Where She Belongs

After her interior design firm goes bankrupt, Abby Marshall retreats to her late aunt's Victorian home in Laurel Ridge, West Virginia with a simple plan: renovate, sell, and restart her career back in Charleston, South Carolina. It's strictly business-three months to transform the house, then back to the city life she's carefully built.But Laurel Ridge has other plans.When Abby hires local contractor Mike Hatfield, she doesn't recognize him as the shy boy who once had a crush on her in high school. Now a skilled craftsman and devoted single father, Mike's steady presence begins to chip away at the walls Abby built after her parents' devastating abandonment decades ago.As the renovation uncovers hidden stories within the old Victorian homes walls, Abby finds herself excavating the painful parts of her own past. With each layer of the house they restore together, an unexpected connection grows-one that challenges Abby's determination to keep her heart and future firmly in Charleston.Will Abby stick to her carefully structured exit strategy, or could this small town-with its nosy neighbors, impromptu adventure park outings, and a certain handsome contractor with his adorable eight-year-old son-be offering the one thing she never thought she'd find again?A place to truly belong.