Awakened Fate

How many times have you walked past your soulmate without even noticing her? Leah McAllister thought she had her future all figured out-graduate, move to the city, start a career. Easy. Except her post-college life is suddenly a fog of "what ifs," and the only thing she can focus on is her student newspaper role... and the woman she's been sent to interview. Morgan Park is older, confident, and devastatingly composed. She runs her department like she runs her life-with passion and purpose. But underneath that polished surface, there's a heartbreak she's still unraveling, a relationship that collapsed under the weight of mental illness and dreams deferred. Neither woman is looking for something new. But when Leah walks into the interview with her notepad and nervous energy, something shifts. Sparks. Suddenly, this sleepy town doesn't feel so small-and the future doesn't feel so impossible. Love doesn't always arrive when you're ready. Sometimes, it shows up right on deadline.

Once you've been awakened to love… can you ever go back to sleep? After a year of heartbreak and what-ifs, Leah McAllister just wants a quiet-new job, boring cubicle, low expectations. But the moment she walks into her first staff meeting, that hope shatters. Because her new boss is Morgan Park. The woman who turned Leah's world inside out a year ago. The woman she has never stopped thinking about. The woman who now looks like she's barely holding it together. Morgan has spent the past year trying to rebuild after her brilliant, unstable ex left with only a cryptic goodbye and a trail of guilt in her wake. Morgan's wounded and her walls are up, but Leah awakens something in her she thought was buried deep. In the close quarters of their shared office, sparks fly, gazes linger, and the walls between them begin to crumble. Just when it feels like they might finally get it right this time... Morgan's ex comes home. And she's carrying a secret that could unravel everything. Love rarely knocks twice. The question is-will Morgan and Leah be brave enough to answer?