Love Me Here

Veronica Bennett is three months away from thirty, raising three children, building a business, going to therapy, and trying to convince herself she isn't bothered by the one thing she still doesn't have: the kind of love that stays.

Dating has given her chemistry, confusion, late-night texts, almost-relationships, and men who know how to make her feel wanted without ever making her feel chosen.

Veronica knows her patterns now. Therapy made sure of that. The problem is that knowing better and choosing better are two completely different things.

Then she meets Malcolm Ellis, a father of two with a full life of his own. He doesn't sweep in to rescue her or promise her forever. He simply listens. Remembers. Shows up. And little by little, Veronica begins experiencing the one thing she has spent years wondering if she would ever have.

Someone who sees her.

But being seen means allowing someone close enough to discover all the pieces she normally keeps hidden.

And Veronica may soon learn that finding real love isn't the hardest part.

Believing she deserves to receive it is.