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Coming Home
They look exactly like their ancestors. They're planning the town's centennial gala together. And they're both trying very hard not to fall in love.
Maggie Carter has spent her life playing it safe—never married, never took big risks, content running her inn in Winterberry Hollow. But when she's asked to co-chair the town's 100th anniversary celebration, she discovers something that shakes her careful her great-aunt Margaret and Tom Morgan's grandfather Thomas were deeply in love—until family pressure tore them apart in 1925.
Tom Morgan thought helping plan the centennial would be simple. Honor the past, celebrate the community, avoid any emotional complications. But working with Maggie changes everything. Especially when they discover a photograph that proves they look exactly like their star-crossed ancestors.
Through weeks of historical research and late-night planning sessions, Tom and Maggie uncover a love story that never got its happy ending. The last dance. The forced separation. The letters that were never sent. And as they piece together what happened a century ago, they realize they're doing something their ancestors never
Choosing each other.
With the whole town watching, a television crew documenting everything, and eight-year-old Sophie convinced they're meant to be together, Tom and Maggie face a play it safe like they always have, or risk everything for a love that's been waiting a hundred years to get it right.
A heartwarming later-in-life romance about second chances, family legacies, and finding love when you've stopped looking for it.
Maggie Carter has spent her life playing it safe—never married, never took big risks, content running her inn in Winterberry Hollow. But when she's asked to co-chair the town's 100th anniversary celebration, she discovers something that shakes her careful her great-aunt Margaret and Tom Morgan's grandfather Thomas were deeply in love—until family pressure tore them apart in 1925.
Tom Morgan thought helping plan the centennial would be simple. Honor the past, celebrate the community, avoid any emotional complications. But working with Maggie changes everything. Especially when they discover a photograph that proves they look exactly like their star-crossed ancestors.
Through weeks of historical research and late-night planning sessions, Tom and Maggie uncover a love story that never got its happy ending. The last dance. The forced separation. The letters that were never sent. And as they piece together what happened a century ago, they realize they're doing something their ancestors never
Choosing each other.
With the whole town watching, a television crew documenting everything, and eight-year-old Sophie convinced they're meant to be together, Tom and Maggie face a play it safe like they always have, or risk everything for a love that's been waiting a hundred years to get it right.
A heartwarming later-in-life romance about second chances, family legacies, and finding love when you've stopped looking for it.
288 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2025
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Cindy Nichols
98 books115 followersCindy Nichols also writes as Cindy Caldwell
Cindy Nichols writes heartwarming stories interwoven with the bonds of friendship and family that combine what she loves most about women's fiction and romance.
She's lived most of her life near a beach...just the way she likes it. She hopes to share that feeling of peace and serenity with readers in her gently thought-provoking, feel-good stories.
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Cindy Nichols writes heartwarming stories interwoven with the bonds of friendship and family that combine what she loves most about women's fiction and romance.
She's lived most of her life near a beach...just the way she likes it. She hopes to share that feeling of peace and serenity with readers in her gently thought-provoking, feel-good stories.
Feel free to sign up for her mailing list to hear about new releases as soon as they are available. Just copy and paste into your browser:
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December 6, 2025
This year the town of Winterberry Hollow will celebrate 100 years of the Christmas Festival. Maggie Carter and Tom Morgan, whose families were among the founders of the town, are co-chairing the celebration which will kick off the festival the night before. Maggie handles the people and vendors while Tom handles the logistics, which includes the decorations, music equipment and food. Both are single, and work together very well, but there is an underlying connection between them that they are trying to ignore.
When they make their final presentation about the elegant gala they planned before the community, the townspeople challenge their ideas of how they feel about the lack of connection to the families and the town’s history. Avis, who runs Fireside Books, has been garnering items from some families, including photos, letters and even business records from the early 1920’s. It’s with this realization that Maggie and Tom begin to understand that this is more than just an elegant gala, but also an historical celebration to honor the town and founders. As they work together along with other volunteers to bring the stories to life, they also delve deeper into their own families backgrounds, with surprising findings that they’ve never known. What a beautiful story for the holidays, that will make you both smile, laugh and cry at times.
When they make their final presentation about the elegant gala they planned before the community, the townspeople challenge their ideas of how they feel about the lack of connection to the families and the town’s history. Avis, who runs Fireside Books, has been garnering items from some families, including photos, letters and even business records from the early 1920’s. It’s with this realization that Maggie and Tom begin to understand that this is more than just an elegant gala, but also an historical celebration to honor the town and founders. As they work together along with other volunteers to bring the stories to life, they also delve deeper into their own families backgrounds, with surprising findings that they’ve never known. What a beautiful story for the holidays, that will make you both smile, laugh and cry at times.
December 28, 2025
A New Beginning
Tom & James returned to Winterberry after having been away for a few years. They had left grieving Grace, their daughter & granddaughter. Grace’s husband, Ben, was a single father raising Sophie. Sophie was a precocious little girl! And very observant about things around her. Maggie was Ben’s aunt. Winterberry’s centennial celebration was being planned by the citizens of Winterberry. It seemed that everybody had historical information that connected everyone else in Winterberry! The culmination of the centennial gala revealed a romance between two individuals from rival families who both left Winterberry. Tom & Maggie had been chairing the gala & decided to give the last information on family & Winterberry history. It was apparent that Tom & Maggie were a couple in love & looked exactly like the young couple who left each other. Winterberry citizens realized Tom & Maggie were in love. Were they going to finally admit their love or were they going to take the same route & leave Winterberry or were they going to leave without admitting they were in love? You’ll have to read thus.
Tom & James returned to Winterberry after having been away for a few years. They had left grieving Grace, their daughter & granddaughter. Grace’s husband, Ben, was a single father raising Sophie. Sophie was a precocious little girl! And very observant about things around her. Maggie was Ben’s aunt. Winterberry’s centennial celebration was being planned by the citizens of Winterberry. It seemed that everybody had historical information that connected everyone else in Winterberry! The culmination of the centennial gala revealed a romance between two individuals from rival families who both left Winterberry. Tom & Maggie had been chairing the gala & decided to give the last information on family & Winterberry history. It was apparent that Tom & Maggie were a couple in love & looked exactly like the young couple who left each other. Winterberry citizens realized Tom & Maggie were in love. Were they going to finally admit their love or were they going to take the same route & leave Winterberry or were they going to leave without admitting they were in love? You’ll have to read thus.
November 8, 2025
A perfect holiday story! Winterberry Hollow was full of excitement about another Christmas Gala. This was the centennial year, so it had to be special. To Maggie Carter and Tom Morgan, it was extra special. With the whole town looking into ancestry and getting ready for the big events, pictures were uncovered, stories told and history made. It's a great storyline with the entire town involved. Thanks for wonderful story telling.
February 2, 2026
When Maggie and Tom began researching the town’s family histories for the upcoming Centennial, countless stories came to life and lives were transformed. It was a wonderful addition to the series, with everyone in town pitching in to make the celebration a resounding success. They were committed to avoiding the mistakes of the past.
January 9, 2026
Wow what a incredible story!
Once again Sophie is the star, but this time Tom and Maggie shine up there with her! What a wonderful storyline that took me back to my grandparents and how they first met back in late 1920's!
Once again Sophie is the star, but this time Tom and Maggie shine up there with her! What a wonderful storyline that took me back to my grandparents and how they first met back in late 1920's!
December 20, 2025
Great small town story
I am loving this series. Makes your heart feel good. Small town, past, future, family and friends. Plus community supporting the entire progress.
I am loving this series. Makes your heart feel good. Small town, past, future, family and friends. Plus community supporting the entire progress.
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