Retreat Again (The Retreat #2)

He was always alone,
She never wanted to be.

Their lives torn apart by the tragic loss of a parent, two strangers find an unexpected second chance at love in this heartfelt contemporary romance about a street artist with a rare gift and a musician struggling to find her will to play again.
A push from a mutual friend, disguised as fate, places two broken hearts on a collision course and shows them they deserve a second chance at happiness, if they’re brave enough to ask for it.

Alex Tine is New York’s next ‘it’ artist. The trouble is, he hates the limelight. He’s terrified the world will only see his disorder and dark past, rather than his art. When his music idol, Cassidy Crain, offers to let Alex paint at her cottage in Carter Ridge, Alex thinks all his dreams have come true.

Olivia Crain returns to the sleepy mountain town of Carter Ridge, at the behest of her ailing grandmother. Olivia is reluctant to return to the place where she last saw her mother alive, but she’d do anything for her grandmother, including face the secret she’s been keeping from her family since her mother’s tragic death.

Being back at Carter Ridge is difficult enough for Olivia, so she’s less than happy about her unexpected house guest, Alex Tine—no matter how gorgeous he is. But when bad weather traps her with the sexy street artist, Olivia is forced to face her fears in more ways than one.

Can Alex help Olivia face her fears? Or will she continue to run from her past?