Zahra Woods

Naomi Armstrong needs an escape. She doesn't need a campaign.

After a career in the city nearly broke her, Naomi retreats to a quiet Vermont estate, far from deadlines, demanding clients, and the ambitious life that almost swallowed her whole. She came to the rolling hills to rebuild herself, piece by quiet piece. The last thing she wants is another complication, especially one that comes with a spotlight.

But then she meets Wyatt Stark.

Wyatt is charming, grounded, and quietly magnetic, the kind of man who makes her feel truly seen for the first time. He helps her breathe again, showing her a future beyond burnout and pressure. Falling for him is easy. Falling for a man running to become the next Governor of Vermont? That's terrifying.

As Wyatt's campaign surges, so does the scrutiny on Naomi. Their private, healing romance becomes public fodder, and the press begins to ask: Is she the right fit for a future governor's wife? The question she's been asking herself all along suddenly echoes everywhere, and the crippling anxiety she fled comes roaring back.

Love under scrutiny. Family expectations. A future larger than either of them imagined.

The campaign for his office may cost her the sanctuary she finally found...but walking away might cost her the only man who's ever made her want to stay.

Because sometimes the right person doesn't just heal you...they change the entire direction of your life.

Tropes: He Falls First • Fish Out of Water • Forced Proximity • Protective Hero • Black Woman FMC • Diverse Relationship • Interracial Love • Second Chance at Life • Love in the Spotlight • Political romance • Found family • Sweet Romance with Spice