Like the Sassafras Trees: A Small-town, Slow Burn, Romantic Suspense (Mount Vernon)

In the shadow of the sassafras trees, desires entwine like the roots beneath the earth. After West takes his anger out on Trinity for the last time, it's just the beginning of her problems. With no one to vouch for her character in the small gossip town of Mount Vernon Texas, Trinity's children are taken away from her little by little until she's unable to reach them at all.

When Knox, an enigmatic new cop in town, stumbles upon West's brutal attack, a spark ignites in him to help this woman he's only just met. As he learns of her struggles against town gossip and West's manipulations, Knox is drawn to Trinity even more.

Can love and truth flourish amid the relentless whispers of a small town? Or will Trinity and Knox's budding friendship cost them everything?

Slow burn friends to lovers set in a small Southern town, Like the Sassafras Trees is a moving work of suspenseful romantic fiction. Following both Trinity and Knox, this story unravels as a tale of resilience and the strength to reclaim one’s life.