A war stole their futures.
Love gave them something to live for.

An unexpected love story for those who have loved and lost, yet were strong enough to love again.

Their lives torn apart by WWII, two strangers find an unexpected second chance at love in this steamy contemporary romance about a budding writer and a struggling musician, proving that sometimes fate steps in to push broken hearts on a collision course and shows them how to find what they didn’t know they were looking for.

In the sleepy mountain town of Carter Ridge, fledgling writer, Cassidy Clark, has booked a retreat house to write her first and last manuscript. She’s planning to end her life, but not before she writes the perfect tribute to her fiancé who never returned from WWII.
Cassidy’s reflective retreat is interrupted when handsome musician, Thomas Crain, unknowingly ends up double booking the same retreat house. Sparks fly when Cassidy’s rebellious nature and reckless gin habit threaten to destroy Thomas’s music career. Tempers flare, giving way to unexpected passion and soon they are reconsidering everything they thought they wanted.

“Retreat To Me transports you back in time to a world where Cassidy struggles to cope with the loss of her true love to the war. She goes back to the place where they met to write their story, and ultimately put an end to her misery. But what happens at Carter Ridge will change her life forever, proving that love can save even the most lost souls.” ★★★★★5 star Amazon review