The Compass Of Us

<p>Nora Beckett has mastered the art of survival. After a painful betrayal left her raising her ten-year-old son alone she's built a quiet life in the small mountain town of Pine Hollow. Her days are filled with routine her heart carefully walled off and her focus solely on Eli-the only compass she trusts anymore.</p><p></p><p>Until Declan Ford arrives next door.</p><p></p><p>A former rescue pilot with a past he can't outrun Declan comes to Pine Hollow to disappear. But when he saves Eli during a trail accident Nora's guarded world collides with his in the most unexpected way. Despite their scars their connection is undeniable-steady slow-burning and terrifyingly real.</p><p></p><p>As Declan forms a bond with Eli and slowly earns a place in Nora's tightly held world the past begins to resurface. A rumor. A file. A ghost in camouflage. And when Eli's absentee father reappears with a custody threat that could unravel everything Nora and Declan must decide what they're willing to fight for.</p><p></p><p>In the face of secrets sabotage and fear love will be tested-but it may also become the thing that saves them all.</p><p></p><p>Tender deeply emotional and filled with heart-stopping twists <em>The Compass of Us</em> is a story of second chances the family we choose and the courage it takes to stay-especially when walking away once felt safer. For readers who believe in slow-burn romance resilient characters and the kind of love that doesn't come easy... but stays forever.</p><p></p>