With the enemies-to-lovers and grumpy/sunshine tropes that small-town romance readers love, Lyssa and Finn play out their compelling love story surrounded by a generous-hearted small-town community.

He's running from his past.

She's ready to confront hers.

Gully Lane will never be the same ...

Thirteen years after bushfires swept through Gully Lane and tore her family apart, Lyssa McKenzie returns with a plan: to rebuild the old equestrian centre, Lyrebird Park. But with the once-breathtaking property in ruins, a state-of-the-art riding school now thriving on her doorstep and the reclusive but good-looking neighbour getting on her nerves, Lyssa wonders if she's bitten off more than she can chew.

All Finn Rainer wants is to be left alone. Tormented by the accident that upended his life, he's content to spend his days restoring timber furniture and carving sculptures in the shadow of the mountains. But not even Finn can resist being swept into the whirlwind of Lyssa's return, and as his fiery neighbour ignores his attempts to keep the world at arm's length, he's forced to confront his guilt and the choices that led him here.

As winter closes in and secrets threaten to derail their plans, Lyssa and Finn are determined to douse the crackling tension igniting between them. But as she struggles to let go of the past and Finn refuses to believe he's worthy of a second chance, is forgiveness and love possible—or will Lyssa lose the one place she's always called home, and the one man who understands her better than most?

A heartwarming rural romance about love and redemption, from the author of A Farm in Golden Clouds.