What's Inside
Burned out and running on fumes, the Nashville lawyer retreats to her Aunt Ellie’s cottage in charming Maplewood Grove, hoping a little quiet will fix what ambition broke. Instead, one painting class introduces her to Mike Reynolds, a talented local artist with kind eyes, steady hands, and a way of seeing Cate that makes her feel alive again.
As color returns to her world, Cate finds herself torn between the career she sacrificed for and the softer life she never let herself want. But Mike has shadows in his past, and Cate’s future back in Nashville comes with a once in a lifetime opportunity that threatens to pull her away before she can choose her own happiness.
Can Cate trust her heart, take a leap toward second chances, and build a feel good new beginning with Mike…or will fear and old expectations steal the happily ever after she’s finally brave enough to imagine?