Extra, extra, read all about it: young hot-shot journalist looks for love. Maybe it’s not front-page news, but for journalist Julie Downs, it’s true. With two men vying for her attention, Julie doesn’t know what to do. So to avoid a decision, she throws herself into her job as a reporter in her small town of Coldwater, Montana. In a moment of good fortune, she is assigned a special-interest column about the long drought that has turned the town to desert and sapped the strength of the local ranchers. But Julie can’t escape the inevitable. When she unwittingly stumbles onto the trail of something even more threatening than the parched land, she must decide whether she will pursue a headline-grabbing story or follow her heart--wherever it may take her.
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She’s about to write the story that could make her career . . . unless matters of the heart get in the way.
Julie Downs is devoted to her life as a newspaper reporter in the friendly town of Coldwater, Montana. She’s a young, talented writer with high hopes for turning her small-town newspaper gig into an award-winning journalism career. But while a terrible drought slowly saps the strength and spirits of the local ranchers, her human-interest stories don’t seem to help--except to attract the attention of not one but two very handsome men. Little does she know that her newspaper column is about to lead her to something even more threatening than the parched land.
As Julie works to uncover evidence for a headline-grabbing story about illegal doings in her small town, she is met with meager success--and the sinister threats of someone who doesn’t want her snooping around. Only then does Julie realize that she is faced with some tough decisions. Should she pursue a story that could kick-start her career? Or leave it behind and follow her heart--wherever it may take her?