Cora RhodesMy new neighbor is the worst. When they say to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, I don’t think they meant that literally, as in next door neighbor close.

However, here we are and after our horrible and unfortunate introduction, there’s only one solution . .

. to declare war.

It’s his side of the mountain versus mine. It doesn’t matter that my new neighbor is ridiculously handsome, because his personality is lacking.

He’s rude, arrogant, and condescending, and regardless of how hard he tries, no one is going to get in my way or push me out. I need this more than anyone knows, because sometimes what people forget or choose to overlook, is not all that glitters is gold.

Briggs WarrenMy new neighbor has got to go. After purchasing Red Barn Orchard five years ago, I know a thing or two about living on the mountain.

I also know that this is no place for a rich, New York City socialite who also happens to be a music superstar. If she wanted a vacation home, she should have chosen one on the lake in Horizons Valley, not here, where there’s no one around.

No one except me that is. I don’t need this, I definitely don’t need her, and based on the prank she’s pulled, we’ve declared war.

The problem is, I find her stunningly beautiful, witty, funny, and when she plays her cello and the music floats across the mountain, it feels like she’s speaking to my soul. Is it possible to love the thing you hate, or should I say person, because as the months pass and summer turns into fall, this game we’re playing, I’m starting to think winning might mean less about her leaving and more about something different after all.

Gold Horizons is a standalone story in the small town series, Horizons Valley. If you love city girl moves to a small town, next door neighbors, endless pranks, enemies to friends to lovers, and grumpy sunshine, then you're going to love Briggs and Cora's story.

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