LOVE AND THE PEAR PIE WARS by Author London James **The Orchard Brides** **Book Birthday**

Welcome back to Romance Sweet Reads! Today we're featuring author London James and her new release, Love and the Pear Pie Wars, the fourth book in The Orchard Brides series.

Tori Bevan must have heard her grandmother say that phrase more times than she could count growing up on Bevan Pear Farms. Every year Grandma Bevan went for the coveted Clarksville Pear Festival Best Pear Pie award. And every year she’d lose to Ben Holden—the owner of Holden Acres, another pear farm and her enemy for over seventy years. Tori believes this year she has the blue ribbon in the bag. Only one problem stands in her way . . . Dane Holden, Ben’s grandson, waltzing back in town, much to Tori’s disliking.

Dane Holden never had an interest in his grandparent’s pear farm. He moved away a long time ago with no plans to ever go back to his small hometown. However, after a couple of poor business deals leave the young entrepreneur jobless and homeless, he has no choice but to say yes when his grandpa asks him to come home for the festival.

Just when the sparks begin to fly between Tori and Dane, Dane’s past comes back to haunt him, throwing a curve ball in Tori’s plans for the festival and contest. Will the Holden’s claim another coveted blue ribbon, or will a new champion reign over this year’s festival?

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Tori

All is fair in love and the pear pie wars.

It was the saying her grandma had said Tori didn’t know how many times in her life. Hundreds, thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands—she wasn’t exactly sure. But the one thing she was sure of was that it meant something. Or at least to her grandma, it did.

And she couldn’t help but wonder if this year she would learn what it meant.

Even if she didn’t want to.

Each year at the Clarksville Pear Festival, folks in town lined up to enter the Best Pear Pie contest, and of those, her grandma was always the first in line. Or maybe she was the second. Tori didn’t know. But the one thing she knew was that this year her grandmother was the first, only it wasn’t her name she entered. This year, she wrote Tori’s name.

The only problem was, though, Tori didn’t know how she felt about it.

She also didn’t know if she could bring herself to enter her grandma’s recipe.

Oh, of course, the recipe was good, but Tori always thought something was missing.

She just didn’t know what it was, and she was dying to figure it out.

“Morning, dear.” Tori’s grandma, Rose, looked up from stirring whatever was in the mixing bowl as Tori stepped off the last stair into the kitchen. With the scent of breakfast in the air, she guessed pancakes, and it made her stomach growl. She always loved her grandma’s pancakes. Of course, they were just like any other pancakes everyone made from a mix bought at the store. But her grandma had a particular way of cooking them. After pouring the mixture on the griddle, she plopped pats of butter around them, and when it melted, it crisped the edges of the pancakes. It was Tori’s favorite part to eat.

“Good morning. How did you sleep?”

“Oh, you know me. Just fine.” Her grandma eyed her for a moment. “Are you thinking you want to try a practice run at the pie recipe today?”

A twinge of unease settled in her stomach, and she made her way over to the coffeepot, reaching for the decanter with one hand while the other fetched a mug from the cabinet above. “Can I have my breakfast first before you start about the Pear Pie Wars?”

Welcome to my little corner of the internet! So who am I? Well, it's quite simple actually. I'm an author who writes in her fuzzy pants and loves her family, horses, and cats! I write Sweet Historical Romance and Sweet Contemporary Romance. If you're looking for something with just a bit more heat (not too much) or love Women's Fiction, check out my pen name Angela Christina Archer!

Growing up in Nevada, reading was always a pastime that took second place to trail riding and showing horses. When I did find the time in my youth to curl up with a book, I found enjoyment in the Saddle Club Series, the Sweet Valley High series, and the classics of Anne of Green Gables, The Box Car Children, and Little House on the Prairie. Although writing always piqued my curiosity, it wasn’t until September 2009 that I worked up the courage to put my passion to paper and started my debut novel.

I live on a ranch with my husband, two daughters, and many farm animals. When I'm not writing, I spend my days from dawn to dusk as a stay at home, homeschooling mom. I also work in my garden and takes care of my many farm animals, as well as I love to bake and cook from scratch. While I don't show horses anymore, I still love to trail ride my paint horse, Honky, as well as I, enjoy teaching my daughters how to ride their horses, Chubs and Cowboy.

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Thank you so much for stopping by. We'll be back again on Friday, April 22nd with the next book in this series, plus the beginning of a new series. Double the fun!

Nancy