The Ghosts That We Carry

Julian Devereaux has spent years hiding his scars behind the polished counters of his family's famous New Orleans restaurant. Heartbroken after being left at the altar, he's vowed never to let anyone close enough to hurt him again.Then Lily Hale walks through his doors. Broken by the loss of her husband and young son in a tragic accident, Lily came to New Orleans seeking a new start, not love. But from the moment Julian sees the grief in her eyes, he recognizes it as his own.What begins as quiet comfort soon becomes something neither of them expected: laughter, late nights, and the fragile spark of hope. But when ghosts from their pasts return, old loves, buried secrets, and a confession that shatters everything Lily thought she knew both must decide if love can survive the weight of guilt and grief.In the heart of the French Quarter, where music never sleeps and ghosts linger in every shadow, Julian and Lily will discover that healing isn't about forgetting the past...
It's about building a future worth fighting for.
"Some ghosts haunt us. Others lead us home."