Lizzie is about to find out what life has in store for her and her brother Luke. They had lost everything they knew in just a few days,after a yellow fever epidemic took so much from them. They are being shipped off to a Grandmother they never met, who lived in a sleepy little town in Virginia. Things start out rough for her, til she arrives and meets Jake. He turns her life upside down, she wasn't expecting to find love. His brother and him lived on a farm across from her grandmother. But she soon finds out that someone else has her sights on Jake. Lizzie has already fought for her life, now she has to fight for love. So what is in store for Lizzie? Will her grandmother be kind and sweet like her mother was? Will they be accepted in this little town?

After falling in love with a younger and much less successful man, can Yiwen convince herself and her parents to accept him into their wealthy family? ***** When Yiwen Wang suddenly finds herself 30 and single, she lets her well-meaning best friend talk her into a blind date with the handsome Zi'an Li. And not only is he plucked straight out of a movie screen, his witty banter over dinner also convinces Yiwen he's exactly the type to make her toes curl. Yet, by some wicked twist of fate, he's five years younger than her and has no house, car, or stable, high-paying job. So how is she ever going to convince herself and her parents that he's the right choice? Especially when her new, attractive boss makes it very clear that he's interested in her? [[1st Place, Flower Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[1st Place, The Golden Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]