She can't seem to recover from a broken heart...
Juniper Larson has been running Wintervale Farms and raising her little girl on her own since the sudden death of her beloved husband four years ago. Despite her family's insistence, she's been stubborn about hiring help, because she can't bear to have anyone but her husband by her side. But one especially hot and busy summer, Juniper is forced to hire outside help to care for the horses, and for the first time... she feels her heart coming alive again.
He can't let go of the past...
Harley Thatcher doesn't talk about his life before he left the fire department, because it only brings him pain. When it begins to feel like Austin is closing in on him, he answers an ad for a job in Vermont on a small family farm, thinking it will be the perfect escape. Instead, he finds himself falling for the farm's owner, a single mom with the weight of the world on her shoulders. But is he ready to let love into his life again?
In a Wintervale summer, where the days are long and the nights are warm, can these two strangers find the happiness they've secretly longed for?
The Second-Chance Summer
is a standalone, sweet small-town romance with surprise pasts, adventure, and the kind of happy ending you can only find in Wintervale, Vermont!
*Includes a recipe inspired by the people and places of Wintervale!*