Off The Path: A Field Guide To Wild Animals and Wilder Hearts
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Last published Sun, May 17, 2026
Rule #1: Never fall for your brother's best friend. Especially when he's younger, hotter than he has any right to be, and smart enough to read your mind...
Mattea Hayes thought she had life figured out: a steady relationship, a respectable veterinary career in the city, and a sensible five-year plan. But when her picture-perfect life goes up in smoke just before her twenty-sixth birthday, Mattea finds herself back in her teeny-tiny hometown with three suitcases, a very messy head of curls, and zero desire to explain her breakup at her parents' anniversary party.
To make matters worse, her mother is already lining up the local accountant as her replacement "good guy."
Enter Lennox Keech. The charismatic college baseball star, her brother's best friend since childhood and the one person who doesn't treat Mattea like a damsel in distress.
A Field Guide to Wild Animals and Wilder Hearts is a witty, slow-burn romantic comedy about finding your own path, surviving your family, and realizing that the heart doesn't always play by the rules.
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