Sweet Charity (Sweet Maple Falls #1)

Some walls aren't meant to be broken.

Some people won't stop trying anyway.

Charity Dawson has always been the one everyone turns to when life gets messy. Bright, determined, and endlessly optimistic, she's built her world around helping others—even when it means putting her own needs last. Especially when it comes to men like Liam Brown.

Liam doesn't do relationships. Fourteen years of grief have taught him that loving someone means losing them, and he's the town's most guarded man—known for his silence, his scars, and the fortress he's built around his heart. But with Charity, the rules don't seem to apply, and the space between friendship and something more has already started to disappear.

When family crisis strikes and old wounds threaten to tear them apart, they'll both have to decide if what they're building is strong enough to survive the shadows of the past.
Set against the rugged beauty and close-knit community of
Sweet Maple Falls, Sweet Charity is a story of second chances, unexpected healing, and the kind of love that finds you when you've stopped looking.

Some hearts heal slowly.

Some risks are worth taking.

And some sunshine was always meant to chase away the dark.

Sweet Charity is a tender, slow-burn romance about two guarded hearts learning that sometimes the strongest kind of love is the one that lets you finally set your burdens down.

Trigger Warning - This book deals with themes of infant loss, grief, and healing. While the losses are not depicted on page, characters discuss past stillbirth and its emotional aftermath. Also includes mental health struggles related to grief and family dysfunction.