Battle of the Heart

Loss has hollowed their lives in ways neither believed they could survive.

They have learned to endure—but not how to live.

Widowed young and bound by expectation, Elodie Harper moves through her days beneath the quiet weight of grief, her future dictated by the black she wears. But when she crosses paths with a wounded soldier—a man marked by war, shame, and a past he cannot outrun—something in her begins to stir again.

Colter Wolfe is no stranger to ruin. Branded by the wrong side of the war and burdened by the loss of both limb and family, he keeps his head down and his heart guarded. He has no place in Elodie’s world—and no right to want one.

But grief recognizes grief.

What begins as a fragile understanding deepens into something neither expected, nor believes they deserve. As whispers turn to scandal, Elodie must decide if she is willing to defy everything expected of her… and Colter must face the one battle he has fought since the war took everything from him: the belief that he is unworthy of love.

Set against the quiet beauty of a countryside untouched by battle, this is a story of devotion forged in sorrow, and of courage found in unlikely places. Two broken souls come together and choose—against all odds—to live again.