When Lilies Bloom is a tender contemporary romance about second chances, forgiveness, and the courage to stay when it’s easier to run.

Ten years ago, Isla fled Greenridge — a quaint town wrapped in memories she couldn’t bear to keep. She left behind her late grandmother’s ivy-covered house, a wild garden of lilies they once tended together, and Jonas Hale, the boy who loved her enough to let her go.

When Isla returns to Greenridge after her grandmother’s passing, it’s only meant to be temporary — just long enough to fix up the old house and sell it. But reminders of what she left behind greet her at every turn, especially the fresh white lilies that keep appearing on her porch. She knows exactly who leaves them: Jonas, still rooted in town, now running the cozy Lily’s Café.

As Isla struggles to reclaim the overgrown garden, Jonas quietly steps in to help — pulling weeds, planting new bulbs, and unearthing buried memories along with old regrets. Slowly, the house comes alive again, echoing the gentle blooming of a love Isla thought she’d buried for good.

Yet old fears whisper for her to run again — to the city, to freedom, away from the ache of wanting too much. But Jonas doesn’t beg her to stay. He simply loves her the way he always has: with patient hope and open hands.

In the end, Isla must choose if she’ll leave again — or finally root herself where she’s always belonged. Among lilies. Among memories. Among love.

When the lilies bloom, so does she.

When Lilies Bloom

Author’s Note 

The morning sun broke through a shivering veil of clouds as Isla stepped out of the old Hale house, the precious deed wrapped in oilcloth and pressed tight against her chest beneath her coat. The orchard stretched ahead of her like a promise and a question, rows glistening with frost that would melt...

Chapter 28: The Orchard’s Promise

Chapter 1: The Lily on The Mantle

Chapter 2: The Man in The Café

Chapter 3: Roots and Ghosts

Chapter 4: Beneath The Roots

Chapter 5: Roots of Truth

Chapter 6: The Deepest Roots

Chapter 7: A Town That Remembers 

Chapter 8: When The Roots Split

Chapter 9: Beneath The Last Lily

Chapter 10: Ashes and Echoes

Chapter 11: Secrets Beneath The Ash

Chapter 12: Ghost in the Ledger

Chapter 13: The Digging Hour

Chapter 14: The Watcher in the Rows

Chapter 15: Fire at the Fence Line

Chapter 16: The Gathering Storm

Chapter 17: Lilies in the Rain

Chapter 18: Under the Mother Tree

Chapter 19: The Ledger’s Price

Chapter 20: The Orchard’s Reckoning

Chapter 21: 

Chapter 22: Rooted Voices

Chapter 23: Into the Hollow Again

Chapter 24: The Thorns Aware

Chapter 25: The Thaw Deepens 

Chapter 26: The Last Stand

Chapter 27: Paper Roots

Epilogue: When Lilies Bloom