

As they agreed on the night of their high school graduation, Laiklyn and her two friends, Tiffany and Willen meet on the porch of the Manor at Blueberry Beach on April Fool's day, eighteen years after being given their diplomas.Life hadn't turned out as expected for any of them.A single mother for fifteen years, Laiklyn recently lost her job in HR for an oil company and her unemployment is running out.Could the manor she and her friends bought for $1 at a tax sale in celebration of graduation be the change she needs to move forward in her life?Or will it just complicate things when she finds out the explosive secret her fifteen-year-old daughter is hiding?When she finds out that her old high school crush – and the only one who knows her most terrible secret – now owns the hardware store and will be working closely with them on renovations, Laiklyn must choose whether she wants to start over somewhere else, or whether the draw of spending misty mornings by the lake with a man who understands her all too well is worth the risk to her heart. About Jessie Gussman

Writer of Love Stories

USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction.

When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again.

If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.