The Long Way Home

By Huzaifa Dhillon

Eight years ago, Claire Sutton left Silver Creek, Texas for vet school - and left Cole Barrett, the boy she'd loved since she was seventeen, standing in the dust behind her. Their letters slowed. Their silence became permanent. Neither of them ever really got over it.

Now her father's declining health has brought Claire home for good, and there's no avoiding Cole this time - not when half her father's veterinary practice runs on Barrett Cattle Co.'s business.

Working side by side on his ranch, old wounds start to heal and old feelings refuse to stay buried. But land developers, family pressure, and eight years of unspoken hurt stand between them and the life they almost had - and when a wildfire threatens everything they've both built, Claire and Cole will have to decide if coming home means finally staying for good.

A heartfelt second-chance ranch romance about small towns, old flames, and finding your way back to where you belong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8KNQ2N9
• ISBN13: 9798186790501
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"