Wildflower

Sydney Chen has a plan: take a three-month leave from her high-powered Boston law firm, help her stubborn grandmother recover from a hip injury, and get out of Maplewood before the dirt under her nails starts to feel too familiar.

She doesn't expect the family nursery to be falling apart.
She definitely doesn't expect Liv Mendez-local bookstore owner, community garden queen, and Sydney's former high school almost-stranger-to knock her off balance with a smile and dirt-stained hands.

Liv has roots here. Sydney has flight plans. But when late-night greenhouse repairs turn into stolen glances, lingering touches, and one unforgettable kiss under the grow lights, neither of them can pretend this is just about plants anymore.

Sometimes the thing you were never looking for is exactly what starts to bloom.