The lilac bouquet

Come hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings arent cheap. So she accepts a highly lucrative stint as a home health assistant to retired realtor, and town recluse, Seth Thomasa decision her great-grandmother Tandy is dead-set against. Seth isn't happy about it, either. The eighty-two-year-old doesnt want a "babysitter" much less a Massey something he makes clear when Emmy arrives at his house, an empty mansion built for the woman who broke his heart. But as Emmy stays and the two eventually open up to each other, she learns the reason behind a feud between Seth, Tandy, and Logans grandfather Jesse Grady that goes back six decades. She also uncovers a secret that forever changes how she sees her past and her future...