A Dollar and Love

Finding a home on Maui is hard.
Keeping it can be even harder.

When single mom Carrie Ann Emerson and her little girl Rorie have to find a place of their own, they encounter one stroke of bad luck—or bad landlord—after another. Carrie Ann is beginning to wonder if they'll end up homeless, living on the beach. But then they find the home of their dreams in rural Makawao, and an adopted family as well. Auntie Rose McKenzie, the kind old lady next door, needs their help and company as she finally faces long-ago memories of heartbreak and loss. Rorie loves the country life, Carrie Ann's career is taking off, and romance is on the horizon.
But when Auntie Rose receives bad news about her land, and a storm sweeps over Makawao, Carrie Ann must pick up the pieces, or once again, she and Rorie will be without a place to call home.

Volume 2, The Maui Trilogy. 84,000 words