Return to Paradise

Do you believe in destiny?

Guest-ranch manager Madison Carter certainly does. Abandoned as a small child, she knows little of her past but is convinced that uncovering it will lead her to healing and home. When a sudden job loss and financial windfall converge, she sets out on a journey of self-discovery to the town where she was born.

Madison is not too happy when a blown-out tire forces her to stop at the auto shop of self-assured, straight talking workaholic, Lacey Montgomery. Blessed with loving family and friends, the stunningly beautiful Lacey has always shaped her own destiny?or so she believes.

The sparks fly almost immediately, but the women's contrasting personalities and what Lacey perceives as Madison's secretive nature keep them from igniting?just yet. Their friendship deepens to passionate romance, however, when Madison moves into town to open her own guest ranch?and begins to open up about herself. A lock without a key, a box of childhood treasures and a scruffy white horse begin to illuminate Madison's shadowed past. But despite her Miss-Fix-It attitude, Lacey will soon learn that it will take a little destiny to repair a broken soul.

Laina Villeneuve admits that her real-life courtship would read like a blatant plot manipulation. In the last ten years, she and her wife have been married, had a baby, been legally married and had twins. An English professor and voracious reader, she also has a lifelong love for horses.