HLMonroeAuthor
Bronwyn Scott is the kind of girl who knows every back road, every creek bend, and every excuse to stay exactly where she is. A cowgirl born and raised in the ditches of Weaverville, North Carolina, she spends her days tending to family, brewing coffee, and quietly mourning the life she once imagined for herself. Her dreams still exist-but only in the quiet, unreachable corners of her mind.
Then Jamie Harper shows up.
Alone, handsome, and out of place, the California stranger takes up residence in the weather-worn Ol' Cottage Grove Motel with nothing but a camera bag and questions he won't answer. The townsfolk circle like vultures, hungry for gossip, but Bronwyn's drawn for different reasons.
No one knows why Jamie is here. He says a lot with no substance, watches much, and stirs something in Bronwyn that's been buried under years of resignation. As the two strike up a semi-reluctant connection, Bronwyn begins to see her life through a new set of eyes.
But in a place where everyone knows your business and where change is never coming, wanting more can be dangerous. And trusting someone who won't say what he's running from-or toward-might just break her heart worse than staying ever could.
Bittersweet, slow-burning, and full of Southern soul, this is a story about a girl who thought her life was over-and the stranger who made her want something more.