Marianne Gowers

Mending Hearts Marianne Gowers

Scarlett McDonald is positive she is getting a promotion at work, but is sorely disappointed. She is not only overlooked for the promotion, but she is being demoted, sent to the outer regions of the state. The Beehive Health Food store in the small town of Tremonton is lagging in sales and is on the verge of collapse. Scarlett, according to her boss, is the remedy. She is not at all anxious to return to the rural town from which she escaped over ten years ago. However, knowing she would not be happy under the new manager at her current store and armed with the promise of a substantial bonus, she is enticed to make the transfer. She starts counting the weeks of her return to civilization before she has even left it, insisting to family and friends that the relocation is only temporary. When the truck she is driving breaks down and an annoying auto repairman enters the picture, she realizes that the faltering store may be the least of her worries. Mending Hearts is a story of healing, of finding joy and forgiveness in the most unexpected places.