BOOK 2: LILA'S GROWING HEARTArchitect Grace Callahan has finally found the home she always craved in Hope Creek-and a future with Ethan Hayes, the quiet, rugged widower, and his kindhearted daughter, Lila. Their life together, built from grief and a tentative second chance, is beginning to feel solid, like the beautiful wood Ethan carves in his workshop.But just as Grace starts to believe their hard-won happiness is secure, an alarming discovery shatters their fragile peace.A hidden letter surfaces, revealing a secret about the historic mill property Grace inherited-a secret that Ethan's late wife, Sarah, kept buried for years. As the couple races to decipher the cryptic contents and understand its implications for their future, an invisible threat emerges. An unseen watcher begins circling their properties, leaving unsettling clues and menacing notes.Their orchard, once a sanctuary, now feels like a cage. Their happiness, once a certainty, is now fragile as spun glass.With an unknown enemy threatening to tear apart their lives, Grace and Ethan must confront the possibility that the past isn't just history-it's a living threat. They have to decide if their growing love is strong enough to face a secret that someone is determined to keep buried, no matter the cost.The greatest threat to their future may be the truth they never saw coming