Clara Bennett has always lived by plans her father's expectations, her own careful steps, and the safe future waiting in Boston. But when she boards a plane across Europe, she meets Liam Hartley, a man whose laughter hides a devastating secret. Together they follow winding roads through Spain, Portugal, and Italy, chasing art, rooftops, and stolen kisses beneath lantern-lit skies.But love isn't the only shadow on their journey. Liam carries the weight of a cancer diagnosis he can't outrun, while Clara faces the pull of home, duty, and her father's failing health. Every city brings them closer, every choice pulls them apart, until the Horizon Journal an heirloom of lost dreams points Clara to the truth: some love stories don't follow maps, they rewrite them.A sweeping tale of adventure, heartbreak, and hope, When the Map Ends, Love Begins is a tearjerker romance novel for fans of Nicholas Sparks, Colleen Hoover, and epic love stories that stay with you long after the last page.