Unexpectedconflict Stories

All her life, Jacklyn Fraser adored her older brother Steven. So when he asked her to return home to the rugged sheep country of New Zealand to help him run the family station, she didn't hesitate. But when she arrives, Jacklyn finds the homestead in disarray-and Steven gone, driven away by Michael Reeves, the infuriatingly stoic neighbor who seems to hold a personal grudge against everything Fraser. Determined to protect what's left of her family's legacy, Jacklyn takes charge of the struggling farm-and of the growing conflict with Wetherby Holdings, a powerful corporation threatening to swallow the valley in greed and pesticides. What starts as a battle for land becomes a fight for truth, justice, and belonging. As Jacklyn rallies the farmers and faces betrayal, sabotage, and long-buried secrets, she also finds herself drawn to the very man who once drove her brother away. But Michael has his own ghosts-and another woman wearing his ring. Set against the sweeping hills of rural Aotearoa, Where the Hills Remember is a romance of grit, loyalty, and slow-burning love in the face of power. Jacklyn came home to save her brother's farm. She may end up saving the whole valley.