This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.
Turns out home may be where the heart is, after allâŚ
Briar Run, Kentucky, is where Annie Emerson grew up, where her grandmother Ida raised her. Annie, now a social worker in L.A., left years ago but returns home when Idaâs health fails. Sheâs devastated to lose herâand shocked to discover how badly the town has deteriorated. But sheâs inherited some money and uses it to help rescue Briar Run.
Police chief Sky Cordova is dealing with an overabundance of crime, severe budget cuts and a battle over the custody of his five-year-old son, Zack. The last thing he needs is a woman with a cause stirring up trouble. Despite that, heâs captivated by Annie and her passion to revitalize her neighborhood. Heâs not the only one, since Zack falls for Annie, too. Sky starts to realize that her way of bringing the town back to lifeâone house at a timeâmight work. Just as sheâs brought his heart back to life, one smile at a timeâŚ