Mc_Mercie
Beth Clyburn moves into a quiet apartment hoping for one thing: a fresh start. No whispers. No judgment. No one who knows her name, or the mistake that destroyed her life.
Keeping to herself should have been easy, until she meets her next-door neighbours. Aidan Carlson, the warm-hearted realtor with a smile that's impossible to ignore, and his spirited daughter, Sydney, have a way of making Beth feel seen in ways she's spent years trying to avoid.
As chance encounters become shared dinners, quiet conversations and stolen moments, Beth finds herself falling for the one man she never meant to let in. But the past she's buried refuses to stay hidden, and when old wounds are forced back into the light, she'll have to decide whether to run from the life she's finally begun to build... or trust that love can survive even the darkest truths.