Before the Light Fades is a slow-burning contemporary romance about timing, healing, and second chances.When Sloane Carter, a once-promising photojournalist, returns to her grandmother’s abandoned lake house after a public breakdown, she plans to disappear. No cameras. No deadlines. No one asking why she quit the career she built her whole life around.But the small town of Wexley doesn’t forget easilyespecially not Rowan Hale, the quiet mechanic who once knew her better than anyone. Years have passed since their last summer together, but when their paths cross again, the past surfaces like a wound that never closed.Rowan has his own scars. His brother’s death. His loyalty to a town that never gave him a way out. And Sloane’s return forces him to face everything he buried.As summer fades, memories resurface, truths unravel, and Sloane and Rowan are left with a question neither can ignore:Can you rebuild a future with someone you never truly let go of?

After a painful breakup and a failed attempt to escape her past, 23-year-old Ava Whitman returns to her coastal hometown to reset her life. With her nursing dreams on hold and her heart still bruised, she takes a quiet job at a local café only to find it’s run by Cole Hart, her ex’s older brother and the one person who once saw through her walls.As they’re forced into daily interaction, tension gives way to connection. But Ava’s past threatens to undo everything she’s rebuilding. When her ex returns with unfinished business, old scars reopen, and trust is tested.Stay Until Sunrise is a slow-burn romance rooted in emotional realism. It’s about love that grows in the aftermath of hurt, the power of second chances, and choosing to stay when it’s easier to run.