Downloading Beneath The Falling Leaves

At 26, Brooke McVay has made what everyone calls "the responsible choice." She's rented an apartment in her girlfriend's small New England hometown, determined to finally make their relationship work. Four years of being on and off, of trying long-distance, of missed calls and broken promises... It's all left Brooke exhausted. Yet here she is, trying one more time.

Then she meets Emily's mother.

Vanessa Mitchell is everything Brooke never knew she needed. At 48, recently divorced and still discovering who she is outside of being someone's wife and mother, Vanessa should be off-limits in every possible way. She's also the most captivating woman Brooke has ever encountered. Confident, intelligent, and stirring feelings Brooke's never experienced in four years with Emily.

As autumn transforms the town into a canvas of red and gold, Brooke finds herself drawn into Vanessa's orbit. What begins as an uncomfortable attraction becomes an undeniable connection, and Brooke realizes she's been looking for love in all the wrong places.

For Vanessa, Brooke represents everything she's been denied. Not just desire, but the earth-shattering passion she always assumed was fiction. After decades of marriage to her high school sweetheart, Vanessa is discovering that some awakenings come late, but they come fierce. Brooke makes her feel alive in ways she'd given up hoping for, in ways that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself.

But falling for your daughter's girlfriend isn't just taboo—it's devastating.

As their connection deepens from stolen moments to something neither can deny, Brooke and Vanessa must navigate the impossible terrain between desire and loyalty, between finally finding the right person and destroying the one who brought them together.

When everything falls apart, will they choose each other, or will guilt and obligation keep them from the one relationship that finally feels right?