Settling Home

Blowing up my life to take over the farm seemed smart at the time.

When Uncle Walt offered me Sullivan Farm so he could chase love across the country, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. He spent sixty-eight years taking care of everyone else, it was his turn. And I… well, I needed a fresh start. How hard could running the farm in a small town where I’d spent every childhood summer actually be?

Turns out, very hard. Nostalgia isn’t a qualification. Everything is harder than it looks, nothing works like I remember, and the goats have formed some kind of committee dedicated entirely to making my life difficult.

And then there’s Callum Sterling. Small-town vet. Professional grump. Dispenser of excellent advice delivered in the most irritated tone humanly possible. It doesn’t take a genius to see he’s overextended—the man treats saying no like a personal failure. Exhausted, stubborn, and completely unwilling to slow down. We might have more in common than either of us wants to admit.

I thought the biggest challenge would be keeping the farm afloat. But somewhere between the grumpy vet fixing my disasters and me calling him on his workaholic nonsense, something’s shifting.

I left Seattle swearing off relationships. Cal has kept everyone at arm’s length for years. Now we’re both standing at the edge of something terrifying.

The smart thing would be to step back.

But when have I ever done the smart thing?

Settling Home is the fourth and final novel in the Alder Creek series. It’s a cozy small-town romance with all the sizzling chemistry and none of the spice. Each book can be read on its own, but you’ll see familiar faces along the way.