Here to Stay

For the past eighteen months, Abby has been hiding out in Bay View—a town small enough to suffocate her grief, quiet enough to muffle the past, and gentle enough to feel safe. She didn’t come to start over. She came to disappear.

Then a fire takes out the town’s only pub-and-inn, and Abby’s predictable life goes up in smoke.

Chris Addison arrives with designer luggage, sharp opinions, and an air of disdain. She’s polished, prickly, and clearly running from something of her own. Abby tells her...