Sometimes the hardest thing is not leaving. It's coming back.

For fifteen years, Leonie Falk has done everything she can to leave Sanderkoog behind. The small coastal village. The house where she grew up. And above all, David Reimers-the man she once loved more than anyone else.

But after her mother's death, Leonie has no choice but to return.

She inherits the old guesthouse known as The House of Tides, along with a past she thought she had left behind for good.

Inside the house, letters are waiting for her. Hidden truths about her brother Jan. Secrets surrounding the night that changed her family forever.

And David.

The connection between them is still there. Familiar. Dangerous. Impossible to ignore.

But Leonie and David are no longer the young people they once were. They have both lived, loved, lost, and learned how to carry guilt and grief in very different ways.

The longer Leonie stays, the more she begins to wonder whether some places call us back not because we were once happy there-but because a part of us never truly left.

The Places Where We Stay is an emotional, mature love story about second chances, grief, forgiveness, family, and two people discovering that love is not simply something you feel.

Sometimes, it is something you choose.

Again and again.

Perfect for readers who love Second Chance Romance, Slow Burn, Found Family, emotional healing, and deeply moving adult love stories.