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The Long Way Around: A Small Town Christian Romance
Paperback
Series: The Larkspur, Wyoming Romance, Book 1
Christian FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
If you like romance with subtext, restraint, and meaning tucked between the lines, this story was written for you.
For twelve years, Jo Aldous has been the woman Larkspur depends on. She runs the family feed store, serves her church, carries everyone else's burdens, and keeps her own hurt carefully out of sight.
Then Wes Renner comes home.
He was driving the night Jo's brother died, and the town has never forgotten. Wes plans to help his family save their struggling Wyoming ranch, keep his head down, and ask nothing from the people he left behind. Especially Jo.
But Larkspur is a hard place to keep your distance. Branding crews, church suppers, broken machinery, and one determined great-aunt keep putting them in the same room. Soon, old feelings begin pressing against the story they have each believed for twelve years.
Written in lean, clever, emotionally layered prose, The Long Way Around rewards readers who enjoy catching the meaning beneath the dialogue, noticing the small gestures, and feeling what the characters are not yet ready to say. This is a thoughtful slow burn with real faith, restrained longing, dry small-town humor, and an emotional payoff earned one quiet turn at a time.
Second chance - returning prodigal - best friend's sister - ranch in peril - grief and forgiveness
A completely clean Christian romance with kissing-only intimacy and a joyful HEA.
Book One in the interconnected Larkspur, Wyoming series.
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