From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Winter Renshaw comes a small-town slow burn about a writer who returns to her roots and the farmer who helps her grow.

Wren Jensen thought she had it all—until she was left at the altar and left with nothing but writer’s block. Out of options, she packs up her five-year-old son and heads back to her hometown of Colton Valley, hoping the quiet countryside will inspire her again.

Hunter McCrae wanted that property for himself. The last thing the grumpy farmer expected was a single mom moving in next door—or how much she’d unsettle his carefully guarded solitude.

Wren isn’t looking for love. Hunter isn’t looking for neighbors. But with every stolen glance and shared moment, the walls they’ve built start to crack.

She’s haunted by heartbreak. He’s married to his solitude. Neither is ready to risk it all.

But sometimes love doesn’t follow rules. It grows wild, right where it’s not supposed to.

Winter Renshaw is a Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary romance. Her novels have sold nearly five million copies all over the world.

Winter also writes psychological suspense under her Minka Kent pseudonym. Her debut title, The Memory Watcher, hit #9 in the Kindle store and is currently being adapted for the screen in South Korea. Her follow-up, The Thinnest Air, hit #1 in the Kindle store and spent five weeks as a Washington Post bestseller. Over the years, the author’s suspense work has been nominated for two ITW Thriller Awards and one Shirley Jackson Award. It’s been mentioned in the New York Post and People magazine, as well as optioned for film and television. Her novel Unmissing was adapted for the Lifetime network in 2024.

Born in Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State University, Winter still calls the state home, where she resides with her three children. She is represented by Jill Marsal at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.