He didnât feel at home anywhere...except with her
Fifteen years ago, Erin crushed Burke Daniels by choosing his brother over him. Now, after being left at the altar by his fiancée, Burkeâs back in Findlay Roads trying to put his life back togetherâand falling for his now-widowed sister-in-law all over again.
He skipped town when Erin broke his heart. But after bonding with her sonâhis nephewâand realizing he still loves her, Burke doesnât know how he can ever leave Erin again. Even if she tells him he has to...
CERELLA SECHRIST lives in York, Pennsylvania, with two precocious pugs, Darcy and Charlotte, named after Jane Austen literary characters. Inspired by her childhood love of stories, she was ten years old when she decided she wanted to become an author. As a former barista, Cerella is a coffee snob who can spend hours discussing the finer points of a good Italian roast. Sheâs been known to post too many pug photos on both Instagram and Pinterest. You can see for yourself by finding her online at cerellasechrist.com.
ISBN: 978-1-474-08088-0
THE WAY BACK TO ERIN
© 2018 Cerella Delbaugh Sechrist
Published in Great Britain 2018
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âWhy did you come back to Findlay Roads at all? You missed Gavinâs funeral. And then six months later you showed up here, as if nothing had changed.â
âThat is not fair,â he snapped, rising to his feet. âEverything had changed.â
âNot for you! Youâd barely been home in yearsââ
âI lost my brother!â He cut her off. âMy best friend! You think youâre the only one who has grief to manage? Youâre not alone in this, Erin. Youâre not the only one who misses him.â
âBut donât you see?â she murmured, the words raspy. âYouâd already left years ago. You had all this time and distance already. How can you possibly know what it felt like to lose him, without a choice?â
âBut I do know.â Burkeâs words sounded hard to his own ears. âYou forget that I lost both my parents without a choice. And then my brother, too.â
Erinâs jaw clenched, and he could tell she was holding back what she wanted to say. He knew the expression well.
When she finally spoke, she said nothing more about Gavin but rather warned him, âJust donât get so close to Kitt that you break his heart when you leave.â
With that, she turned on her heel and headed back inside, leaving him to wonder just whose heart she was really worried about him breaking.
Dear Reader,
Grief is a tricky thing. It has no timetable. It will catch you unawares, lulling you into a false sense of security one hour, only to strike you savagely with the reminders of your loss in the next.
Grief is no stranger to the characters in The Way Back to Erin. With the death of her husband, Erin has had to dig her way through the years that have passed, remaining strong for herself and Gavinâs son, Kitt. When she faces the threat of losing the Moontide Inn, which has been her home and safe haven for years, her grief is rekindled. Her struggle to reconcile her shattered dreams with the return of Burke, a love she laid to rest many years ago, is at the heart of this story.