Legacy & Lace (Ashford Ridge)

She wasn’t supposed to stay.

Coming back to Ashford Ridge was meant to be temporary.
Help her aunt. Fix what she could. Then leave—before the past had a chance to catch up with her.

Because this town?

It remembers everything.

And so does he.

Eli Dawson was her childhood best friend.

Her almost.
The one man she never should have crossed that line with… and definitely shouldn’t have walked away from the morning after.

Five years later, he’s still here.
Still steady. Still guarded.
Still carrying the weight she left behind.

And this time?

He’s not reaching for her.

But the longer Hazel stays, the harder it is to pretend nothing’s still there.

Not when every glance lingers.
Every touch feels like unfinished business.
And every mile of dust and fence line pulls her right back to the life she told herself she didn’t want.

She built a future somewhere else.

But Ashford Ridge was never just a place.

It was him.

And walking away once nearly broke her.

Doing it again?

Might cost her everything.

Legacy & Lace is a slow-burn, small-town ranch romance featuring childhood friends, unresolved tension, and a love that never really let go.