Heartwood & Homecoming: To Save Their Town, They'll Risk Everything (Havenwood Creek #3)

The fight wasn't over. It was just beginning.

Apex Developments may have retreated, but Markham Sterling's parting threat hangs heavy over Havenwood Creek. Just as Rhys Calder and Juniper Bloom begin to build a real future together, finally trusting the steamy, deep connection forged in crisis, Apex returns with a vengeance. This time, their attack is personal, sophisticated, and aimed at the very heartwood of the small town – and Rhys's oldest secret.

Armed with new legal ammunition and exploiting the last vestiges of Rhys’s family burden, Apex launches an all-out assault, threatening not just Calder's Hardware, but the entire historic square with demolition. The grumpy fortress Rhys once hid behind is gone, replaced by a fierce determination to protect his home and the woman he loves. Juniper, now deeply rooted in Havenwood Creek, must marshal all her strategic brilliance and rally a town pushed to its breaking point.

He guarded his heart like a vault; now he’d burn down the world to protect hers.

To win, Rhys must fully confront the legacy of his ancestors, making a choice that could redefine his family's name forever. Juniper must risk her professional future and face down the shadows of her own past, proving her commitment is unbreakable. It's a final, desperate love against greed, community against corporation, sunshine and sawdust against the wrecking ball. Can their love story survive the ultimate battle, or will Havenwood Creek become just a memory? The final explosion is coming – will it be their beautiful beginning, or the end of everything?