Fourteen years after leaving Cedar Hollow, Rachel returns to the one place she never managed to forget. Beneath the old Promise Oak are the memories of childhood, the people who once made her feel safe, and a life she thought she had left behind for good. Coming home is supposed to be temporary. Then Rachel reconnects with Caleb, the childhood friend who remembers who she was before adulthood complicated everything. Their easy familiarity returns first, followed by an attraction neither of them can dismiss as nostalgia. But Cedar Hollow is the kind of town where old stories never disappear. Rachel must face painful family history, people who still remember her worst years, and the question of whether leaving made her stronger or simply taught her how to run. Caleb has roots here, responsibilities of his own, and no interest in offering promises Rachel is not ready to believe. As friendship deepens into something far more dangerous to her guarded heart, the Promise Oak becomes a reminder that home is not only where the past happened. It can also be where a different future begins. Rachel came back looking for peace with the girl she used to be. She never expected the boy who knew her then to become the man who might convince her to stay.
Fourteen years after leaving Cedar Hollow, Rachel returns to the one place she never managed to forget. Beneath the old Promise Oak are the memories of childhood, the people who once made her feel safe, and a life she thought she had left behind for good. Coming home is supposed to be temporary. ...