Sweet Like Sap

<p>Mia Sullivan thought she'd traded small-town roots for big-city dreams. A decade in New York has given her a glittering career in food media-but not the fulfillment she once imagined. Returning to Millbrook for her high school reunion she expects polite conversations nostalgic memories and a swift escape back to Manhattan. What she doesn't expect is Jake Henderson-the boy she once loved now running his family's struggling maple farm.</p><p>Jake has poured everything into Henderson Maple but tradition alone can't pay the bills. When Mia's modern know-how collides with Jake's old-fashioned pride sparks fly-both in arguments and in chemistry neither of them buried as deeply as they thought. Together they hatch a plan to save the farm but working side by side reopens old wounds and reignites the love they thought they'd left behind.</p><p>As harvest season crescendos Mia and Jake must face the question neither asked ten years ago: can love truly take root when dreams pull you in opposite directions?</p><p>A tender second-chance romance about roots risks and the sweetness of finding your way home <em>Sweet Like Sap</em> is perfect for fans of small-town love stories emotional depth and happily-ever-afters that feel earned.</p>