Midu's Magic by Judith Post

Coming Soon
The Emerald Hills Collection
     
    There are 7 novellas in the Emerald Hills
bundle: one "feel good" story for each day of the week:
     
    More Than Bonbons
    Emerald Hills is a town, with a secret. Tana
has put all her energy into making her candy shoppe a success. Nate
has traveled the world, building his career as a photographer. When
he visits Emerald Hills to see his aunt, he stops at Tana's shop to
buy candy. But Midu's image has faded from the photo until only her
farm stand remains. Tana and Nate are forced to work together to
save Midu.
     
     
    Mallory's Magical Gourds
    Emerald Hills attracts tourists with its
dashes of magic. Mallory's working on a batch of gourds when she
looks out her window at the park across from her cottage. The new
ranger has found illegal traps there, and someone is resetting
them. Mallory calls to tell him and finds herself involved with a
trapper who has a temper and a ranger who has more charm than she
expected.
     
    Sheri Hits The Right Notes
    Sheri Hudson knows that she's meant to be
perpetually single. In her late forties, she's come to terms with
that and made a fine life for herself as a high school music
teacher. But Emerald Hills has a quirky, unexpected magic of its
own, and when widower Morgan Nash comes to town, Sheri had better
watch out.
     
    Sole Responsibilities
    Emerald Hills is a tourist town with magic
tucked in every nook and cranny. Gino's magic lies in shoes. When
he re-soles a person's shoes, he can help put their life on a
firmer foundation. Until he meets Evelyn, a dance instructor. He
wants to help her, but nothing he does works. What is Fate trying
to tell him? Has he lost his gift, or does Fate have a surprise for
him?
     
    Lolita's Mirrors
    Coming Soon!
     
    Sheriff Guthrie & The Orange Tabby
    Coming Soon!
    Midu's Magic
     
     
    These novellas are all based on the setting
from the novel Fabric of Life . Emerald Hills is a tourist
town with magic lurking in every nook and cranny.
    Thea Patek is mentioned in a few of these
novellas. Fabric of Life is her story.

 
     
     
     
     
    The Emerald Hills novellas and bundle have been and
are dedicated to the wonderful people I met when I joined several
groups on Goodreads.
    Midu, this one's for you.

 
     
     
    By the third week of March, snow still
covered the ground and temperatures dipped in the low teens, but
Midu stood, warm and satisfied, in her new greenhouse. Tables
supported hundreds of potting containers, and sprouts poked fragile
shoots above carefully mixed soil blends. An overhead sprinkler
gently misted her babies to life once a day. Peat rimmed her
fingernails—the joy of playing in dirt. She loved nothing more than
growing plants. Kyle teased that she was like Mother Nature with a
botany degree. And then there was her magic. Most people in Emerald
Hills knew about that.
    Midu had more than a green thumb. The passion
she put into growing things permeated the fruits and vegetables
from her stand. Her produce put Cupid's arrows to shame. Passing
interests and temporary desires melted away, and a person
discovered who his soul mate was.
    She sighed and bit her bottom lip. This June,
she'd turn twenty-nine, one year away from the dreaded thirty. Her
magic had worked for everyone she knew, but never for her. She'd
never looked at a man and known, for sure, that he was the one.
    A door opened and closed, and Kyle came to
stand beside her. Tall and lanky, he looked over row after row of
tender, tomato seedlings. "You finally have the room to grow
heirlooms. They're looking good."
    Midu smiled. Kyle had been her business
partner ever since she'd hired him four years ago. Back then, all
of the produce they sold came from the raised garden beds they
tended. Those beds held rhubarb now. She and Kyle had planted so
many varieties of vegetables, they'd filled the entire property
with gardens and make-shift greenhouses. And then there were the
orchards and berry patches.
    "What have you been up to today?"