Another Sunrise

Some loves never fade. Some wounds never heal. And some places never let you go.

Jenna Michaels spent her childhood running through cornfields by the light of the moon, escaping into the safety of the Reynolds’ barn with her little sister, Becca. The Reynolds kids were her best friends and her sanctuary. As they grew up, Ethan Reynolds also became the boy who made her heart race long before she understood what love meant.

On one unthinkable night, she lost everything. Forced to leave the small town of Blackstone and her best friends behind, Jenna’s life continued without them.

Years later, life hasn’t turned out the way Jenna had hoped. A broken marriage, the quiet grief of infertility, and a devastating diagnosis that threatens to take one more thing from her. Jenna returns to the town where she lost it all—back to the shadows of her past, the house she can barely stand to face, and the memories of the first love she lost before he was truly found.

Ethan is no stranger to loss himself, drifting through the ruins of his own life after losing his wife. Through handwritten notes tucked inside an old pickle jar, hidden beneath an old oak tree, Ethan has continued to communicate with Jenna, even though he lost her years ago. When someone takes the notes holding all his secrets from the jar, leaving only one, Ethan realizes the piece of his heart he gave up years ago has returned.

When he discovers Jenna has come home, old feelings stir—feelings neither of them ever truly left behind. But Jenna isn’t the girl he once knew, and the secrets she carries threaten to push him away once more. But time is fragile, and love, no matter how strong, can’t outrun the truth.

In a story of grief, healing, and second chances, Jenna must decide if she’s brave enough to face her past—and fight for the future she never thought she'd get.

This is a standalone, second-chance love story with no cliffhanger.