Where Summer Stayed Laurel Hayes left Maple Hollow seven years ago determined to build a life beyond the small town—and beyond the boy she loved enough to leave
By Sandra Boyle
Amazon rating: 4.8/5 from 9 ratings
Where Summer Stayed Laurel Hayes left Maple Hollow seven years ago determined to build a life beyond the small town—and beyond the boy she loved enough to leave behind. Now she’s back for one summer to help her aunt prepare the Maple House Inn for the town’s Summerlight Festival. Laurel expects long days, familiar faces, and plenty of reminders of the life she once escaped. She doesn’t expect Eli Grant. Eli stayed in Maple Hollow and built a life of his own, one that no longer depends on Laurel coming back. But when Aunt June puts them in charge of festival preparations together, avoiding each other becomes impossible. Between inn repairs, lantern-lit evenings, summer storms, and memories neither of them has completely forgotten, the distance of seven years begins to disappear. Then Laurel receives the career opportunity she has spent years working toward—the kind of opportunity that could take her away all over again. This time, the choice isn’t simply between staying and leaving. Because Laurel is beginning to understand that coming home doesn’t have to mean giving up the woman she became. And Eli must decide whether loving someone means knowing they will never leave—or trusting that they will choose to come back.
ASIN: B0HF6PPNYL
466 pages | Language: English | Published: August 13, 2026
Genre: Romance