January Thaw: A Later-in-Life Romance

By Dana Velle

She came to Newfoundland to save a friend. She didn't expect to be the one who needed rescuing.

Maren Ashby's life looks fine from the outside. But when her friend Diane falls apart in a frozen house at the edge of Canada, Maren flies north to help - and finds herself face to face with a quiet marine biologist who studies seabirds that mate for life.

Cal hasn't returned to anything since losing his wife five years ago. His world is data and solitude and the careful study of creatures who know how to endure. Maren is warmth and chaos and the kind of presence that makes silence feel like a conversation.

She shouldn't fit in his life. But grief recognizes grief, even when it's wearing different clothes. And in a frozen Newfoundland winter, two people discover that thawing is the bravest thing you can do.

January Thaw is the second book in The Rose Rescue Protocol Series - later-in-life romance about women who refuse to let midlife be the end of the story, and the unexpected loves that prove them right.

Perfect for fans of L.B. Dunbar, Colleen Hoover's later works, and Jojo Moyes.

Features: slow-burn romance - remote coastal setting - quiet hero - healing friendship - Newfoundland winter - second in series

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQXZM8SX
• ISBN13: 9798250474214
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"