The Peppercorn Project

Nicki Edwards

May 2016 · Momentum

About this ebook

One heartbroken woman. One bitter cop. One community to save them.

After the tragic death of her husband, single mum Isabelle Cassidy is bereft and broke. When she hears about The Peppercorn Project - a scheme that offers affordable rent in the tiny but vibrant town of Stony Creek - Issie sees it as her family's best chance at a fresh start.

Newly single police officer Matt Robertson moved to Stony Creek to lick his wounds after a bitter divorce. Wanting only peace and quiet, Matt is against the Project, seeing it as a threat to the peace he's found in the country town - until he meets Issie. Despite himself, Matt is drawn to the widow and feels inexplicably protective of her fragile family.

Just when Issie begins to imagine a future with Matt, an accident proves how far she has to go before she can move beyond her grief. But the citizens of Stony Creek won't rest until they see these two broken souls find a new beginning, together.

Can Issie move beyond the pain of her past and entrust Matt with her family, and her heart?

A gorgeous rural romance for fans of Fiona McArthur, Rachael Johns and Fiona McCallum.

Ratings and reviews

ARC Review: The Peppercorn Project by Nicki Edwards It's hard not to feel a deep well of emotion for The Peppercorn Project. A woman forced to be strong for the sake of her children. A man seeking a little peace after a heartbreak. Neither loss has been easy to bounce back from. So how does a tiny town bring these two spirits the hope and healing they crave? Issie is a character that is easy for any woman to empathize with especially a mother. Tragedy brought about more character to this broken woman. It took a great deal of courage for a woman with nothing but the love for her family to take the steps she did to provide for herself and her children. The Peppercorn Project is a spiritual revelation and a story that will uplift as well.

Loved it couldn't put my phone down don't know how many times it went flat!! Well worth it. Great read.

Thankyou so much for another amazing book. I feel so much warmth and love for my family after finishing this. Thankyou Nicki

About the author

Nicki Edwards is a city girl with a country heart. Growing up on a small family acreage, she spent her formative years riding horses and pretending the neighbour's farm was her own. After spending three years in a regional city in New South Wales, her love of small country towns was further developed. One day she plans to escape to the country with her husband Tim and live on land surrounded by horses, dogs, cows and sheep. Until then she lives vicariously through the lives of the characters in the rural romance novels she loves to read.

In 2006, when Nicki's youngest child started school, she returned to university, juggling full time study, part time work and raising four small children, to achieve her dream of becoming a nurse. Always a voracious reader, Nicki's other dream was to be an author.

Nicki writes medical rural romance for Momentum and when she isn't reading, writing or dreaming about rural life and medical emergencies, she can be found working as a Critical Care Nurse in a busy Intensive Care Unit, where many of her stories and characters are imagined.

Nicki and Tim reside in Geelong, Victoria with their four teenage/young adult children. Life is busy, fun and at times exhausting, but Nicki wouldn't change it for anything. Visit her at nickiedwards.com.au.