Southern Storms

A woman leaves the city and an unhappy marriage behind, hoping a small town called Havenbarrow will give her a clean slate. She soon finds herself drawn to Jax, the man everyone there treats as an outsider. People describe him as troubled, unfriendly, and haunted by a past nobody discusses. She notices something different: the warmth in his eyes, the quiet kindnesses he offers when no one is looking, and the way he makes her laugh again. He helps her face the pain she has carried and treats her old wounds with patience.

Their relationship deepens, but the histories they have tried to outrun begin to surface and affect their present. The story follows how their bond holds up under that pressure, and it does not promise the ending they both hoped for. It is a romance about the lasting marks that a storm can leave behind.

The book is the first in the New Compass series of standalone novels and is scheduled for release on April 2, 2020.