The Bennett Wellness Garden: A story of ambition, love, and finding home (The Women of Blue Harbor Book 6)

Sophie Bennett is tired of being the ‘safe harbor’ for everyone else while her own heart remains adrift. As a physical therapist in the quiet town of Blue Harbor, she’s mastered the art of being the reliable second choice--until Dakota Lane storms into her clinic. Dakota is a professional athlete whose world shattered with a career-ending injury. She’s stubborn, intense, and desperate to return to the only thing she’s ever loved: the game.

Forced into proximity, Sophie and Dakota clash with a heat that has nothing to do with rehabilitation. To Sophie, Dakota is a flight risk who will leave the moment she’s healed. To Dakota, Sophie is the only person who sees the woman behind the athlete’s mask. But as the walls between them crumble, a secret coaching offer threatens to pull Dakota back to the city, leaving Sophie to wonder if she’s just a placeholder once again. Can a physical therapist who hides her own loneliness and a prideful athlete who fears vulnerability find a reason to stay?

In a town where every love story begins with a reason to stay, can Dakota prove that Sophie isn’t her second choice--but her only choice? Return to Blue Harbor for a story of ambition, healing, and the courage it takes to choose home.