Space Between Us,A Small-Town Friends-to-Lovers Romance

She left Willow Creek to build the life she thought she wanted. He stayed behind—and never stopped loving her.Ten years ago, Clara Bennett left Willow Creek determined to become someone beyond the small-town girl everyone thought they knew.Now she's back for two months to help her recovering grandmother and renovate the family farmhouse before returning to Chicago and the life she's built there.There's just one problem.Ethan Reid is still here.Her best friend's older brother. Her childhood confidant. The boy she secretly loved before she walked away.Except Ethan isn't a boy anymore.He's built a life running his family's apple orchard, and beneath the quiet strength she remembers is a man who has spent ten years carrying a love he never stopped feeling.As Clara and Ethan fall back into an effortless rhythm—working on the farmhouse, wandering through the orchard, sharing old memories, and discovering who they've become—the distance between friendship and something more becomes impossible to ignore.But Clara's life in Chicago is unraveling. Her marriage is ending. Her career no longer feels like the dream she once believed it was. And the closer she gets to Ethan, the more she must confront a terrifying question:What if the life she's been running toward isn't the life she actually wants?With summer slipping away and the future demanding a choice, Clara must decide whether to return to the safe life she's always known—or finally have the courage to choose the love, home, and happiness waiting for her in Willow Creek.The Space Between Us is a heartfelt small-town romance about childhood friends, second chances, coming home, and discovering that sometimes the person you've been searching for has been waiting for you all along.Perfect for readers who love emotional slow-burn romance, friends-to-lovers stories, small-town settings, rekindled love, complicated heroines, protective heroes, family warmth, and a satisfying happily-ever-after.