He came back to fix a house. She’s terrified he’ll break her heart all over again.
Forty years ago, Beau Miller packed a truck and waited by the bridge. Betty Jo never showed up.
Now, at fifty-eight, Beau has returned to the sleepy Tennessee town he left behind. He’s traded the oil rigs for a hammer and a mission: to restore the crumbling Victorian on Elm Street that haunts the neighborhood like a ghost. He sees a project; the town sees a ruin.
Betty Jo Miller, now sixty-eight and the formidable owner of the local General Store, sees only a mistake. She has spent four decades building a life of quiet order, smelling of cinnamon brooms and lemon polish. She doesn't have time for the man who smells of sawdust and diesel fuel. She doesn't have time for the memories he drags in with his muddy work boots.
But in a small town, you can’t renovate a house without the General Store. As Beau and Betty Jo clash over paint formulas and rusted nails, the walls between them—built as sturdily as the store’s shelves—begin to shake.
Beau realizes that the rot in the house isn't the only thing that needs healing. And he knows that the only way to win the war with Betty Jo isn't with force, but with the patience of a man who knows that some things are worth waiting a lifetime for.
"Cinnamon & Sawdust" is a poignant, sensory-rich story about second chances, the courage to change later in life, and the undeniable chemistry between a man who builds and a woman who protects.
Genre: Romance
Forty years ago, Beau Miller packed a truck and waited by the bridge. Betty Jo never showed up.
Now, at fifty-eight, Beau has returned to the sleepy Tennessee town he left behind. He’s traded the oil rigs for a hammer and a mission: to restore the crumbling Victorian on Elm Street that haunts the neighborhood like a ghost. He sees a project; the town sees a ruin.
Betty Jo Miller, now sixty-eight and the formidable owner of the local General Store, sees only a mistake. She has spent four decades building a life of quiet order, smelling of cinnamon brooms and lemon polish. She doesn't have time for the man who smells of sawdust and diesel fuel. She doesn't have time for the memories he drags in with his muddy work boots.
But in a small town, you can’t renovate a house without the General Store. As Beau and Betty Jo clash over paint formulas and rusted nails, the walls between them—built as sturdily as the store’s shelves—begin to shake.
Beau realizes that the rot in the house isn't the only thing that needs healing. And he knows that the only way to win the war with Betty Jo isn't with force, but with the patience of a man who knows that some things are worth waiting a lifetime for.
"Cinnamon & Sawdust" is a poignant, sensory-rich story about second chances, the courage to change later in life, and the undeniable chemistry between a man who builds and a woman who protects.
Genre: Romance
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