It Happens Every Spring

Word travels fast at Patsy Pringle?'s Just As I Am beauty shop. So when a simple homeless man appears on Steve and Brenda Hansen?'s doorstep during a thunderstorm, the entire town is set abuzz, especially when Brenda lets him sleep on their porch. But that?'s not all the neighbors are talking about. Spring may be blooming outdoors, but an icy chill has settled over the Hansens? marriage. Steve is keeping late hours with clients at the country club, and the usually upbeat Brenda is feeling the absence of her husband and her college-age kids. Add to that the unsavory business that?'s moving in next to Patsy?'s beauty shop, and the entire community gets turned upside down. Now Brenda?'s neighbors must unite to pull her out of her rut and keep the unwanted store out of town. But can Steve and Brenda learn to thaw their chilly marriage and enjoy the hope spring has to offer?Palmer, Catherine is the author of 'It Happens Every Spring ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781414311654 and ISBN 1414311656.