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Last published Tue, Apr 8, 2025
As soon as Willow Evans turned eighteen, she left her small town in West Virginia to pursue her dreams of becoming a chef in New York City.
Now, several years later, she's doing the one thing she swore she'd never do:
She's coming home.
She's still fairly certain she'll return to the city, until she meets local repairman, Sam.
Now she'll have to decide if her heart truly lies in New York, or if her home in Appalachia has managed to steal a small part of it.
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