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Before there was a lakeside resort. Before there was a thriving town. There was only wilderness–and a dream worth risking everything for.

John and Marinda Kerrigan arrive in rural Florida with little more than a car full of belongings, two young sons, and an audacious vision: transform a dilapidated lakefront property into the Cypress Bay Manor Resort. With determination and the help of a handful of locals, they begin to turn the dream of Cypress Bay into a vibrant downtown community.

But not everyone welcomes their ambition.

As tensions rise and sabotage threatens to unravel everything they’ve built, the Kerrigans must fight not only for their resort but for the future of their family–and the fragile community hanging in the balance.

Rich with heart, determination, and a love that defies the odds, Founding Hearts is a gripping romantic suspense prequel that reveals the powerful origins of the Kerrigan family legacy.