College professor Mallory Fredrick loves her job in a city that feels like home, but after a student attacks her on social media, she loses her peace of mind and confidence. When her college offers a sabbatical, she jumps at the chance to escape to her hometown in Texas. Entrepreneur Alec O’Donnell specializes in helping people in crisis. He’s built his company and career on packing up lives as … lives as people start over. It’s just business until he meets Mallory. Something about the beautiful and fragile woman who still manages to hold on to her sense of humor affects him. As feelings develop, he realizes he’s not ready for her to move out of his life.
Can Mallory find peace, or will a second setback keep her from coming home for good?
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The writing is good. The story, however, is unnecessarily long. I felt like I was reading a teen romance, mainly because of the protagonist and her seeming cluelessness about obvious things related to the male love interest.