Sweet Like Sap: A Novella

Mia Sullivan thought she'd traded small-town roots for big-city dreams. A decade in New York has given her a glittering career in food media—but not the fulfillment she once imagined. Returning to Millbrook for her high school reunion, she expects polite conversations, nostalgic memories, and a swift escape back to Manhattan. What she doesn't expect is Jake Henderson—the boy she once loved, now running his family's struggling maple farm. Jake has poured everything into Henderson Maple, but tradition alone can't pay the bills. When Mia's modern know-how collides with Jake's old-fashioned pride, sparks fly—both in arguments and in chemistry neither of them buried as deeply as they thought. Together, they hatch a plan to save the farm, but working side by side reopens old wounds and reignites the love they thought they'd left behind. As harvest season crescendos, Mia and Jake must face the question neither asked ten years ago: can love truly take root when dreams pull you in opposite directions? A tender second-chance romance about roots, risks, and the sweetness of finding your way home, Sweet Like Sap is perfect for fans of small-town love stories, emotional depth, and happily-ever-afters that feel earned.