These lost letters open the door to Jonathan and Clara’s story in my clean historical romance, Letters from Willow Creek.

It’s a romantic idea, isn’t it? Keeping the letters someone wrote you. Tied in ribbon. Soft at the folds. Full of words that still make your heart do that little dip.

A Reader’s Circle, Not a Deadline

When I wrote about Clara’s lavender dress—the one worn thin, stitched with memory—I knew exactly what that felt like.

When I finished Letters from Willow Creek, I wanted to tell someone.

When I first saw the final cover art for Letters from Willow Creek, I loved it. The colors, the light, her quiet strength. But I didn’t realize what made it feel so personal—until I showed it to my daughter.

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In Letters from Willow Creek, the love story doesn’t begin with sparks—it begins with letters, with loss, and with a woman stepping into a life she thought would be one thing… only to find it had changed. Clara came west with a promise in her pocket and quiet hope in her heart. Reid, meanwhile, had long since buried his own hope—alongside the losses of his past, and most recently, the death of his younger brother. Neither of them expected love—not with each other. But sometimes healing arrives in the quiet. And sometimes, love comes softly, offering something deeper than either of them dared to imagine.

where second chances grow wild on the wind and love waits quietly, ready to be found again.

When people talk about romance novels, they often think of the swoon, the kisses, the happily-ever-after. And while all of those things have their place, there’s a quieter kind of love story too—the kind that heals what’s been broken, picks up what’s been left behind, and dares to hope again. That’s what I write.