Heartstrings & Highways
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Lily Harper has spent her whole life in Red Rock - pouring coffee at her family's cafΓ©, writing songs she's too scared to share, and dreaming about a life bigger than the one waiting on Main Street.
Cade Walker already has the life everyone dreams about.
Sold-out arenas. Tour buses. A voice that makes crowds scream his name.
But somewhere between an early morning coffee run and a scribbled phone number on a piece of paper, their worlds collide.
What starts as a few texts turns into late-night conversations, quiet confessions, and something neither of them expected.
Because falling for a country star is easy.
Falling for him when he's on the road is not.
And Lily has to decide if loving Cade means chasing the highway... or protecting the home she's never left.
a slow-burn, small-town romance about love, big dreams, and learning that sometimes the scariest thing isn't leaving - it's staying.
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