Fun Run: A Novel

Nora Fletcher, wife, mom of three boys, and part-time librarian, has her idyllic small-town life thrown for a loop when her husband learns he has a teenage daughter from his first marriage, which didn’t last longer than the honeymoon. Now Nora is trying to balance life, work, and family while learning to accept this new addition to their life: a teenage daughter who has a few surprises of her own. With the library fun run coming up and Nora as head of the entertainment, she recruits her new stepdaughter’s help and hopes to use this opportunity to get to know one another. Ruth Davis is the new library director of small-town Pineridge’s library. She is excited about her new job, her new home, and her new life, although she can’t figure out why the assistant librarian seems to hate her. Then in walks the handsome local doctor, Peter Anderson, who is also the president of the Friends of the Library committee. He proposes a 5K fun run as the library’s fund-raiser to get new computers, with Ruth as the lead runner. Suddenly, Ruth feels like she’s walked into a cheesy romance novel, but she is very happy about it.