Finding Us Again

Sophie Bennett hasn’t painted in three years. Not since the accident that took her sister and left Sophie raising her seven-year-old niece, Emma. Not since her dreams of being an artist became impossible luxuries she couldn’t afford. Not since responsibility replaced creativity and bills replaced passion.Now she works two jobs-waitressing during the day, bookkeeping at night-just to keep their tiny apartment and put food on the table. There’s no time for art. No time for dreams. Barely time to breathe.But Emma needs more than Sophie can give her. Stability. A real home. Maybe even a father figure.Which is where Jack Morrison comes in. Though he doesn’t know it yet.Jack is a successful architect with a beautiful house, a thriving career, and a six-year-old daughter named Lily who hasn’t smiled since her mother died two years ago. He’s drowning in grief and guilt, going through the motions of life but not really living. Work. Home. Lily. Repeat. That’s all there is.He’s built walls around his heart so high that no one can get through. Not his family. Not his friends. Not the parade of well-meaning women his sister keeps setting him up with.Then Emma and Lily meet at school and become instant best friends. Inseparable. Which means Sophie and Jack keep running into each other. At school pickup. At playdates. At birthday parties.And Sophie-chaotic, creative, broke but hopeful Sophie-irritates the hell out of Jack. She’s always late. Always disorganized. Always seeing the world through an artist’s eyes instead of practical reality. She lets Emma eat ice cream for dinner and thinks bedtime is a suggestion. Everything Jack is not.Jack-rigid, controlled, emotionally unavailable Jack-drives Sophie insane. He’s uptight. Judgmental. Acts like there’s only one right way to do things. He color-codes his daughter’s schedule and thinks fun needs to be planned three weeks in advance. Everything Sophie is not.They’re oil and water. Chaos and order. Free spirit and control freak.But their daughters are best friends. Which means Sophie and Jack are stuck with each other.And somewhere between the awkward carpools and tense playdates and arguments about parenting styles, something shifts. Jack notices how Sophie makes Lily laugh for the first time in two years. How she brings color into their gray world. How she sees beauty in everything, even broken things.Sophie notices how Jack makes Emma feel safe. How he shows up, always, without fail. How he loves his daughter with a fierce protectiveness that makes Sophie’s heart ache.They start talking. Really talking. About grief and loss and how hard it is to be the only parent. About trying to be enough when you’re barely holding it together. About loving kids who aren’t biologically yours but feeling like they are.Jack teaches Sophie that structure isn’t the enemy of creativity. That planning ahead doesn’t kill spontaneity. That sometimes stability is exactly what love looks like.Sophie teaches Jack that perfection isn’t necessary. That laughter matters more than schedules. That it’s okay to fall apart sometimes. That being good enough is actually good enough.They become friends. Then something more. Something neither of them were looking for. Something that terrifies them both.FINDING US AGAIN is a heartwarming single parent romance about grief and healing, opposites who attract, found family, learning to love again, and discovering that sometimes broken pieces fit together perfectly. Perfect for fans of emotional slow burns, adorable kids who play matchmaker, wounded hearts learning to trust, and happily ever afters that prove love is worth the risk.