The Road Home

Ray and Donna take a long friendship to the next level, overwhelming both of them. When Donna asks for some time to figure out if she's doing the right thing, Ray returns to his home in Illinois to take care of some family matters. After waiting months for Donna to invite him back, her 20 year old daughter April reaches out, hurt and afraid that she did something to chase him away.

He decides after talking to her that it's time to go home to Donna and April and figure out exactly where things stand. He didn't expect how April would react to his return, or how Donna would feel about it, but they have a new relationship dynamic to figure out now.

This is a spicy friends-to-lovers, mother/daughter, why-choose story that isn't as complicated as it sounds. There's room for another volume, but we'll have to see about that this summer.