Sophie Rue can fix anyone. Except Sophie Rue. When the magic she broke as a child begins to stir again, she’s forced back to Rosewater Bend—the hometown she’s spent her life avoiding. But the Bend remembers her mistake. The land hums. Shadows shift. And Kaia Chamblee—the town’s steadfast guardian—knows exactly what Sophie’s return means. As old magic wakes and the ground trembles beneath them, Sophie must face the truth she’s been running from for decades: some things don’t heal on their own. Some things demand to be mended. And the only way to fix what she broke…is to confront the woman tied to its unraveling—herself. Sophie Rue can fix anyone. Except Sophie Rue.

When the magic she broke as a child begins to stir again, she’s forced back to Rosewater Bend—the hometown she’s spent her life avoiding.

But the Bend remembers her mistake.

The land hums. Shadows shift. And Kaia Chamblee—the town’s steadfast guardian and the woman Sophie never truly left behind—knows exactly what Sophie’s return means.

As old magic wakes and the ground trembles beneath them, Sophie must face the truth she’s been running from for decades: some things don’t heal on their own. Some things demand to be mended.

And the only way to fix what she broke…is to confront the woman tied to its unraveling—and the love she’s been afraid to claim.