Return to Birch Woods

For the first time in her life, Emma Kate Stone feels truly alone. Her mother died ten years prior during Emma Kate's senior year of high school. Deciding not to attend her dream school in Chicago, she attended the local college to help her father run Stone Stables, their family farm. It was a choice that Emma Kate never regretted.

But a few short weeks ago, Emma Kate's father passed away. On her first day of running Stone Stables since his death, she discovers a letter from the IRS and quickly learns that Stone Stables is faced with an impending tax bill. Benjamin Stone had been getting more forgetful before his death. The taxes had not been paid in some time and now the IRS is threatening to seize the property and auction it off. Emma Kate has to find a way to save the jobs and livelihoods of those in the small town that depend on the farm.

To complicate matters, Mack Nolen has returned to Birch Woods after leaving a decade ago. His company has sent him to up-and-coming Birch Woods to look for development property. Mack had been Emma Kate's high school boyfriend. Mack only applied at Emma Kate's dream college, Northwestern, to follow her there. However, when her mom died and she stayed local, Mack left for Chicago promising to return. That was the last time Emma Kate ever saw Mack.

"Return to Birch Woods" is the story of hope and determination for Emma Kate Stone. She must navigate saving Stone Stables which has been a stronghold in Birch Woods for generations with managing her feelings about her only true love returning. But when Mack's company sets its sights on Stone Stables, everything Emma Kate is trying to save, including her future dreams, may fall apart.