Eden never thought she'd return to the small town that once felt like a prison. But after a devastating breakup, she's come back to the one place she can heal-and to the man she never expected to fall for again. Jake, the rancher who was once her best friend, is different now. The weight of loss has turned him distant and closed off, and Eden can't decide if it's worth trying to break through his walls.
But when they're forced to work together to save the ranch, the old sparks begin to flare, and their carefully constructed barriers start to crumble. Jake's not the man he used to be-he's quieter, more broken-but Eden begins to see glimpses of the man who once made her heart race. Can they both overcome the ghosts of their pasts and give love another chance?
In this quiet, emotional short novel, the past is never truly gone-but love has a way of rewriting the future, one step at a time. With tension thick between them and attraction undeniable, Eden and Jake must navigate the space between hope and heartbreak to find a way back to each other. Will they open their hearts in time, or will the past have the last word?
Is it too late to start over, or can love give them both the future they've always dreamed of?
