Harry Gladstone just wanted to expand his family’s bed and Breakfast into an upscale Inn. He had the plans and the funds. His father, Mayor Hal Gladstone, wanted him to follow in his footsteps as the next leader of Gladstone, Colorado. The problem was, Harry was in love with Glenna Schumacher who also wants to be the next mayor of Gladstone. Harry would give anything to let her be mayor and just chase his own dream, but becoming mayor is expected of him. Wanting the enemy isn’t. Glenna Schumacher has always been drawn to the heir apparent of the Gladstone legacy. Only problem, she isn’t his type. She wants to see the “good ole boy” network disbanded, and politics in Gladstone run in a way that benefits every citizen of Gladstone, not just the founding family. Still “the heart wants what the heart wants.” Can these two find their way to the love they both feel, or is the expectations of the small town enough to keep them apart? Can Glenna learn to trust a Gladstone enough to give her heart to Harry? Can Harry withstand the pressure of the whole town to follow in his father’s footsteps, to show Glenna she matters most to him? Will the Ghost of Grandpa Harold and his trusty steed Thor be able to help this couple find love, and a Happily Ever After, in the midst of a town filled with Phantom Politics?

Deborah Begley is beside herself. She’s pregnant from a one night stand. Her father Reverend Begley is convinced the child’s father is Heath Gladstone who he forbade her to see six months ago. Now finding out she’s pregnant he tosses her out on the street in November in nothing but the thin pajama’s she had on. What’s a girl to do? No house, a baby daddy who won’t even acknowledge the child is his, no clothes and the temperature is dropping as fast as the sun. She feels lost and abandoned. Doesn’t any one want her and her baby? Heath Gladstone feels lost ever since Reverend Begley attacked his cousin his Dad hasn’t allowed him to hang out with Deborah Gladstone. They weren’t in love but dating over the last four years had made them friends. Now his Dad called accusing him of getting Deborah pregnant and demanding he do “the right thing” and marry her. No one will listen that the child isn’t his. What’s a guy to do? When he hears Begley kicked her out he sets out to help his friend. Can love grow out of friendship and a felling of obligation to help? Can a young woman who feels unwanted and a young man who feels the pressures of family and obligations make good parents? Can they find love? And when the worst happens and lives are threatened can the ghost of Grandpa Harold save the day or is it too late for the Phantom Child?