Story to Tell

She went to a small town to escape the truth.She didn't expect to find the one thing she couldn't outrun.Piper Adams is barely holding herself together when she checks into a quiet Georgia bed-and-breakfast with a suitcase full of secrets and a marriage already beyond saving. She tells herself she's only there for one night—just long enough to breathe, to numb the pain, to forget.Then she meets Cole Matthews.Cole isn't part of the plan. He's easy where her life has been hard, steady where everything else is falling apart. With him, Piper feels something she hasn't felt in years: seen, wanted, alive. What starts as a fleeting connection quickly becomes something deeper—and far more dangerous.Because Piper is still married.Because the truth she carries could change everything.And because wanting a future doesn't make it possible.As Piper stands on the edge of a new life, she must decide whether love is worth risking heartbreak, disappointment, and the one dream she's terrified she may never have.Sometimes the hardest part of starting overis believing everything you always wanted is within reach.