{"product_id":"almost-home-audrey-snow-9798274954969","title":"Almost Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe swore she wasn't going back.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot to him.\u003cbr\u003eNot to who she was.\u003cbr\u003eNot to the life she left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a message she never expected appears on her screen, Shannon finds herself driving back to the shores of Lake Michigan. The place where her heart broke the first time. The only place it ever really felt like home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArden has built a quiet life in their small lakeside town. Coaching hockey. Raising his son. Trying to keep the past buried beneath routine and responsibility. When Shannon shows up on his porch after years apart, everything he has tried to hold back returns at full force. Want. Regret. The kind of love that never truly left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as \u003ci\u003ejust a weekend\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a slow, aching unraveling of all the things they never said. Old hurts. Unfinished conversations. A longing that has never stopped pulling them back to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut love is not the only thing waiting for them. There are children to protect. Histories to untangle. A future that only works if they are both willing to step into it fully, honestly, together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlmost Home\u003c\/b\u003e is a deeply emotional and steamy second-chance romance about the gravity of first love, the courage to try again, and the people who become our safe place.\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003eBook One in \u003ci\u003eThe Lake Effect Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a continuing love story that follows Shannon and Arden as they learn what it truly means to come home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Slow-burn second chances\u003cbr\u003e- Small-town Midwest romance\u003cbr\u003e- Hockey-guy x strong-hearted heroine\u003cbr\u003e- Found and blended family dynamics\u003cbr\u003e- Love that hurts before it heals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Audrey Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274954969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Audrey Snow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171879952639,"sku":"9798274954969","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/almost-home-audrey-snow-9798274954969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}