Chasing Her Dreams
(2026)(The first book in the Home to Kittering Creek series)
A novel by Carolyne Aarsen
She's been running her whole life. She never expected to run straight into the one place she belonged.
When Luca Doerksen's car dies on Vancouver Island, she's left stranded, broke, and out of options — with her foster brother's wedding in Kittering Creek, Alberta, still hundreds of miles away. The last thing she needs is a ride from Nate Monroe, the buttoned-up lawyer she already managed to offend. Twice.
Nate has his life exactly the way he likes it — scheduled, controlled, uncomplicated. Luca is none of those things. But somewhere between roadside murals, rooftop goats, and two irrepressible matchmaking aunts, the walls he's built begin to crack — and so do hers.
Luca has spent years outrunning her past, convinced she's too messy, too complicated, too much. Nate has spent years believing order is the same thing as safety. Kittering Creek has a way of showing both of them something different.
Chasing Her Dreams is a story about what happens when you stop running and let yourself be found — by community, by grace, and by a love you never saw coming.
If you're looking for a story that will make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you with a full heart, this is it.
Genre: Romance
When Luca Doerksen's car dies on Vancouver Island, she's left stranded, broke, and out of options — with her foster brother's wedding in Kittering Creek, Alberta, still hundreds of miles away. The last thing she needs is a ride from Nate Monroe, the buttoned-up lawyer she already managed to offend. Twice.
Nate has his life exactly the way he likes it — scheduled, controlled, uncomplicated. Luca is none of those things. But somewhere between roadside murals, rooftop goats, and two irrepressible matchmaking aunts, the walls he's built begin to crack — and so do hers.
Luca has spent years outrunning her past, convinced she's too messy, too complicated, too much. Nate has spent years believing order is the same thing as safety. Kittering Creek has a way of showing both of them something different.
Chasing Her Dreams is a story about what happens when you stop running and let yourself be found — by community, by grace, and by a love you never saw coming.
If you're looking for a story that will make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you with a full heart, this is it.
Genre: Romance