by Yvonne Hamilton
Series: Echoes of a Stolen Life #1
Community rating: 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
After nine years of being told what she wanted, Penny Rosewood is done letting anyone else decide for her. She returns to Honey Hollow with five boxes, two suitcases, and a thousand dollars to her name, planning to disappear into her grandmother’s old house until she figures out what comes next.
She doesn’t expect what comes next to include Roman.
The gruff wolf-shifter sheriff is the man who finds her stranded twelve miles from town, and a few days later, he becomes her new boss. Roman is blunt enough to make her bristle, stubborn enough to meet her argument for argument, and far too easy to imagine sitting across from her kitchen table long after her temporary job ends.
Then Penny starts cooking from her grandmother’s recipe book and realizes the magic she left behind has been waiting for her too. A stew for restless creatures puts one overworked sheriff to sleep at his desk. Other recipes loosen tongues, recover what was forgotten, and reveal things people would rather keep hidden. Testing the magic together gives Penny and Roman plenty to argue about—and even more reasons to keep ending up in each other’s space.
Penny came home for a second chance at her own life, not another man determined to run it. Roman knows how to protect an entire county, but loving a woman who fought to reclaim her choices will require something much harder: learning when to let her lead.
Because some recipes reveal the truth, some help you find your way home, and some stubborn hearts may be worth risking a second chance.
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Genres: Paranormal Romance, Small Town Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy Romance/Romantasy
Tropes: Grumpy/Feisty, Shifters, Protective Hero, Boss/Employee, Magic, Second Chance, Taking Back Her Power
ISBN: 9781970692273
Published: 2026-10-02
Publisher: Golden Light Publishing House