Uncommon Grounds

In the small town of Hot Springs, Maya Chen is known for two things: the enchanting bookstore she owns and the best coffee in Arkansas. Her life is quiet, comfortable, and built on a foundation of small, magical secrets. The coffee is always the perfect temperature, the plants in her shop glow with health, and any broken appliance is fixed with a whisper and a touch. But her seventeen-year-old daughter, Riley-a brilliant, science-minded teenager on the cusp of leaving for college-is starting to notice that her mother's "luck" defies logic.
Riley's sharp observations and her own unexplained empathic abilities threaten to expose the truth Maya has carefully concealed for years. Complicating matters is James Fletcher, a kind and decidedly normal history teacher who finds himself drawn to Maya's mysterious charm. As their relationship deepens, Maya is caught between the fear of scaring him away and the desire to be fully known. Forced to confront the secrets she's kept from her daughter and the new man in her life, Maya must decide whether to maintain the peaceful, ordinary life she's built or risk it all by revealing the truth of her family's uncommon gifts.
It's a choice that could redefine her relationships, her future, and her daughter's understanding of the world just as she's about to step out into it.