He ran away to build a fortune. He stayed behind to build a home. Julian Thorne spent twelve years trying to forget Willowbend, Vermont. He became the perfect high-powered Boston lawyer: ruthless, rich, and alone. But when his aunt dies and leaves him her crumbling cabin, he's forced back to the town he abandoned. He plans to sell and run. There's just one problem: He only owns half the house. The other half belongs to Caleb Vance. The park ranger with the rugged beard, the patience of a saint, and the heart Julian broke a decade ago. To sell the property, they have to renovate it. Six weeks of tearing down walls, sharing whiskey by the fire, and ignoring the electricity that still crackles between them. But when a massive Nor'easter traps them in the cabin with no power and only one bed, the past isn't the only thing catching up to them. Cedar & Ink is a high-heat, second-chance M/M romance featuring a meddling ghost, a very opinionated dog, and a "snowed-in" scenario that changes everything. It is Book 2 in the Willowbend Hearts series but can be read as a standalone.