DaintySquire
Natalie Greer didn't come to Briar Ridge to be found-- she came to disappear.
Burned out and quietly unraveling, she buys a weathered cottage one the edge of a small town, hoping the stillness will be enough to stitch her back together. But the quiet has sharp edges, and so does the past she's running from.
Rowan Hale doesn't fix people--not anymore.
He runs a custom cabinet shop, keeps his head down, and avoids the parts of life that don't come with measurements. After losing his wife to a darkness he couldn't reach, he swore never to let anyone close again.
When Natalie knocks on his shop door about a weathered door, neither expects the kind of quiet that settles between them--not empty, but safe. Not loud, but true.
In a town where everyone knows each other's business, they learn to share their silence. And maybe, just maybe, find something worth holding onto.