The Last First Dance

She never planned on coming back.

He never planned on staying.

But sometimes the last place you want to be… is exactly where love finds you.

When Clara Jensen returns to her small hometown, she expects awkward reunions and unfinished memories. What she doesn’t expect is him—the boy who once knew her better than anyone, now grown into a man who makes her heart stumble all over again.

Forced together on a community project, Clara and Ethan discover that sparks have a way of reigniting, no matter how carefully you try to smother them. Between the laughter, the tension, and the meddling of an entire town that refuses to mind its own business, Clara must face the one truth she’s tried hardest to ignore: some dances are only just beginning.

©2025 Christina Cowlishaw (P)2025 Christina Cowlishaw