The Orchard We Return To (Paperback)

She returned to sell the orchard. She never expected to find the life—and the man—she had left behind.

Twelve years ago, Claire Bennett walked away from Somerlyn Cove without saying goodbye. She left behind her grandmother’s orchard, the memories rooted in every tree, and Daniel Reyes—the boy who had once understood her better than anyone else.

Now her grandmother is gone, and Claire has inherited the family property. But the will contains one final condition: before she can sell the orchard, Claire must live there and manage it through an entire ten-week harvest.

She intends to complete the requirement, accept the highest offer and return to the city. The plan is practical, temporary and safe.

Then Daniel walks back into her life.

He is no longer the boy she abandoned. He is a guarded, hardworking man who knows every tree on the hillside and has never forgiven Claire for leaving without an explanation. Forced to work together as the harvest approaches, they must confront the silence between them—and the feelings that never truly disappeared.

But the orchard is under threat. A powerful resort developer wants the land. A violent storm could destroy the harvest. Claire’s former fiancé refuses to remain in the past. And every day spent beside Daniel makes leaving Somerlyn Cove more difficult.

Claire has ten weeks to decide what the orchard is really worth.

Not only in money, but in memory. Not only in land, but in belonging. Not only in everything she once abandoned, but in the possibility of a love patient enough to survive her absence.

The Orchard We Return To is an emotional small-town second-chance romance about childhood sweethearts, family legacy, forgiveness and the courage to return to the place where your heart has always belonged.

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