The Collinsville Collection: Something Worth Staying For.

By Arlene B Thacker

Lila Monroe has one foot out the door of Collinsville - she's been saving every tip from her shifts at Grace's Restaurant toward a dream she's told no one about. An art program, a life bigger than this small town, a future that doesn't look like everyone else's.

Josiah Clements came back for the opposite reason. After walking away from a gallery career, he's rebuilding a crumbling farmhouse just outside of town board by board, chasing something he can't quite name - roots, maybe, or a second chance at a life that means something.

Neither one is looking to be distracted. But between the porch light at the farmhouse and the late-night coffee refills at Grace's, something keeps pulling them back to each other - and pulling at everything they thought they wanted.

Lila has to decide if staying could ever feel like enough. Josiah has to decide what he's willing to risk to make her believe it. And Collinsville, as always, is watching to see how it ends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7Y3G1DB
• ISBN13: 9798186031390
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"