Nora Beckett has mastered the art of survival. After a painful betrayal left her raising her ten-year-old son alone, she's built a quiet life in the small mountain town of Pine Hollow. Her days are filled with routine, her heart carefully walled off, and her focus solely on Eli?the only compass she trusts anymore.

Until Declan Ford arrives next door.

A former rescue pilot with a past he can't outrun, Declan comes to Pine Hollow to disappear. But when he saves Eli during a trail accident, Nora's guarded world collides with his in the most unexpected way. Despite their scars, their connection is undeniable?steady, slow-burning, and terrifyingly real.

As Declan forms a bond with Eli and slowly earns a place in Nora's tightly held world, the past begins to resurface. A rumor. A file. A ghost in camouflage. And when Eli's absentee father reappears with a custody threat that could unravel everything, Nora and Declan must decide what they're willing to fight for.

In the face of secrets, sabotage, and fear, love will be tested?but it may also become the thing that saves them all.

Tender, deeply emotional, and filled with heart-stopping twists, The Compass of Us is a story of second chances, the family we choose, and the courage it takes to stay?especially when walking away once felt safer. For readers who believe in slow-burn romance, resilient characters, and the kind of love that doesn't come easy... but stays forever.