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What Heals Us
Maggie Gates
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What Heals Us

What Heals Us

Maggie Gates

Book 2 of Falls Creek

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⚠ Self-Harm⚠ Suicide⚠ Serious Illness⚠ Abuse⚠ PTSD⚠ Alcohol Use⚠ Stalking

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A small-town romance set in Falls Creek, North Carolina, about Caroline Tyree, a shy young kindergarten teacher living with lupus after a childhood kidney transplant, and Austin Hale, the older brother of her best friend and a steady, protective firefighter who moves to town to support his pregnant sister. When the two get snowed in together, Caroline recruits Austin to help her work through a list of 'firsts' she never got to experience while sick, and their friendly arrangement slowly turns into something neither of them expected. It blends chronic-illness representation, found-family small-town charm, and an age-gap slow burn.

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  1. Book 1 · What Hurts Us
  2. Book 2 · What Heals Us (you are here)
  3. Book 3 · What Saves Us

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