Tessa Morgan only meant to pass through Delaney.
Her car disagreed.
After a professional embarrassment sends her fleeing her old life, Tessa limps into town with a dead engine, a trunk full of event supplies, and absolutely no interest in becoming anyone's local gossip.
Then Mara Bell opens the hood.
Mara is calm, dry-humored, practical, and far too attractive for someone delivering bad automotive news. She fixes cars, notices too much, and keeps showing up with coffee, soup, and the kind of steady care Tessa does not know how to accept.
Unfortunately, Delaney notices everything.
As the town turns Tessa's breakdown into its favorite story, she gets pulled into a local festival, remembers she is still good under pressure, and starts wondering if the life she ran from is really the one she wants back.
Her car will be fixed soon.
Leaving should be easy.
But Delaney has other plans-and so does Mara Bell.
Breakdowns, Backroads & Bad Decisions is a warm, funny small-town sapphic romance about burnout, bad timing, public embarrassment, practical care, and the terrifying relief of being seen.