What Love Remembers

She was named for sorrow. He was trying to outrun his. Together, they found something worth staying for.

Sierra Falls, California, is the kind of sleepy mountain town people leave behind. But Sorrow Bailey stayed, trading her own dreams to run the struggling family lodge. Even her name is a family relic—one that’s begun to feel like a curse. Everything changes when she uncovers a cache of letters from her three-times-great-grandmother and namesake, revealing a forbidden love affair.

Billy Preston, the new sheriff, is a widower looking to outrun his grief. After an accident at the Bailey lodge, he’s drawn to Sorrow’s quiet strength, and admiration quickly turns into something more. But when the discovery of the letters brings sudden attention to Sierra Falls, a string of suspicious “accidents” has Billy wondering if someone will go to deadly lengths to keep the town off the map.

With the community rallying around her, Sorrow finds guidance in her ancestor’s words: true joy comes from the family you build, the friends who stand by you, and the love you dare to claim.