(Updates M, Tu, Th, and Friday)After the loss of her daughter, Fern Collins returns to Ward to help her grandmother. When she bumps into a person from her tragic past, she finds joy, but for how long? Natalia Demarco is moving home after years away. She never expects the boy next door to appear at her door to drive her halfway across the country. They both have pasts including an awkward moment in a closet. This dual story is set in and out of Ward, but once again it captures the magic of the beloved town. Enjoy meeting some new and familiar characters. © 2026 Pseudoannie All rights reserved

Six years ago, Blanchard Collins packed her bags, boarded a bus to Houston, and never looked back. She left behind her abusive father, the town that never forgave her for speaking her mind, and Rueben Bailey, the boy who broke her heart the night before they were supposed to run away together. Now twenty-four, Blanchard returns home with her five-year-old daughter, Willow, and a dying mother who's asked for one final thing-her presence. But coming home means facing the ghosts she thought she'd buried, including the man she's never truly stopped loving. Rueben "Benny" Bailey did what his family expected. Stayed, took over the farm, and proposed to the girl everyone said was right for him. But when Blanchard walks back into church with a little girl who looks just like him, everything he's built starts to fall apart.