It Happened to Us

A Small Town Clean Romance

She believed in fresh starts. He needed one more than he knew.

After years of quiet dedication to her grandmother’s boat tour business, Abby Rhodes had everything she needed in the cozy lake town of Forager Cove—except a reason to believe in love again. But the day a mysterious man collapsed on her boat and lost all memory of who he was, everything began to shift.

He called himself John at first. Gentle, grateful, a little lost. Abby never expected to fall for him—or to discover his real name was Cade Ashton, heir to a luxury hotel empire and a past he couldn’t outrun.

As seasons passed, their connection deepened in the rhythms of small-town life: shared sunrises, quiet repairs, laughter in the kitchen. But when Cade’s identity caught up with him, Abby was forced to let go to protect the life she’d built.

Now, a spring breeze carries more than tourists across the lake—it brings a second chance, and the man who chose love over legacy.

Because letting go of who you were is the first step to becoming who you’re meant to be.

It Happened to Us is a clean, wholesome, standalone short story, perfect for all readers seeking heartwarming love stories without explicit content.