Emilie Richards

One Mountain Away Emilie Richards

With nothing but brains, ambition, and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, do-anything-to-succeed real estate developer. Shes at the top of that mountainbut her life is empty. Her friends are as grasping and insincere as she has become. Far worse, shes alienated her family so completely that shes totally lost touch with her only daughter. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realizes that her ambition has almost destroyed her chance at happiness. So Charlotte vows to make amends, not simply with her considerable wealth but by offering a hand instead of a handout, putting in hours and energy instead of putting in an appearance, opening her home and heart instead of her wallet. With each wrenching, exhilarating decision, Charlotte finds that climbing a new mountainone built on friendship, love, and forgivenesswill teach her what it truly means to build a legacy.