She came back to settle an estate. She never expected to rediscover herself.

After surviving cancer, a painful divorce, and the loss of the career she once loved, Chantal Davies returns to Sunshine Bay to prepare her late grandmother's seaside cottage for sale. Once the renovations are finished, she'll head back to Vancouver, find a new job, and start over.

At least, that's the plan.

Instead, Chantal finds an unfinished tapestry still waiting on the loom, a shy rescue cat in need of a second chance, and a grieving twelve-year-old girl determined to finish the sweater her grandmother had only just begun teaching her to knit. As she restores the old cottage room by room, Chantal is drawn into the heart of the community her grandmother loved—from a struggling fibre arts cooperative to the kind of lifelong friendships she never expected to find again.

Next door, single father Anderson Cole is doing his best to raise two children while quietly carrying burdens of his own. The friendship that grows between them feels easy, comfortable... and harder to walk away from with every passing day.

As old dreams give way to new possibilities, Chantal must decide whether the life she planned is really the one she wants—or whether home has been waiting for her all along.

Brimming with heartwarming friendships, rescue cats, and the quiet healing power of community, Paws for Healing is an uplifting later-in-life romance about second chances, chosen family, and discovering that life's most meaningful chapters are often the ones we never saw coming.

Perfect for readers who love clean, cozy small-town romance with heart, hope, and a happily ever after.