Tattered Stars

Everly Kemper was a child when she left Wolf Gap, after a night that altered her life and the life of the Easton family for good. Sixteen years on, she returns with a letter from her late mother. She intends to convert the family land into a sanctuary for animals, and to answer to those her father hurt.

Hayes Easton, now the town sheriff, wants her gone. His family has already lost too much, and he sees her presence as a threat to what is left of it.

As the sanctuary takes shape, an uneasy friendship forms between them. Hayes finds he cannot keep his distance, and the hostility between them slowly gives way to something neither expects. The romance is an enemies-to-lovers slow burn.

Not everyone in Wolf Gap wants Everly to stay. Someone is working to wreck the sanctuary and the fragile bond growing between her and Hayes, which adds a thread of suspense to the small-town setting. The book opens the Tattered & Torn series, and its central question is whether Everly can build a home in a place that has every reason to refuse her.