Love at the Last Register (The Heart of Hartwell Series Book 3)

***All of the author’s proceeds from the sale of this book in 2026 will be donated to Switch, an organization in Greenville, SC that helps fight human trafficking.***

She thought love had to be earned. He was learning that showing up matters more than feeling ready.

Single mom, Sadie Thompson, built a steady life balancing daytime accounting classes, late shifts as a cashier, and raising her four-year-old son, Mason. But she believed her past choices disqualified her from the kind of love that stayed.

Caleb Brooks had a secret crush on Sadie since high school, but winning her heart meant more than bringing daisies to register seven. As a firefighter who had grown up without a father, he wasn’t sure he could become the stepdad Mason might one day need.

Between town concerts, shared meals, and ordinary afternoons, trust slowly takes root. But fear makes Caleb pull away. Now he has to choose whether to keep running from the future or take the next faithful step toward it. And Sadie has to decide whether God’s grace can reach the places shame guarded.

Because real love doesn’t ask for perfection. It simply asks two hearts to stay.

A clean Christian romance novel filled with small-town charm, second chances, and sweet happily-ever-after hope.

Book Three in “The Heart of Hartwell” series. A small-town Christian romance centered around the beloved (and fictional) Hartwell Family Market.