The Way Back to You: A Later-in-life Small Town Rom-com (Hearts of Cedar Ridge #2)

Her grandmother needed her. Her first love was in the living room.

At forty-two, therapist Maya Sullivan thought she was done running. Then she drove back to Cedar Ridge after twenty-four years and found Dr. Ethan Mercer doing Nana Rose's geriatric assessment, all quiet competence, careful questions, and eyes that still saw straight through her defenses.

He's a widowed doctor raising a teenage daughter. She's a burned-out therapist who fled this town and never looked back. Neither of them planned on feeling anything again.

But between Ruby's matchmaking, hospital fundraisers that throw them together, and firefly-lit conversations that crack them both open, Maya starts to remember what it feels like to stay. Ethan starts to believe he's allowed to want more than survival.

He builds furniture in his workshop and calls it therapy. She fixes other people's hearts and forgot her own. Together, they might just fix what broke twenty-four years ago.

A heartfelt, hopeful romance about second chances, small-town magic, and the courage it takes to come home, to a place, and to each other.

Perfect for readers who love small-town romance, emotional depth, and characters brave enough to try again. Coffee at Ruby's is mandatory. Tissues optional. Hope guaranteed.