Almost More Than Friends
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When staying feels safe and leaving feels right, can a long-distance leap turn "almost more than friends" into a love that is strong enough to stretch across two worlds? Keira Palmer knows how to fix crooked houses. On the set of the small-town renovation show Ridge & Rise, she spends her days uncovering hidden faults, shoring up cracked beams, and turning tired rooms into spaces that feel like home. What she is far less skilled at is confronting the hairline fractures in her own life. Between her parents' steady support, the familiar streets of Willowridge, and a job that lets her make tangib...
When staying feels safe and leaving feels right, can a long-distance leap turn "almost more than friends" into a love that is strong enough to stretch across two worlds? Keira Palmer knows how to fix crooked houses. On the set of the small-town renovation show Ridge & Rise, she spends her days uncovering hidden faults, shoring up cracked beams, and turning tired rooms into spaces that feel like home. What she is far less skilled at is confronting the hairline fractures in her own life. Between her parents' steady support, the familiar streets of Willowridge, and a job that lets her make tangible change, it is easy to pretend that restless tug in her chest is just fatigue. Then Denver calls. A new production company wants her for a bigger home-renovation series, with a real budget and a national audience. Suddenly, leaving is not a daydream; it is a plane ticket and a start date. Saying yes would mean trading a town where everyone knows her name for a city where she is just another newcomer with a clipboard. It would also mean testing the only relationship she has never dared to name out loud. Liam Hart has been Keira's best friend, co-conspirator, and steady gravity for years. He is the carpenter whose work anchors her on-screen transformations, the person she calls when the set falls quiet, the one who has been there through old breakups and new beginnings. Everyone in Willowridge can see that what they share is more than friendship, but Keira and Liam have survived by treating their almost as something too precious to risk. If she stays, they keep their unspoken safety. If she goes, they finally have to decide whether the love between them is strong enough to stretch across time zones and seasons. Almost More Than Friends is a slow-burn, deeply emotional friends-to-lovers romance about small-town roots and big-city courage. As Keira steps into a new life in Denver, learning the rhythm of an apartment with a bay window and an office where no one yet knows her history, late-night calls and glitchy video chats become the new scaffolding of her relationship with Liam. Back in Willowridge, he learns how to build a future that includes her even when she is no longer just a short drive away, choosing each day not to slip back into the safety of almost. Perfect for readers who love heartfelt, character-driven romance without explicit on-page content, Almost More Than Friends asks what it really means to cheer for the person you love. For fans of small-town settings, home-renovation shows, and long-distance love stories that honour both ambition and loyalty, this novel delivers an ending that feels true, earned, and quietly hopeful.
