A novel by Anne Vellen
When bestselling fantasy author Nora Ellison retreats to a rural Washington farm to escape her past and meet a deadline, she doesn’t expect to collide—literally—with Rian Veyder, a gruff, private Army veteran who walks with a limp, cooks like a wizard, and wants nothing to do with nosy writers or emotional entanglements.
But between shared coffee on the porch, chicken feed runs gone wrong, and a trail ride or two gone worse, an unlikely friendship forms. Then comes warmth. Then trust. Then something that starts to look like home.
As Nora’s past catches up and Rian’s old scars reopen, the two must navigate not only a slow-burn romance they never asked for—but the messy truth of healing, legacy, and the quiet magic of choosing each other every day.
Heartbreaking and hopeful, Twin Pines is a story about found family, stubborn hope, and love in all its quietly ferocious forms.
Anne Vellen 