Thirteen years ago, a winter storm changed everything.
Jamie Jenkins survived it the only way she knew how. By building a quiet life in the Appalachian Mountains, where mornings were slow, prayers were steady, and peace felt hard-won. She didn’t ask for much. She asked for strength. For stability. For the grace to keep moving forward.
Lane Pattison never learned how to live small.
From the skyline of Miami, he built an empire out of steel and ambition, convinced success could drown out regret. But when his world collapsed in a stunning unraveling, the only place left to run was the one place he swore he’d never return.
Jamie told herself she was anchored now. That obedience would hold her steady. That she wouldn’t be shaken by the sparks of his presence. Sparks she never asked for and certainly never prayed for. But some fires never fully died.
As mountain stillness collided with city power, long-buried truths clawed into the light, and the past they thought was finished proved it was just beginning.
Genre: Romance
Jamie Jenkins survived it the only way she knew how. By building a quiet life in the Appalachian Mountains, where mornings were slow, prayers were steady, and peace felt hard-won. She didn’t ask for much. She asked for strength. For stability. For the grace to keep moving forward.
Lane Pattison never learned how to live small.
From the skyline of Miami, he built an empire out of steel and ambition, convinced success could drown out regret. But when his world collapsed in a stunning unraveling, the only place left to run was the one place he swore he’d never return.
Jamie told herself she was anchored now. That obedience would hold her steady. That she wouldn’t be shaken by the sparks of his presence. Sparks she never asked for and certainly never prayed for. But some fires never fully died.
As mountain stillness collided with city power, long-buried truths clawed into the light, and the past they thought was finished proved it was just beginning.
Genre: Romance
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