Back to Maple Hill – Volume 1: The Way Home Again: A Small Town Story of Healing and Quiet Courage

Cindy Lane’s breakup is so humiliating it sends her spiraling straight into revenge takeout, a tear-filled collapse in her parked car, and an impulsive decision to drive away from everything familiar. With her life in shambles and nowhere else that feels safe, she heads for Maple Hill—the hometown she hasn’t truly returned to in years and never imagined she’d face again.But nothing prepares her for the moment she walks into Brooks Hotel and comes face-to-face with Ethan Brooks—the boy who adored her in ninth grade, the one she turned down gently, and now the man watching her stumble in looking like a heartbreak disaster on legs.

Ethan isn’t the shy kid she remembers. He’s grown confident, warm, and maddeningly kind, which only makes Cindy more aware of how lost she feels. And as the two of them reconnect in small, awkward, unexpectedly sweet moments, Cindy begins to wonder if returning home wasn’t just an escape… but the start of something she didn’t know she needed.

Still, one question follows her
If Ethan once cared so much for the girl she used to be—
what will he see in the woman she is now?

Set against the gentle charm of Maple Hill, this story follows Cindy’s quiet journey through heartbreak, healing, and the fragile hope of a second chance with the boy who never really left her heart.