All Rhodes Lead Here
Reeling from a public breakup with her famous musician boyfriend, Aurora De La Torre retreats to Pagosa Springs, the small Colorado mountain town where she spent childhood summers with her late mother. She rents the apartment above a garage — only to discover the lease was arranged by a teenager, Amos, and that the property actually belongs to his father.
Tobias Rhodes is gruff, guarded, and fiercely protective of his son, and he has no interest in the stranger now living on his land. But over long hikes, shared meals, and slow fireside evenings, Aurora chips away at his walls. What begins as an uneasy proximity grows into a steady friendship and then, unhurriedly, into something neither of them expected.
A quintessential Mariana Zapata slow burn, All Rhodes Lead Here is a small-town, age-gap romance about grief, second starts, and the quiet work of letting people in. Aurora's warm, wry narration anchors a story that takes its time and rewards the patience with real emotional payoff.
A woman rebuilding her life in a small mountain town after a public breakup.
A gruff, guarded single father who slowly lets Aurora in.
This book is a standalone story, meaning you do not need to read any other books by Mariana Zapata to understand or enjoy it fully.
Readers who enjoy a very gradual development of romantic feelings will find this book fits that preference, as the relationship between the main characters unfolds over an extended period.
This novel maintains Mariana Zapata's signature style of a slow-burn romance with a focus on character development and everyday interactions, similar to her other popular works.