Meet Me in Virginia: A Heartfelt Contemporary Romance (Far & Away Book 1)

A Jane Austen scholar and a bulldozer-happy golf architect walk onto a historic Virginia property—and neither one is leaving without a fight.

Alice Chadwick has built her entire academic career around championing civility and elegance in a world that increasingly values neither. As a history professor devoted to Austen's timeless ideals, she's not just fighting for a cause—she's fighting for her job. When a brewing scandal threatens to end her career entirely, Alice pins her hopes on a stunning historic Virginia estate that could be her salvation. There's just one problem: someone already has plans for that land.

Jack Latimer doesn't do patience, sentiment, or anything that slows down progress. The world-renowned golf course architect has built his reputation on bold vision and relentless execution, and his latest masterpiece requires exactly the piece of Virginia property Alice is desperately trying to preserve. He sees crumbling walls and wasted potential. She sees irreplaceable history worth protecting at any cost.

Forced into an uneasy alliance when a dangerous mystery surrounding the property pulls them together, Alice and Jack discover that clashing worldviews can produce unexpected sparks. He challenges everything she's ever valued. She makes him question whether faster and louder is always better.

With her career on the line, a secret threatening to unravel everything, and a man who is absolutely wrong for her occupying far too much of her thoughts, Alice is about to learn that the most compelling stories are the ones you never saw coming.