The Summer I Stopped Running 💋

A slow-burn, small-town romance full of cozy moments, low stakes, and coffee that tastes better with good company.

Anna left her hometown behind to build a life in the city, pursuing her career as an editor and vowing never to look back. But when her late father leaves his estate to her, she has no choice but to return to Fairview-just long enough to fix up his old country home and sell it.

Then she'll leave again. Forget the past. Forget the town and all its eccentricities.

Except the house is more work than she expected. Work she can't manage on her own.
And the local hardware store-the only one for miles-is owned by the last man she wants to see.

Jason Heart.

Once, he was the boy who knocked books from her hands and laughed at her glares. Now he's a brooding loner with a cold gaze sharp enough to chill the summer air.
Yet he keeps helping her.

Keeps showing up.

Keeps fixing what's broken-both in the house and, slowly, in her guarded heart.

As the walls come down and old wounds resurface, Anna realizes Fairview isn't just a place she ran from-it's a place that asks her to confront the pain she's buried for years. And if she can face it, she might finally learn that the past doesn't define who we become... and that sometimes, healing looks a lot like coming home.