The Small-Town Heart: A Neurodivergent Romance

A heartwarming small-town romance about finding home, belonging, and love exactly as you are.

Avery Bennett never planned to return to Maple Hollow. After losing her job in the city, the autistic children's book illustrator comes home to a mother's worry, a town's whispers, and a boarded-up community center that used to be the heart of the town. She only wants to hide, to draw, to be left alone.

Noah Callahan has spent his whole life feeling like too much. The ADHD carpenter with a messy workshop and a kind heart has one chance to save the community center his father helped build. When the mayor asks him to lead the restoration, he needs help—and the quiet new artist in town may be exactly the missing piece.

As they work side by side, two neurodivergent hearts begin to understand each other in a way no one else has. But small towns talk. Old wounds resurface. And when a grant deadline spirals into burnout and a public meltdown, Avery must decide whether to keep hiding behind her mask or let Noah see the real her.

The Small-Town Heart is a tender, authentic neurodivergent romance about quiet courage, showing up, and the kind of love that feels like home.