Where the River Bends (Moonwater Creek Book 3)

Twelve years ago, Sloane Hayes swore she’d never return to Moonwater Creek—the small Southern town that held too many ghosts, too many memories, and too much heartbreak to outrun. But life has a way of bending the river right back to where you started.

Now she’s home again, older, tougher, and one breath away from bolting when she stumbles straight into Luke McAllister—her brothers’ quiet, steady ranch hand who somehow grew into the kind of man a girl should never look at twice… and Sloane absolutely does.

Luke has loved Sloane Hayes for half his life.
He loved her fire, her fight, her laughter—right up until the day she left without looking back.
Now she’s here again, carrying old wounds, sharp edges, and a lifetime of reasons to run.
But Luke? He’s done running.

He wants her—mess and all.
And he’s willing to fight for the life she’s convinced she doesn’t deserve.

Between goat-induced chaos, small-town gossip, late-night porch confessions, and one earth-shaking barn kiss, Sloane finds herself slipping into the one thing she never prepared for.

But letting herself belong again means facing the past she’s avoided for twelve years—and deciding whether Moonwater Creek is simply the place she came from… or the place she’s finally brave enough to call home.