Between the Pages: an Elderberry Ridge Meets Coral Bay Prequel Novella

Maggie Reynolds is signing retirement papers and packing up thirty years of teaching memories when grief threatens to overwhelm her newfound freedom. Three years after losing her beloved husband Robert, she’s been going through the motions of living—until she discovers the perfect brick building for the bookstore they’d always dreamed of opening together. Can a sixty-two-year-old widow really start over with nothing but determination and a head full of literary dreams?When Maggie takes the leap and buys the abandoned newspaper building in charming Thistlepoint, she’s determined to create something meaningful. Between the Pages will be more than just a bookstore—it will connect the three mountain communities of Elderberry Ridge, Thistlepoint, and Coral Bay through the stories that bind them together.But Maggie discovers she’s not renovating alone. A chance encounter over Pride and Prejudice introduces her to James Harrison, a widowed marine biologist carrying his own quiet heartache. As their friendship deepens over shared books and gentle conversations, Maggie begins to wonder if her new chapter might include an unexpected love story.Meanwhile, Emma Collins, a young teacher with a green thumb and a wounded heart, searches desperately for both a home and the courage to trust her dreams again. And Liam Walker, a gifted landscaper rebuilding his family’s legacy one garden at a time, might be exactly what she needs—if fate will finally let them meet.A heartwarming small-town romance about second chances, the healing power of books, and discovering that the best stories are the ones still waiting to be written.—————————————————————————————————————A World Introduction NovellaThe perfect starting point for both the Elderberry Ridge and Coral Bay seriesClean Romance Second-Chance Love Small Town Feel-Good Fiction