Devorah Campbell thought she had built a safe life. But when her husband betrays her with her best friend, everything shatters. With her daughter in tow, she retreats to Oyster Bay, the small town she once called home. Family tension lingers, but her brother is there and so is Hayden McKenna, her brother’s best friend and her first crush.
Hayden knows heartbreak. A widower struggling to raise his son, he has returned home too, searching for stability. Seeing Devorah again reignites feelings he buried long ago.
Together, they discover that second chances are rarely simple but often worth the risk. Heidi McLaughlin’s The Art of Starting Over is a tender, emotional romance about healing, family, and love finding its way home.
