When Memphis pulls into tiny Quincy, Montana with her baby and a fresh start burning in her chest, she's done running from her past—even if it meant abandoning everything glamorous about her old life. She takes a job as a housekeeper at The Eloise Inn and settles into a modest apartment, finally allowing herself to breathe and build something real for her son. Then she meets Knox Eden, the tattooed, sinfully attractive chef and her landlord, and suddenly her carefully constructed plan to keep her heart safe starts feeling dangerously impossible. This is a swoon-worthy second-chance-at-life story about finding unexpected love in the quiet moments and learning that sometimes the best dreams are the ones you never saw coming.

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Sultry indie-folk meets smoldering R&B—yearning acoustic guitars layered with deep, magnetic vocals. Capture small-town intimacy, slow-burn tension, and the vulnerability of starting over. Think Hozier, Gregory Alan Isakov, SZA, Bon Iver. Cozy yet charged with restless desire.