Home to Your Heart

Dr. Emma Collins left Maple Ridge ten years ago with a broken heart and dreams of becoming a big-city veterinarian. She built a successful practice in Seattle. Made a name for herself. Never looked back.Until her father had a heart attack and someone needed to run the family vet clinic back home.It was supposed to be temporary. Six weeks. Just until Dad recovered. Then Emma would go back to her real life in the city.But Maple Ridge has other plans. And so does Luke Harrison.Luke. Her best friend from childhood. Her first kiss. Her first love. The boy who broke her heart when he married someone else right after high school.Now he’s divorced, running his family’s ranch, and bringing injured animals to her father’s clinic. And Emma has to pretend her heart doesn’t still race when she sees him.Luke never forgot Emma. Never stopped regretting letting her go. He married young and wrong, trying to forget her. It didn’t work. Now she’s back, and Luke has one chance to prove they’re meant to be together.But Emma’s not staying. She made that clear. Six weeks. Then she’s gone again.So Luke has six weeks to convince her that home isn’t just a place-it’s a feeling. And that feeling is right here, with him, in the town she left behind.As they work together treating animals, old feelings resurface. Late nights at the clinic turn into long conversations. Professional interactions become something more. The chemistry they had as teenagers is still there, stronger than ever.Emma starts remembering why she loved this town. The slower pace. The community. The way everyone knows your name. The stars you can actually see at night. And Luke-steady, kind, still making her laugh after all these years.But her life is in Seattle. Her career. Her apartment. Everything she built. Can she really give it all up for a maybe? For a second chance with the man who already broke her heart once?Luke’s fighting for them. Fighting to show Emma that some things are worth coming home for. That success isn’t just about career and city lights. That love-real, lasting love-is rare and precious and worth any sacrifice.As Emma’s six weeks come to an end, she has to choose: the life she planned or the love she never stopped wanting. The successful veterinarian in the big city or the small-town vet with Luke by her side.HOME TO YOUR HEART is a heartwarming second chance romance about returning home, healing old wounds.