Kade Holley’s diverse career with the U.S. Forest Service included a variety of duties when he was assigned to work at various National Forest (NF) locations in West Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota, Georgia and North Carolina. He also spent time with the State & Private Forestry branch of the agency, providing technical assistance to state agencies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, and West Virginia. From time to time, Kade would be involved with temporary or special assignments. Most often these were related to forest fires, but not always.

Kade Holley is at it again, as the Forest Ranger has unique experiences that differ from his previous adventures.

Here’s the second volume of West Virginia Romances – Tales of Young Love in the Mountain State with four short stories ranging from the mid-Ohio River Valley to the Pocahontas County mountains and from the eastern panhandle to Charleston, Mercer County, and Greenbrier County. Young readers and parents, too, will enjoy these stories of young love with plenty of references to well-known towns, schools, and events from around the Mountain State. In the first story, a young girl, who is working for the summer at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park, which is located in the Ohio River near Parkersburg, meets a boy from Ravenswood who is visiting the island on a family outing with his parents and his two younger sisters. The two rising high school seniors are instantly attracted to each other and………. well, you’ll just have to read the rest of the story. In the second tale, a star volleyball player is upset when her dad is transferred to a very rural area in the Pocahontas County mountains of the Monongahela National Forest. Then, before her junior year at the new high school starts, she meets a boy whose father works with her dad. Sparks fly and her attitude toward this new situation suddenly changes, all for the better. In the third novella two students from Shepherd University, who had not previously known each other, meet during the summer at the Appalachian Trail Visitor Center in Harpers Ferry. Common interests and a dedication to their studies soon leads them to what seems destined to be a long-term relationship. The final story begins with a chance encounter during the state high school track meet at Laidley Field in Charleston. A Concord University baseball player, at the track meet to watch his sister from Greenbrier East High School run in the 3200-meter race, meets a girl from PikeView High School. ‘Love at first sight’ seems to be the proper term for these two and ……… you’ll have to read the story to see how it all turns out.