A quiet life shattered by secrets, gold, and a man she says she doesn’t want. Rue Conway values one thing above all stability. Between running the family antique store, a reliable fiancé, and providing her daughter with the best life possible, she has it. But Rue’s carefully structured world is thrown into chaos when she’s simultaneously hit by financial ruin, her mother’s unexpected illness, the emergence of a treasure-hunting father she never knew . . . and the truth about a man she’s spent years trying to forget. Desperate and out of options, Rue makes an impulsive decision to travel to Charleston and find the gold her father has been searching for. But the more time Rue spends dealing with the past, the more she questions her future. With bills piling up and foreclosure looming, Rue must decide between a life of stability and one filled with unpredictable love.

A controlling woman on sabbatical, a vineyard, and the guy next door. Forty-year-old Reese Conway values two things: excellence and winning. Between being a partner at a thriving private equity firm in Chicago, having enough money to last her three lifetimes, and sitting on the brink of landing the biggest account of her life, she has both. Instead of getting the win, Reese’s world is flipped upside down when her boss questions her bleak personal life then forces her onto sabbatical. Desperate to save face and keep the account, Reese returns home to North Carolina. Not only will she take the break that’s been asked of her, but she’ll prove she has a personal life by having a baby via sperm donor. But returning home is nothing like she expected. Between a failing vineyard and the ten-years-too-young man next door, Reese’s quest to have a child takes an unexpected detour. With her return to the life she’s built in Chicago pending, Reese must decide between a future she controls and one filled with love that looks different than she imagined. The Difference Between is the second standalone novel in the Back to Fontain series. This reverse age-gap romance will appeal to fans of the millennial favorites Sweet Home Alabama and Hope Floats.