title: For Six Good Reasons
author: Stepp, Lin
description: In this third book in Lin Stepp's Smoky Mountain Novel series (after
  The Foster Girls
   and
  Tell Me About Orchard Hollow
  ), a young woman with six foster children under the age of twelve hopes for patience, peace, and a bigger house--but love? Not hardly. Sometimes fate deals an unexpected hand.
  When Alice Graham returns to look at the for-sale property at the base of the Smoky Mountains in Greenbrier, Tennessee, it was absolutely not because of that recurring dream of the cowboy she'd seen high on the ridge top in the winter. She certainly never expected to see him again, despite the peculiar flash of attraction she felt between them. To her surprise, one month after buying the rural property, Alice discovers that the odd attraction between them definitely still sizzles.
  However, it seemed unlikely that anything would come of these romantic feelings. Alice is trying to make a home for her and the six Stuart siblings she agreed to foster. Six kids are enough to scare any man right away--especially confirmed bachelor Harrison Ramsey and the unsolved mysteries and unpleasant rumors floating around about his past. However, fate soon has Harrison mixing in with Alice's, and the children's, lives.
  Harrison Ramsey and his nearby riding stable prove to be a natural draw for the kids, and he soon finds himself entwined with the Stuart children and Alice. Despite numerous accidents, upsets, and ongoing misunderstandings, events play out in a heartwarming, romantic story of the creation of a new family--the perfect read for women looking for PG-rated, contemporary romance novels with a strong sense of place and dynamic characters.