"Ms. Plumley's story is endearing and heartwarming, with winning protagonists. This is a story that fuels dreams of great love!" —Rendezvous

An antique perfume bottle hurtles genealogist Haley Madison back to 1890—and into the home of widowed mine owner Matt Chance. Eager to experience the family life she's never known, Haley jumps at the chance to care for Matt's lonely children, and finds herself falling for their father. But when the spring celebration she helped plan threatens to be her goodbye party, Haley must make a drastic choice if she wants her newfound love to last forever.

(this short story was originally published by Kensington Publishing in the anthology Timeless Spring)