Between the Lines: A Slow-Burn Small-Town Romance About Finding Home (Great Missenden Ever After Book 1)

About this book

After ten years trapped in a toxic relationship, editor Sadie Reed is ready to stop polishing other people’s dreams and start reclaiming her own. Her path to independence arrives in the form of a daunting assignment: travel to a quiet English village and force reclusive, bestselling author Corbyn Pearce to finish the manuscript he has spent years avoiding. Corbyn is as brilliant as he is infuriating, hiding behind emotional walls built from past betrayals and deep-seated trauma. The clash between them is immediate, characterized by sharp wit and undeniable creative friction. However, as the two spend long nights navigating the boundaries of their professional arrangement, that friction begins to smolder into something much deeper. When a long-buried secret connects them to a shared moment from their past, they are forced to confront the history they both tried to leave behind. Featuring the "grumpy vs. sunshine" and "forced proximity" tropes, *Between the Lines* is a tender, slow-burn romance about the courage required to heal. As Sadie and Corbyn peel back their respective layers, they discover that love cannot erase the past, but it can provide the safety needed to write a new, hopeful future together.