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The Calm and The Storm: The Long Road Home
Paperback
Series: Modern Romance
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 22 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A captivating modern retelling of a timeless classic, perfect for fans of heartfelt contemporary romance and emotional family sagas.
Two sisters lose everything. The two men they find could cost them their hearts.
After their father's sudden death, sisters Ella and Maya Underwood are left with nothing but each other. Stripped of their home and fortune by a devastating will, they are forced to trade their comfortable suburban life for a small, borrowed cottage in the Malvern Hills. For practical, reserved Ella, it's a logistical nightmare to be managed. For passionate, idealistic Maya, it's a tragic exile from everything she knows and loves.
As they navigate their new reality, love finds them in the most unexpected ways. Ella, who trusts logic over emotion, feels an undeniable spark with the quiet and awkwardly charming Ethan Farrow-a man tied to the very family that ruined hers. Meanwhile, Maya's dream of a cinematic romance comes true when she's swept off her feet by the charismatic and stylish Will Thorne, a man who seems too good to be true. She barely notices Ben Carter, the steady, dependable man who offers a quiet support she's in no mood to accept.
But as Maya's love story plays out for the world to see on Instagram, Ella's quiet connection begins to crumble under the weight of a shocking secret. Just as one sister's fairytale romance hurtles towards a devastating and very public humiliation, the other discovers the man she was trying so hard not to trust may be the only one who has been telling the truth all along.
In a world of digital illusions and carefully curated lives, can two very different sisters navigate betrayal and heartbreak to find a love that's real? Will the sister who lives by her head learn to trust her heart? And will the sister who follows her heart learn to see the truth?
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