What the Roots Keep

About this book

Five years after her family's historic nursery burned to the ground, Cassia Vance returns to Oakhaven as its definitive outcast. Branded negligent and blamed by the town for the loss, she plans only to legally transfer the charred property to a commercial developer and leave. But Julian, her childhood sweetheart, never abandoned the nursery, quietly patching glass and tending surviving roots. Forced into daily proximity to navigate zoning loopholes, their fractured relationship slowly rekindles. Told through intercutting timelines of the tense present negotiations and the volatile summer that led to the fire, the truth emerges about Cassia's father's dangerous perfectionism and the heavy burden of silent loyalty. As they peel back layers of earned guilt and unspoken devotion, Cassia and Julian must decide whether to let the developer pave over their past or to fight for collaborative stewardship of the land, healing their deep emotional scars in the process.

Book details

Genres:

Classic Romance, Contemporary Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-04-17

Content rating:

R