The Next Always

When Beckett Montgomery finally gets the chance to renovate the historic Boonsboro inn his family has owned forever, he never expects his real project to be winning over Clare Brewster—the girl who got away, now back in town as a widowed mom of three running the local bookstore. Their stolen moments during private tours of the newly transformed hotel spark something neither of them saw coming, and suddenly the real magic isn't in the restored period details but in discovering that second chances at love might be the best kind. Nora Roberts weaves together the warmth of small-town life, the comfort of family chaos, and the sweet tension of two people learning to open their hearts again, one room at a time.