Natalie-Nicole Bates

Spring is more than a season in Willow Creek. It's a promise. When Nova Whitmore returns to her hometown for the annual Spring Blossom Festival, she expects little more than blooming trees and familiar faces. What she doesn't expect is Kristopher Hale. The man who stayed when she left, and the one who still makes her heart feel dangerously at home. As Nova helps prepare for the festival that defines Willow Creek's spring, she's drawn back into a community that never truly let her go.
With every shared laugh and quiet moment beneath the blossoms, Kristopher reminds her that love doesn't have to be rushed or run from. But when the opportunity of a lifetime calls her away, Nova must decide whether Willow Creek is simply a stop along the way, or the place her heart has been waiting for.