The Fountain of Truth: A Novel

"Build us a town in which we can live, build us a church inwhich we can marry, build us a house in which we can raise a family and I will come back to marry you."Tim Jaskin has no time for sentimental notions even when it comes to his own family. The old town his family reputedly established generations earlier is on the brink of being demolished by eminent domain. Although he doesn't side with the city, his grandmother implores him to help the family preserve the fountain in Fountain Way for future generations.
The only evidence Tim has is a tale his family has told for generations about how his great-great-great-great-grandparents met at a fountain, the origin of Trader Fountain. A historian only interested in facts, Tim needs more than just sentimentality to obtain historical status for Fountain Way. Cherish Tiswell is heading cross-country to be with her fiancé. Unable to maintain the family business through a dire economic cycle, Cherish has given up her family home when her late parents' medical bills make it impossible for her to keep up with the mortgage.
Her only ties to family now rest in her future marriage to her fiancé. Lost on a country road looking for the Interstate onramp, Cherish stumbles on the fountain and finds herself in the middle of a family feud to protect a heritage threatened by a complacent heir. Cherish teaches Tim a valuable lesson in the value of family, and it's up to Tim to decide if his legacy is compelling enough to preserve even without the proof he needs to believe the family tale is true.
(Adult contemporary romance)