For years, Shea Kerrigan wrote letters to a soldier overseas.

She poured her heart into every word—encouraging him, supporting him, falling for him from thousands of miles away. The boy who barely noticed her in high school became the man she couldn't stop thinking about.

Then Jake Burrows came home. Battle-scarred. Grief-stricken. Convinced he's too broken to be the man she deserves.

Jake returned to Windsor Peak to reconnect with his teenage son and piece together a life after loss. But facing his past is harder than anything he endured overseas. And the one person who sees through his walls—the woman who never stopped believing in him—is the same person he's terrified of letting down.

Shea knows the man beneath the wounds. She's seen his heart in every letter he sent back.

But Jake's convinced he has nothing left to offer. That his grief and guilt make him unworthy of the love she's offering.

Surrounded by the warmth of Windsor Peak and the fierce loyalty of the Burrows family, Jake must decide: is he brave enough to let her in? And Shea must choose: is she strong enough to fight for the love they both deserve?