Lark Monroe runs Pawsitive Connections with a smile that doesn't always reach her eyes, an alpaca named Al Pacacino who thinks he's royalty, and a talent for recognizing broken people. Because she's one of them. She's built a sanctuary. Forty acres of second chances for animals nobody else wanted and humans who've forgotten how to trust. It's easier to fix other people's problems. Safer. Her own? Those stay buried. But when someone from her past shows up in Garnet Bend—someone who knows exactly what she's been hiding behind the cheerful chatter and the restless energy—Lark is going to have to decide whether she can keep running forever or if it's finally time to stop. Turns out, teaching others to heal is a lot easier than letting someone do the same for her.